BFC meeting covers wide array of topics
Nov 7, 2012 11:42 pmIU’s current funding formula is not sustainable, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Neil Theobald said at Tuesday’s Bloomington Faculty Council meeting.
IU’s current funding formula is not sustainable, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Neil Theobald said at Tuesday’s Bloomington Faculty Council meeting.
IU President Michael McRobbie will travel to South America on Monday to meet with university leaders in Brazil, Argentina and Chile.
IU has retained investment banking firm Goldman Sachs to assess potential financial gains as the Board of Trustees weighs the option of leasing University parking operations in exchange for an up-front, lump sum payment, according to a press release issued Wednesday.
IU President Michael McRobbie announced last week a new award that will freeze tuition for students after their sophomore year if they are on track to graduate in four years.
The IU Board of Trustees will convene at its regular meeting Thursday to hear reports about two contested initiatives: the merger of the School of Informatics and Computing with the School of Library and Information Science and the privatization of parking.
While no one has questioned the benefits a new IU policy, some faculty members said they are concerned their programs cannot coexist with the background check provision.
Nutritional epidemiologist Ka He has been named the premier chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Public Health.
A committee has formed to begin the nationwide search for candidates for the position of dean of the IU Maurer School of Law.
A national search will begin immediately for the first leader of the School of Global and International Studies after the Board of Trustees approved the push to bring new degrees to Bloomington’s campus at Friday’s meeting.
On Sept. 28, the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation will officially be renamed the School of Public Health. But the transition is more than just a name change.