Sweet Briar Also Announces Cuts To The Faculty
Inside Higher Ed
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12/19/17
"Sweet Briar’s official news release on the new curriculum and restructuring laid out in detail changes that were announced months ago, explaining that the new curriculum is intended to focus on women’s leadership. It said five new faculty members will be hired over the next two years to support the new curriculum… Roughly a dozen faculty members’ positions will be eliminated, the college’s administration confirmed to Inside Higher Ed Monday. They include tenured professors, tenure-track faculty members and instructors teaching under contract. A total of 10 tenured and tenure-track faculty members are being affected.”
Sweet Briar Announces Its Revised Curriculum
Chronicle of Higher Education
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12/18/17
"Some of the courses, like “Argument and Persuasion” and “Decisions in a Data-Driven World,” focus on core skills. Others, like “Women and Gender in the World,” are tied to Sweet Briar’s mission. And courses on such subjects as design thinking and sustainable systems explore methods and approaches that are growing in popularity nationally.”