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Report of the Regional Campuses Research and Productive Scholarship Committee
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Agenda Regional Campus Objectives Current Expectations for Faculty
Challenges Recommendations
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Regional Campus Objectives
Maintain primary commitment to teaching Improve quality & quantity of research and productive scholarship Improve level of external funding
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Expectations for Faculty
Terminal degree requirement since 1993 4/4 teaching load Summer teaching sessions Substantial campus and community service Increasing scholarship expectations
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Challenges for RC Faculty
4/4 teaching load without TAs Frequent overloads Multiple preps Limited funding Limited physical plant Limited research/scholarship environment
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Challenges from Columbia
Increased pressure on Columbia faculty for funding Lack of knowledge of Regional Campuses New RPS review processes and category requirements
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Recommendations Overview
Provide Regional Campuses RPS funding Support development of research and scholarship environment Improve communication among USC campuses Protect new faculty and foster their scholarship
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Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
Implement course release program Restore faculty exchange program Increase library resources Provide incentives to Regional Campuses administrators to support research
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Vice President for Research and Health Sciences
Increase equipment funding Create Regional Campuses RPS grant awards Increase interchange between Regional Campuses and Columbia Improve local corporate contact Develop mentor/collaborator list
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Vice Provost & Campus Deans
Increase funding to support research and scholarship Protect junior faculty Develop formal mentoring process Increase endowed chairs Develop methods to recognize research and scholarship success
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RCRPS Committee 2005-06 Hayes Hampton Lisa Hammond Rashley
Co-Chair Co-Chair Sumter Lancaster Stephen Bishoff Barbara Oswald Sumter Continuing Education Valarie Edwards Joseph Pappin Union Continuing Education Danny Faulkner Denise Shaw Lancaster Union Arthur Mitchell Hussein Zeidan Salkehatchie Salkehatchie
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