CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO ORGANIZE
CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO ORGANIZE PROGRAM GROUPS INTO SCHOOLS (NOT in order of priority - the average of responses will establish weights/priorities) a) SIZE: There shouldn't be such a large number of groups in any school that management becomes difficult, recommended less than 10 and preferably about 5 to 7. b) VIABLE DEAN: It should be possible to recruit a Dean with a sufficiently broad skill set that he/she can provide effective leadership to all groups. c) COMMON INTERESTS: The leaders of groups in a school should share sufficient commonality among their students and programs to encourage joint initiatives in recruitment, advisement and retention. d) GRANTS: The availability of external funds for interdisciplinary scholarly activity among groups creates an advantage in placing these groups in the same school. e) VISION: It should be possible to articulate a vision and mission for each school which is plausibly coherent with respect to all of the groups in the school. …
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CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO ORGANIZE PROGRAM GROUPS INTO SCHOOLS (NOT in order of priority - the average of responses will establish weights/priorities) a) SIZE: There shouldn't be such a large number of groups in any school that management becomes difficult, recommended less than 10 and preferably about 5 to 7. b) VIABLE DEAN: It should be possible to recruit a Dean with a sufficiently broad skill set that he/she can provide effective leadership to all groups. c) COMMON INTERESTS: The leaders of groups in a school should share sufficient commonality among their students and programs to encourage joint initiatives in recruitment, advisement and retention. d) GRANTS: The availability of external funds for interdisciplinary scholarly activity among groups creates an advantage in placing these groups in the same school. e) VISION: It should be possible to articulate a vision and mission for each school which is plausibly coherent with respect to all of the groups in the school. f) ACCEPTED PRACTICE: It is an advantage if the names and groups within a school are in accordance with practice elsewhere in academia so as to minimize confusion in communications with other institutions and organizations. g) ACCREDITATION: The names, missions and groups composing a school should facilitate accreditation of UVI as a whole and of individual program groups. h) UVI MISSION: The organization of the schools should facilitate implementation of UVI’s missions for teaching, research and community service.