Office of the Provost
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February 15, 2021
Fall course evaluations mirror past semesters, despite challenges
Student evaluations of their 2020 fall term courses and instructors remained consistent with past semesters, despite the many challenges to teaching and learning posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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February 15, 2021
Campus briefs
Short news items from around the University of Michigan.
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February 11, 2021
Higher Learning Commission accredits U-M for another decade
U-M has been granted renewal of institutional accreditation for another 10 years by the Higher Learning Commission. The decision comes as the result of a comprehensive evaluation by HLC peer reviewers performed last spring.
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February 8, 2021
U-M Women of Color Task Force Career Conference registration open
The U-M Women of Color Task Force will host its 39th annual career conference virtually from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. March 4-5. It is free and open to all U-M staff, faculty, student, and the public.
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December 3, 2020
Anti-Racism Faculty Hiring Initiative selection committee named
U-M’s Anti-Racism Faculty Hiring Initiative is moving forward with Provost Susan M. Collins naming the members of the committee who will review hiring proposals and make selections for funding for the first round of submissions.
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November 19, 2020
Questions added to course evaluations amid ongoing pandemic
The Office of the Provost is urging academic units to “be mindful and explicit about the context of the term,” when using fall term course evaluations in teaching personnel considerations.
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November 6, 2020
Winter term plans grounded in campus engagement efforts
U-M leaders met with students, faculty and staff to inform and shape plans for the winter term, learning what went well in the fall and what did not.
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October 27, 2020
Public safety task force nominations open until Nov. 5
The Office of the Provost is soliciting nominations for U-M campus community members to serve on a new task force on public safety. Those interested in joining the task force are asked to apply via an online form by 5 p.m. Nov. 5.
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October 20, 2020
University to launch several new anti-racism initiatives
U-M will launch several new anti-racism initiatives, and enhance a number of existing ones, as part of a national reckoning on race and as deep-rooted structural inequities in American life have been magnified.
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September 29, 2020
U-M leaders to launch weekly COVID-19 video briefing
President Mark Schlissel and Provost Susan M. Collins are launching a weekly COVID-19 briefing at 1 p.m. every Friday to keep members of the U-M community up-to-date on news and information related to the pandemic.
