Pullout: Report of the Provost's Committee on Distributed Learning

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ON THE COVER: $10 Million to Wharton from the Koo Family Lindback and Provost's Award winners Steve Murray  What They Say About the Lindback Teachers and Provost's Award Winners In Non-Health Schools Peter Davies Lorin Hitt Kathleen Jamieson Seth Kreimer   Provost's Award (Non-Health) Lorene Cary  In the Health Schools Sarah Kagan Gary Lichtenstein Karin McGowan Steven Spitalnik   Provost's Award (Health School) Patricial Dunphy   News In Brief: Vending Update Campus Deliberations Dr. Filreis Leaving College House English Fluency Revisions Made Dr. Bushnell's NEH Award   Call for House Master   Kellogg Conference April 27 Vending Item Letter Sent to John Street   DEATHS: VP Steven Murray Professor Dorthea Jameson Professor Marvin Wolfgang Susan Coslett Memorial Merger: IP Fund and Research Foundation About the IPF Grants Awards in Spring 1998 OF RECORD: English Fluency Revisions Rules Governing Final Exams Teaching Awards in Medicine Leonard Berwick Memorial Teaching Awd. Blockley-Osler Awd. Robert Dunning Dripps Awd. Deans Awards in... Clinical Teaching at an Affiliated Hospital Basic Science Teaching Graduate Student Training Med Student Teaching by an Allied Health Professional Special Deans Awards to: Jack Ende Marilyn Hess Bruce Tempest Awards given by Students Helen Davies Rosalind Troupin   OPPORTUNITIES New Salary Scales Update Crimestats

SEC Actions 4/15 SENATE: COA Report w/ Subcommittees on Strategic Planning, University Service, and Evaluation of Teaching Preface Cost Containment Strategic Planning SAS Law School Annenberg Wharton Vet School Dental School Nursing Engineering Grad. Education Social Work Grad. Fine Arts Service to University Teaching Evaluations Concerns Parameters of an Ideal System Conclusions Recommendations   Council Agenda Notes COUNCIL: Year-End Reports, 1997-1998 Pluralism Committee Members Addendum Recreation & Intercollegiate Athletics Committee Members Safety & Security Bike Safety Video Monitoring Committee Members     Pullout: Report of the Provost's Committee on Distributed Learning Executive Summary Introduction The Landscape of Distributed Learning Distributed Learning Defined Distributed Learning Initiatives in Higher Education Distributed Learning Initiatives at Penn Distributed Learning Initiatives Among For-Profits Issues Recommendations Create a Penn Distributed Learning Venture Capital Fund Form an ISC Distributed Learning Facilitation Unit Monitor Contract Formation through the Office of the General Counsel and the Executive Vice President Establish School Strategic Planning and Reporting on Distributed Learning Initiatives Approve, Monitor and Evaluate Distributed Learning Programs The Future of Distributed Learning at Penn

Almanac, Vol. 44, No. 30, April 21, 1998

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