Pratt Senate

Academic Senate @PrattInstitute. Representing faculty, chairs, and staff who teach. Announcements, governance, and higher education.
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Congratulations to Shakti Bhagchandani, Adjunct Associate Professor in Film/Video, winner of the 2022-23 @PrattInstitute Distinguished Teacher Award #PrattGrad22 https://t.co/555jn2zWEg

[American Association of University Professors @AAUP]

Real wages for full-time faculty members decreased 5% after adjusting for inflation, the largest one-year decrease on record since the AAUP began tracking this measure in 1972.
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@PrattInstitute This year's DTA medal was designed by Joanne Wu, BID ’24, based on the staircase at @PrattLibraries. "A library represents public access to education, while the spiral staircase represents the constant academic and personal growth that occurs in the process of learning"

[Pratt Senate @prattsenate]

Congratulations to Shakti Bhagchandani, Adjunct Associate Professor in Film/Video, winner of the 2022-23 @PrattInstitute Distinguished Teacher Award #PrattGrad22 https://t.co/555jn2zWEg

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Congratulations to Profs. Scott Ruff and Jeffrey Hogrefe, winners of the @PrattInstitute 2022-23 Research Recognition Award for their publication In Search of African American Space: Redressing Racism https://t.co/Irxhb5xMQq

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Guidance for faculty teaching this semester on absences, hybrid technology, when/how a class session might shift online, and what to do if positive test results are received during class https://t.co/96zzMFuiRn

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Campus conditions will return to "yellow" on Jan 31, when all in-person classes will return to their planned modes of delivery. More details at https://t.co/f9we39Mrxf

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All classes will shift to remote delivery for the first two weeks of the spring 2022 semester. Campus conditions are “amber” now through January 30 https://t.co/G2QhLehMQp

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Pratt will require booster vaccinations and a negative PRC test to return to campus for spring semester https://t.co/f9we39Mrxf

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Applications are open for this year's Faculty Development Fund—all Senate constituents are eligible to apply. Collaborative and cross-disciplinary proposals are especially welcome https://t.co/ALZKY1f7da

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Nominations are open for the next three-year term. Your participation helps build a strong, inclusive, and representative Senate

Nominate by Dec 20 at https://t.co/DCAZaLVfdg

[American Association of University Professors @AAUP]

🧵 “The task before us now is to formulate any defense of #CriticalRaceTheory as broadly as the Far Right has positioned its assault on the field,” writes @Ranamaria in the new issue of Academe…

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All in-person classes suspended Thursday, September 2. Read more: https://t.co/dRRmMaL00N

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Congratulations to @HADpratt Prof. Heather Horton, recipient of @PrattInstitute's Distinguished Teacher Award 2021-22 https://t.co/QTWlrnfGfK

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Our Academic Initiatives Fund is now accepting applications for the 2021-22 academic year. For details and to apply, see link below https://t.co/X09gvIcvuq

[American Association of University Professors @AAUP]

The Calls By College Faculty For Mask & #VaccinationMandates Grow Louder. https://t.co/EoWB6uxOVl

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Fall 2021 vaccine requirement, social contract, outdoor mask mandate ended, and more https://t.co/f9we39Mrxf

[Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered]

Report says admissions policies that hurt minority applicants are widespread https://t.co/QOpjnuXAoT

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Distinguished Teacher 2021-22 Prof. Heather Horton reflects on the historical significance of earning a degree in the pandemic at the #PrattGrad21 online commencement ceremony @PrattInstitute @hadpratt https://t.co/EiGlbQdrer

[Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered]

Colleges consider how to incorporate new CDC guidance for vaccinated individuals into their planning https://t.co/HU9K3KHNuA