Faculty Meeting 11-07-07

Hey Public Policy majors! Here's a quick recap of what was discussed at last Wednesday's faculty meeting.

1) Progress is being made towards a potential joint Ph.D. program with the School of Government. Faculty from both the SOG and the Public Policy dept will be getting together Dec. 3rd to get to know each other better.

2) Course scheduling for Fall '08 is underway. Some things the dept has been discussing are:

• Including more topical courses (ex. American Environmental Policy taught by Dr. Andrews). Prof. Lauen's course on education policy will probably be offered on a continuing basis, and additional courses may be added.
  
• Trying to have core faculty teach core policy courses such as 201, 220, 460 etc.
  
• Possible revamping of the graduate pubpol curriculum

3) Mr. Hodding Carter III has been announced as the commencement speaker for December '07 graduates. Here's a link to his bio: click.

4) The department is still looking for suggestions for the next Lambeth lecture (Fall '08) and a commencement speaker for the Spring '08 graduation.

5) Additional Adjunct faculty have been appointed.