Statements submitted regarding college reorganization

A School/College of Visual Arts, Media and Design

Faculty History/Art

Proposal for a new college of Visual and Performing Arts.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/School-College_of_Visual_Arts_Media_and_Design.htm

A Single, Interdisciplinary Department of American Studies

Senior Faculty in WRAC

Proposal for a Department of American Studies

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Single_Interdisciplinary_Department_of_
American_Studies.htm

A Strategic Vision for Strengthening the Writing Curriculum at MSU

12/15/03

Faculty in WRAC, Writing Center, WIDE, and CSTE

Ideas for strengthening the writing curriculum through reconfiguration.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/writing_program_vision.htm

Administrative and Instructional Efficiencies

Unknown

Recommendation for more comprehensive efficiency analyses to determine relative savings of reductions among faculty/temps/TAs vs. administrator reduction.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Administrative.htm

An Educated Person

Unknown

Comment on educated person and liberal arts education.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Educated_Person.htm

Art History with Three Scenarios for Placement

Faculty

Three suggestions for the placement of Art History.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Art_History_with_Three_Scenarios_for_
Placement.htm

Communication and Information as a Major Focus of Excellence in Teaching Scholarship and Outreach

Faculty member 'on the arts side' in Dept of Telecomm, Media, and Info Studies

Idea that communication and information should be a major focus of a re-configured MSU, and support for CALM

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Communication_and_Information_as_a_
Major_Focus_of_Excellence.htm

Digital Media Design at MSU

Faculty member in DMAT/TC

Proposed School or Department in the College of Communication that would focus on the creation and research of media production broadly defined. Proposed service courses in digital literacy and digital media production.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Digital_Media_and_Design_at_MSU.htm

History of Art at MSU

Unknown

Concerns that college reconfiguration will have negative effects on value of degrees offered and lead to exodus of faculty.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/History_of_Art_at_MSU.htm

Input on Liberal Arts and Sciences

Administrator

Suggests a means for evaluating efficiencies and leaving colleges as is.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Input_on_Liberal_Arts_and_Sciences.htm

Internationalization (in preparation for NCA 2005 accreditation review)

Unknown

Focus on internationalization

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Internationalization.htm

MSU School of Design and Art; the College of Humanities; the School of Music and Theater/Television and Film

Unknown

Presents two alternative reconfigurations. The first proposes a three unit structure: liberal arts; fine and applied arts; and basic sciences. The second one suggests: (a) scrap Integrated studies; (b) create School of Design and Art encompassing current units in Art, Parks and Planning, Com Arts, Human Ecology and WRAC; (c) create a College of Humanities with English, Languages, Philosophy, History and Linguistics; and (d) create a School of Music and Theatre/Television and Film

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/MSU_School_of_Design_and_Art.htm

Reaction to ProvostÕs Vision for Liberal Arts

Unknown

A liberal arts education is in conflict with what society wants.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Reaction_to_Provost_Vision.htm

Reformulation of the Curriculum: Follow-up to Focus Group Discussion

Unknown

List of core skills to be taught.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Follow-up_to_Focus_Group_Discussion.htm

Rethinking the Shape and Knowledge and the Place of Arts, Letters, and the Humanities in the 21^st Century

Unknown

A statement on the re-organization of knowledge. Claims that interdisciplinary degrees are not working (apparently, not good for getting jobs). Suggests that making disciplinary majors more flexible is a better route. Recommends a consortium of interdisciplinary collaboration between CAL and SS on race, ethnicity, gender, technology, etc.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Rethinking_the_Shape_and_Knowledge.htm

School of Journalism (locus)

Jane Briggs-Bunting, Director School of Journalism

Concerns about journalism program loss of stature if it is merged with communication.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/School_of_Journalism.htm

School of Music-Data and Discussion of Possible Reorganization

Jim Forger, Director of Music, and Faculty in School of Music

School of music support for more participation in Center for Integrative Studies and potential contribution to Residential College.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/School_Music.htm

Some Thoughts on the Liberal Arts and Sciences

Individual from Office of Sustainability

Notes redundancy across units, but also job searches are discipline based not college based.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Some_Thoughts.htm

