[FUN_Mail] advice needed

[Bob Jacobs]

I would also note that our interdisciplinary neuroscience major now is
turning out just as many majors as our psychology major; it has been
growing steadily since it began in 1996. bob
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    Laboratory of Quantitative Neuromorphology
    Department of Psychology
    Colorado College
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On 3/27/13 12:24 PM, "Tasker, Jeffrey G" <tasker at tulane.edu> wrote:

>Dear Carol,
>
>When we started our undergraduate neuroscience major by combining
>existing Psychology and Cell and Molecular Biology courses a little over
>10 years ago, it grew very quickly to become the 2nd or 3rd largest major
>in the School of Science and Engineering at Tulane (behind Psychology and
>tied with Cell and Molecular Biology).  This, and the fact that the
>admissions office uses it as a tool to recruit good students, present an
>enormous monetary and prestige incentive for the administration to keep
>the program going.  What's more, interest in neuroscience is growing  at
>the K-12 level, as evidenced (anecdotally) by increased interest in
>weekend and summer programs that we offer to high school students.
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>Best regards,
>Jeff Tasker
>
>
>Jeffrey Tasker
>Director, Neuroscience Program
>Catherine and Hunter Pierson Chair in Neuroscience
>Professor, Cell and Molecular Biology
>Tulane University
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:fun_mail-bounces at lists.funfaculty.org] On Behalf Of Carol DeVolder
>Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1:07 PM
>To: fun_mail at lists.funfaculty.org
>Subject: [FUN_Mail] advice needed
>
>Hi,
>This listserv comes at a wonderful time. I am currently the primary
>faculty member for a small Behavioral Neuroscience program. My dean would
>like to eliminate the program due to low enrollment. It is currently a
>subset of psychology, but I hope to make it interdisciplinary. I've
>considered sources such as the Macalister Report, other schools'
>curricula, and trends. What I'd like now is some logical arguments as to
>why we should NOT eliminate this program and instead work to strengthen
>it. I hope I'm not being too vague, I feel like I'm just shouting into
>the wind and would appreciate the advice.
>Thanks,
>Carol
>
>
>--
>Carol DeVolder, Ph.D.
>Professor of Psychology
>St. Ambrose University
>518 West Locust Street
>Davenport, Iowa  52803
>563-333-6482
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