In a late January meeting, the BOR Advisory Council of English received a draft of the 2008 Regents Strategic Plan and the faculty present were asked for their feedback. Here is a key provision under Strategic Goal One regarding the "restructuring of the Core Curriculum":
"All 34 institutions [excluding the Medical College of Georgia] that offer the Core Curriculum will adopt the restructured core."
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from "Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities," by the American Association of University Professors (founded in 1915 and upheld in many court decisions):
"When an educational goal has been established, it becomes the responsibility primarily of the faculty to determine the appropriate curriculum... .The governing board of an institution of higher education, while maintaining a general overview, entrusts the conduct of administration to the administrative officers--the president and the deans-- and the conduct of teaching and research to the faculty. The board should undertake appropriate self-limitation."
---from an Anonymous English Professor
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