Strategic Visioning for Information Technology at MSU

Unknown

Information Technology should be central to reconfiguration. Suggests that there is an opportunity for MSU to develop an innovative College of Information Technology

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Strategic_Visioning.htm

Strategies for Fostering Multi-disciplinary Interactions and Trans-disciplinary Education in Post-Secondary Education

Unknown

Proposes dropping discipline-based general education and disbanding all integrative studies centers in favor of "Real-World Problem-Centered General Education" that employs faculty from every discipline w/o exception.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Strategies_for_Fostering.htm

The Arts and Humanities at Michigan State University: A Report by the Ad hoc Steering Committee in the College of Arts and Letters

1/26/04

Committee Members:
Stephen Arch, Professor, Dept. of English
Thomas Berding, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Art & Art History
L'aurent Dubois, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of History
Michael Koppisch, Professor, Dept. of French, Classics, &Italian
Rocio Quispe-Agnoli, Assist. Prof. Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese
Rodney Whitaker, Assoc. Professor, School of Music
Karin Wurst, Professor, Dept. of Linguistics & Germanic, Slavic, Asian, & African Languages

A major report from the Ad hoc Steering Committee of CAL. Recommends (1) Retain current cluster of humanities departments and interdepartmental programs within single college because of their shared methodological, theoretical and historical connections and objectives, (2) Possibly create College of Visual and Performing Arts, (3) Change must be faculty-driven, (4) Intellectual reasons should take precedence over fiscal ones when determining configuration, (5) Strengthen support for graduate studies in arts and humanities, (6) Maintain current degree programs at undergraduate and graduate levels, (7) Changes, such as moratorium on Art History graduate program and Latin undergrad program and change in mission at ATL/WRAC should be approved by the entire faculty in the College, (8) Faculty members in Arts and Humanities are committed to help solve budget problems.

http://www.cal.msu.edu/documents/Report.pdf

Unknown

Suggestions for method of reconfiguration without structural configurations.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Biological_Sciences.htm

The Center for Great Lakes Culture and the Future of Liberal Arts at MSU

Steering Committee

The Center for Great Lakes Culture should be pivotal point for liberal arts education at MSU.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Center_GLC.htm

The Future of the Liberal Arts

Unknown

(An Additional Document from Williams Report)

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Future_Liberal_Arts.htm

The Public Humanities and the Democratic Practice

Unknown

Create a 'public humanities' focus.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Public_Humanities.htm

Thoughts about MSU in the 21^st Century

Unknown

Comments on the appropriate goals and focus areas of a university. Example of Peace and Justice Studies

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Thoughts.htm

Vision 2004

Unknown

Suggests that the Provost make three specific organizational proposals and then solicit faculty input.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Vision_2004b.htm

Vision 2004 for the Liberal Arts and Sciences

Unknown

Thoughts about quality undergraduate education.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Vision_2004a.htm

What becomes of our future?

Unknown

Concerns about economics, the sports program, and the quality of education at MSU.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/What_becomes.htm

The MSU Risk Assessment Project

Wolfgang Bauer, Chair Dept. of Physics/Astronomy

A proposal for a new interdisciplinary course.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Proposal_for_a_New_Interdisciplinary_Course.
htm

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#bauer

Statement on College Restructuring by the MSU Language Department

Unknown

Language is important to the humanities

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Statement_MSU_Language_Depts.htm

The Engaged Museum: The MSU Museum in the 21^st Century

Museum Staff

Collection of specific suggestions for further development of the Museum as an entity that integrates the organization of collections across the university and contributes to increasing the use of various Òactive learningÓ experiences in the general education of students.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/The_Engaged_Museum.htm

University Museums and Liberal Arts Education at MSU

Unknown

The museum can serve an important, central role to liberal arts education.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/MSU_Museum.htm

Michigan State University School of Computing

Unknown

Proposal for a School of Computing by merging the Departments of Computer Science and Telecommunication, Media, and Information Studies

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/School_Computing.htm

Exploring Alternatives: A Response to Realizing the Vision

3/5/04

A Group of Faculty

Proposal for two colleges or two divisions in one college of Social Sciences and Arts. This division is based upon fields that are primarily 'interpretive' (Arts & Human Sciences) and those primarily involving 'implementation' (Behavioral, Communication and Economic Sciences). Assumes that higher education in the 21st century Òmust configure its programs to promote problem-based rather than only discipline-based learning.'

