Assignment for GSLIS students inspired by 2007 Faculty Retreat

From lissa

Vision for GSLIS 2007: Recruiting New Faculty to Leverage Our Current Strengths and Develop New Strategic Strengths

Scenario: We will hire 13 new faculty by 2013, in addition to replacing any retiring faculty.

Assignment:

Here’s your opportunity to shape a program!

• Select an existing area that could be strengthened or suggest a new area in which we could excel and have a national impact.
• Write a one-paragraph description of that area. Describe why this area currently is, or could become, critical to GSLIS.
• Why would it bring GSLIS national/international visibility? How many faculty would we need to hire in the area?
• If you could select a “dream team” who would be on it? (Feel free to identify junior and senior faculty from anywhere and from your discipline.)
• What other resources might be required to assure the success of your proposed area (technology, staff, bibliographic resources, and so on)?

Please send them to Wendy Brown (wendy.brown@simmons.edu) and she will forward them on to the faculty anonymously (unless you want your name stated).

Transcribed by Wendy Brown from the “GSLIS Retreat 2007 Exercise” handout at the October 10, 2007 GSLIS Faculty Meeting