The report of the commission affirms our opportunities and responsibilities, individual and collective, with regard to teaching at Emory. Urging specific actions, it gives substance to the hope that Emory will be known as a first-class university in all respects. In order for the reality of teaching at Emory to reach our highest aspirations, all members of this community must make a commitment to the realization of this goal.
We charge the president and provost to set an agenda in which teaching is regarded as highly as research. We encourage the deans, directors, and department chairs to create an environment within their programs in which teaching is valued, supported, and-- following clear and well- documented evaluation-- rewarded. We challenge faculty to seize the opportunity for their teaching, its development, and its evaluation. We urge students to contribute to and participate actively in the intellectual community, which fosters excellence both in teaching and learning. We invite staff to work toward the enrichment of the teaching environment in all parts of the university. In short, there is much work to be done.
To build on the foundation of this report, the commission will sponsor a number of opportunities for discussion and debate. During the fall, several hundred faculty will be selected randomly to come together in small groups to consider how the recommendations outlined in Teaching at Emory might be implemented. We are also planning a special conversation for all members of the faculty and opportunities for discipline-specific groups to advise the administration. In addition, we invite faculty, either individually or in groups, to initiate more informal yet focused conversations with one or more commission members.
It is our hope and intent that Teaching at Emory will promote an ongoing process of valuing and supporting the many ways in which teaching significantly shapes the course and opportunities of Emory University as we move into the twenty-first century.
THE COMMISSION ON TEACHING
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Rebecca S. Chopp Chair, Commission on Teaching Charles Howard Candler Professor of Theology Candler School of Theology and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
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Walter Reed Co-Chair, Commission on Teaching Professor of English and Director of the Center for Teaching and Curriculum Emory College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
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Peter H. Aranson Professor and Chair Department of Economics Emory College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
William T. Branch, Jr., M.D.
David A. Edwards
Michael T. Evenden
Susan H. Frost
Linda R. Gooding
Joan I. Gotwals
James M. Gustafson
Jacqueline Jordan Irvine
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Harriet M. King Associate Professor, School of Law and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
David G. Kleinbaum
Benn R. Konsynski
Paul R. Lennard
Dennis C. Liotta
Frances Lucas-Taucher
Maria Lunk
Alfred H. Merrill, Jr.
Patricia L. Owen-Smith
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Betsey Patterson Virtual Library Project Coordinator University Libraries
Margaret E. Parsons
Robert A. Pastor
Steve Taylor
Vera Dixon Rorie
Jonas A. Shulman, M.D.
Beth Hornbuckle Tyler
John Witte, Jr.
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