What We Have Heard So Far

1
What We Have Heard So Far

• Heart and dedication are evident
• We are proud of our community and want to
  preserve it
• We are nervous about what that will look like as
  we change and grow. (Can we still call ourselves
  a family or are we a community of communities?)
• There are reasons we have not had the chance to
  talk to each other across colleges outreach
  with one another takes time and has seemed like a
  luxury.
• The work that gets done in committee is not
  trusted because information is not systematically
  shared and acted upon, and it is not clear who is
  on the committees.
• People all around feel accused of lacking in
  integrity because lack of trust is a common
  criticism (related to a lack of agreed upon
  shared governance processes)

2
CGPS Faculty and Staff

• We are just like the rest of you
• We are here for the students and the programs and
  we have that in common
• We need more transparency between Rindge and CGPS
• We are the floaters with the mother ship and we
  know it will take a while to connect more
• We in the graduate programs are reliant on Rindge
  for infrastructure that is available at Rindge.
• Takes time but we are looking forward to working
  together more
• Integration with Rindge will mean many things
  for all of us and feels daunting.
• We want you to trust us and not see us as bad
  people
• Hope people wont fear the on line process of
  learning and teaching
• CGPS is in the middle of big changes itself in
  addition to integrating well as a full part of
  Franklin Pierce University
• Would be nice to develop relationships across
  professional degrees
• With all of the problems we are able to create
  programs quickly that meet the needs of a
  changing environment
• Our marketing is piecemeal
• Mental shifts of the University as a PLACE
  (campus) to the University as a collection of
  places and people
• CGPS infrastructure needs are great and access to
  technology, offices and keys is frustrating
• CGPS seems to be in the frontier lots of change
  and challenge but lots of excitement
• We probably have more in common with the Rindge
  faculty in terms of disciplines and professional
  foci that we think or acknowledge
• CGPS faculty dont really come together as a
  group to talk with each other we only meet in
  smaller, program and department groups so a sense
  as a unit is not there, much less a sense of
  connection with Rindge faculty

3
Rindge Faculty and Staff

• Interesting to see silos in the CGPS group,
  didnt think that was present there.
• Wanted to hear more of a concrete link to our
  identity in the work of CGPS
• There are also disconnects in Rindge among staff
  and faculty departments not just between Rindge
  and CGPS.
• Notion that somehow Rindge was seen as the
  infrastructure Mecca we got it good?
• We really burden ourselves with high expectations
  with the terms community and family we can
  improve but maybe not to that degree.
• Frustrated in the work it takes to market a
  program
• Need better communication structures internally
  before program promotion occurs that folks here
  dont know about.
• Currently, staff on Rindge campus are
  compartmentalized between Rindge and CGPS and
  that is a good opportunity to integrate more.
• Registrars office on Rindge campus, but is not a
  Rindge exclusive office.
• We are organizationally conservative and the
  box we operate in is about academic integrity
  still can think outside the box.
• Rindge and CGPS faculty have told stories about
  each other and being in the room with each other
  is good so our stories about each other can get
  more real. We are being asked to have some level
  of a shared identity to what degree? What do
  we want? What is the role of faculty in
  governance? We dont know what shared governance
  means? If you want my input, then please value
  it.
• In terms of teaching, the primary difference I
  see is cultural and generational - what do we
  have in common (texting students?) and what are
  our real differences?
• Rindge faculty are not neophytes at on line
  teaching. We do some of that
• This day is not surprising and is long over due
  CGPS has done so much in such a short time, but
  much of our work load at Rindge is intense and it
  prohibits our connecting with each other
  (outreach takes TIME).
• Values issues valuing student experience, but
  do we value each others work and experiences
  across colleges? We DO need a shared
  understanding of valuing the work of one another.

4
Q and A

• What is the DA program and what does it do?
• What do you mean by our faculties having a lot in
  common for this program?
• There are things we can learn from each other
• Connects well to the whole mission of the
  university
• Is there resentment towards the Rindge faculty?
• Frustrating not to have the infrastructure we
  need
• Is there are sense that Rindge faculty would
  threaten the entrepreneurial spirit of CGPS?
• The economy is seen as potentially clipping our
  wings, not Rindge faculty.
• Rindge may be just as entrepreneurial but we
  wouldnt know.
• Rindge works well so it is less a question of
  entrepreneurial
• One HUGE issue is whether we have a shared vision
  or a sense ENOUGH of a shared culture to work
  together.
• For example, what is 4 1 program? Many had
  never heard of it
• Some perceive this has been imposed on Rindge,
  yet the undergraduate business faculty have been
  a part of this planning.
• Sense of committees being hijacked for a
  specific program illustrates difficulty of
  governance
• Rindge students are exploring and CGPS students
  are career focused and this maintains a
  separation
• Has there been any attention to managing the work
  load of Rindge faculty? CGPS sees this intensity
  on the part of Rindge faculty
• Desperately need and started and stopped
• Is the education Masters a go? Not currently
  for this year. Needs to be done collegially