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Academic Affairs Summary for 2012-2013
A brief look back at the year from my perspective
Spring 2013
Fall of 2012: Consider the new normal
Financial breakpoint raises questionso Education or training?o Commodity or common good?o Reducing per credit costs vs. quality?o Past precedence/practice vs. new?o Future of residential experience?
No return to the past Unprecedented time of opportunity and change
A few things I saw in fall 2012: my perspective
Emerging from severe budget cuts New leadership at upper levels Long term interim positions Need to redefine sustainable direction HLC assessment challenges No clear plan for academics University strategic plan expiring Historic practices no longer financially viable Trust and morale low
First, set a few broad goals with academic deans for 2012-2013
Re-establish leadership principles and institutional values
Identify and take early actions in critical areas
Make master academic planning central to university strategic planning
1. Re-establish leadership principles and
values Open communication and information flow
o Fall opening forumo Academic Affairs forumso Provost blogo College meetingso Open office hourso Expand dean’s council to academic council and post noteso Communicate regularly with all faculty/staffo Purposefully target university and community press releases
Promote collaborative learningo Create and offer course redesign grantso Provide new faculty scholarship grants
Promote community engagement and thinking globallyo Add staff in career services to coordinate internship opportunities o Add staff in the international program center to recruit students and
help with BSU students going aboard
3. Make master academic planning central to university strategic planning
Agreement with the president on planning process for the year that included master academic planning and university strategic planning
Begin with creating Master Academic Plan in fall Begin strategic planning and do both concurrently
in spring Merge the two
Master academic planning
Work with others to create Master Academic Plano Ask for self-study from each academic program
• Provide info for a SWOT analysis for each department• Develop set of 10 indicators to use to guide analysis• Provide info for regional, state, national review of data
o Categorize all programs as:• Sustain• Grow• Revise• Create new
o Identify programmatic direction from program self-studieso Create college grids showing future directions by programo Set 4-5 focus areas overall for academic affairs for next 3-
5 years
Master academic planning
Arrived at four focus areas for next 3-5 yearso Financial sustainabilityo International competitivenesso Academic distinctivenesso Organizational structure to support other three areas
Develop new budget models
Set expectations/criteria for every program Develop additional distance delivered programs
online and blended with national accreditationo Twin citieso Nationalo International
Move distance programs to 80/20 revenue sharing model
Pilot new budgeting model with CBTC
Increase number of international students
Form CIBT/KGIC Partnershipo Attend international fairs o Enter into student recruitment contract o Up the number of visiting professorso Implement summer camps for international students o Work to help bring Chinese immersion teachers to the Twin
Cities o Create programmatic agreements
• CEAIE/AASCU 1+2+1 membership• Explore ECE, Nursing, Technology, and Engineering related
agreements with Sprott-Shaw College in Vancouver, B.C.• Explore agreement for Teacher Education in Lucerne and Beijing• Explore international partnership for MBA launch
Send faculty and students abroad
Expand Fulbright opportunities for faculty and students Secure slots for students to teach abroad through CIBT
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Secure slots for faculty to teach abroad through CIBT Secure slots for faculty projects abroad through CIEE Develop ‘Passport program’ for students
Provide affordable semester abroad opportunities
Provide student exchanges with 12 universities for under $1,000 a semester above cost of attending BSUo Reykjavik, Iceland; Tromse, Norway; Lucerne,
Switzerlando U of Comoros, Comoros Islandso HELP University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysiao Kyung Hee U, Seoul, Koreao Beijing (2), Dalian, Shenyang, Weifang, Guangzhou,
Chinao Northern Argentina; Recife, Brazil still to secureo Vancouver, B.C. Canada still to secureo University of Surabaya (UBAYA), Indonesia still to secure
Establish EB5 center
Partnership with University of North Dakotao BSU office to be established through external funding
Federal immigrant investor program State of Minnesota jurisdiction
International efforts
Affordable semester abroad opportunities for all BSU students
3+1+1 and 2+2 agreements internationally with multiple programs
Recruitment of international students Collaboration with two year colleges
o International pathways via PathPro through AASCUo Semester abroad opportunities for their studentso Joint recruiting of international students
Collaboration with Tribal Colleges o Create shared courses using GLNo Provide their students semester abroad opportunities
Rethink graduate education
MBA, MAT approvals International 3/1/1 pathways to graduate degrees
with international partners Move to revenue sharing funding models Rethink Graduate Office staffing/responsibilities
Create and recreate
Expand student-faculty research efforts to include state event
Establish research and sponsored programs office Recreate library into learning commons Create manufacturing educational center in
Bemidjio Student entrepreneurship/innovation/incubatoro FAB labo Business services
Revisit liberal education
Provide course redesign small grantso Collaborative learning principleso Interdisciplinaryo Project-based/experiential
Create distinctivenesso Writing across the curriculumo Indigenous Studieso Environmental Sustainabilityo Allied Health
Provide multiple credentials for students Expand internships
Create new faculty scholarship and innovation fund
Funds for scholarly pursuit for new faculty Promote pursuit of external funding opportunities Work towards creation of research and sponsored
programs center
Promote service learning, internships and career
development Promote incorporation of service learning into
existing courses Move towards all students must have one:
o Service learningo Internshipo Practicum
Provide career services for life
Consider organizational structure
Organize task force to recommend BSU/NTC merger
Organize Internationalization Task Force Create College of Applied Technology Move interim leadership positions to permanent
positions Create Academic Affairs Council Appoint faculty coordinators for:
o Fulbright scholarshipso Passport program creationo International Relations Director