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First in 2009
A framework for promoting continuous improvement at Miami that focuses on eight broad goals Goal 1: A more highly qualified student body Goal 2: Greater academic support for faculty Goal 3: Developing a curriculum for the 21st century
Goal 4: A richer intellectual and cultural life Goal 5: Greater campus diversity Goal 6: Enhanced facilities Goal 7: A stronger revenue base
Goal 8: Embracing best practices
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First in 2009 Coordinating Council
Debi AllisonBrad BundyJose BowenJudith de LuceCurtis EllisonDavid FranckoBrenda GreeneTim GreenleeCarolyn Haynes, chairJeffrey HerbstJohn HughesPhyllis KeatingDavid KeitgesJan Kidd
Sally LloydPeter MillerSusan Mosley-HowardMufit OzdenAbdoulaye SaineLee SandersKaren SchillingJudith SessionsJeffrey SommersMichael StevensonJerry StonewaterKari TaylorHolly WissingMary Woodworth
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Academic Integrity
Charge: Develop recommendations to advance academic integrity at MU.
Key Findings: Forms of academic dishonesty exist. Students and faculty sometimes ignore
cheating. Many students accept some forms of academic
dishonesty. Facilities, class size, type of tests may facilitate
cheating.
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Academic Integrity Major Recommendations
Clearly communicate expectations to faculty and students (e.g., orientation, syllabi, assignments, honor statements).
Adopt a framework of supporting policies (e.g., professional development, software access, code of conduct, coordinating person or office).
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Academic Leadership
Charge: Develop recommendations for promoting effective and creative administrative leaders at Miami.
Key Findings: Current leaders had little training. Support staff are not well prepared to
meet growing bureaucratic demands.
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Academic LeadershipMajor Recommendations
Offer greater mentoring, networking and training for leaders (e.g., workshops, readings, online handbook, professional development).
Hire additional senior level staff with state-of-the-art skills.
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Departmental Governance
Charge: Develop a template for departmental bylaws.
Key Findings: Variation in size and content of
documents exists. Majority of departments have good to
excellent documents. A minority feature items that are
outdated or at odds with MU policy.
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Departmental Governance Major Recommendations
Require departments in a timely & collegial manner to revise their documents using new template developed by the subcommittee.
Make sure documents are easily accessible on the MU website and reviewed & revised regularly.
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Interdisciplinarity
Charge: Develop recommendations for promoting interdisciplinary teaching and scholarship across the university .
Key Findings: Promotion and tenure issues remain. Trends suggest that more faculty will
be involved in interdisciplinary work in the future.
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InterdisciplinarityMajor Recommendations
Develop a new structure to oversee interdisciplinary work at Miami.
Create an academic affairs strategic plan that includes interdisciplinarity.
Institute a new system of rewards for interdisciplinary activity.
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Progress on Previous Reports
Series of Faculty Workshops on Inclusion
Graduate Education Strategic Plan New Forms of Support for Study
Abroad (financial incentives, website, fair).
Voice of America Learning Center Plan
Strategies for Relocating Regional Campus Students to Oxford
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Other Major 2005-06 Initiatives
Advising Alcohol
Prevention Assessment Bicentennial Capital
Campaign
Grading Practices
MUDEC Strategic Plan
University Multicultural Council
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Goal 1: Students
Tuition & Scholarship Plan Enrollment Management Planning Honors & Scholars Program Strategic Plan for Graduate Education Data & Technology Driven Recruitment Record Number of Student Awards
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Goal 2: Faculty
50 New Faculty Lines Domestic Partner Benefits Increase in Grants and Research Revised Promotion & Tenure Guidelines Award-Winning Faculty Development
Program Center for Writing Excellence 10X Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program
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Goal 3: Curriculum
Expanded School of Engineering & Applied Science
New College of Arts & Science Majors & Programs
New MBA Program First-Year Seminars Havighurst Center for Russian & Post-Soviet
Studies Center for Interactive Media Studies New Efforts for Study Abroad MUDEC Strategic Plan China Business Program
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Goal 4: Standards & Campus Life
New Leadership Centers New Community Engagement Offices Grading Practices Study Alcohol Abuse Prevention Study Academic Integrity Study New Advising Efforts University Calendar of Events
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Goal 5: Diversity
Increased Faculty Diversity Center for American & World Cultures Annual Climate Surveys U.S. Cultures Requirement University Diversity Statement STRIVE Campus Conversations UMC White Papers & Open Forums
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Goal 6: Facilities & Systems
Exterior Campus Master Plan Strategic Plan for University Libraries Strategic Plan for Information Technology New & Renovated Buildings Wireless Capabilities Across Campus Voice of America Learning Center Plans
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Goal 7: Revenue
Capital Campaign with Annual Record-Setting Figures
Major Gifts Ranging from $1 to $30 Million New Regional Development Campaigns New Financial Structure for Continuing
Education & Summer School
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Goal 8: Assessment
University-Wide Benchmarking Exercise Revised Program Review Process and
Content New Assessment Initiatives, Including
Outcomes in the Major, Diversity Outcomes and Critical Thinking Project
Regular Assessment Briefs Director of Institutional Research
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Planned or In Progress Efforts
Prioritizing of This Year’s ReportsContinued Implementation of
Earlier ReportsBicentennial Planning Revision of MU Mission StatementStudy of Ways to Use Technology
in the Classroom to Enrich Learning