Office of the Provost
FY’06 Issues and Challenges
Presented to the Faculty Senate
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G. P. Peterson
Provost
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Goals
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Expand the Research Enterprise
Enhance Education
Achieve Diversity
Redesign and Reinvigorate Enabling Activities
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Leadership Searches
SEARCHES COMPLETED
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Vice President and Dean, Rensselaer at
Hartford
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Search Completed – John Minasian
(WPI), February 1, 2005
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Dean of Engineering
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Search Completed – Alan Cramb
(CMU), July 1, 2005
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Dean of Lally School of Management and
Technology
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David Gautschi – (Univ. of Washington),
August 22, 2005
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Department Chairs
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STS – Sharon Anderson-Gold
Chemistry – Linda McGown
Arts – Kathy High
LL&C – Cheryl Geisler
SEARCHES UNDERWAY
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Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship
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Iftekhar Hasan, Chair – Korn Ferry
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Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education
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Search not yet established
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Dean of Enrollment Management
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Eddie Ade Knowles, Chair – Isaacson
Miller
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Dean of Science
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Prabhat Hajela, Chair – Isaacson Miller
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Associate Dean of Graduate Education
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Lester Gerhardt, Chair
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Associate Dean of Undergraduate Graduate
Education
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Prabhat Hajela, Chair
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Department Chairs
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Mechanical, Aeronautical and Nuclear
Engineering
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Biomedical Engineering
Computer Science
Biology and Chemical Biology
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Provost – Key Challenges in FY 06
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Attract, develop and retain the very highest quality
faculty
Continue development of the infrastructure necessary to
support a major research university
Enhance communications
Complete the Constellations
Increase the size of the undergraduate inquiry and
applicant pool
Attract the required number of high quality graduate
students required to support the expanding research
programs
Continue the development of the academic leadership
Implement of the Core Communications requirement
Examine Salary administration – pay for period worked
Stabilize enrollments – Rensselaer at Hartford
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Current Initiatives
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Revision of Faculty Handbook
Middle States Accreditation
Academic Program Diversity
Expand Summer School Opportunities
Review and benchmark of Faculty Teaching Loads
Formalize Department Chair Review processes (PMT’s)
Restructure Constellation Search Committee
Conduct interim review of all Tenure-track faculty
Review salary structure for women and underrepresented minority
faculty
Explore AAU Membership
Conduct and analyze “Academic Integrity Survey”
Review and address problems associated with timeliness of Report
Submission on Federal Grants
Develop and begin implementation of the “Undergraduate Plan”
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The Undergraduate Plan
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The Undergraduate Plan is a set of ongoing and new initiatives that
renew our commitment in the Rensselaer Plan to “…an undergraduate
experience that surpasses all others…”
The Undergraduate Plan will focus on
– An educational experience enriched by research and independent
inquiry
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A breadth of study that prepares students to be good global citizens
within the rapidly expanding global workplace
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International Experiences
Immersive learning experiences that foster close mentoring
relationships between faculty and students, and developed around
topics reflecting institutional strengths and goals
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Undergraduate Research Program
Living and Learning Communities
Under girding initiatives directed towards
– Enhancing academic programs and offerings
– Academic support services, and
– World-class instructional facilities
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Opportunities to Partner with the Faculty Senate
Partial list
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Improving feedback mechanisms from Faculty Senate BoT
representatives to the general faculty
Approval of Faculty Handbook
Mid-term grades
Dean’s list and graduation qualifications
Opening Doors – faculty involvement
Faculty/University Club
Membership in AAU
Membership in Phi Beta Kappa
Membership in Phi Kappa Phi
Enhancing Undergraduate involvement in research – URP’s
Performance Planning Presentations by the Deans
Core communications requirement implementation
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Salary administration – pay for period worked
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