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Open Forums on the Reorganization of Instruction . Fall 2006 Provost Council. Goals for Reorganization . Improve student success Improve opportunities for new programs Support new collaborations across disciplines Reduce operating costs. Student Success Indicators – Accountability Measures.
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Open Forums on the Reorganization of Instruction Fall 2006 Provost Council
Goals for Reorganization • Improve student success • Improve opportunities for new programs • Support new collaborations across disciplines • Reduce operating costs
Student Success Indicators – Accountability Measures • Completion rates • Passage rates • Course availability • Cost efficiency • Operational effectiveness
To Date • Moran Report: Is there a better organization for Instruction? • VPI Council consideration of alternatives • Alignment of ENG/MAT/DEV • Spring 2006 Open Forum
Emerging Alternative ALH BUS EGR FPA LAS ACT LEP ACC LAS--AS DEH ART ARC BIS DIT COR LAS--AA ASL AUT BUS--AS EMS FST AVT ML BTN CIS HIM CAM PED FIN DAN ECE IMT CEGT HMT EET DEV IND MAS MAN EGR--AS MHT MAT MUS MRK ETD OTA ENG PAR EVT THE NSG PCA AIS VIS HVAC RES PTA ATS COM IET TNT RAT HHSO QET RET SET PAO SUT
Open Forum Discussion • Load balancing across the divisions • Graduation rates across the college and among peer institutions and the relationship of graduate rates to organizational structure • Why change something when it’s working? • How much will be saved by reducing the number of divisions? • Extra support required for at-risk students: Developmental Studies, counseling, • Will positions be eliminated and who makes the decisions?
Additional Considerations • Program alignment • College budget • Individual thinking
Current State • No single model considered to date supports all goals equally well • Student success in core (DEV, ENG, MAT) remains a focus • Public expectation growing for more and better prepared grads in science, technology, engineering, math and medicine (STEM) • Need to reduce college operating costs • Need for coherence between reorganization and program realignment
Questions to Answer on Index Cards • What organizational structure do you think would best serve student learning and the needs of the community? • As this process moves forward 2a. What is most important to you? 2b. What would you like to see happen? 2c. What do you like to see not happen? • Are there particular disciplines, if aligned together, that could help us achieve the goals of reorganization?