Appendix Two: Ideas, suggestions, and recommendations Supports to Mission
Ideas, suggestions, and recommendations from online feedback and in-person consultations
Teaching
Encourage diverse faculty backgrounds Engage professors, get them passionate Encourage professors to be more interactive Attract and retain high calibre faculty Hire more tenure track faculty Recognize outstanding teaching (e.g., with financial incentive) Offer more online courses and distance education options Offer more in-person courses Reduce class sizes Support innovations in teaching methods Develop interactive classrooms Encourage the use of creative teaching methods Embrace technology in the classroom Be cautious in integrating technology in education Provide a world-class teaching environment Create work and study abroad opportunities for students Improve and increase co-op programs More and higher-quality experiential education Develop a long-range view of the academic plan Provide an education that allows students to get jobs Provide an education that fosters well-rounded students Focus on sustainability in the curriculum More scholarships and grants for students More academic supports for students Recruit and financially support local (Maritime) low-income students Provide space and support for Aboriginal students Support the academic success of international students; e.g., ESL Provide more funding support for international students Reduce/remove the differential fee for international students Provide interdisciplinary learning opportunities for students Make it easier to transfer courses and credits from other universities Collaborate with other Nova Scotia universities to increase programs Give teaching assistants a larger role in the classroom Invest in new program opportunities Reduce class sizes The university is currently a perfect size 20,000 students is a good goal Keep growing, get as large as possible
Research
Better support for research in the arts Expand and improve research facilities Support researchers by hiring more faculty to teach Provide more administrative support for researchers Provide robust research services Lobby provincial government for more research funding Build on international research reputation Conduct more research at an international level Continue to build on research knowledge Develop more graduate-level thesis programs Foster research collaboration between universities Increase partnerships with other universities Increase partnerships with industry More interdisciplinary research between departments at Dal
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