Call for contributions:
What are your strategies for teaching mathematics problem solving and quantitative reasoning?

The Integrating Mathematics Across the Curriculum (IMAC) Teaching and Learning Taskforce, made up of faculty from Mathematics and other disciplines that depend on mathematical competencies, and Directors of Centers for Teaching and Learning, invites you to contribute to a Guide for Instructors, to be completed by Summer 2008 and made available online (www.cuny.edu/IMAC) and in print. Our goal is to create a way for CUNY faculty to share their insights and successes with one another. To be considered for inclusion in the 2008 Guide, your response must be received by April 30th.

Send your contributions to:
IMAC Teaching and Learning Taskforce, c/o Ellen Smiley

By email:
ellen.smiley@mail.cuny.edu

By s-mail:
535 East 80th Street
6th Floor
New York, NY 10075

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A report on salary increases prompted by promotion across CUNY campuses, by Dean Savage (Chair, University Faculty Senate Committee on the Status of the Faculty, Chair, Queens College Academic Senate, Professor, Sociology). Excerpt:

One of the major problems confronting CUNY colleges is how to pay the faculty more. There are several ways in the contract to pay faculty more and these are coming to be used increasingly at some campuses. However, one standard way of rewarding faculty is not being fully used.

Read the full report (PDF)

Making Connections: ePortfolios, Integrative Learning and Assessment

The semi-final schedule for the conference is now available, as is the registration interface. The keynote speaker is Kathleen B.Yancey, Kellogg W. Hunt Professor of English at Florida State University and director of the graduate program in Rhetoric and Composition Studies.

For more information:
http://www.eportfolio.lagcc.cuny.edu/conference/