The Educational Policy and Planning Committee (EPPC) coordinates educational policy across the schools that make up Arts & Sciences. Each semester, the EPPC sets its agenda in consultation with the Executive Committee of the Arts & Sciences, and summarizes the results of its deliberations to the Faculty of Arts & Sciences. The EPPC is advisory to the Executive Committee and also collaborates closely with the Policy and Planning Committee (PPC).
The EPPC has the following members: the EVPAS; the Dean of Columbia College and Vice President for Undergraduate Education; the Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Vice President for Graduate Education; the Chair of the Committee on the Core (or his or her designee); the Chair of the Committee on the Global Core (or his or her designee); the Chair of the Committee on Science Instruction (or his or her designee); three faculty members appointed by PPC, including at least one member of PPC who acts as liaison between PPC and EPPC, and three additional members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, one from each division, appointed by the Executive Committee. The EVPAS shall appoint the chair of EPPC. The Deans of the School of General Studies, the School of the Arts, and the School of Professional Studies will be ex officio members of EPPC. The EPPC will coordinate with the Chair of the Committee on Instruction of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as appropriate. Three students members representing GSAS, CC and GS will be selected by the respective schools from a slate of candidates nominated by the respective student councils.
For more information, please see the Spring 2012 Founding Memo
Members of the Committee for 2018-2019
Educational Policy and Planning Committee (EPPC)
Committee Chair:
| Moody-Adams, Michele, Professor of Philosophy | moody-adams@columbia.edu |
Committee Members (in alphabetical order):
Ahmed, Manan, Assistant Professor of History | ||
Alonso, Carlos, Vice President for Graduate Education, Dean of GSAS, | ||
Arkebauer, Sarah, GSAS Student Representative | ||
Bernofsky, Susan, Associate Professor of Writing, School of the Arts | sb3270@columbia.edu | |
Boughner, Zachary, CC Student Representative | ztb2003@columbia.edu | |
Cacciuto, Angelo, Associate Professor of Chemistry | ac2822@columbia.edu | |
Crawford, Julie, Chair Committee on the Core, Professor of English and Comparative Literature | ||
Elmes, Susan, Lecturer in Discipline, Economics | ||
Grieve, Patricia, Chair Committee on Global Core, Professor of Latin American and Iberian Cultures | peg1@columbia.edu | |
Morrison, Barclay, Vice Dean of Undergraduate Programs, SEAS, Professor of Biomedical Engineering | ||
O’Halloran, Sharyn, Senior Vice Dean and Chief Academic Officer, School of Professional Studies, Professor of International Affairs and Political Science | ||
| Purdie-Greenaway, Valerie, Associate Professor of Psychology | ||
Rosen-Metsch, Lisa, Dean of General Studies, Professor of Sociomedical Sciences | lm2891@columbia.edu | |
Tolstoy, Maya, Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences, Dean of the Faculty (Interim), Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences | ||
Valentini, James, Vice President for Undergraduate Education, Dean of Columbia College, Professor of Chemistry | ||
| Zhou, Augustine, GS Student Representative | az2411@columbia.edu | |
PPC Attendance
Frye, Timothy, Professor of Political Science |
Ex Officio
Hollibaugh, Lisa, Dean of Academic Planning and Administration, Columbia College | |
Razaghian, Rose, Dean of Academic Planning and Governance | |
| Rosner, Victoria, Dean of Academic Affairs, School of General Studies | vpr4@columbia.edu |
Ross, Catherine, Executive Director, Center for Teaching and Learning | |
Solomon, Andrea, Vice Dean and Dean of Academic Affairs, GSAS |
Working Groups
Task Force on Global Education in the Arts and Sciences
The EPPC Task Force on Global Education in the Arts and Sciences has reviewed a range of issues around the global strategy of the University with specific reference to teaching abroad and study abroad programs. The report that follows providing the findings of the committee on the questions of; What are we trying to accomplish for our students—undergraduate and graduate alike? For faculty, in work we do here on campus and work we do elsewhere in the world that falls under the category of ‘global,’ what are our over-arching goals? What resources and structures do we need to do to accomplish those goals? We also need to consider sustainability questions and also develop sound economic models for our global activities.
Read Report | Appendix
Subcommittee on Innovative Practices in Teaching and Learning
The subcommittee takes as its remit the critical examination of research in teaching and learning, a survey of current practices in light of the best research, and the formulation of recommendations and preparation of resources for Arts and Sciences faculty who wish to take advantage of them. The Committee plans to consider a number of critical issues, including grading policy and its effect on student learning, criteria for the appointment of instructors, and novel pedagogical approaches such as blended classrooms and student-centered, project-based methods that have been shown to stimulate deep and long-lasting learning. The subcommittee will examine evidence on teaching methods and recommend a set of best practices for Columbia faculty within the Arts and Sciences, and also consider how Arts and Sciences faculty and students can benefit from the new Center for Teaching and Learning.
