TO: Faculty Senators
FROM: Interim Provost Morgan
RE: Academic Affairs Reorganization Plan
DATE: 9-28-2015
On Thursday, I will attending Senate in order to hear your feedback about a proposed reorganization of Academic Affairs. The original
organizational plan is available on the 3rd page of this document. The image provided on the the second page of this document represents a
draft of what is being proposed.
I’m providing some context here and I look forward to your questions and feedback on Thursday. I find it helpful to think of the
reorganization as a three step process.
1. In response to the Board of Regents’ audit of International Education and Engagement (IEE) (aka Office of International Education),
Chancellor Gow indicated that IEE would report directly to the Provost (with a dashed line to Administration and Finance, A&F). In other
words, IEE Is a unit within Academic Affairs overseen by the Provost who also reports financially to A&F. Prior to this change, IEE reported
to the Associate Vice Chancellor of Enrollment Management.
2. Largely due to learning that UWL has an enrollment-based deficit of ~1.1 million dollars this year, I chose to discontinue the role of the
Associate Vice Chancellor of Enrollment Management effective 10/5/2015. The position oversaw five units: IEE (now reporting directly to the
Provost), Admissions, Records & Registration, Financial Aid, and Career Services & Academic Advising).
3. Reorganization Plan - due to steps #1 and #2, on Monday, I asked SEC to put a discussion of these changes on the agenda. It is
shown below and here are a few observations that may be of help as you think about the proposed plan.
● The major impetus of the reorg plan was to keep the remaining Enrollment Services units together under one supervisor in order to
facilitate coordination.
● The second impetus for the plan as shown was to distribute workload more evenly across remaining units.
● SOE is being recommended as the home for Continuing Education and Extension (CEE) due to similarity in their missions to represent
the university at-large. Furthermore, CEE and IPSE both have revenue generating aspects.
● Graduate Studies is currently undergoing a major strategic planning initiative and has indicated a preference to stay reporting to the
interim Associate Vice Chancellor position until the planning has been completed. The original proposal was to include Graduate
Studies with SOE in order to increase the profile of Grad Studies and because, as a unit, it too, represents units within all three
colleges. A move of Graduate Studies may be necessary in the future in terms of workload.
● In terms of organization, there are immediate practical structural “management” needs (e.g., signature authority for budgets, travel,
leave) and longer term issues of leadership for each unit.
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