1. Northeastern University Center for Family Business

Northeastern University's Center for Family Business is a membership-based program offering full day seminars and highly interactive workshops to family owned businesses. Programs focus on a variety of topics from leadership succession and ownership transfer to conflict resolution around issues of power, control, and money. The Leadership Development Forum for younger generation members complements the core program. Continuing education is also offered to non-members on a select basis and to professionals serving family businesses. For further information, telephone 320-8000, extension 8015.

2. State-of-the-Art Program

The State-of-the-Art Program of the Division of Continuing Education offers evening courses, seminars, and on-site training designed for working professionals seeking practical, hands-on education in a job-related area of technology. The curriculum includes courses and certificates of professional achievement in: high-level computer languages, data communications, biotechnology, computerized automation technology, telecommunications, microelectronics/semiconductor science, microwave engineering technology, artificial intelligence, assurance technology, software engineering, and technology management.

3. Building Design Management Program

Designed for a broad spectrum of professionals either presently in or considering some aspect of the building technologies, the course offerings range from introductory to advanced and are conducted in an intensive, total-immersion setting. Evening courses, on-site training, and seminars include architecture, building inspection, building technology, construction law and management, fire protection, engineer-in-training license examination preparation, and Massachusetts Electrician's Code review. Certificate programs are offered in HVAC systems design, facilities management, construction superintendency, building inspection, building technology, and real estate development.

4. Environmental and Regulatory Management

This program covers the essentials of regulation, evaluation, assessment, and management techniques in today's environment industry. Evening courses, custom on-site corporate training, and seminars are offered which explore how to create, implement, and document compliance; risk assessment; solid and hazardous waste management; occupational health and safety procedures; site evaluation; subsurface exploration; and remediation. Certificates of Professional Achievement are offered in environmental hazardous waste management and solid waste management. For further information, telephone 320-8000, extension 8026.

5. Paralegal Program

The Paralegal Certificate Program offers an intensive 12-week training course designed to give participants hands-on practical paralegal training. The Specialist Courses and Workshops offer training on specific legal topics such as legal research/writing, real estate, family law, litigation, and labor law. Pre- Law School Studies offers an LSAT review course, a study techniques course, and a law school preview course.

6. Test Preparation Program

The Test Preparation Program offers courses to help prepare for the LSAT, GMAT, GRE, and SAT examinations, providing the participant with in-depth exposure to the subject matter.

7. Insurance and Financial Services Institute

Established to foster excellence in the insurance and financial services communities in the Boston area, the Institute offers courses and seminars in general insurance, risk management, insurance licensing, and financial services. These study programs assist those seeking to develop or update professional credentials.

M. Northeastern Online (NUOL)

Northeasern also offers streaming video of some classes. Using the Mediasite System, the Streaming video captures the instructor on video and audio, as well as all accompanying materials from any RGB source -- PCs, Macs, laptops, document cameras, and touch screens. Course content is then saved in a digital format which can be viewed from any standard web browser over broadband internet connection. We have also partnered this dynamic educational tool with the Blackboard system which allows electronic access to course syllabi, instructors, assignments, tests, and much more.

N. The Department of Cooperative Education

Cooperative Education Coordinators are educators whose primary focus is to guide students through a developmental learning process which enables them to acquire the knowledge and skills required to plan their lives and manage their careers. The coordinator facilitates this learning process by developing a series of opportunities for work experiences and refers students to interviews associated with appropriate work settings. The coordinator helps the student to integrate classroom learning with experiential learning through on-going individual and group discussion. Repeating this process through a progression of work and classroom experiences, a student will have the opportunity to clarify short- and long-term personal, educational, and career goals; to test values, interests and abilities against the realities of a chosen career; and to develop job-finding, job-survival and career-advancement skills.

Students with clear career objectives may be provided with a sequence of experiences with increasing responsibility in the fields in which they are preparing. This may be accomplished by arranging for progressive experience in a series of positions with one employer or with more than one employer. Students without a clear career objective may choose to interview for a series of positions that are arranged to provide a breadth of experience. Experiences other than paid employment are developed as they are needed and are acknowledged as experiential learning activities.

