Faculty committee to review tenure policies
A newly formed committee will review the University's tenure and faculty development policies after an outside monitor called attention to those areas, according to an e-mail Provost David Kertzer '69 ...
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A newly formed committee will review the University's tenure and faculty development policies after an outside monitor called attention to those areas, according to an e-mail Provost David Kertzer '69 ...
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Administrators are gearing up for a tense semester of negotiating $30 million in cuts to next year's budget. But unlike last fall, when the University quickly eliminated approximately the same amount ...
The University's endowment lost $740 million in the 12 months ending with June 30, falling to just over $2 billion, President Ruth Simmons said at a faculty meeting on Wednesday. But the discouraging ...
At the end of four years, students have surprisingly little physical evidence to show for their time at Brown. Graduating seniors leave with only a transcript, a diploma and lingering questions about ...
All 31 University employees who were scheduled to be laid off by June 30 have now been informed of their termination, according to an e-mail sent by top administrators to faculty and staff Tuesday morning. ...
With institutional budget cuts looming for the next fiscal year and possibly beyond, some concentration programs housed outside of department structures are concerned about their ability to provide consistency ...
The University will eliminate about 60 staff positions by July, as many as half of which may require layoffs.
A motion to change the name of Columbus Day to Fall Weekend was approved at yesterday's faculty meeting, but not enough voting faculty members were present for the motion to officially pass. Therefore, ...
The University's endowment was valued at $2.01 billion at the end of 2008, a top administrator said at a faculty meeting Tuesday, offering a hard reckoning for the first time of the enormous losses suffered ...
Race and identity have inspired a lot of dialogue among Brown students in recent years, but a new discussion group on campus plans to approach those topics with an unusual tack directed specifically toward ...
Colleges and universities around the country are hiring fewer faculty members on the tenure track, choosing instead to hire contingent faculty, which include adjunct professors and lecturers.
An enhancement of Banner's internal transcripts that was scheduled to debut Thursday has been delayed indefinitely, the Office of the Registrar said in an e-mail to students yesterday afternoon.
Despite anticipating major endowment losses and tight budgets due to the slumping economy, the University remains committed to moving forward with some ambitious capital projects, top administrators said ...
The proposed budget cuts outlined in President Ruth Simmons' e-mail to the Brown community last week came as no surprise to some members of the faculty, who had already anticipated slowed hiring rates. ...
Twenty-five students on the Brown/RISD Hillel's Taglit-Birthright trip to Israel returned to Providence Tuesday after 10 days of travel. Missing from their number were 15 other students who had signed ...
As temperatures continue to drop, student groups can now escape the cold of the Main Green by tabling indoors, in the University Post Office in the J. Walter Wilson building. Starting Monday, the Student ...
With 590 tickets available for Saturday's Sex Power God dance, some students were willing to wait all night to ensure a spot on the guest list.
Administrators, faculty and staff should address the recent student proposal that the University stop observing Columbus Day, the Brown University Community Council unanimously recommended yesterday.
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has sent a letter to, among others, the Brown Corporation, urging it to consider reinstating the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program on campus.