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Officials update trustees on Arts and Sciences strategic assessment |
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Jon Strunk |
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Aug 27, 2008
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The University of Toledo has finalized an agreement with the Learning Alliance for Higher Education to conduct a strategic assessment of the College of Arts and Sciences, UT officials told members of the Board of Trustees Academic and Student Affairs Committee Aug. 18.
In mid-September, Dr. Robert Zemsky, who will lead the Learning Alliance for Higher Education’s efforts, will organize a series of interviews with 35 people representative of the spectrum of academic specialties across the college and its stakeholders. A roundtable discussion will take place in October based on this set of interviews, and a second roundtable will follow in December.
“The College of Arts and Sciences is in many ways the foundation of this University,” said Dr. Rosemary Haggett, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. “A strong college is essential to the success of UT as we work to improve and advance all aspects of this institution.”
At the committee meeting, trustee Dr. Tom Brady said that “this is an important step in our journey of increasing excellence,” also saying it was important to take advantage of the good will UT has cultivated in Columbus.
“In Columbus, we are still the University that is recognized as having taken a very progressive position regarding higher education in Ohio,” Brady said.
UT President Lloyd Jacobs emphasized that the intent of the assessment is constructive.
“To envision the next 100 years will be facilitated by the mirror provided by Dr. Zemsky and his colleagues,” Jacobs said. “We have already left the starting point, and we must recognize that this University is on the move.”
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