PROPOSALS FOR INSTITUTIONAL DIALOgs
Continuing its commitment to fostering community and providing opportunities for ideas to be considered by the entire academic community, the Senate is pleased to offer the following outlines of proposed Institutional Dialogs. The choice of topics and the conversational format are, in part, designed to address the content and process of current academic planning at Pratt. Clearly, the Provost's Master Academic Plan will have a profound effect on Pratt's future endeavors as well as its identity.

If you have proposals for academic initiatives, including dialogs, please contact Patrick Webb, Senate Treasurer or submit them online.

WHAT IS PRATT, WHO IS PRATT, WHAT DO WE DO?
Pratt at a glance [Schools of Architecture, Art & Design, Information & Library Science, Liberal Arts & Sciences]

History of Design & Art education & its relation to that of Colleges and Universities. The practical versus discursive. How is discourse important and not important to making things.

THE STUDIO PRACTICE
STUDIO TEACHING, COMMUNICATION THROUGH MAKING
1. What is education through practice? The Reflective Practitioner - Donald Schon
2. Presentations of the Studio Disciplines
3. The Science of Perception
    » Mathematics and Shape History (Leyton)
    » How we see

OTHER SUGGESTED TOPICS [Added as they are submitted]
• Teaching and Practice: Interplay of Thoughts and Actions
• What is Painting?
• What is Design?
• What is Poetic?
• What is Aesthetic?
• What is Contemporary?
• What is Sustainability?
• What is Community?
• The Portfolio as an Evaluation Tool