EDUCATIONAL Policy and planning committee |
The Educational Policy and Planning Committee (EPPC) was established in the spring of 2012 by the Policy and Planning Committee (PPC). The EPPC is responsible for coordinating the work of the major curriculum committees of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and for advising and making recommendations to PPC and the Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences on matters of educational policy and planning. The committee is composed of the EVP; the Deans of Columbia College, the School of General Studies, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Continuing Education, as well as a representative from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; the chairs of the committees on the Core Curriculum, the Global Core, and the Committee on Science Instruction; three faculty members appointed by the PPC and three faculty members appointed by the EVP; and three student representatives from Columbia College, General Studies and GSAS. The EPPC began work in September 2012 under the chairmanship of Susan Pedersen, Professor of History. In the 2012-13 academic year, the EPPC at the request of Dean James Valentini undertook and completed a review of the first-year science course, Frontiers of Science. The Committee also worked to facilitate the development of global programs and teaching within Arts and Sciences, establishing a subcommittee on global education that was also asked to serve as the Faculty Advisory Committee to Columbia College’s Office of Global Programs. In the 2013-14 academic year, the committee expects to continue its work on global education; to keep a watching brief over the Arts and Science’s involvement with online education; and to review, and if possible rationalize, our current practices with regard to course weightings. The EPPC operates on the assumption that the curriculum is the responsibility of the Arts and Sciences faculty as a whole. It has used surveys, reports and faculty meetings to gauge faculty views and solicit feedback. The EPPC reports to the faculty at the outset of every semester about its proposed agenda, and at the end of the year about the status of its work. The initial PPC memo envisaging the creation of the EPPC, and those letters to the faculty, can be found here: 2nd Faculty Letter Spring 2013 Committee Members 2013-2014: Committee Chair: Committee Members (in alphabetical order): Peter Awn, Dean General Studies, Professor of Religion Kristine Billmyer, Dean School of Continuing Education Adam Cannon, Lecturer in Discipline, Computer Sciences, School of Engineering & Applied Science Richard Clarida, Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs Marina Cords, COSI Chair, Professor of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology Bachir Diagne, Professor of French and Romance Philology Robert Friedman, Professor of Mathematics Patricia Grieve, Chair Committee on Global Core, Professor of Latin American and Iberian Cultures Ido Haimi, Student, General Studies Margaret Mattes, Student, Columbia College Matt Jones, Chair Committee on the Core, Professor of History David Madigan, Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences, Dean of the Faculty, Professor of Statistics Cathy Popkin, Professor of Slavic Languages Lucy Sheehan, Student, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Jack Snyder, Chair of PPC, Professor of Political Science James Valentini, Vice President for Undergraduate Education, Dean Columbia College, Professor of Chemistry Jacqueline Van Gorkom, Professor of Astronomy Provostial Faculty Advisory Committee on Online Learning Members of the Committee (in formation): David Madigan, Statistics, Committee Chair Melissa Begg, Public Health Kristine Billmyer, School of Continuing Education Adam Cannon, SEAS Michael Collins, SEAS (teaching Spring 2013 MOOC) Matt Connelly, History Don Davis, Economics Pierre Force, Arts & Sciences Pat Grieve, Latin America Studies Eitan Grinspun, SEAS George M. Hripcsak , Biomedical Informatics Garud Iyengar, SEAS (teaching Spring 2013 MOOC) Gita Johar, Business School Soulaymane Kachani, SEAS Avery Katz, Law School Shantanu Lal, College of Dental Medicine Ellen Meier, Teachers College Sharyn O'Halloran, SIPA Cathy Popkin, Slavic Languages Vincent Racaniello, Microbiology Assaf Zeevi, Business School Ex-officio: Beryl Abrams, General Counsel's Office Maneesha Aggarwal, Information Technology Maurice Matiz, CCNMTL EPPC Working Group on Curricular Structure: Adam Cannon, SEAS Richard Clarida, Economics Robert Friedman, Mathematics Matt Jones, History Susan Pedersen, Chair, History Cathy Popkin, Slavic Languages Global Education Subcommittee: Julie Crawford, English & Comparative Literature Bachir Diagne, French & Romance Philology Stathis Gourgouris, Society, Classics & Institute of Comparative Literature Patricia Grieve, Latin American and Iberian Cultures Holger Klien, Art History & Archaeology Don Melnick, CEES/Biology Christia Mercer, Philosophy Timothy Mitchell, MESAAS Pablo Piccato, History Madeleine Zelin, East Asian Languages & Cultures Learning Outcomes Subcommittee Robert Friedman, Mathematics, Subcommittee Chair Robert Jervis, Political Science Molly Murray, English and Comparative Literature Ioannis Mylonopoulos, Art History and Archaeology Lois Putnam, Psychology Brent Stockwell, Biological Sciences Deans and Administrators Paul McNeil, School of Continuing Education Fred Palm, Arts and Sciences Andrea Soloman, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Kathryn Yatrakis, Dean of Academic Affairs, Columbia College Rose Razaghian, Executive Director, Academic Planning and Analysis, A&S/Columbia College |
