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Academic Planning Meeting November 10, 2006

President’s Planning Council
President Norton discussed the revised role and membership of the President’s Planning Council, which includes the six faculty members on the Academic Plan Steering Committee. Norton said the PPC is not a legislative body in the sense that members represent constituencies; rather, they are representative of many interests across campus. Academic planning will take the lead in the university’s planning efforts, Norton said, adding: “Those of you here are deeply committed to the process and understand what’s going on, so we decided to take you as a body and put you on the PPC.”

Norton asked if steering committee members thought the PPC should also include a dean and/or director. Comments included:
• Helen Reed noted that the provost has defined a key role for deans and school directors in the academic planning process.
• Eugene Sheehan advocated including a dean and a director, saying each brings a different perspective.
• David Pringle recommended that the dean and director be from different colleges.
• Teresa McDevitt suggested adding someone to staff communications for the PPC.
• Stephanie Torrez said adding a student services perspective would be valuable.

Randy Haack explained that the PPC will coordinate all of the university’s various plans in an effort to link priorities with budgeting. The PPC will also put priorities into the context of what’s realistic. It will prepare an annual report recommending coordination of planning priorities, which the president will consider before giving budget direction to the provost and CFO. After the budget is drafted, the PPC will assesses how well it links resources with priorities.

Joan Clinefelter said she’s pleased there’s so much room on the PPC for faculty but also noted that faculty who serve on the Academic Plan Steering Committee and the PPC will be making an extraordinary service commitment. Norton agreed that if the new PPC structure works well, we will need to discuss how to address that issue. Allen Huang noted that continuity is very important—that those on the PPC should have long-term interest in leading the university.

Academic Planning Timeline
Committee members agreed on the following timeline for the rest of fall semester but would like to add presentations to PASC, SPEEC and SRC at the end of the semester.

November 13-16
Round 2 Campus Conversations
Begin Student Conversations

November 17
AP Steering Committee Meeting
• Review Round 2 Campus Conversations feedback
• Begin incorporating Student Conversations feedback

November 20-22
Conclude Student Conversations
Publicize Round 3 Campus Conversations

November 22
AP Steering Committee Meeting
• Draft goals to share in Round 3 Campus Conversations

November 28 - 30
Round 3 Campus Conversations (2 per day)

December 1
AP Steering Committee Meeting
• Begin incorporating feedback from Round 3 Campus Conversations into goals

December 8
AP Steering Committee Meeting
• Complete goals document

December 11
Presentation to Faculty Senate

December 12
Goals document delivered to Provost Huang and President Norton

Round 2 Campus Conversations
Committee members agreed to ask the following questions at Campus Conversations:
1. How do these themes reflect your views?
2. What is missing from the themes?
3. How can we turn these themes into goals?
4. What are some strategies for achieving those goals?

Committee members also agreed to post all available summaries of Round 1 Campus Conversations online.