No means of delivering new and updated information to UIC students about the curriculum, particularly new ways of teaching and new courses.

There was a concern that UIC lacks a mode of delivering new and updated information to UIC students about the curriculum, particularly new ways of teaching and new courses. The current online course catalogue is not adequate for this and the absence of this line of communication creates a disincentive to faculty to innovate with courses because the students do not have an easy way to find out about them.

• This appears to be on ongoing problem. The Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs reports that the Department of Philosophy developed a website (as a pilot template for other departments) to highlight new courses and teaching reforms. Department heads should consider doing something similar so that every department has such a “New and Noteworthy” page along with a list of the syllabi of all their course offerings in the current semester and in at least two previous semesters. This would provide students with a lot of information to inform their decisions about course registration.
• Additionally, a new committee has been formed that is looking at how UIC communicates information to students about courses and other areas of student concern. The committee will include this issue in its deliberations. The committee is headed up by the Dean of Students, Linda Deanna.