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White Papers

• 2004
• IT Infrastructure for Research & Teaching
  (Revised Draft - May 2005)
  
  


• 2003
   
  • Influencing Change in USC Campus Neighborhoods
    (Final Draft - August 2003)
    Committee: Tridib Banerjee, Philip Chiaramonte, David Dale-Johnson, Robert Harris, Eric Heikkila, Guilbert Hentschke, John Hisserich, Ron Kaufman, Edwin McCann, Alvin Rudisill, Kay Song, Madeleine Stoner
     

• 2002
   
  • Report on Faculty Housing and Affordability
    (Revised Draft - August 12, 2002)
    David Dale-Johnson, Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics
     
  • Assessing the Impacts of “9/11” on our Academic Community (PDF) (Powerpoint)
    (Final Draft - September 18, 2002)
    by Eric J. Heikkila
     
  • White Paper on Non-tenure-track faculty
    (Summer 2002)
    Committee: Martin Gunderson, Edwin McCann, Teresa McKenna, Austin Mircheff, Susan Montgomery, Julie Nyquist, Madeleine Stoner, Nelly Stromquist, Maria Todorovska
     

• 2001

  • Task Force Report on Conflict of Interest Policy
    (August 15, 2001)
    George Bekey, Chair, White Paper Task Force on University Conflict of Interest Policies and Guidelines

  • Communications
    (Summer 2001)
    Members of the Working Group: Paul Alkon, Tom Housel, Robert Labaree, Peter Nosco (chair), and Pat Riley. Also present: Athena Perrakis (executive assistant).

  • The Community and Academic Life at USC
    (Summer 2001)
    Committee Members: Florence Clark (Chair), Gayla Margolin, Tridib Banerjee, Marilyn Flynn, Dick Cone, George Sanchez, Roberta Diaz-Brinton, Richard Sundeen

  • The Changing USC Student Body and Extracurricular Activities
    (August 10, 2001)
    Committee Members: Cynthia Cherrey (Student Affairs), Roger Grooters (Student-Athlete Academic Services), James Manegold, (Marshall School of Business, Chair), Tom McNeill, (Keck School of Medicine), Meg Russett, (LAS, English)

  • Report on Gender Equity
    (Summer 2001)
    Hilary Schor (Chair), Elizabeth Davenport, Elizabeth Graddy, Carrie Hemple, Lisa Love, Ed McCaffery, Janis McEldowney, Lorraine Turcotte, Carolee Winstein, Felicia Lee

• 1999

  • Tenure Clock Issues

  • Sabbatical Reforms

  • Interdisciplinary Planning at USC

  • Improving the Quality of Graduate Programs at USC
    (August, 1999)
    David D. Marsh (Chair), T.C. Cheng, John Dreher, Doug Hammond, Chien-Ping Ko, Michael Stallcup, Jennifer Vegas

• 1998

  • Review of Faculty
    (Summer 1998)
    Barbara J. Solomon (Co-Chair), Nicos A. Petasis (Co-Chair); Joseph Aoun, Michael J. Cody, Teresa McKenna, William Tierney, Leslie Bernstein, Robert A. Farley, M. Susan Montgomery, William Thalmann

  • Review of Deans and Department Chairs
    (Summer 1998)
    Silvia Formenti (Co-Chair), Sarah Pratt (Co-Chair), Robert Biller, Edward Crandall, Solomon Golomb, Martin Levine, William Thalmann

  • Distance Learning at USC
    (August 28, 1998)
    Chi Mak, John Silvester (Co-Chairs); Peter Beerel, Gerald Davison, William Dutton, Najwa Hanel, Ed Kazlauskas, Harry O'Neil, Carl Renold, Ed Schneider, Douglas Thomas

  • Entrepreneurial Activity and Intellectual Property Development
    (August 28, 1998)
    Michael Bolger, Roberta Brinton, David D'Argenio, Martin Gundersen, Co-Chair, Thieo Hogen Esch, Kathleen Rodgers, Hilary Schor, Larry Swanson, Co-Chair

  • Senate White Paper on Under-Represented Minority Faculty Hiring, Retention and Promotion
    (August 28, 1998)
    Teresa McKenna, co-chair; Barbara Solomon, co-chair; Lois Banner, Lavorma Blair, John Dreher, Carrie Hempel, Darnell Hunt, George Sanchez, Donna Shoupe, Bert Steece, Giske Ursin