Subcommittee Chair:
Helfand, David, Professor, Astronomy |
Subcommittee Members (in alphabetical order):
Garton, Bradford, Professor, Music | |
Heicklen, Alice, Senior Lecturer in Discipline, Biological Sciences | |
Higgins, Edward Tory, Professor of Psychology, Business | |
Huber, John, Professor, Political Science | |
Klaf, Suzanna, Interim Director, Faculty Teaching Initiatives and Programs, Center for Teaching and Learning | |
Lax, Jeffrey, Associate Professor, Political Science | |
Liu, Lening, Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures | |
Mercer, Christia, Professor, Philosophy | cm50@columbia.edu |
Subcommittee on Class Size and Education
The subcommittee plans to consider the impact of class size on students' educational experiences, access to classes undergraduates need to complete their programs, assignments of teaching assistants and the impact on time to degree for graduate students, as well as best practices for class size of language classes. The mission of the subcommittee is to examine evidence and practices regarding class size and recommend a set of guidelines for Columbia faculty within the Arts and Sciences.
Subcommittee Chair:
Wawro, Greg, Professor, Political Science |
Subcommittee Members (in alphabetical order):
Elmes, Susan, Senior Lecturer in Discipline, Economics | |
Gerbino, Giuseppe, Associate Professor, Music | |
Griffin, Kevin, Chair Committee on Science Instruction, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology | |
Solomon, Andrea, Vice Dean and Dean of Academic Affairs, GSAS | |
Spinelli, Barbara, Sr. Lecturer in Discipline, Italian |
Subcommittee on Course Evaluations
Proposal to Change Timeline for Course Evaluations
Subcommittee Chair:
Whitford, Joshua, Associate Professor, Sociology |
Subcommittee Members (in alphabetical order):
Ahmed, Manan, Assistant Professor, History | ma3179@columbia.edu | |
Cords, Marina, Chair Committee on Science Instruction, Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology | ||
Crawford, Julie, Professor, English and Comparative Literature | ||
Kane, Barry, Associate Vice President and University Registrar | ||
Morris, Rosalind, Professor, Anthropology | ||
Palm, Fred, Chief Administrative Academic Affairs Officer, Arts and Sciences | ||
Razaghian, Rose, Associate Vice President for Planning, Analysis and Curricular Coordination, Arts and Sciences | ||
Tong, Jessie, Assistant Director, Academic Affairs, Arts and Sciences | jt2622@columbia.edu | |
Subcommittee on Coordination of Instructional Staffing and Scheduling
The staffing and scheduling of the curriculum in the Arts and Sciences is a critical and complex task. We ask that this subcommittee explore the development of guidelines supporting our course-offering units to further promote and strengthen the overall cohesiveness and staffing of the curriculum, while being cognizant of the variance among units both within and across divisions. This subcommittee will seek to recommend policies to the faculty and EC of Arts & Sciences to address the following questions and issues, including:
- Recommended distributions of instructor types across course offerings, whether ladder-rank, lecturers, or adjuncts, among others;
- The extent of unmet course demand;
- Criteria that may be used in hiring and reviewing adjunct instructors;
- Suggested timelines for faculty, instructors and chairs to state the classes they will teach;
- The distribution of recommended class times within and across departments, which impacts room availability
Subcommittee Chair:
| Moody-Adams, Michele, Professor, Philosophy | moody-adams@columbia.edu |
Subcommittee Members (in alphabetical order):
| Elmes, Susan, Senior Lecturer in Discipline, Economics | se5@columbia.edu |
| Leake, Elizabeth, Professor, Italian | el2598@columbia.edu |
| Murray, Molly, Associate Professor, English and Comparative Literature | mpm7@columbia.edu |
| Quartaro, Stacey, Director of Academic Administration and Finance, Philosophy | sg2170@columbia.edu |
| Zheng, Tian, Associate Professor, Statistics | tian.zheng@columbia.edu |
Letters
Spring 2015 (with course evaluations proposal, course numbering proposal and Executive Committee charge)
Spring 2014 (Guidance on Course Points from the CC-GS Joint Committee on Instruction can be found here)
Reports and Proposals
Report of Lecturer Planning Committee
Subcommitte on Innovative Teaching and Learning Final Report
Subcommittee on Teaching Evaluations in Promotion and Hiring Decisions Report (June 29, 2017)
Subcommittee on Instructional Staffing and Scheduling Report (May 31, 2017)
Proposal to Change Timeline for Course Evaluations (October 20, 2016)
Executive Committee Response to the Report of the Task Force on Global Education in the Arts and Sciences (Spring 2017)
Task Force on Global Education in the Arts and Sciences Report, Appendix (April 26, 2016)
Guidelines on Course Prefix and Numbering (Spring 2015)
Guidelines on New Course Evaluation System (Spring 2015)