Hi folks – Your discussion leaders for Wednesday MAY post separately, asking you to focus on particular elements. That is great! But I wanted to get a basic structure of topics out here. I will revise this post between now & Wednesday to reflect the specifics of what I learn from discussion leaders. The divisions I’m making here between different topic is almost arbitrary: I can see clear connections across them. Don’t obsess, please, on what falls into what category.
Topic 1: University Policies
A. Alcohol policy: Here
Score card for our drug policy from advocacy org: Here
B. Alternative course model – ReportofAdHocTaskForce.
Results of faculty straw poll on this model: here.
C. Strategic Plan: here
Topic 2: Student Protest // Student-Administration Relations
Articles on protests from last year & the Title IX complaint:
http://www.fredericksburg.com/letter-to-divest-umw/pdf_11279b8a-e3eb-11e4-bdf7-23ff5a18aad2.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz9sWnwwvjk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noNFJPMHFeM
Topic 3: Money – Budget Issues
Here’s a presentation on UMW budget/fees: http://ufc.umw.edu/files/2015/09/2015-16-budget-plan-and-tuition-and-fees.pdf
Here’s a long list of publicly available budget documents – scan at your interest: http://adminfinance.umw.edu/budget/reports-and-related-information/
News reports on latest tuition increases:
http://www.umw.edu/news/2015/05/08/umw-board-of-visitors-announces-tuition-fees-for-2015-16/
This is delightful public info on giving to UMW: http://giving.umw.edu/mwfirst/
ALSO: stuff on meal plans – what could we read about meal plans? Feel free to post suggestions in comments.