计划优先次序计划

A: The charge of task force is to review academic programming and administrative support areas in academic affairs in order to identify and recommend possible changes to ensure that programs are aligned with future enrollment trends and fiscal realities. 要做到这一点, the task force will need to first develop a framework and methodology for strategically reviewing, 评估, 确定项目和支持领域的优先顺序. 在开发框架和方法之后, 该工作队将执行该方法并编写一份最后报告.

A: 工作组成员已被要求不代表学科领域. Instead, they have been asked to view their work on the task force through an institutional lens. 同时, several of the members invited to serve on the task force were selected because they have broad understanding of all the units in their college. 结果是, those will be able to provide or acquire insight about specific areas when needed.

A: 教师 and faculty administrators from across the university who have demonstrated significant experience with a broad range of programs were identified. Care was taken to ensure that the task force represents faculty with diverse backgrounds.

A: NTT教师对大学至关重要. Several important university committees (Committee A on our 教师 Senate and the University Scholarship Committee for example) rely heavily on NTT faculty. 对于这个特别小组, we included only senior tenured faculty members mainly because of their academic and/or administrative experience and institutional perspective but also, 在某种程度上, because having tenure allows the faculty members to speak freely about potentially controversial topics without fear. It is important to reiterate that the taskforce members do not represent their disciplines, 学院或职级. They represent ODU and are expected to provide recommendations that are best for ODU.

A: 是的. 正在向主席/董事分发调查问卷, 院长, and administrative support unit leaders as part of the first phase of information collection. 在审查了这些反馈以及其他现有数据之后, the task force will identify additional individuals who will be asked to provide information about their programs. At any point, individuals can provide feedback through the anonymous link on this website. 所有收到的意见都会与专责小组分享.

A: 开始, unit leaders will be asked to provide input on questions related to the criteria that will be used to carry out our charge. Department chairs and school directors will be asked to describe their programs' impact on students, 增长潜力, 不同的特性, 毕业生就业机会, 新兴的职业, 以及相关项目. They will also be asked to provide feedback about their interactions with administrative support units. 院长们将被要求确定可以扩大的项目, 他们大学的特色, 编程优先级, 提高效率的机会, 以及相关的问题. 行政支持领导, 我们将征求有关该单元对学生的影响的意见, 与使命的一致性, 与其他单位的关系, 促进学术质量的能力, 以及相关的问题.

A: The criteria will be derived from those outlined in the Board of 访问ors Policy for reviewing academic programs. 该政策确定了审查项目时要考虑的12个项目. Task force members were asked to rank the items so it could focus on select items at the outset with the expectation that the other items would be considered later. 结果是, 委员会已经确定了对学生的影响, 学术质量, 招生, 与使命的一致性, 对研究的影响, and placement/employment opportunities as the criteria that should be considered at this time to assess academic programs. 除了, 而BoV政策中并未提及, task force members identified impact on the community as criteria that should be included in the discussion.

A: All academic programs (degree programs and academic departments) will be assessed using the same criteria highlighted above. 关于行政支持项目, the task force identified the following criteria as items that will be considered at this time: impact on students, 项目成本, 与其他单位的关系, 与使命的一致性, 以及学术质量.

A: It is important to note that the task force is making recommendations and not decisions. 得出这些建议, the task force will review both quantitative and qualitative data as well as information provided from the university community. 这些建议不会仅仅由数字驱动. Context surrounding programs will be considered to inform the recommendations.

A: 是的. 学术质量是工作组的宗旨. Our discussions have focused on making recommendations that promote and embrace academic excellence. Strengthening our academic programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels is, 在很多方面, 我们努力的基础.