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Exploring_Alternatives.htm

Developing Area and International Expertise Across the Curriculum through Undergraduate and Master's Degree Programs

3/3/04

Directors of the MSU Centers of African, Asian, Canadian, European, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies

(Dean John Hudzik, ISP, has reviewed & supports this proposal.)

Proposal for new degree programs in Undergraduate Area and International Studies and at the Master's level in Area, International, and Development Studies. Proposed an expanded College of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/Area_Intl_Expertise.htm

Institute for the Study of Language Acquisition at Michigan State University

Susan Gass, Director, English Language Ctr., Univ. Dist. Professor; LGSAAL
Patricia Paulsell, Assoc. Dean of AL
Wendy Wilkins, Professor, LGSAAL

Proposal for a new Institute for study of language acquisition (ISLA).

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/AL06.htm

Arts and Letters: A plan for restructuring Undergraduate Writing Instruction

3/5/04

James E. Porter, Director, WRAC
Douglas Noverr, Chair, WRAC
Jeff Grabill, Director, Professional Writing, WRAC; Co-Director, WIDE
Janet Swenson, Director, AL Writing Ctr.
Marilyn Wilson, Professor, Dept. of English
Patricia Stock, Professor, WRAC

Plan for conducting a comprehensive review and revision of the undergraduate writing curriculum during the 2004-2005 academic year, with the aim of implementing a new curriculum for Fall 2005.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/AL07.htm

Arts and Letters: A new residential college: American and International Studies

Feb. 2004

Unknown

Proposal for an American and International Studies thematic core for the new Liberal Arts Residential College and elaboration on the new American Studies Initiative.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/AL08.htm

On the Humanities, Liberal General Education, and a Residential College

Ken Waltzer, Professor, Director, Integ. Studies, A/H, Director, Jewish Studies

Concerns about dividing humanities among more than one college. Articulation of what the humanities are and their value. Suggestion for a College of Humanities, Arts, Languages, and Media (HALM) and a School of Communications. Also discusses the integrative studies proposal.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/AL09.htm

Letter from Faculty in the Humanities

3/16/04

David Cooper, Professor, WRAC, Editor, Fourth Genre
Patrick McConeghy, Acting Dean, AL; LGSAAL
Kenneth Waltzer, Professor, JMC, Director, CIS-AH; Director, Jewish Studies
Wendy Wilkins, Professor, LGSAAL
David Prestel, Chair, LGSAAL
Hilde L. Nelson, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Philosophy; Editor, Hypatia
Douglas Noverr, Chair, WRAC
Leonora Smith, Assoc. Professor, WRAC
Patrick OÕDonnell, Chair, Dept. of English
Stephen Esquith, Chair, Dept. of Philosophy
Jeffrey Grabill, Assoc. Professor,WRAC; Co-Director, WIDE
James Nelson, Professor, Dept. of Philosophy; Fellow, The Hastings Ctr.
David Stowe, Assoc. Professor, WRAC; Director, American Studies
Scott Michaelsen, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of English; Editor, CR: The New Centennial Review
Marilyn Wilson, Professor, Dept. of English
Gary Hoppenstand, Professor, WRAC; Editor, Journal of Popular Culture
Arthur Versluis, Professor; WRAC; Editor, Esoterica
Joseph Snow, Professor, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
Paul Thompson, Professor, Dept. of Philosophy; W. K. Kellogg Chair in Agricultural, Food, & Comm. Ethics
Marilyn Frye, University Distinguished Prof., Dept. of Philosophy
Patricia Paulsell, LGSAAL; Co-Director, CLEAR; Associate Dean, Arts & Letters
Judith Stoddart, Professor, Dept. of English; Coordinator, Graduate School
Susan Gass, University Distinguished Professor, LGSAAL; Director, English Language Center Co-Director, CLEAR
Malea Powell, Assoc. Professor, WRAC; Editor, Studies in American Indian Literatures
Patricia Lambert Stock, Professor, Dept. of English; President, National Council of Teachers of English

