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...first item on the Council’s agenda was the financial crisis. FAS Dean Michael D. Smith told the Council that he has been receiving multiple plans from different departments and said that he is pleased with discussions on the matter...
...administrators also sought to assure the Council that the new General Education program—which currently has 70 courses approved for an incoming freshman class of over 1,600—remains on track. Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds and Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris, who also chairs the Gen Ed committee, said that they are continuing to urge professors to develop new Gen Ed courses...
English Professor Stephen J. Greenblatt, who chairs the Task Force on the Arts, presented his committee’s recommendations to the Faculty Council. Speaking at an Undergraduate Council meeting on Monday, University President Drew G. Faust acknowledged that not all of the Task Force’s recommendations would go forward immediately because of the current financial situation...
...created by George W. Bush has precious few supporters on the left or right, President Barack Obama is following through with his campaign pledge to expand its scope and influence within his Administration. Obama made that clear Thursday morning at the National Prayer Breakfast, announcing a new Presidential Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships that will weigh in on matters ranging from funding of social-service providers and poverty alleviation to the more controversial issue of abortion reduction. "The goal of this office will not be to favor one religious group over another - or even religious groups over...
...council will be made up of 25 secular and religious leaders from across the spectrum of faith traditions and ideological backgrounds, including some who did not support Obama's candidacy. A number of high-profile Evangelical leaders are on the roster, including Joel Hunter, a megachurch pastor in the Orlando, Fla., area; Jim Wallis, founder of the progressive Sojourners magazine; and Frank Page, the most recent past president of the Southern Baptist Convention. In addition, several members come from the secular nonprofit world, a community that had limited involvement with Bush's faith-based initiative. (See pictures of Barack Obama...