Cooperative Education Coordinators work with employers to establish and maintain cooperative education positions. Coordinators identify the work setting and job functions appropriate to students' academic and career goals in order to develop a wide variety of cooperative opportunities. In the development of cooperative education opportunities, coordinators educate employers as to the advantages and responsibilities of co-op program participation. Once appropriate positions are established, coordinators provide on-going assessment, evaluation, and guidance through contact with employers. In addition, coordinators serve as consultants to site supervisors regarding individual student development. These activities promote cooperation and understanding between the employing community and the University.

O. Recognition of Faculty Excellence

1. The Robert D. Klein University Lectureship^*

* By Faculty Senate Resolution, April 9, 1979. The Klein Lectureship is available only to Teaching Faculty (2.1-2.4).

The University Lectureship was established in 1964 to recognize scholarly achievement, contribution to one's discipline, and creative classroom activity. In 1979 it was named in memory of Professor Robert D. Klein. A faculty committee consisting of a representative of the Provost's Office, a member of the Senate Agenda Committee, and past University lecturers select the person who will deliver the University lecture. The Lectureship carries with it an award of $1000.

2. Excellence in Teaching Awards ^*

* Approved by the Faculty Senate, November 13, 1978; approved by the President, January 4, 1979. Excellence in Teaching Awards are available only to Teaching Faculty (2.1-2.4).

The President has established a fund from which annual awards are made to faculty members who have shown excellence in one or more of the following aspects of teaching (either inside or outside the classroom): the motivation of students; the development of new courses; the development of new teaching methods; or other aspects judged appropriate by the Selection Committee. Nominations for such awards are accepted annually and may be made by any member of the Teaching Faculty, student body, or alumni. A committee made up of faculty, students, alumni, and the Provost or his representative shall select the recipients of the awards.

The definitions and rules for these prizes are as follows:

a. Distribution of Awards

The awarding of prizes for Excellence in Teaching shall be made on a University-wide basis.

b. Criteria for Awards

The awards will be presented to the faculty member(s) who have best satisfied the Judging Committee as to their excellence in one or more of the following general aspects of teaching:

1) The quality of course content.

2) The effectiveness of presentation.

3) The motivation of students, either inside or outside the classroom.

4) The development of new courses.

5) The development of new teaching methods, either inside or outside the classroom.

6) Any other aspect not included in 1-5 above which a particular Judging Committee votes, by a majority vote, to include. Such an aspect will only apply during the tenure of the Judging Committee which passes it, and must be voted on and passed by any later Judging Committee which also wishes to include it.

The awards for a particular calendar year will depend only on nominations received during that calendar year, even though the supporting evidence contained in a nomination may pertain to previous calendar years.

Ten prizes normally will be awarded each year. If there are not ten sufficiently meritorious candidates, the Judging Committee may decide to award fewer prizes.

Each award winner will receive a monetary prize of $3,000 and a certificate.

d. Eligibility

In order to be eligible for nomination for a teaching award, a faculty member must be a full-time, non-visiting faculty member holding the rank of Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor at Northeastern for the period when the teaching was undertaken.

A faculty member who wins an Excellence in Teaching Award is not eligible to win a consecutive award in the following year.

A faculty member will be ruled ineligible to receive an award in a particular year if it is established to the Judging Committee's satisfaction that the faculty member has solicited any nominations, whether received or not, or campaigned in any way in order to compete for a prize. Candidates will provide supporting evidence for their candidacy as requested by the Judging Committee.

e. Nominations

It is the responsibility of the Provost, or his/her designee, to ensure that announcements about the competition for awards for Excellence in Teaching are made at least once in every quarter, by advertisement in the Northeastern News, Northeastern Alumni Magazine, and by a suitable memorandum to each of the Teaching Faculty.

Throughout each competition, a standard ballot will be used by all nominators. For a ballot to count, it must contain the following information:

1) The nominator's full name and current and permanent residential address.

