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Academic Strategic Compass
This Academic Strategic Compass, which resulted from an 18-month collaborative planning process, is the next step in realizing a strategic plan to guide Temple over the next 5 years. The Compass provides an overview of the strategies we’ll use at the College of Liberal Arts to reach our goals during a time when the university landscape is quickly changing.
Refer to the Inventory of Initiatives for insight into the milestones and metrics that will benchmark the success of the plan. We look forward to working together as we map our new destiny. Your comments are welcome through our Suggestion Box. [More]
Departments & Programs
- Academic Advising Center
- African American Studies
- American Studies
- Anthropology
- Asian Studies
- Center for the Humanities
- Center for Internships and Career Development
- Center for the Study of Force & Diplomacy
- Center for Vietnamese Philosophy & Culture
- Creative Writing
- Criminal Justice
- Criminal Justice Training Programs
- Critical Languages
- Economics
- English
- Environmental Studies
- Feinstein Center for American Jewish History
- First-Year Writing
- French, German, Italian and Slavic
- Geography and Urban Studies
- Greek and Roman Classics
- History
- Information Technology
- Institute for Public Affairs
- Institute for Survey Research
- Intellectual Heritage / Mosaic
- Jewish Studies
- Latin American Studies
- Master of Liberal Arts
- Neuroscience
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Religion
- Sociology
- Spanish and Portuguese
- Women's Studies
Highlights
End of Semester Information and Announcements
The end of the semester brings much activity and with that, some confusion. Please review the recent memorandum to clarify issues regarding deadlines and changes in procedures that impact everyone directly.
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Assessment
Assessment is a key area for institutions of higher education. Accrediting bodies want to see that there is some thought and effort going into assessment projects, including the articulation of learning goals, ongoing programs of assessment, and explanations of how assessment results will be used to improve programs of study.
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Student Spotlight
In March, Kylie Patterson, a junior and double major in African American studies and political science, joined the list of Temple scholars selected to receive the $30,000 award, which will help support her graduate studies.
Like her predecessors, Patterson said she is committed to taking what she’s learned as a Temple student in to the world.
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News & Events
Psychology Doctoral Student Awarded APF Koppitz Fellowship
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Hanna Carpenter, a fifth-year doctoral student in clinical psychology, has been awarded a 2009 Elizabeth Munsterberg Koppitz Fellowship by the American Psychological Foundation. The $25,000 fellowship will support Carpenter’s research during the 2009-2010 academic year. Presently in clinical rotation at Wilmington’s Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children as part of her practicum training, Carpenter is trying to understand how children’s behavioral problems are related to difficulties with language during the pre-school period of development.
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CLA Alum Leaves Mayor’s Office to Plan London Olympics
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Andrew Altman (CLA ‘85) has served as deputy mayor for planning and economic development and director of Commerce under Mayor Michael Nutter since March 2008. In August, the native Philadelphian will be serving as founding CEO of the Olympic Park Legacy Company, helping London to prepare for hosting the 2012 Summer Olympic Games. “Our loss is most definitely London’s gain,” Mayor Nutter said during the announcement.
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The Prince and the Pauper: A New Twist
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“If you are the CEO of a bank, you get shown the money; if you’re the CEO of an auto company, you get shown the door.” That’s the sentiment voiced by many Americans in response to the financial bailout of banks and insurers. And when legal experts, in defense of the bank bailouts, cited the importance of upholding the contractual agreements of those in the financial industry, some wondered, “What about the employment contracts of the people who take their showers after work?”
(05/21) [More]
Temple Sociologist Questions Assumptions About Suicide
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When the death of Freddie Mac CFO David Kellerman looked to be a suicide, many, including Matt Wray, wondered whether it was driven by economic stress. In a recession this severe, people ask, does the suicide rate go up? The sad truth is, nobody knows. Thanks to the power of modern disease surveillance, we can watch the swine flu pandemic unfold before our eyes, minute by minute. Yet there is no equivalent way to monitor suicides.
(05/06) [More]
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