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The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Departments, programs respond to referendum, vitalization project

Abbey Whittington, Contributing Writer February 26, 2017

Following the Faculty Senate's referendum last Tuesday, programs considered for elimination or consolidation reflected on how they are being affected by the vitalization project. Last week, 145 faculty...

CAA to discuss program recommendations

Staff Report February 23, 2017

The Council on Academic affairs will discuss its draft document of recommendations for programs being considered for elimination or reorganization. It is scheduled to meet 2 p.m. Tuesday in room 4440...

Academic programs present case to CAA

Chrissy Miller, Administration reporter February 19, 2017

Programs recommended for elimination or reorganization by Workgroup No. 7, which looked at academic programs during the vitalization project, presented their cases before the Council on Academic Affairs...

CAA to hear from programs

Staff Report February 15, 2017

The Council of Academic Affairs will hear from two of the groups being considered for elimination or consolidation at its meeting Thursday. According to the agenda, the bachelor’s program in Adult...

Committee report, receive philosophy information

Jason Hardimon, Staff Reporter February 14, 2017

The Academic Program Elimination/Reorganization Review Committee met Monday to discuss a tentative outline for its report as well as new information provided to the committee from the philosophy department. The...

Faculty Senate finalizes vitalization referendum language

Cassie Buchman, News Editor February 7, 2017

The Faculty Senate finalized language for a referendum on faculty confidence in the vitalization project process at its meeting Tuesday. The original referendum asked faculty to answer the question,...

Open Letter: Africana studies, philosophy essential to university mission

February 2, 2017

A preview of this letter appeared in our print edition on Feb. 2nd, 2017. Dear President Glassman: We, the undersigned members of the Women’s Studies program at Eastern, protest in the strongest...

Faculty Senate creates subcommittee to review recommendations

Cassie Buchman, News Editor February 1, 2017

The Faculty Senate voted to create a subcommittee to review the recommendations of Workgroup No. 7, which looked at academic programs and suggested eliminating or consolidating several of them, at its...

Academic Program Elimination/Reorganization review committee moves forward

Jason Hardimon, Staff Reporter January 31, 2017

The Academic Program Elimination/Reorganization Review Committee officially decided to turn its attention to a review of the philosophy department during a meeting Monday. Richard Jones, chair of the...

Committee turns full attention to philosophy

Jason Hardimon, Staff Reporter January 31, 2017

  The Academic Program Elimination/Reorganization Review Committee officially decided to turn its attention to a review of the philosophy department during a meeting Monday. Richard Jones, chair...

CAA discusses program review methodology

Cassie Buchman, News Editor January 26, 2017

The Council on Academic Affairs discussed how it would start looking at programs being considered for elimination and reorganization at their meeting Thursday. The four programs being considered are...

Committee to start reviewing philosophy

Jason Hardimon, Staff reporter January 23, 2017

The Academic Program Elimination/Reorganization Review Committee met with Jon Blitz, president of the EIU-UPI Monday to hear his advice and perspective as the committee moves forward in reviewing four...

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