2) The nominator's work address; students should indicate their college major if known.

3) An unambiguous identification of the nominee (i.e., full name and department).

4) Identification that the meritorious teaching took place.

5) Reasons for nomination. Supplementary or supporting evidence can be attached to the ballot form but must be briefly identified on the ballot itself.

1) A nomination by a member of the alumni or student body must be validated in such a way as to satisfy the judging committee of its authenticity.

2) Each nominator may submit only one candidate during the year for which the award is being offered.

All nominations must be filed with the official Receiver of Nominations who will be appointed by the Senate Agenda Committee (SAC). It is recommended that this normally be the secretary to the SAC. The Receiver's sole job will be to be the custodian of all the nomination ballots and the Receiver will not be privy to the information contained within the ballots and will not release any information about the nominations or release custody of the nominations except at the request of the Provost through the Senate Agenda Committee.

f. Judging Committee

The Judging Committee will consist of eleven members and will be presided over by the Provost or, at his/her discretion, the Associate or Vice Provost. Of these members, seven will be representatives from the Teaching Faculty, two will be student representatives, one will be a representative of the alumni, and the eleventh member will be the Provost or his/her designee. These various representatives are subject to the following requirements and conditions:

1) Requirements for the Faculty Representatives

The seven faculty representatives shall be appointed at large by the Faculty Senate Agenda Committee. Appointments shall be made to ensure University-wide representation, the term shall be two years, except that initially, three representatives will be appointed to one-year terms to establish continuity through a staggered membership.

2) Requirements for the Student Representatives

a) Each year the student members of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society will elect one graduate and one undergraduate student to serve on the Committee.

b) The department with which the graduate student representative is affiliated must be different from that of the undergraduate student's department.

c) The undergraduate student representative must have a declared major which is different from that of the five previous undergraduate student representatives serving on the Committee.

d) The department with which the graduate student representative is associated must be different from that of the three previous graduate student representatives serving on the Committee.

3) Requirements for the Alumni Representative

a) Each year, after suitable consultations with the President of the University Alumni Association, the Senate Agenda Committee will appoint one representative from the alumni to serve on the Judging Committee.

b) The alumni representative appointed must have graduated with a major which is different from that of the five previous alumni representatives who served on the Committee.

4) General Requirements for All Members of the Judging Committee

a) The elections and appointment of members to the Committee must be initiated in each fall quarter and completed prior to November 1 of that quarter.

b) The term of office for each Committee member begins on November 1 and normally will terminate by the end of the spring quarter of the appropriate academic year.

c) No person may serve on the Committee as a regular member for more than one term of office in any five-year period.

d) If a member of the Committee becomes a nominee for a prize, the member must immediately elect either to resign from the Committee or to withdraw from the competition.

e) If for any reason a member is unable to serve on the Committee on a regular basis, then a replacement must be appointed immediately by the Senate Agenda Committee.

f) A person may not serve on the Judging Committee if that person has nominated anybody for an award that the Committee will be considering. Furthermore, a member of the Judging Committee must resign immediately if he/she nominates anybody for an award which that particular Judging Committee will be considering.

5) Rules of Procedure

a) Except for the procedural rules defined in this document, which take precedence, the Committee will be bound by Robert's Rules of Order, Revised or Newly Revised, in discussing and resolving all matters.

b) Each member of the Committee ordinarily will be allowed to vote on any matter considered by the Committee. The exception to this is that a member may not vote on any matters pertaining to a nominee from the member's own department or discipline (although the member may participate fully in all debate and deliberations leading up to such a vote).

c) The Chairperson may vote only to break a tied vote.

