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9/18/2015 We are in challenging fiscal times and it appears that the 18 August 2015 situation will become T. Bart Quimby Academic Planning Facilitator increasingly challenging in Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering 2015 ACADEMIC PLANNING the coming years. DOCUMENT The Original Challenge Early in the year Provost Gingerich asked the Academic Develop a document that Deans to start considering describes the University five guiding principles to provide years from now with direction for the decisions to be significantly fewer financial made. This group expanded to resources. include Campus Directors and Faculty Leaders in the Spring Provost Gingerich wanted the Academic Deans and Campus Difficult decisions will be made Directors (the decision makers) to in the coming year by involve the campus academic University and College communities in the discussion to administrators, make sure that everyone can With or Without This contribute and so that everyone understands the basis for coming Document choices and decision. 1

9/18/2015 Time Line The current version of the resulting � Early 2015: Initial Discussions by Academic document is titled: Deans � Spring and Summer 2015: Campus Directors Guidance for Academic Decisions and Faculty Governance Leaders brought in in Climate of Declining Budgets, to the discussion � Early Fall 2015: Discussion taken to the AY2016-17 Colleges and Community Campuses � October 2015: Discussion in the Faculty Senate � Mid October 2015: “Finalize” the document Document Basis Preamble � UAA Mission “The purpose of this document is to provide � UAA 2017 Strategic Plan UAA with a coherent rationale for making the � Shaping Alaska’s Future difficult resource decisions required during a � UAA Core Accreditation Themes time of decreased funding. These decisions � Anchorage Campus Prioritization must be driven by UAA’s academic mission and � College and Campus Missions by the need to continually invest in strategic � National trends in higher education initiatives . These academic decisions will � Local and Regional workforce demands determine shifts in support and service areas.” � Cultural and Economic landscape of SouthcentralAlaska Implementation of UAA Mission Institutional Core Themes To implement its mission, the University of Alaska Anchorage: 1. Teaching and Learning 1. Prepares students to be: � Proficient in 21st century skills (literacy, numeracy, collaboration, 2. Research, Scholarship, and problem solving/critical thinking, cultural competence), � Employees with the technical and employability skills needed by Creative Activity Alaskan industries, � Professionals ready for employment, licensure, advancement and leadership in Alaskan business, industry, non-profit, and governmental 3. Student Success agencies in Alaska, and � Educated, active, and engaged citizens. Strengthens the institution to be a: 2. 4. UAA Community � Center for research, scholarship, and creative activity, � Cultural hub of Southcentral Alaska and the state, 5. Public Square � Leader in Alaska’s developing role in the Arctic, and � Leader to support the work of the state. 2

9/18/2015 Emphasis Areas Program Areas � Arctic Issues � Health Sciences � Indigenous Cultures � Professional Programs � Sustainable Communities, � Career & Technical Education Environments, & Economies � Liberal Arts & Sciences � Local, Regional, & International Location Additional Considerations Unit Specific Considerations � Mission Alignment 1. Provide access to higher education, 2. Support certificate or degree programs, � Student Demand 3. Produce research, scholarship, and/or � State Priorities creative work, 4. Attract internal and external partners that enhance program offerings and student learning, and 5. Create active, engaged, and well-rounded citizens prepared for the 21st century. What Can You Do To Help? What Can You Do To Help? � Review the document and tell us � Does this document adequately focus � Does this document outline processes that the direction of the institution? Why? are built from the Institutional Core Themes � Will this document will be effective in and the other planning documents listed? guiding decisions? If not, what can be How so? How do you think that this done to sharpen the focus? document will be effective in guiding � Do you have other comments? decisions? � Are the Focus Areas identified in the best interest of the University and the people we serve? Do they need alteration? If so, how? 3