Academic Affairs Update for Student Government Dr. Jeremy Haefner Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs December 2009.

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Academic Affairs Update for Student Government Dr. Jeremy Haefner Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs December 2009

Roadmap for Presentation The Vision and Priorities The Initiatives Discussion: Plus/Minus Grading system Discussion: International Education

The RIT Vision and Priorities

Vision for RIT “RIT will lead higher education in preparing students for innovative, creative, and successful careers in a global society” A national, indeed international, university

PrioritiesInstitute goals; Achievement Measures Student SuccessCampus goals: Increase persistence and graduation rates Equity, plurality, and inclusivity Embrace an inclusive learning environment for RIT community that strives to seek a better understanding of one another Research, scholarship, and creative works Campus goal: Increase campus scholarship and research, particularly sponsored research InnovationCampus goal: Provide innovation learning opportunities for students International Education Campus mission: Provide global education experience Academic OperationsSupport for the academic programs; budget, space, communication, shared governance Academic Program Excellence Ensure strong accreditation; academic program management; support for general education; Faculty SuccessExpectation clarity; workload calibration; ‘success’ resources

The Academic Affairs Initiatives for

Initiative StatusPriority Implement tenure policy changes Charge given to collegesFaculty Success Develop and implement Statement of Expectations for pre-tenure faculty Charge given to collegesFaculty Success Develop Academic Program Review framework Dr. Licata working with Associate Deans Academic Program Excellence Develop +/- grading system implementation Small joint AS/SG taskforce formed; initial implementation proposal developed Student and Faculty Success Implement Tiger Team recommendations Recommendations posted; Dr. Licata leading several groups Student Success; Inclusivity

Initiative StatusPriority Establish faculty mentoring system Faculty Associates to initially develop system Faculty Success; Inclusivity Review and revise honors program Honors advisory committee drafting proposal Acad. Prog. Excellence Develop Institute Writing Program Institute Writing Committee drafting proposal Acad. Prog. Excellence Review and revise teaching evaluations Taskforce formed and charged Student and Faculty Success Salary benchmarking process Discussions underwayFaculty Success Calendar Semester proposal; 3-5 options; orientation Academic Operations

Initiative StatusPriority Develop new framework for General Education Various committees and teams involved Acad. Prog. Excellence Advance ‘Greater Expectations’ dialogue Presentations completed, proposals delivered to groups Acad. Prog. Excellence Explore cross-fertilization of teaching, programs, research Charge given to Academic Affairs committee Acad. Prog. Excellence Enhance promotion to full professor process Charge given to Faculty Affairs committee Faculty Success Simplify and enhance faculty titles in E6.0 Charge to Faculty Affairs committee Faculty Success Calibrate faculty workloads Fund budget request from last year Faculty Success

Discussion topic: Plus/Minus Grading System

Discussions to date … Academic Senate passes proposal to add +/- marks to letter grades –GPA scale –Voluntary Taskforce formed: –Nick Schneider –Teraisa Chloros –Matt Muri –Alejandro Engle –Joe Loffredo –Jeremy Haefner Issues: –Scholarships affected? –Academic probation changed? –Prerequisite: C or C- –Multi-section courses graded consistently? Ideas: –Use +/- marks for AY but calculate GPA on whole letters –Set consistency across multi- section courses –Prerequisites set at C- or higher

Discussion topic: International Education

International Education Part of strategic plan and gen ed outcomes Key pieces: –International Sites – Croatia, Dubai, Kosovo –Study abroad –International students –Multicultural awareness –International Co-ops –International Education Studies program Goal: Send 100 students to Dubai and/or Croatia Goal: Identify specific learning outcomes for International Ed Develop 1-stop nexus for IE in the new Global Village