  • Reinventing Undergraduate Education at USC
    (August 17, 1998)
    Kyetay Beckner, Sharon Carnicke, Caleb Finch, Katharine Harrington, Joseph Hellige (co-chair), Selma Holo, Thomas Katsouleas, James Kincaid, Philippa Levine (co-chair), Sarah Pratt, Terry Seip, Michael Waterman

• 1997

  • The Educational Mission of USC
    (August 1997)
    M. Appleman, T.C. Cheng, J. Dittrick, N. Hanel, J. Hellige, J. Lind, S. Pratt, C. Silva-Corvalan

  • Faculty Accountability
    (August 1997)
    Nicos A. Petasis (Chair), Leslie Bernstein, Michael J. Cody, Robert A. Farley, Thomas A. Hollihan, Loren A. Laine, Beth Meyerowitz, Jon Miller, William Tierney

  • Leadership Accountability
    (August 1997)
    Silvia Formenti (Co-Chair), Walter Wolf (Co-Chair), Robert P. Biller, Peter N. Heseltine, William P. Weber, William G. Thalmann

• 1996

  • Faculty Academic Integrity & Honesty
    (August 1996)
    F.G. Weissman, J.L. Anderson, M. Cody, F. Mason, A. Parker, M. Preston, S. Rasheed

  • The Meaning of Tenure
    (August 1996)
    Carmen Silva-Corvalan and Robert H. Stellwagen (Co-chairs), T.C. Cheng, Robert Coffey, Julian Haywood, and Abraham Yaari

  • Merit-Based Faculty Compensation
    (August 1996)
    Tu-Nan Chang (Chair), J. Lawford Anderson, Joseph Aoun, Michael Appleman, Joseph Hellige, and Sarah Pratt

• 1995

  • Responsibilities and Rights of Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
    (August 1995)
    S. Pratt, N. Alexander, E. Chemerinsky, T.C. Cheng, N. Hanel, G. Hentschke

  • Faculty Development
    (August 1995)
    J. Lawford Anderson, Margo K. Apostolos, Richard Ide, Tania Modleski, and Alice Parker

  • Working Relationships Between Elected Faculty Councils, Chairpersons and Deans
    (August 1995)
    Suraiya Rasheed (Coordinator), Joseph Aoun, Michael Appleman, Kathy Glennan, Joseph Kunc

  • Undergraduate Education and Informal Learning
    (Summer 1995)
    Thomas Gustafson

• 1994

  • Faculty Responsibilities and Professional Development
    (August 1994)
    E. Chemerinsky, N. Alexander, S. Pratt

  • Internationalization at USC
    (August 1994)
    Alexander Moore

  • Troy: An Enduring Metaphor Student Life Committee
    (June 1994)
    Kevin Starr (Chair), Abel Amaya, Margo Apstolos, Kapila Sri Chaudrasehera; Gerald Davison, KristineDillon, Mike Garrett, Ken Goldberg, Najwa Hanel, Martha Harris, Susan Laemmle, Tom Moran, AlvinRudisill, Wallace Smith, Craig Springer, Donna Toulmin, Stephen Toulmin

• 1993

  • Perspectives: Past, Present and Future
    (October 1993)
    William G. Spitzer

  • Evaluation of doctoral and professional degree programs
    (August 1993)
    Maria Pellegrini

  • Interdisciplinary teaching and research at USC
    (August 1993)
    Barrie Thorne

  • Internationalizing USC's Curriculum
    (August 1993)
    R. B. Kaplan

  • Position paper on diversity policies:  Minority faculty hiring
    (August 1993)

  • Postdoctoral Programs at USC
    (August 1993)
    Caleb E. Finch
    Teresa McKenna, Mauricio Mazon, Barbara Solomon, Tu-Nan Chang

  • A proposal for undergraduate interdisciplinary program
    (August 1993)
    Karen Segal, Larry Singer and Bert Steece

  • Thoughts on Undergraduate Education
    (August 1993)
    Gerald C. Davison

• 1992

  • Students and Their Lives
    (September 1992)
    Robert Coffey, Gerald Davidson, David Marsh

• 1991

  • An Example of Faculty Participation in the Governance of a School
    (1991)
    Martin L. Levine

  • Faculty Governance: How Do You Begin?
    (1991)
    Frank Mason