Ferris State University Academic Affairs Division

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan
Ferris State University Academic Affairs Division
2006-2007 Plan March 30, 2006
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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Overview
• Plan Foundation and Principles
• Anchored by the three pillars, developing
  specific goals within pillars
• Responds to task force recommendations
• Enhances academic environment

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan
Enhanced Academic Environment Divisional
Selected Successes
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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Pillar I Learning-Centered Campus
• Enhance Academic Environment
• Professional Development
• Enhanced Hiring Practices
• Enhanced Faculty Support
• Structural Reexamination

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Pillar I Learning-Centered Campus
• Insure a current and relevant curriculum
• Emphasized accreditation
• Emphasized assessment
• Supported retention
• Curriculum innovations
• On-line development

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Pillar I Learning-Centered Campus
• Review processes that impact enrollment growth,
  retention, external partnerships
• Hours for graduation
• Small class size and low-enrolled programs
• Classroom use
• Summer enrollment
• Ease of transfer
• General education

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Pillar II Working Together
• Physical Teaching Spaces
• Computer Replacement Schedule
• Continued Work with Ferris Faculty Association

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Pillar III Engaged Campus
• Student Engagement
• Working Collaboratively with Educational External
  Partners
• K-12 Partners

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Pillar III Engaged Campus
• Community Opportunities
• Grant Activities
• Freedom to Learn

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan
Enhanced Academic Environment College Selected
Successes
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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Allied Health Sciences
• Increased Enrollment
• Grant Funding

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Arts and Sciences
• Reduced nearly all programs and concentrations to
  120 hours to enhance timely graduation and
  retention rates
• Made significant curricular changes in order to
  enhance programmatic flexibility, increase
  student transfers, and strengthen recruiting

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Business
• Student accomplishments highlight efficacy of
  faculty efforts to foster learning
• Collaborative curricular development across
  programs and colleges

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Education and Human Services
• Professional Development - through supplementing
  TIMME grants, organizing symposia, and
  implementing needs-based professional
  development, faculty from the four departments
  are seeking ways to work together.
• Improving cross-college relationships -
  Identifying a liaison to work with faculty from
  the other colleges to improve communications
  regarding programs.

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Library
• For FLITE users, completed first computer and
  application server replacement cycle since FLITE
  opened on March 12, 2001
• For FLITE employees, completed merger of
  Reference and Instruction and Circulation
  Services departments to form the Public Services
  department

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Michigan College of Optometry
• Received 1 million grant from the Dow Foundation
  for new building
• Developed vision service to support and
  complement the University College Strategies
  Learning program

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Pharmacy
• The Accreditation Council for Pharmaceutical
  Education (ACPE) reaffirmed our 6-year full
  program approval with a follow-up Interim Report
  in January 2006
• Completion of the expanded enrollment (to 150 per
  class) necessitated the development of new
  practice sites at Spectrum (Blodgett) ProMed
  Healthcare Covenant Healthcare and Cherry Street
  Health Services

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Technology
• College leadership deans search program and
  department leadership faculty active in
  curriculum efficiency, development,
  accreditation, and professional development
  increasing student involvement and communications
• Strong industrial relationships successful in
  building relationships with industry and donors
  2005 in-kind donations 922,959 2005 cash
  donations 375,913 scholarships
  employment/internship advisory committees

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• University Center for
• Extended Learning
• Expanded and enhanced the Ferris online presence
  through coordination of more offerings,
  collaboration with Ferris Colleges and task
  forces, and implementation of communication
  improvements suggested by faculty and students to
  better position Ferris in this growing market
  segment
• Increased and strengthened its partnerships with
  community colleges, K-12 districts, employers,
  and associations, such as the National Council
  for Workforce Education (NCWE).

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• University College
• Developmental Programs Developed and marketed
  the CareerQuest program throughout 2005-06
• Educational Counselors - Completed groundwork for
  improving academic advising at Ferris with
  recommendations to Vice President Harris on March
  24, 2006

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan
Ongoing Significant Activities Academic Affairs
Division
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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Enhance Academic Environment
• Office of Scholarship and Sponsored Programs
• Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning
• Hiring

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Enhance Curricular Excellence
• Assessment
• Engagement
• Learning Spaces
• Retention
• Ease of Transfer

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Enhance Curricular Excellence
• International Education
• External Partners
• Curricular Innovation
• Efficiencies

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan
Ongoing Significant Activities College Planning
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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Allied Health Sciences
• Evaluate mix of programming
• Sponsor workshop to foster faculty understanding
  of scholarship

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Arts and Sciences
• Continue to strengthen multiple resources that
• are sites for student engagement
• Continue to foster innovative teaching in order
  to promote more effective learning outcomes

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Business
• Promote and expand CQI efforts involving all
  COB faculty/staff in order to more effectively
  serve all of our stakeholders, and achieve
  accreditation in the process
• Enhance curricular distinctiveness and
  responsiveness to workplace needs and
  expectations

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Education and Human Services
• Codifying Academic Service Learning - VISTA
  volunteer will be gathering and analyzing data to
  demonstrate the level of student engagement in
  academic service learning projects
• Expanding partnerships - The four departments
  have interns and students working in various
  public agencies, including school districts, and
  need to deepen the partnerships to continue to
  improve the programs

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Library
• Evaluate and plan for FLITE space utilization to
  address the issues of shelving that was
  expected to last until 2016 is now 90 full and,
  repurposing space freed by FCTL and TAC
  departures to support FLITE service expansion
• Activate interdepartmental partnerships to
  promote the use of new books, including
  showcasing of new titles, adding cover art and
  book review to online catalog, and reinstating a
  monthly New Books list on the library website
  with links.

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Michigan College of Optometry
• Finalize and grow the TLC Laser Vision
  Correction Center at MCO
• Establish an industry funded Applied Eye
  Research Unit

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Pharmacy
• Curricular review/revision to address revised
  ACPE Accreditation standards
• Enhance partnerships/programs (AHEC Grant,
  Engaged Partners Program, Anticoagulation Grant)
  with MSU College of Human Medicine at MERC and
  KCMS sites, particularly in view of the impending
  MSU COMs expansion to Grand Rapids.

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• Technology
• Develop a vision that establishes the colleges
  position as a national leader in applied
  technology and professional service curriculum
  guidelines, facilities, resources and policies
  that support the vision growth in enrollment and
  other creative opportunities
• Articulate the vision through external
  relationships and activities project
  partnership with industry applied research that
  enhances student learning endowed scholarships
  increased cash and in-kind donations

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• University Center for
• Extended Learning
• Work toward increased student and staff
  satisfaction with off-campus programming through
  use of data, improved communications and systems,
  and collaboration with the colleges in the
  development of the off-campus product
• Continue to strengthen internal and external
  partnerships partnerships for the benefit of
  current and future learners, Ferris, and Michigan.

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan

• University College
• Developmental Programs implementation of the
  CareerQuest program and CARE learning community
  should increase enrollments by a total of 30-40
  students
• International Student Advisor develop and
  provide a complete schedule of services and
  programming for the 200 international students at
  Ferris

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Division of Academic Affairs 2006-07 Plan
Summary