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English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: University of Southern California Center for Excellence in Teaching records
creator:
University of Southern California
Identifier/Call Number: 5018
Identifier/Call Number: 1288
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1984-2005
Abstract: The Center for Excellence in Teaching at USC is an innovative initiative envisioned by faculty for faculty. The purpose of
the Center is to treat teaching as serious intellectual work that merits sustained focus at a research university. By providing
the training, feedback, and resources to make excellent teaching possible, the CET assists faculty and teaching assistants
to think of college courses, and out-of-class activities, as opportunities for them to define, practice, and advance their
disciplines (and inter-disciplinary collaborative work) through teaching and mentoring. This small group of records consists
chiefly of correspondence, applications, dossiers, and related materials pertaining to the applicants and winners of the FIUT,
covering the years from 1984 through 1998.
The Center for Excellence in Teaching at USC is an innovative initiative envisioned by faculty for faculty. The purpose of
the Center is to treat teaching as serious intellectual work that merits sustained focus at a research university. By providing
the training, feedback, and resources to make excellent teaching possible, the CET assists faculty and teaching assistants
to think of college courses, and out-of-class activities, as opportunities for them to define, practice, and advance their
disciplines (and inter-disciplinary collaborative work) through teaching and mentoring.
The Associates Award for Excellence in Teaching is the highest honor the University Faculty bestows on its members for outstanding
teaching. The award recognizes the career achievements of outstanding faculty with a proven track record as exceptional teachers
with a positive, inspiring, and long-lasting effect on students and their learning, along with extraordianry, unique, or pioneering
contributions to excellence in teaching. It is not intended as a "Teacher of the Year" award. Nominees should thus have
spent a significant period of time teaching at USC.
The University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award symbolizes the University's dedication to the education of scholars and
teachers. Awards are presented each year at the Academic Honors convocation (in April) to graduate students who have exhibited
consistent excellence in the classroom. Three awards are presented each year-- one from the natural sciences and engineering,
one from the social sciences, and one from the humanities and arts.
The USC Fund for Innovative Undergraduate Teaching (FIUT) supports the innovative educational initiatives of faculty who teach
undergraduate courses in all disciplines at USC. All full-time faculty (tenure-track and non-tenure-track) are eligible to
apply.
This small group of records consists chiefly of correspondence, applications, dossiers, and related materials pertaining to
the applicants and winners of the FIUT (as described above), covering the years from 1984 through 1998.
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All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended
to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder# or item name], University of Southern California Center for Excellence in Teaching records, Collection no. 5018,
University Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Subjects and Indexing Terms
College teaching -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Teaching -- Awards -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Forms (documents)
University of Southern California -- Faculty