Open Forum on College
Reorganization
October 28, 2015
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How we got here
• Last spring, when the magnitude of the budget cuts was becoming
clear, the Strategic Planning Group (SPG) developed a series of
recommendations related to the reductions.
• One of those recommendations was to eliminate one of colleges
to reduce administrative costs.
• This fall, we requested suggestions about how best to accomplish that
plan, weighed the recommendations, and ultimately developed two
proposals that were provided to the campus last week.
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Today’s goal
• Collect additional feedback regarding the proposed structures.
• Information regarding what you think works well in the
recommendations.
• Suggestions about where there is room for improvement.
• Additional considerations that may not have been taken into account.
• Answer questions.
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Questions we have received to date
1.
What is the timing?
2.
Is UW System approval required for this change?
3.
Will the projected savings be realized?
4.
How will decisions be made regarding new College administrators?
5.
Is the plan to have Construction as a stand-alone department?
6.
Is the plan to create different departments?
7.
Is there any plan to physically move departments?
8.
How will budgets be determined?
9.
Could a list of programs be provided for each College?
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What is the timing?
• We plan to announce the final structure during the first part of
December, in order to have time to get the new information
into the Redbook in early spring.
• The new college structure will go into effect July 1, 2016.
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Is UW System approval
required for this change?
• It is our understanding that this change only requires notification.
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Will the projected savings be realized?
• The projected savings are based on the elimination of
one Dean position, an Associate Dean position, and support staff.
• The extent to which the savings from the Dean and Associate Dean
salaries would be fully realized depends on a number of factors that
we don’t have answers to yet (e.g. fringe benefit savings, availability
of open faculty lines).
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How will decisions be made
regarding new College administrators?
• It will depend on the final structure.
• If a new college is very similar to an existing college,
we anticipate the current Dean will remain in that role.
• If a new college is very different, we will plan to conduct a search.
• We haven’t developed specific criteria yet about what “very similar”
and “very different” means, and are open to feedback on this point.
• The final decision will be made by the Chancellor,
based on the situation and feedback.
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Is the plan to have Construction
as a stand-alone department?
• One of the few cases where we proposed a change
to existing departments was in the case of Construction.
• We received several recommendations that Construction could
benefit from a closer alignment with some of the management areas.
• Currently, discussions are ongoing with the Construction Program
Advisory Committee and faculty to develop an alignment of programs
that will help strengthen all programs, and we anticipate that a new
department configuration involving Construction will be part of the
reorganization.
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Is the plan to create different departments?
• Now is a good time for programs to closely examine other programs
with which they have potential alignment/synergy and their
alignment within departments.
• Through the four to three college restructuring process, an initial step
could be to house those programs within an appropriate college.
• Note: we are not advocating for creation of small departments.
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Is there any plan to physically
move departments?
• At this point, we do not have any specific plans
to physically move departments to a new location.
• We have gotten feedback that this should be considered, as there
are efficiencies to be gained from people in related areas working
in proximity to one another.
• We are open to proposals for departments to move,
based on the new organization structure.
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How will budgets be determined?
• The goal is to create equity between the colleges in terms of the
proportion of 102 dollars, enrollment growth funding and other
support.
• Once we have the final structure for the Colleges settled, we will work
closely with the Administrative and Student Life Services (ASLS)
division to provide an equitable allocation of resources.
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How will budgets be determined?
(continued)
• We also intend to work closely with deans, budget managers, and
department chairs, and others to make sure we have a reasonable
framework established.
• To the extent possible, the objective is to try to make this change a
“net positive” in terms of budget, staffing, support and opportunities
for synergies.
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Could a list of programs
be provided for each College?
• They are available on the web on the Provost’s Office Website at
www.uwstout.edu/admin/provost/College-Restructuring-2015.cfm
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Proposal 1
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Proposal 2
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