The second draft of the White Paper calls for the scrutinized restructuring proposals. Provost Richard Englert’s White Paper laid out numerous possibilities for university restructuring in December 2011 and, in March, after discussions between the
The Faculty Senate has motioned to express its dissenting views to the provost’s White Paper. Provost Richard Englert’s White Paper, a 25-page document that, among many other functions, contains restructuring proposals for various departments around the
Just five years into her career at Temple, President Ann Weaver Hart made an unexpected announcement of resignation to the university community today, Sept. 9. Hart will leave office effective June 30. In a phone
Administrators and adjunct instructors discuss how stable the job should be. In December, 45 adjunct instructors from the English department’s First-Year Writing Program were told they would not be assigned courses come Spring 2011. But
Considering potential innovations, especially to a constantly changing field, is crucial for any field’s future development. However, it’s equally important when considering potentially major changes to a university department that the opinions of students affected
In early September, Richard Englert, provost and interim senior vice president for academic affairs, initiated a discussion on the idea of combining the theater department – currently within the School of Communications and Theater –
Former General Education Director Terry Halbert, the face of GenEd for nearly five years, is now on a one-year administrative leave to write, research and rest. UPDATE: Istvan Varkonyi, an associate professor of German and