1. Enhancing Academic partnerships DSA Faculty Fellows
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Enhancing Academic partnerships DSA Faculty Fellows
APLU Council on Student Affairs
June 26, 2017
Daniel J. Pugh, Sr., Ph.D.
Vice President for Student Affairs
@AggieVP
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2. Partnerships with academic affairs
248| | | 2014
80% increase in the total number of partnerships.

3. Academic partnerships continuum
Support
Exchange
Cooperation
Collaboration
Definition
Units engage at a lower level, providing support through transactional services, facility use, and/or funding.
Units engage in a partnership that results in a mutually beneficial exchange beyond facilities and funding, but does not constitute a long-term, coordinated relationship between the units. An exchange in expertise.
Units engage in a coordinated relationship, where roles are designated by independent expertise, where responsibilities are shared over a long-term, reoccurring relationship between units.
Units share full responsibility in an integrated partnership which include planning and researching, financing, decision-making, coordinating and assessment of project or experience. This partnership is often long-term and a sustained coordinated relationship that is mutually beneficial for the units.
Type
Types of programs: rental/reservation of space by academic units in DSA facilities (or vice versa), monetary support of programs, etc.
Types of programs: inviting faculty/staff to speak at/attend events; Student Affairs staff speak at/attend other events; typically one time using someone’s expertise.
Types of programs: advisory boards, advisory committees, task forces, teaching academic courses
Types of programs: Learning communities/ learning abroad experiences/Internships/assistantships/joint research and project engagement/ shared staff with academics areas
Examples
Residence Life clustering students on a specific scholarship
Academic college or unit providing funding support for MSC program.
VRSC Faculty, Staff & Advisor Seminars
Multicultural Services recruitment efforts with prospective students
Disability Services Workshop
Univ Art Brown Bag Lectures
Veteran Advisory Board
Disability Services Faculty Advisory Board
College Diversity Committees
Disability Services DTELL (grant advisory board)
Music Ensemble Classes
Corps International Excursions
Leadership Living Learning Community
Cultural Leadership, Understanding, and Exploration for Sophomores (CLUES)
African American Student Leadership Institute
Under Dr. Hernandez’ leadership, we’ve developed this continuum for assessing the levels of engagement with our academic partners.
Support - Units engage at a lower level, providing support through transactional services, facility use, and/or funding.
Exchange - Units engage in a partnership that results in a mutually beneficial exchange beyond facilities and funding, but does not constitute a long-term, coordinated relationship between the units. An exchange in expertise.
Cooperation - Units engage in a coordinated relationship, where roles are designated by independent expertise, where responsibilities are shared over a long-term, reoccurring relationship between units.
Collaboration - Units share full responsibility in an integrated partnership which include planning and researching, financing, decision-making, coordinating and assessment of project or experience. This partnership is often long-term and a sustained coordinated relationship that is mutually beneficial for the units.
Increasing Level of Engagement

4. DSA-AA Partnerships by Type| FY2016
Departments were asked to categorize the type of collaboration based on level of engagement with the academic unit

5. DSA Faculty Fellows Concept
Director of Academic Partnerships and Initiatives

6. DSA FACULTY FELLOWS PROGRAM
The Division of Student Affairs Faculty Fellows Program highlights the Division’s commitment to enhancing student learning through the creation of seamless academic partnerships and integrated curricular and co-curricular learning experiences. DSA Faculty Fellows will:
Developing new collaborative initiatives between the Fellow’s home college and the Division of Student Affairs
Enhancing current high impact learning experiences through dedicated teaching, research, service
Fostering new innovative academic partnerships within the Division of Student Affairs
Providing consultation and support for all units/departments within Student Affairs to assist in the creation of new and improvement of existing academic partnerships
Assisting with identifying faculty and academic staff to engage in co‐curricular experiences and Division initiatives (i.e. committees, task forces, events, etc.)
Identifying and pursue partnerships with faculty interested in doing research within Student Affairs
DSA Faculty Fellows will be appointed for a term of no more than two years by the Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Dean, and the Vice President for Student Affairs upon recommendation of a selection committee.

7. DSA FACULTY FELLOWS INVESTMENT – 2016-2021
YEAR 1 - $90,000
2 $35,000
2 Fellow
YEAR 2 - $180,000
4 $35,000
4 Fellow
YEAR 3 - $450,000
6 $35,000
6 Fellow
1 Director of Academic $100,000
Program
1 Administrative $30,000
YEAR 4 - $540,000
8 $35,000
8 Fellow
Program $50,000
YEAR 5 - $630,000
10 $35,000
10 Fellow

8. Tamu undergraduate learning outcomes
Master the depth of knowledge required for a degree
Demonstrate critical thinking
Communicate effectively
Practice personal and social responsibility
Demonstrate social, cultural, and global competence
Prepare to engage in lifelong learning
Work collaboratively

9. Dsa high impact practices
Students invest time and effort to purposeful tasks.
Students interact with staff, advisors and peers about substantive matters usually over extended periods of time.
Students experience diversity through contact with people who are different from themselves.
Students get frequent feedback about their performance – almost continuously – in settings that allow them to respond to that feedback.
Students have the opportunity to integrate, synthesize and apply knowledge gained from their classroom/discipline to their co-curricular experience and vice versa.
Student engagement encourages students to become aware of their values and beliefs and thus to better understand themselves in relation to others and the larger world.

10. Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications
DSA Faculty Fellow –
Focus Area
Residential Learning Communities
Partnership
College of Agricuture & Life Sciences
Department of Residence Life
Goals
Leadership Curriculum Revision/Instruction
Increase Retention for HUR Populations
Detail/Assess High Impact Practices
Scholarship
3-5 Publications/Presentations
2 Presentations
2 Accepted manuscripts
Dr. Lori Moore
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications

11. DSA Faculty Fellow – 2017-2019 Dr. Malini Natarajarathinam
Focus Area
Service Learning
Partnership
College of Engineering
Department of Student Activities (Leadership & Service Center)
Goals
SOLVED Portal
Presidential Service Award
Service Learning Faculty Fellows
AmericaCorps Vista
Scholarship
3-5 Publications/Presentations
Dr. Malini Natarajarathinam
Associate Professor
Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution

12. Enhancing Academic partnerships DSA Faculty Fellows
APLU Council on Student Affairs
June 26, 2017
Daniel J. Pugh, Sr., Ph.D.
Vice President for Student Affairs
@AggieVP
HOWDY!