Strategic Plan Implementation Activities, Responsibilities and Costs

Activity

Responsibility

Timeframe

Status

Develop mechanisms that encourage colleges/schools and departments to provide support for the legislature in addressing state issues. The President and other University officials should alert the legislature regularly of those mechanisms.

Government Relations

Under the leadership of the Provost, prepare a comprehensive inventory of University resources, programs and expertise available to the state and publish it.

[Institutional Advancement|

Form a working group to develop a system for handling information requests and assuring that the answers are readily available. Membership should include the computer center, library, institutional advancement and cabinet representatives.

Establish a task force to inventory current programs, assess current capability and design a coordinated program for the future. Membership should include the Provost, representatives of service centers, Deans, faculty and students.

Economic development activities major focus of legislative outreach in FY 1996-97. See also Item 4.3c.

Develop legislation and promote to legislature.

Government Relations

The Strategic Planning Committee with the support of the President will update the Strategic Plan continuously and will assure that University budgets and financial plans reflect the Plan's goals and objectives.

President

See Item 3.3b.[UCONN 2000|

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Include in the comprehensive package of legislation to support University renewal and associated management prerogatives to be developed by the task force of Asction Item 3.3b, a provision to match private gifts with a state contribution.. [UCONN 2000|

Government Relations

See Item 3.3b. [UCONN 2000|

Government Relations

Form a working group drawn from Financial Aid, Government Relations and the Provost's office to develop a proposal and promote it.

Finance & Admin

Incorporate this objective in the deliberations of the task force of Item 3.3b. This specific approach may be superseded by broader legislation.

[UCONN 2000|

Form a working group to assess the need for emergency student loans and formulate a proposal to expand the current emergency loan program (through legislative action, if appropriate). Membership should include the Provost's office, student affairs, finance, Enrollment Management, governmental relations, faculty and students.

[Working Group|

Working with faculty and staff, including representatives from the regional campuses, define the parameters and specifications for a market and feasability study and retain a firm to develop the comprehensive information necessary to define the future missions of the regional campuses.

Establish a task force to evaluate the quality of offerings at the regional campuses and at Storrs, to identify appropriate corrections and, in conjunction with Item 8.5c, to establish criteria for upgrading or discontinuing current offerings and for new offerings. Membership should include the Provost's office, regional campuses, Teaching Institute, Undergrad Center, senate, faculty, students.

Establish a task force to review the market data from item 8.5a, previous studies, current programs, and other opportunities for the regional campuses and develop a comprehensive plan for development of the regional campuses. The plan should include teaching, research and service functions and should reconcile facility needs against program requirements. Membership should include the Provost's office, representatives of each campus, continuing education, senate, faculty and students.

Establish a committee to examine the i ssue of University-wide tenure and make appropriate recommendations. Membership should include the Provost's office, Deans, senate, AAUP, faculty, and students.

Form a working group to define the necessary steps and funding and carry through the process. Membership should include the Provost's office, computer center, registrar, and bursar.

Form a working group composed of representatives of each division to develop a comprehensive administrative policy and procedures manual. The group should assure uniform approaches across the University and reflect changes occurring as a result of continuous quality improvement efforts.

Establish a working group to identify campus specific restrictions on staff appointments and recommend changes to make appointments transparent as to campus. Membership should include personnel, labor relations, unions, representatives of the divisions and regional campuses, faculty and staff.

Develop policy, procedures and programs to encourage the use of technology to break down geographic barriers in delivering educational programs.

Associate Provost will work with existing committees and take the leadership role to promote the University' involvement in statewide efforts, to help shape state policy and to develop UConn's business plan for building and participating in the state network.

Review current and proposed courses/programs which have multi-campus offerings and select a set which are amenable to distance learning as a pilot project to develop experience. Include in responsibility of task force of item 8.5c.

The UCIMT director assisted by Government Relations and library director will define goals for public information access, identify appropriate state agencies and formulate linkages and legislation to achieve the goals.

Government Relations

Develop a program through the Teaching Institute to train teachers. Encourage the deans to identify courses and faculty appropriate for the use of technology. Hire support staff.

-Faculty Resource Lab being reviewed and new director to be appointed

-new staff person in UCIMT to assist in maintaining mediated classrooms

Based on the market study of item 8.5a and projected programming of item 8.5c, identify which components will be offered through distance learning and develop an associated schedule . Add this task to Item 8.5c.

Establish a distance learning effectiveness committee to develop evaluation criteria, monitor courses, assess the effectiveness of distance learning and make recommendations on technique and appropriate course offerings. Membership should include the Provost's office, UCIMT, senate, faculty and students, and should report to the Teaching Institute.

[Committee/

Teaching Institute|

Establish a committee to review intellectual property policy, compensation policy and evaluation and make appropriate recommendations. Membership should include Provost, UCIMT, Research Foundation, attorney general, AAUP, faculty, staff and students.

[Committee|

UCIMT and University Computer Center will work with Government Relations to develop appropriate legislation.

[UCIMT/UCC/

Government Relations|

Add this task to the effort associated with item 8.6c.

[UCIMT/

Government Relations|

Develop a business plan to market distinguished products and work with deans and faculty to identify appropriate faculty.

[UCIMT/Deans|

With the ready availability of computer technology to each individual in the community, develop educational, administrative and communication standards which encourage the use of computer-technology to adhere to the standard, e.g. computer-generated papers, reports, etc.; use of e-mail; computer-based forms and procedures, etc.

Establish a task force with leadership of the Associate Provost (see item 8.6a) to define the needs of students, faculty and staff and the associated hardware, software and staffing needs. Utilize the work of existing committees as appropriate. Membership should include the Provost's office, other divisional representatives, faculty, students, staff and the Computer Center. The task force should look to other Universities for successful models.

Identify appropriate members and appoint them with the charge to assist the Provost in defining research and service directions.

Chancellor (Provost)

Add this objective to the charge to the committee established for Action Item 1.7a. Based on their report, formulate a list of candidate commercialization projects and review with the External Advisory Board. Coordinate this effort with existing reviews in the Research Foundation.

Review the current draft , update for commercialization initiatives and implications of the Strategic Plan and submit to the board for approval.

Offer a series of workshops (with back-up materials) led by successful University entrepreneurs and sponsors for faculty and students. Establish a resource center to support potential spin-off projects.

Establish a Tech Park Liaison Committee to serve as a University link to the Tech Park for planning purposes. The committee should promote within the University the opportunities the Tech Park offers and serve as a liaison to ease utilization of the Park to commercialize the products of University teaching, research and service.

Chancellor (Provost), Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Education

Add this task to the charge to the committee of Item 1.3b, with input from Continuing Education on possible compensation policy.

Committee

Add this task to the charge of Item 8.1b.

In conjunction with the committee of Action item 1.7a, the Provost will work with the Deans and Directors to inventory current centers, assess their effectiveness and fiscal status, and define new centers to focus research and service.

Establish a continuous quality improvement team to look at the roles of centers, determine how to make them more effective and make appropriate recommendations.

Direct the Research Foundation Director to develop a Technology Transfer strategic plan with associated goals and staffing requirements and implement it..

See Item 1.11b.

Form a working group consisting of admissions, provost's office, CADRI and faculty representatives to develop a course transfer database with DHE input and mechanisms to continually update the list.

VP for UE & I, Admissions