{"id":372,"date":"2024-11-15T16:11:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T22:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/?page_id=372"},"modified":"2025-08-31T12:07:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:07:32","slug":"academic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/campusaffairs\/academic\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Affairs Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Academic Affairs Committee works towards bettering the academic experience of every Ole. We work with college administrators and faculty committees to pursue projects as determined by us. We value a diverse set of perspectives.<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Current Projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--white\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none site-section__bg--white\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper \"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content c-tile\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Increasing Affordability of Class Material\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Academic Affairs Board, has identified a handful of pathways that we intend to explore as we look to work with the college to increase the affordability of the classroom experience (textbooks, materials fees, etc). This includes working with LITS to explore open access education resources among other things.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content c-tile\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Establishing a Formal Midsemester Feedback Process\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We intend to restart the conversation with faculty about re-introducing a midsemester feedback procedure.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Meet the Team<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-gp-entry-blocks-entries\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gp-entry-blocks-entries-index\"><div class=\"wp-block-gp-entry-blocks-entries-loop is-layout-grid wp-container-gp-entry-blocks-entries-loop-is-layout-512ff2c6 wp-block-gp-entry-blocks-entries-loop-is-layout-grid\"><div class=\"gp-entry-blocks-entry\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gp-entry-blocks-entries-loop is-layout-grid wp-container-gp-entry-blocks-entries-loop-is-layout-512ff2c6 wp-block-gp-entry-blocks-entries-loop-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(58,86,106) 0%,rgb(32,55,70) 100%)\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/index.php?gf-download=2026%2F08%2FSGA-Image6.png&amp;form-id=1&amp;field-id=10&amp;entry-id=144&amp;hash=889440e66d82c9f5934752d73e6afc12b57c98c98149b466376ea4ee9f103b85\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:273px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color\"><strong>Ella Robb<\/strong> &#8217;27 (she\/her)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-79fc547295f8f3b12b0ce10d482cf725 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Secretary of Academic Affairs<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"btn\" href=\"mailto:robb2@stolaf.edu\">Email Ella<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-gp-entry-blocks-pagination\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Projects Meet the Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8529,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-372","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8529"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1094,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/372\/revisions\/1094"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/sga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}