Task forces to assess issues of student life, education

President Sonnenschein has convened three University-wide task forces to consider undergraduate education, graduate education and the quality of student life on campus.

Each task force will provide advice and counsel to the Deans, the Provost and the President and help guide long-term policy decisions that affect the future of the University.

"These task forces will work in conjunction with one another to forge a comprehensive vision of our university in a world of more limited resources," Provost Geoffrey Stone said. "Each group will address fundamental questions that go to the very heart of our mission."

The Task Force on Undergraduate Education will examine issues related to admissions, enrollment, financial aid, budgetary priorities, teaching by graduate students, curriculum and College governance.

The Task Force on Graduate Education will evaluate faculty size, the nature and composition of graduate programs, graduate-student expectations, enrollment, financial aid and the responsibilities of faculty members for teaching and research.

The Task Force on the Quality of Student Experience will review how the University can best provide students with a complete educational experience that includes high-quality residence halls, effective advising and counseling, accessible faculty, excellent teaching and a comprehensive curriculum, in addition to social, recreational and noncurricular intellectual activities.

Stone will chair the Task Force on Undergraduate Education and the Task Force on Graduate Education. Susan Kidwell, Professor in Geophysical Sciences, will chair the Task Force on the Quality of Student Experience.

Comments and inquiries concerning the task forces are welcome and should be directed to the Provost's Office by phone, 702-8810, or by fax, 702-2732.

The members of the task forces are as follows.

TASK FORCE ON UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION Geoffrey Stone, chair; Provost; Harry Kalven Jr. Distinguished Service Professor, the Law School, the College John Boyer, vice chair; Dean of the College; Professor, History, the College; Chair, Council on Advanced Studies in the Humanities and the Social Sciences Andrew Abbott, Master, Social Sciences Collegiate Division; Associate Dean, the College; Deputy Dean, Social Sciences Division; Professor, Sociology, the College Philippe Desan, Master, Humanities Collegiate Division; Associate Dean, the College; Associate Dean, Humanities Division; Professor, Romance Languages & Literatures, the College Dennis Hutchinson, Master, New Collegiate Division; Associate Dean, the College; Associate Professor, Social Sciences Collegiate Division, New Collegiate Division; Senior Lecturer, the Law School Robert Perlman, Master, Biological Sciences Division; Associate Dean, the College; Associate Dean, Biological Sciences Division; Professor, Pediatrics, Pharmacological & Physiological Sciences, Committee on Neurobiology, the College Peter Vandervoort, Master, Physical Sciences Collegiate Division; Associate Dean, the College; Associate Dean, Physical Sciences Division; Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics, the College Michael Camille, Professor, Art, the College, Committee on Art & Design Richard Epstein, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor of Law, the Law School Jack Fuller, University Trustee; publisher, Chicago Tribune J. Parker Hall, University Trustee; president, Lincoln Capital Management Company Janel Mueller, William Rainey Harper Professor, English Language & Literature, the College, Committee on Art & Design Ralph Nicholas, William Rainey Harper Professor, Anthropology, the College; Director, Center for International Studies Dolores Norton, Professor, School of Social Service Administration David Oxtoby, Professor, Chemistry, the College; Director, James Franck Institute Jose Quintans, Professor, Pathology, the College; Director, Medical Scientist Training Program Susanne Rudolph, William Benton Distinguished Service Professor of Religion and Human Sciences, Political Science, the College; Director, South Asian Languages and Area Center Lorna Straus, Professor, Biological Sciences Collegiate Division, Organismal Biology & Anatomy Robert Zimmer, Chair, Mathematics, Professor, Mathematics, the College Stephen Gabel, Assistant to the Provost, staff to the Task Force

TASK FORCE ON GRADUATE EDUCATION Geoffrey Stone, chair; Provost; Harry Kalven Jr. Distinguished Service Professor, the Law School, the College Godrey Getz, vice chair; Acting Dean, Biological Sciences Division; Chair, Pathology; Donald N. Pritzker Professor, Pathology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, the College Philip Gossett, vice chair; Dean, Humanities Division; Robert W. Reneker Distinguished Service Professor, Music, Committee on General Studies, the College Stuart Rice, vice chair; Dean, Physical Sciences Division; Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor, Chemistry, James Franck Institute, the College Richard Saller, vice chair; Dean of the Social Sciences Division; Professor, History, Classical Languages & Literatures; Committee on Social Thought; the College Norman Bradburn, Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor, Psychology, Graduate School of Business, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, the College Richard Franke, University Trustee; chairman and chief executive officer, John Nuveen and Company Inc. Daniel Garber, Professor, Philosophy, the College; Chair, Committee on Conceptual Foundations of Science Sander Gilman, Professor, Germanic Languages & Literatures, the College Howard Krane, Chairman of the Board of Trustees; partner, Kirkland and Ellis Edward Laumann, George Herbert Mead Distinguished Service Professor, Sociology, the College Susan Lindquist, Professor, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, Committee on Developmental Biology, Committee on Genetics, the College Martha McClintock, Professor, Psychology, the College; Chair, Committee on Biopsychology Bernard McGinn, Naomi Shenstone Donnelley Professor, the Divinity School, Committee on Mediterranean Studies, Committee on General Studies David Schramm, Louis Block Professor in the Physical Sciences, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Enrico Fermi Institute, Committee on the Conceptual Foundations of Sciences, the College Stephen Stigler, Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor, Statistics, Committee on Conceptual Foundations of Science, the College Robert Topel, Isidore Brown and Gladys J. Brown Professor in Urban and Labor Economics, the Graduate School of Business Michael Wade, Professor and Chair, Ecology & Evolution, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, the College Elissa Weaver, Professor and Chair, Romance Languages & Literatures, the College Edward Cook, Dean of Students in the University; Associate Provost for Graduate Programs; Associate Professor, History, the College, ex officio Jeffrey Slovak, Deputy Dean of Students for Graduate Programs, staff to the Task Force

TASK FORCE ON THE QUALITY OF STUDENT EXPERIENCE Susan Kidwell, chair; Professor, Geophysical Sciences, the College, Committee on Evolutionary Biology Geoffrey Stone, vice chair; Provost; Harry Kalven Jr. Distinguished Service Professor, the Law School, the College Janice Knight, Associate Professor, English Language & Literature, the College John MacAloon, Associate Professor, Social Sciences Collegiate Division, the Social Sciences Division Sondra Cohen, Resident Master, Pierce Hall James Crown, University Trustee; general partner, Henry Crown and Company John McCarter Jr., University Trustee; senior vice president, Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. William Michel, Director, University Theater Harvey Plotnick, University Trustee; chief executive officer, Contemporary Books Inc. Thomas Rosenbaum, Professor, Physics, James Franck Institute, the College Morton Silverman, Associate Professor, Psychiatry; Director, Student Counseling & Resource Service; Associate Dean of Students in the University William Simms, Associate Professor, Physical Education & Athletics Steven Shevell, Professor, Psychology, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, the College Abbie Smith, Professor, Graduate School of Business Jonathan Z. Smith, Robert O. Anderson Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities in the College; Chair, Committee on the History of Culture Henry Webber, Associate Vice President, University Human Resources Management and Administrative Planning; Lecturer, School of Social Service Administration Judith Wright, Law Librarian, D'Angelo Law Library Ingrid Gould, Assistant to the Provost, staff to the Task Force