Rutgers University-Newark
Open Meeting, January 28, 2014
Topics
• Background/context
• Elements of the process:
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Listening Tour
Charrette groups
Online participation and information
Community meetings/Town Halls
• Outcomes
– Vision, plans, actions, and engagement of the
university community
– Report to BOG with Initiatives and Metrics
Background
• University wide Strategic Plan
– RU-N participants ensured place for Newark in
vision of the “New Rutgers”
• New Chancellor, new structure, new
possibilities
– Opportunity to develop a vision of what we want
to be
Listening Tour
• Purpose: “To listen and to learn…and figure
out together how best to leverage the
strength of our campus and broader
communities.” –Chancellor Cantor
• Coordinated with all units
– Schools, colleges, academic and instructional
units, student leaders and organizations, centers
and institutes
Charrette groups
• “Our greatest asset is the diversity of
perspectives we bring to this work.” –
Chancellor Cantor
• Concept: bring diverse group together over a
series of meetings to
– Define challenges
– Propose means to address them
• “We’re designing a better university. How can
we do that?” –Clem Price
Charrette groups: Specifics
• Series of three meetings
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February 17 to March 7
one per week for three weeks
held at the same time each week
in accord with class schedules (90 minutes)
• Common set of readings and guiding questions for all
groups
• Facilitator and scribe for each group
• Goal is to have mix of students, faculty, staff in each
group
• Sign up through the online site: Doodle poll
Charrette Groups: Guiding Themes
• What is higher education being called upon to
do right now?
• What is our story at Rutgers UniversityNewark?
• What shall we do as a leader in higher
education for the 21st century?
Online site
• Provides overview of process
• Form for providing comments and input
• Documents, such as readings for charrette
groups will be posted
• Charrette groups will also have a Blackboard
site for group communications
• Strategic plan email address:
strategicplan@newark.rutgers.edu
Open Meetings
• Charrette kick-off meeting: February 7, 12 pm
• March 4, 1-3 pm: Obstacles
– Location TBA
• March 31, 11:30: Feedback meeting
– PRCC 255-57
• April convocation
• Other meetings on specific issues
Outcomes
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Vision
Plans and Initiatives
Active engagement of the university community
Report to Board of Governors
Strategic Planning Oversight
Committee
• Todd Clear, Provost and co-chair
• Jyl Josephson, Assoc. Professor FASN, Member Newark
Faculty Council, and co-chair
• Angie Bonilla, Director of Housing and Residence Life
• Divij Pandya, President, Student Governing Association
• Peter Englot, Senior Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs
• Marcia Brown, Associate Dean of Program
Development
• Robin Foster, Project Manager