Systemwide Student Affairs Action Agenda Doris Ching Vice President for Student Affairs “Functioning As A System – An Evolutionary Model”

UH System Strategic Plan, “The design and delivery of ….services are decentralized and matched to student needs…” “To ensure responsiveness to changing community needs, program development takes place within a coordinated approach to resource acquisition, allocation, and administrative leadership and support.” “This (university-wide) process will encourage collaboration; it will be fair, maintaining high quality while leveraging existing aggregations of expertise…” “Functioning As A System – An Evolutionary Model”

Board of Regents Request BOR Committee on Student Affairs request for a plan on “how the administration could financially assist the other campuses” in equitable services to students. “Functioning As A System – An Evolutionary Model”

Agenda Goals Identify issues appropriate for systemwide attention Provide resources to address issues Ensure support of System and Campus Strategic Plans Ensure campus collaboration Assess and evaluate for efficiency and goal achievement “Functioning As A System – An Evolutionary Model”

Identified Issues Psychological/psychiatric Consults (counseling, referral services, et. al.) Systemwide Training (discrimination, civil rights, legal affairs) Residency and Appeals Health Policies and Clearances Systemwide Compliance (financial aid, disability, international students) Judicial Affairs (policies, mediation/conflict resolution) Student Housing Student Service issues and Distance Learning SCT/Banner Implementation and Development Professional/Staff Development, Grant Support “Functioning As A System – An Evolutionary Model”

“Broker” Model Identifies and assigns existing staff to coordinate and develop responses to issues Utilizes existing expertise Requires the collaboration and cooperation of all campuses “Functioning As A System – An Evolutionary Model”

Team/Resources Work teams established via Council of Senior Student Affairs Officers (CSSAO) 5.0 FTE Funding to broker campus resources –1.0 FTE Managerial Position$ 85,000 –3.0 FTE Faculty/Staff Positions$150,000 –1.0 FTE Clerical Position$ 30,000 Computer equipment $ 20,000 Operational costs (inter-island travel, communications, supplies, other) $ 15,000 TOTAL $300,000 “Functioning As A System – An Evolutionary Model”

Schedule Implementation in Fall, 2004 Coordination and evaluation provided by VPSA, CSSAO and Student Caucus “Functioning As A System – An Evolutionary Model”