EPC Recommended Reading

Ananda Valenzuela put this set of documents together with the intention of ensuring that this year's EPC has a better sense of what the EPC has done in the past. By no means is it a comprehensive list, but instead endeavors to touch upon some of the major reports of interest in a variety of topics.

The New Division I

 * [[Media:Full_Div._I_Proposal_-_Approved.pdf|Full Division I Proposal Approved Spring 2010]]
 * Community-Engaged Learning Activity

Reports and Studies
They are in quasi-chronological order, from oldest to newest.


 * The original Making of a College- Seeing how the EPC often tries to go back to the larger ideas, the "vision" per say, we should at least read Chapter 3: An Organized Vision. It's fascinating to think about the founding ideas of Hampshire...
 * [[Media:Retentionstudy_2006_final_report.pdf|Hampshire College 05-06 Retention Study]], by Jessica Payne - Retention always comes up in EPC discussions, and yet we rarely refer to actual qualitative, analyzed data.
 * [[Media:Summary_of_Wabash_National_Study_2006-2007.pdf|Summary of the Wabash Study]] - the Wabash Study constantly comes up in EPC discussions.
 * NEASC Report - places our discussions in a larger context about the nature of Hampshire
 * especially when paired with the Hampshire College Self-Study
 * December 2007 EPC Report - The EPC was apparently not too good at documenting its progress in the past, as this is the only official document I've found coming out of EPC since the last Division I plan came out years ago...
 * [[Media:Academic_Challenge_at_Hampshire_by_Neil_Stillings.pdf|Neil Stillings's essay on Challenge at Hampshire]] - Although this may not have to do with direct policy changes, it is an important factor to keep in mind while discussing academic issues.
 * [[Media:EPC_report_to_faculty_08_10_6.pdf|EPC Progress Report on Revising Division I]] - Detailed descriptions of the proposed fall 2008 small group discussions and a list of topics to be discussed in the spring.
 * [[Media:EPCReport08_11_4.pdf|November 2008 EPC Report on First Small Group Discussions]] - Summary of conclusions from small group discussions re distribution requirements
 * [[Media:EPC_Report_to_the_faculty_february_3_2009.pdf|February 2009 EPC Report to Faculty]] - Summary of the proposals the EPC put forward to the faculty regarding distribution requirements.

Proposals and Ideas from Individuals/Groups

 * [[Media:McDermott_LAP_Assessment_Final.pdf|Learning Activity Project Evaluation]] - A Spring 2010 outside assessment done by John McDermott, Professor of Education and Vice President for Planning and Research Emeritus, of the Learning Activity Projects course, which provided academic credit for student-initiated independent projects
 * [[Media:Re-Rad_Division_1_Proposal_3.3.pdf|Re-Rad Division I Proposal]] - A heavily-researched-and-discussed student perspective.
 * [[Media:EPC_Div1_proposal_to_the_March_Faculty_Meeting.pdf|Spring 2008 EPC Division I Proposal]] - The conclusions the EPC came to after a year of discussions.
 * April 15 2008 Re-Rad Proposal to the EPC - After it became clear that no decisions concerning Div I would be made that spring, Re-Rad put forward a proposal for smaller changes to the system. The first two proposals were approved, and discussions about the third never came to a conclusion, for while the EPC approved of it as a whole, the difficulties about how it would work on the Hub were never fully resolved.
 * [[Media:Cperrydiv1ideas.pdf|Chris Perry's Ideas for Division I]] - diverse set of ideas with holistic approach, submitted to the EPC in 2008
 * [[Media:Re-Rad_Proposal_for_New_Distribution_Requirements_v2.0.pdf|Re-Rad Proposal for New Distribution Requirements]] - A more detailed document concerning why we should move to a modes of inquiry based distribution system.