CAS | Faculty Guidebooks & Teaching Resources
The College of Arts and Sciences provides a variety of resources for faculty members to assist in teaching and academic student success.
Faculty Guidebooks
Formal Faculty Guidebook revised 8/16/2020
Informal Faculty Guide to Pacific University's College of Arts & Sciences 2020-2021 Edition (pdf)
Short-Term Study Abroad Faculty Handbook
Teaching Resources
Acceptable Class Times (pdf) - revised 07/2021
Alert of Academic Difficulty - revised 01/2021*
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Developing Student Learning Outcomes (pdf)
Distressed Student Brochure (pdf)
FERPA Consent for Class Recordings (Faculty Information about FERPA Consent Recordings)
Incomplete Grade / Work in Progress Contract Form
Incomplete or Work-in-Progress Extension Report
Independent Study Contract
Instructor-Requested Student Drop/Withdrawal Form
Misconduct Policies and Procedures
Letter of Recommendation Release Form (pdf)
Referral Matrix (pdf)
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Resources for Teaching in Sciences
American Physical Society: Articles
Boosting the Diversity of US Academic Scientists
Higher Ed Should Lead the Efforts to Reverse Structural Racism
How to Actually Promote Diversity in STEM
Meyerhoff Scholars Program
Reimagining Science
Replicating Meyerhoff - full report
Replicating Meyerhoff Summary
American Physical Society: Books and Reports
Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation
Holding Fast to Dreams
The Diversity Innovation Paradox in Science
The Empowered University
Additional Articles
An Identification of Indigenous Knowledge Related to the Thermal Physics Concept
Developing Culturally Based Curriculum
Developing Culturally Based Science Curriculum for Native American Classrooms
Einstein, Sacred Science, and Quantum Leaps
History of Science in Non-Western Traditions-Native America-History of Science Society
How LGBT+ Scientists Would Like to be Included and Welcomed in STEM Workplaces
Native Science Connections Research Project
On Science, Culture, and Curriculum-Enhancing Native American Participation in Science-Related Fields
Sexual-Minority Students More Likely to Abandon Science Majors
Stepping Up to be a Role Model for LGBTQ Inclusion in Science
‘This Deserves Our Attention.’ New Data Highlight LGBTQ Scientists’ Workplace Challenges