We are grateful to the President and Provost for their support in the implementation, including funding for a program director and Project Management services. Despite the constant, new challenges that emerge related to the details of implementation, we are making excellent progress and are on track for implementation of the program in Fall 2019. The implementation would not be possible without the very competent and comprehensive team working on this project and the continued support of the project by the administration.
Academic Advising
The Faculty Senate continues to be involved in the efforts to redesign the academic advising experience for students on campus. Since our last report to the Board, we have engaged in campus conversations, including students, faculty, and staff, to determine the most important needs of students in advising and the features of advising models that best meet those needs. After a series of town halls and extensive survey feedback in February, the Academic Advising Council developed a draft advising model and structure. This month we will engage in campus conversations about the proposed model and use the feedback to make revisions and refinements. We hope to present recommendations for improvements to advising by the end of the academic year. The Senate continues to be involved in conversations about the implementation of Responsibility Centered Management (RCM) and Activity Based Budgeting (ABB). The transition to this budget model, where the academic colleges are the responsibility centers, has revealed the need for clarity and transparency in college-level budgeting processes. Currently, college- level budget decisions happen differently in each college, with varying levels of faculty involvement. As such, our Senate Budget and Planning Committee has been involved in drafting Faculty Code language to provide structure and consistency to the college budget committees. This language strives to ensure that faculty who are representative of each college have a voice in college budget decisions, while retaining ultimate fiscal authority at the decanal level. The Faculty Senate recently re-affirmed our core values (see Appendix). These shared faculty values are consistent with the University strategic plan, and we believe they should inform budgetary decisions. Budget Model Implementation
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