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Restructuring Recommendation: November 17, 2003

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Campus Community:  Following are the current considerations of the Task Force on Restructuring.  We expect to complete our recommendations by the end of this week.

Questions, comments, and suggestions can be submitted to the Task Force through the restructuring website,

DRAFT for November 17, 2003

  1. Advisory Council for Student Diversity and Social Justice comprising the Directors of the American Indian Center, GLBT Services, Multicultural Student Services, Student Disability Services, and the Women's Center and a representative from International Studies. This Council should meet at least monthly to collect information, discuss the campus climate for the equitable treatment of students, and disseminate its discussions to the campus. It will advise the Vice President for Student Life and Development, the President, and the University, and will work with the Director of Affirmative Action and Social Equity and other members of the campus community.  We recommend no other changes in the assignments of the directors.
  2. Dean and School of Undergraduate Studies with responsibility and authority for General Education, Honors, General Studies, academic support services (including the American Indian Center, Multicultural Student Services, Student Disability Services, the Academic Learning Center, the WritePlace, and the Math Skills Center), First Year Experiences, tutoring programs, Anoka-Ramsey Connection, Advising Center, and similar programs.  The Dean of Undergraduate Studies will report to the provost.  Faculty will not be re-rostered, although a few faculty in these programs may elect to be rostered within this academic unit (and will need to form a department under the IFO-MnSCU Master Agreement ).  Co-location of programs should be at the discretion of the programs.
  3. College of Science and Engineering establish a task force to consider the organization of its programs, and that that committee begin work immediately and have a report to the provost by the middle of the spring semester.
  4. College of Fine Arts and Humanities establish a review committee (with representation from the Department of History) to consider dividing the college, and that that committee begin work immediately and have a report to the provost by the middle of the spring semester.
  5. Possible reorganizations  within the Office of Academic Affairs (OAA):
    1. creating a Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies;
    2. moving the Associate Vice President for Community Relations to University Advancement;
    3. moving University Communications to the OAA;
    4. moving the Associate Vice President for Budget into the OAA to report directly to the provost;
    5. carefully considering the associate and assistant positions within  OAA to determine if the number of positions can be reduced by one;
    6. enlarging the Academic Council to include the provost, the associate vice presidents, and the deans and associate deans.

Parameters:

  • Units make their own decisions
  • No reorganization of departments; no re-rostering
  • No increase in the number of administrators
  • Flat, rather than tall, structure
  • Fewer lines of reporting
  • Decentralization