QCAA Analysis, Budget, Faculty Board

“Empty and Hollow Inside”: One Reader’s Response to the FAS Dean’s Town Hall

Dear Dean Lemieux (Bob), I attended the FAS Town Hall in Humphrey Auditorium yesterday, and left feeling grateful to be in the privileged position of being able to retire next year. I think the most depressing aspect of the Town Hall was the lack of any discussion of what we are doing as an institution … Continue reading “Empty and Hollow Inside”: One Reader’s Response to the FAS Dean’s Town Hall

QCAA Analysis, Budget, Faculty Board, Uncategorized

Further Diminishing FAS? The Proposal to Allow FAS Students to take 12 External Credits

QCAA received the following commentary on the FAS proposal to raise the external credit allowance from 6.0-units to 12.0-units. (See “Motion Regarding Revisions to the Academic Program Regulation” in the FAS Faculty Board Agenda package for Friday, November 21). We are grateful to the readers who submit such analyses to us and invite others to … Continue reading Further Diminishing FAS? The Proposal to Allow FAS Students to take 12 External Credits

criticalmass Events, Faculty Board

Faculty Board and Social: Friday, Sept 12!

The elections for the FAS Process Group will take place during Faculty Board on Friday, September 12 at 2:30 pm in Jeffery Hall Room 128. Members must attend online or in person in order to be able to vote. All faculty members, adjunct and tenure-stream, are eligible to vote.  Zoom: https://queensu.zoom.us/j/99758657092?pwd=TXB2S2F2aU8rM2pDeFBYT0cya1g2UT09 Meeting ID: 997 5865 … Continue reading Faculty Board and Social: Friday, Sept 12!

criticalmass Announcements, Calls to Action, Faculty Board

Reminder: FAS Faculty Board Meeting Today!

Monday, April 14, 10:30 am, on Zoom At this meeting, FAS members will vote on the Motion Regarding the Removal of Seats from the Faculty of Arts and Science. Our discussion of the April 7 meeting, where this motion was brought from the floor, explains the issues at stake. The motion reads as follows: “Faculty Board … Continue reading Reminder: FAS Faculty Board Meeting Today!

criticalmass Announcements, Calls to Action, Faculty Board

FAS Faculty Board Special Meeting, Monday, April 7, 1-2 pm, on Zoom

Your Voice Matters! Make it heard! At the March 27 Senate Meeting, the Provost announced that he would be transferring 200 seats from FAS to other faculties and that an additional 100 seats would be reallocated from the BA program to a selection of STEM programs within FAS. This measure is intended to generate additional … Continue reading FAS Faculty Board Special Meeting, Monday, April 7, 1-2 pm, on Zoom

criticalmass Calls to Action, Faculty Board, Newsletter

Newsletter #18 (9/26/2024)

Let’s start with the money. $20.4 million. 1. Queen’s University ended the 2023-24 fiscal year with an operating surplus of $20.4 million. The year-end consolidated financial statements are included in the agenda package for this weekend’s Board of Trustees meeting. QCAA has posted a commentary on the statement that draws our attention to the unusual … Continue reading Newsletter #18 (9/26/2024)