6) Logistics

a) Step 1. Between November 1 and December 31, the Committee will decide on any rules of operation not covered in this document and will decide on its operating schedule, its deadlines, and any partition or delegation of work that may be necessary. Any decision to change the rules of operation contained within this section can be made only by a 2/3 vote of the full Committee membership, and such a decision will not be binding on the future Committees.

b) Step 2. As soon as possible after January 31, the Provost will request the Receiver of Nominations to deliver all the ballots received during the previous calendar year to the Committee. The Committee will then open and record all the ballots received.

c) Step 3. Based on the information contained within the ballots, the Committee will eliminate the weaker candidates and will create a second-round list of finalists.

d) Step 4. Candidates who accept nominations for Excellence in Teaching Awards shall have their names published in the University publications (Northeastern Alumni Magazine, Northeastern Voice, and Northeastern News). Comments pertaining to the nominees will be requested from the University community.

e) Step 5. The Committee will solicit all documentary or visual pieces of information that it considers relevant (such as student evaluations and grade distributions; course grade lists; course content information including handouts, examinations, quizzes, problem sets assigned, etc.; videotapes of the courses concerned; other relevant material, etc., from the nominee, the nominee's chairperson or dean or from the nominator(s)). Under the guidance of the Judging Committee, the nominees will prepare a dossier. A standard list of expected contents shall be supplied to the candidates. The Committee will give the sources of the solicited information not more than two weeks to respond. Failure by the sources to respond within this time must not delay the Committee, even if it is to the detriment of the nominee.

f) Step 6. The Committee will review all the information received. In assessing each nominee, the Committee will strive to establish that the supporting information received describes a true excellence in teaching, rather than some lesser reason such as leniency in grading, personal popularity of the teacher, or difficulty of a course, etc. The Excellence in Teaching Awards shall recognize outstanding teaching over a time period that is reasonable to document. Extended service as a dedicated and successful teacher will be considered by the Committee.

If at the end of this assessment, the Committee feels able to eliminate one or more candidates, then it can do so by a majority vote. Furthermore, if the Committee feels it is able to proceed to a final vote for the Award(s), then it can proceed directly to Step 8.

g) Step 7. If after Step 6, the Committee needs additional information or a clarification of the information received in order to rank the nominees, then the Committee can move to request such information from any source.

At this step, the Committee can request an interview with the nominee(s) concerned if it feels the information desired can be more efficiently obtained than a written answer might allow. Such an interview is not to be considered an advocacy session for the nominee.

At this step, the Committee may request, by a majority vote, any nominee to submit one or more audio and/or video tapes, of the nominee's choice, of classroom presentations made by the nominee in teaching courses for which he/she has been nominated. If and only if no such tapes exist, the Committee can request, by a 2/3 vote of those present and voting that the nominee concerned submit one or more tapes of the nominee's choice of more recent classroom presentations. All requests for tapes should be made only when the Committee believes that they can be used to assess fairly the aspect(s) of teaching for which the nominee has been nominated. Nominees have the right to decline to submit audio and/or video tapes to the Committee without penalty to their candidacy.

h) Step 8. In order to proceed at this step, the quorum shall be seven. The Committee will now determine ten or fewer award recipients by suitable voting procedures.

i) Step 9. At the conclusion of the Award considerations, all information received by the Committee on behalf of each nominee must be destroyed or, if it has been so requested, returned to the suppliers of the information. Furthermore, at no point in time, regardless of the circumstances, may such information be distributed to any other party or used for any other purpose.

7) Award Ceremony and Recognition

a) The successful nominees will be informed of their awards by letter from the President of Northeastern University.

b) All the Excellence in Teaching Awards shall be presented at the June Commencement by the President of Northeastern University.^*

* Excellence in Teaching awardees may also be asked to participate in the Freshman Convocation.

c) The family and guests of the award winners will be invited and given preferred seating at the ceremony.

d) The names of the awardees will be published in the Graduation Exercises Booklet.

e) Recognition of each awardee's achievement and photographs of the award recipients shall appear in the appropriate University publications.

Q. Faculty Development Fund^*

Guidelines are available from the Office of the Provost. See section IIA, p. 45 in this Manual for more information.

R. Minority Recruitment and Retention Fund^*

Guidelines are available from the Office of the Provost. See section IIA, p. 45 in this Manual for more information.

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