[FUN_Mail] advice needed

[Raddy Ramos]

Dear Carol and colleagues,
   we recently published a quantitative look at the history and growth of undergrad neuro programs. You can find a link to the ppr below.

http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/Psychology/people/faculty/brumberg/Publications/Ramosetal2011.pdf

best regards,
RR

Raddy L. Ramos, PhD
Asst. Professor of Biomedical Sciences
Riland bldg rm 019/ nycom II
NY College of Osteopathic Medicine/ NY Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, NY 11568
Office: 516-686-1318

On Mar 27, 2013, at 2:26 PM, "Bob Jacobs" <BJacobs at ColoradoCollege.edu> wrote:

> 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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> 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
>> 
>> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: fun_mail-bounces at lists.funfaculty.org
>> [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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