Differences in the social/natural sciences and the humanities subjects. Recommended objectives and desirable outcomes of reorganization.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/MSC01.htm

Wendy Wilkins notes on AAU Report of Status of Humanities, plus her commentary

Provided by Wendy Wilkins, Professor; LGSAAL

Includes information on areas such as humanities centers and institutes, the purpose of education, technology and literary criticism, and many other topics. Presents various ideas for action: e.g., highlight humanities in strategic planning, team teaching, senior/women/minority humanities people in close contact with higher administration, invest in special initiative, etc.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/MSC05.htm

Reflections on Realizing the Vision: Liberal Arts in the 21st Century Land Grant University

3/4/04

Margaret Bubolz, Professor Emeritus,

Dept. of FCE, College of HE

Thoughts on the field of Human Ecology. Proposal of a new unit to focus on the family.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#bubolz

Undergraduate University Division

3/5/04

Bonita Curry, Director, UUD

Ideas for strengthening undergraduate education and new residential living opportunities.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#curry

Quantitative Literacy

2/18/04

Megan Donahue, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Physics/Astronomy

Brief comment on the quantitative literacy initiative.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#donahue

Department of Cultural Histories

1/23/04

Floyd, Phylis, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Art & Art History

Proposal for a department of cultural histories, that would incorporate faculty
who currently teach the art history, film studies, material culture courses,
museum studies, and several others subjects.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#floyd

Comments on the Blueprint

3/4/04

Charles Gliozzo, Director Emeritus, ISP

Comments on technology, CIS, museums, and CIC.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#gliozzo

Subject: Human Ecology Alumni Board

2/22/04

Connie Hagelshaw, Alumnus, College of Human Ecology

Statement that alumni do not want to see their college dissolved, other concerns and thoughts.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#hagelshaw

Subject: CAL Advisory Council on Reorganization

3/20/04

Grover Hudson, Professor, LGSAAL

Request that discussion of proposals in Academic Governance be postponed.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#hudson

MSU Restructuring

3/5/04

David Lawrence, Assist. Professor, Dept. of Human Environ. & Design

Support for realignment of Interior Design & Facility Management into a new School Expression of need to maintain the humanist philosophy of Human Ecology if the college is dissolved.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#lawrence

Some Thoughts on the Liberal Arts And Sciences

11/28/04

Terry Link, Director, Office of Campus Sustainability

Statement of desired outcomes for a college education. Suggestions for fewer colleges, transdisciplinary courses, system of faculty rewards, capstone courses, service learning experiences.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#link

Human Ecology Proposal

2/26/04

Linda Nelson, Prof. Emeritus, Family & Child Ecology

Recommendation to maintain the College of Human Ecology, or if that is not possible, a Department of Human Ecology.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#nelson

Statement of the Vision proposal by Phi Beta Kappa Chapter at MSU

3/31/04

Statement drafted and adopted by officers and members of MSU chapter of PBK. Robert Pennock President (Assoc. Professor, Lyman Briggs School)

Concerns that the proposed reorganization will undermine core humanities and liberal arts programs and about the viability of Phi Beta Kappa chapter in a university that lacks Òa College of Arts and Sciences or its institutional equivalentÓ as required by the society.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#pennock

Proposal for Cross College Collaboration

1/19/04

David Stowe, Assoc. Professor, WRAC

Recommendation that every faculty member affiliate with an areas study center.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#stowe1

Liberal Arts and Sciences at MSU

11/7/04

Daniel Stump, Undergrad. Program Director, Dept. of Physics/Astronomy

Comments on student choices of courses in multiple disciplines.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#stump1

Comment on the Vision for Liberal Arts

2/23/04

Daniel Stump, Undergrad. Program Director, Dept. of Physics/Astronomy

Describes integrative studies courses in the sciences.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#stump2

Vision Concerns

2/25/04

Sam Thomas, Professor, Dept. of History

Concerns about bundling the liberal arts/liberal learning/liberal arts and science units in ways which make liberal education at MSU not visible. Question to Provost Simon.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#thomas

