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State-funded Summer Instruction. Decision Points & Issues for UC Santa Cruz. Today’s Discussion. Overview of decision points & expectations Opportunities Issues we’ve identified thus far Next steps How CJOG can help Resources. Decision Points.
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State-funded Summer Instruction Decision Points & Issues for UC Santa Cruz
Today’s Discussion • Overview of decision points & expectations • Opportunities • Issues we’ve identified thus far • Next steps • How CJOG can help • Resources
Decision Points • Mid-March: Should the campus implement at State-funded summer term in • Summer 2002 or • Summer 2003? • Over remainder of year: What will be the character of the UC Santa Cruz summer term … • Academic programs? • Support services? • How will we organize the delivery of summer term?
Summer 2002 vs. 2003 • PAC recommendation to John Simpson due on March 13 • White paper for discussion within APC/ASPC and Senate committees • Campus decision due in UCOP by mid-March • State “buy out” of existing campus base during inaugural summer term (315 FTE for UC Santa Cruz)
Expectations • Transition will occur gradually over time … • When fully implemented … • Student can enroll in full course of study and make timely process toward degree • UC-wide programs … students encouraged to enroll at campuses other than their home campus during the summer (with full articulation of course credits) • Full-time summer enrollment levels up to 40% of campus’ three-quarter-average(all future State-funded capital projects to be justified using the 40% assumption)
Transition Planning • Short-term plans (2002 or 2003) • Processes and responsibilities likely to remain similar to what they are now • Incremental increases in curricular offerings, enrollments, involvement of ladder faculty • Incremental addition of academic support services • Medium- and long-range plans • Curricular development and implementation takes place within context of full-year plan with deans, chairs, and faculty in the central role • Academic support services appropriate to level of activity during the summer term
Opportunities • More fully utilize UC instructional facilities • Help students make timely progress toward degree • New curricula optimized for summer • Synergy with other campus or UC programs • Summer conferences • Silicon Valley Center • UCSC programs for students Statewide • Creative curricular ideas … expected in March 15th submittals by academic divisions
Incentives to encourage change • Student incentives • Stimulate greater enrollments in summer, off-campus, distance-learning, and alternatively scheduled courses • Individual faculty incentives • Simulate voluntary involvement of ladder faculty in the design and delivery of innovative academic programming • Departmental incentives • Staff incentives
Issues we’ve identified … • Facilities needs(e.g., faculty offices/labs, competition with existing summer activities, etc.) • Length of term(e.g., 5-week, 10-week, etc.) • Transitioning academic support services(e.g., student services, transportation, police, information systems, etc.) • Impacts on existing summer activities(e.g., outreach, conference, etc.) • Other issues
Next steps … • Make 2002 vs. 2003 decision • Complete a white paper outlining • Academic issues and alternatives • Academic support issues and alternatives • Next steps, tasks, responsibilities, and milestones for implementation • Planning and implementation by appropriate departments and principal officers
How can CJOG help? • Contribute ideas(be sure to help your dean or vice chancellor incorporate summer session planning into your strategic plans and budgets) • Identify • issues/potential problems • best practices • planning resources • Volunteer to participate in a focus group or meet with one of the working group members • Other ideas?
Resources • Provost’s Advisory Council websitehttp://planning.ucsc.edu/pac • Task Force Members (Francisco Hernandez, George Brown, Cathy Sandeen, and Meredith Michaels) • Working group members (Ernie Hudson, Pat Vani, Betsy Moses, Kathleen Dettman, Nancy Furber, and Galen Jarvinen)