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Report of the Regional Campuses Research and Productive Scholarship Committee

This report discusses Regional Campus objectives, current faculty expectations, challenges faced by faculty, and recommendations for improvement. It focuses on maintaining teaching quality, enhancing research quantity and quality, and increasing external funding levels. Challenges include heavy teaching loads, limited resources, and Columbia-centric pressures. Recommendations cover funding support, research environment development, and enhanced communication between campuses. Strategies involve implementing course release programs, increasing library resources, and fostering collaborations. Findings are presented by the RCRPS Committee 2005-06.

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Report of the Regional Campuses Research and Productive Scholarship Committee

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  1. Report of the Regional CampusesResearch and Productive ScholarshipCommittee

  2. Agenda • Regional Campus Objectives • Current Expectations for Faculty • Challenges • Recommendations

  3. Regional Campus Objectives • Maintain primary commitment to teaching • Improve quality & quantity of research and productive scholarship • Improve level of external funding

  4. Expectations for Faculty • Terminal degree requirement since 1993 • 4/4 teaching load • Summer teaching sessions • Substantial campus and community service • Increasing scholarship expectations

  5. Challenges for RC Faculty • 4/4 teaching load without TAs • Frequent overloads • Multiple preps • Limited funding • Limited physical plant • Limited research/scholarship environment

  6. Challenges from Columbia • Increased pressure on Columbia faculty for funding • Lack of knowledge of Regional Campuses • New RPS review processes and category requirements

  7. Recommendations Overview • Provide Regional Campuses RPS funding • Support development of research and scholarship environment • Improve communication among USC campuses • Protect new faculty and foster their scholarship

  8. Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost • Implement course release program • Restore faculty exchange program • Increase library resources • Provide incentives to Regional Campuses administrators to support research

  9. Vice President for Research and Health Sciences • Increase equipment funding • Create Regional Campuses RPS grant awards • Increase interchange between Regional Campuses and Columbia • Improve local corporate contact • Develop mentor/collaborator list

  10. Vice Provost & Campus Deans • Increase funding to support research and scholarship • Protect junior faculty • Develop formal mentoring process • Increase endowed chairs • Develop methods to recognize research and scholarship success

  11. RCRPS Committee 2005-06 Hayes Hampton Lisa Hammond Rashley Co-Chair Co-Chair SumterLancaster Stephen Bishoff Barbara Oswald Sumter Continuing Education Valarie Edwards Joseph Pappin Union Continuing Education Danny Faulkner Denise Shaw Lancaster Union Arthur Mitchell Hussein Zeidan SalkehatchieSalkehatchie

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