A message from the Dean

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Coming into this University role, I've noticed the university needs a few things. First of all:

A) It needs more ACTIVITY
To do this, we first must:
a) Find out who's active and who's not (teachers AND students)
b) Find out what would make them more active

B) Second of all, it needs PUBLICITY. I'm (and possibly others) are working on this aspect. Possibly:
a) A newsletter

C) It needs METHOD.
a) How long should the semesters be?
b) How long should each class be?
c) How will grading work
etc.

I hope to address all of these problems and more as your dean.

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Right now, as my first real, "official," act of Dean, I have put up a sign-up sheet for teachers. I believe we should start here, with teachers, in order to begin.

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I have began to address the C) part of the question:
C) It needs METHOD.
a) How long should the semesters be?
5 weeks

b) How long should each class be?
5 weeks long, plus final

c) How will grading work?
Yet to be determined

A) Is in the process of being addressed as is category B)

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Cutting Through the Clutter

Ladies and Gentlemen, Visitors of the 10,000 islands:
I am pleased to announce that I have begun cutting through the clutter. As of March 20th, at 7:52 PM EST, I have marked all inactive teachers' threads with the following message:
'This class is hereby declared "retired" because the teacher is inactive."
As a result, we have three classes that are active:
European Colonialism
History of China
XKI Economics

By the time the next semester begins, all of these classes that have been marked with that message will have been moved to an archive section, leaving just the active classes. Additionally, each class that has been finished SUCCESSFULLY will receive a reward, pending the grades being submitted at the end of the semester.

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Policy for inactive teachers:
Starting NEXT semester, two things will happen:
1) Teachers who are hired for NEXT semester who have not completed their class during that semester will not be invited back to teach for one semester. That is to say once you decide to teach for this upcoming semester and you want to teach again, you MUST...I repeat, MUST!...finish your class.

ALSO:
The University Dean is looking for people to draw up pictures of degrees. Starting this coming semester, will have four degrees. Below is a table and how you earn them:
1) Base degree: Take one elective, one history, and one economics class
2) BA/BS: Take two electives, two history, and two economics classes for a BS; Two electives, two history, and one economics class for a BA.
3) Master's: Take three electives, two history, and one/two (See above) economics classes for a Master's.
4) P.H.D. Take four electives, three history, and one/two (See BS/BA degrees) economics classes for a P.H.D.

NOTE: this does not mean you have to take 8 classes at once; this means that you will have have a total of four electives, three history, and one/two economics classes for a P.H.D. overall in the number of semesters that you decide to stay her.

This addresses part C), Method.

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It recently came to my attention that I started the Semester on an odd day. As a result, if needed, there will be an extra week at the end of the semester. That week will either be used for finals (hence, some classes will have 6 weeks and a final), or will not be used at all.