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Academic Task Force - College Design: CLA

Mission:

To prepare a strategy to position the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) as one of the premier colleges of liberal arts in the nation, consistent with the University’s goal to become one of the top three public research universities in the world.

Deliverables:

• Recommendations regarding the optimal design, structure, and organization of CLA, including whether the University has the appropriate grouping of disciplines under the CLA umbrella or whether a different collegiate structure would better promote the University’s goal to become one of the top three public research universities in the world.
• Recommendations regarding a vision for the future of the College of Liberal Arts in a dynamic urban environment.
• Recommendations regarding how CLA can leverage its current strengths and comparative advantages and chart a course for the future, consistent with the University’s goal to become one of the top three public research universities in the world.
• Recommendations regarding promotion of interdisciplinary work both across departments within CLA and across collegiate lines.
• Recommendations regarding creation of an environment in which excellence is expected and supported, with special attention to: (1) faculty research and creative work; (2) undergraduate and graduate education; (3) student outcomes, including retention and timely graduation; and (4) public engagement.
• Recommendations regarding: (1) cultivating intellectual and analytical inquiry skills across the liberal arts curriculum; (2) fostering public engagement; and (3) advancing integrative learning.
• Recommendations regarding the strengthening of relationships between CLA and community resources.

Report due: May 1, 2006

Task force charge letter from E. Thomas Sullivan, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

Task Force Cochairs Ann Waltner, Interim Chair, Dept of Asian Languages/Lit, and Professor of History, CLA Robert Kudrle, Professor, HHH Task Force Members Name Position, Department, College Marvin Marshak Professor, Physics and Astronomy, IT Clarence Morgan Professor, Art, CLA Mark Snyder Professor, Psychology, CLA Nalo Jackson Graduate student, American Studies, CLA Valerie Tiberius Associate Professor, Philosophy, CLA Susan Wolf Professor, Director, Joint Degree Program in Law, Health, and Life Sciences, Law Kai Carlson-Wee Undergraduate honors student, English, CLA Paul Soper Teaching Specialist, Political Science & CLA Honors

[return to Task Forces] Footnote Administrative Structure and College Design task forces to coordinate with one another.