Reorganization and the staff

3/1/04

Jo-Ann Vanden Berg, Executive Staff Assistant, AL

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#vanden

Link to AAU Report on Foundation Funding to the Humanities (2004)

Unknown

http://www.aau.edu/issues/humanities.html

Link to Webcast of Campus Wide Forum

2/26/04

Unknown

http://www.wmsu.org/program.php?id=88

Ad hoc humanities committee

1/26/04

Unknown

http://www.cal.msu.edu/documents/Report.pdf

Area Studies Response to Realizing the Vision

4/2/04

Area Studies Directors supported by John Hudzik, Dean, ISP
Anne Ferguson, Director, WID
Jeff Riedinger, Director, CASID

Recommendation of an expanded College of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences that combines many social science and humanities fields. Recommendation for new multi-disciplinary degrees involving area studies.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#area

College of Communication Arts and Sciences

3/5/04

Chuck Salmon, Acting Dean, CAS

Expression of interest in collaboration with CAL, desire to retain the College of Communication Òand something.Ó Suggestions for a more limited merger of units across CAL and CAS.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/CAS01.htm

Department of Communication

Charles Atkin, Chair, Dept. of Communication

Endorsement for the ProvostÕs proposal for CALM. Proposal for a ÒclusterÓ structure for new college.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#atkin

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/CAS02.htm

English Department (ATL)

Unknown

Concerns about the proposed School of Languages and Literatures. Proposes instead and gives reasons for a Center for the Humanities involving a wide range of programs across the arts and sciences.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/AL04.htm

History Department Letter (ATL)

2/29/04

Lewis Siegelbaum, Chair, Dept. of History

Expresses support for the Provost statement. Suggestions for name of the new college.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/AL02.htm

Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages Department (ATL)

Unknown

Preference for the college name 'Arts, Humanities, and Communication.' Opposition to the proposed School of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/AL05.htm

Lyman Briggs School Response: A Proposal for Effective Expansion of Lyman Briggs

3/5/04

Elizabeth Simmons, Director,

Lyman Briggs School

Steps that must be taken to effectively expand LB.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#simmons

The School of Music (ATL)

3/6/04

Jim Forger, Director, School of Music

Support for more participation in Center for Integrative Studies and potential

contribution to Residential College.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/AL01.htm

Philosophy Department Letter (ATL)

2/17/04

Steve Esquith, Chair, Department of Philosophy

Statement of values, especially regarding the integrity of the humanities as whole. Statement of concerns about the School for Literature and Languages. Expression of desire to be located in a college of humanities that includes other departments and programs from the current College of Arts & Letters and to be in a college that includes ÒhumanitiesÓ in its name. Gives reasons for not going to College of Social, Economic and Behavioral Sciences.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/AL03.htm

School of Journalism: Observations and Response

3/5/04

Jane Briggs-Bunting, Director, School of Journalism

Concerns that a merger of College of Communication Arts would negatively affect the School of Journalism.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/CAS04.htm

Spanish and Portuguese Dept. Response

3/3/04

Faculty of the Spanish and Portuguese Department
From: JosŽ F. Colmeiro, Professor, Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese

Opposition and concerns with dismantling the Humanities. Possibility for a School of Humanities within CALM.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#colmeiro

Collaborations on Existing and Emerging Media

3/5/04

Faculty in:
Digital Media Art & Technology
(DMAT) in the Department of
Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
Digital Rhetoric faculty in the
Dept. of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures
The Writing Center
Visual Journalism in the School of Journalism
The Communication Technology Lab

Proposal for a new 'Engaging Media' Interdisciplinary program at both undergraduate and graduate level and that would have a residential college option.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/CAS05.htm

Resolution to be introduced to faculty of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media

3/4/04

Robert LaRose, Professor, Dept. of Telecomm., Info Studies, & Media

A proposed resolution to the TC faculty to adopt the vision with affirmations.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/newidea_email.htm#larose

Dept. of Telecommunications, Information Studies, and Media Resolution

3/5/04

Mark R. Levy, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Telecomm., Info Studies, and Media

Recommendation for adoption of the Provost's Vision 2004. Recognition of the importance of collaboration and linkages of all types.

http://www.msu.edu/unit/provost/inputs/CAS03.htm