Educational Affairs Committee
The Educational Affairs Committee is comprised of five tenured faculty members elected by the faculty at large.
Members for 2011-12 are:
Miguel Fernandez (Spanish & Portuguese)
Roman Graf (German)
Noah Graham (Physics)
Antonia Losano (English & American Literatures)
Kathy Morse (History, Environmental Studies)
The committee is chaired by the Provost, Alison Byerly.
This spring the committee will meet on Tuesday afternoons. They may be reached, en masse, via email.
Requesting Staffing Positions
Chairs of departments and programs are encouraged to review histories of their enrollments, enrollment and major data, and the current teaching expectations when preparing proposals to EAC. In addition, examples of successful proposals are available for review. To apply for a position, the rationale must be accompanied by appropriate documentation. Please review the Recruiting Section of the Chairs Handbook for specific information on what should be included.
New Teaching Expectations
New Teaching Expectations were recommended by the Educational Affairs Committee in October 2011 and approved by the administration in December 2011. Below are links to the new guidelines and supplemental information on curricular planning, including forms for use by departments, programs, and individual faculty members.
Faculty Teaching Plan form (be sure to "save as..." to your own computer with your name in first part of document name)
Department Teaching Plan form (be sure to "save as..." to your own computer with department name in first part of document name)
Course Release Policy
Course release policy, approved as of May 2011
EAC Reports
The EAC reports to the faculty on a monthly basis. The reports, which are included with agendas for Faculty Meetings, can be read in the archives of EAC reports to the faculty. (Content restricted to members of the Middlebury community.)