Teaching

The Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education frequently partners with leaders across campus to support faculty in their teaching efforts by offering key services and promoting guidance on topics including:

Academic practices, policies, and guidance 

• Academic Concern system: share your concerns about advisees or students struggling in your course(s) so their college student services office can offer support.
  • Key resources: Academic Concern form, sample syllabus statement, FAQs
• Instruction related academic policies and responsibilities including, assigning an Incomplete (INC), evening prelims, and exam conflicts.
• Code of Academic Integrity and guidelines for instructors
• Interim Anti-Doxxing Policy and Resource Guide
• No graded work over breaks (plus one day after) passed Faculty Senate resolution
• Student accommodations for assignments or exams that fall on religious holidays

Students with disabilities

• Accessibility and accommodation resources
  • SDS resources: Managing accommodations; sample syllabus statements; creating an accessible classroom; FAQs
  • Universal design for learning
  • Canvas accessibility and other Center for Teaching Innovation resources
• Alternative Testing Program, for students needing extended time or reduced distraction space

Supporting students missing class for health or personal reasons

• A request for "academic considerations" may come from either the student's college student services office or Student Support and Advocacy Services
• Temporary accommodation requests will come from Student Disability Services 
• The Learning Strategies Center's study resources promote students’ self-management skills which you could embed in your course
• Additional academic support resources
  • Managing time and stress
  • Study partners and groups  
  • Tutoring 
  • Writing

Center for Teaching Innovation resources

• Building an inclusive classroom
• Cornell Committee Report: Generative Artificial Intelligence for Education and Pedagogy
• Creating a student-centered syllabus
• Engaging students
• TA resources
• Well-being In Scholarly Environments (WISE), tips for faculty, staff, and TAs 

Public safety & emergency management

• Sign-up for CornellALERT messages and download RAVE Guardian app
• Campus Safety & Security and Cornell Police 
• Emergency preparedness 
• Weather preparedness
• Shelter-In-Place
• Active threat to life: Run-Hide-Fight Supporting students in your course with accommodation or learning needs