Chancellor Transition

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Chancellor Transition

• Community Forum
• for
• Faculty, Staff, and Students

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Governance Leaders

• Kim Stanford, President, University Assembly and
  Classified Council
• Bob Kizer, President, APT and VP, University
  Assembly
• Anthony Rivas, President, USUAA
• Kerri Morris, President, Faculty Senate
• Christine Tullius, Governance Coordinator

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Interim Chancellor

• Fran Ulmer
• Currently Director of ISER
• B.A., Political Science and Economics,
• University of Wisconsin, 1969
• J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, 1972

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Timeline

• January 12, 2007
• Chancellor Maimon meets with EBoard to announce
  that she is a finalist for the job.

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Timeline

• January 26, 2007 
• Executive Board of Faculty Senate meets with
  President Hamilton about Chancellor's job
  possibility.
• President clearly states that he will not seek to
  retain Maimon, nor does he wish to.
• Commits to allowing faculty (through EBoard) a
  veto of suggestions for interim Chancellor.

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Timeline (1/26)

• States desire for a two-year period for interim.
  (One year plus a search)
• Rejects role of faculty in any systematic
  evaluation of any Chancellor because our view is
  not comprehensive.

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Timeline

• February 19, 2007
• Hamilton contacts the Provost, the Deans, Kim
  Stanford, and Kerri Morris about suggestions for
  interim Chancellor. Shares list as it develops
  with each person. Asks for feedback.
• Jim Liszka, Tom Case, and Renee Carter-Chapman
  ask that their names be removed from the list

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Timeline

• February 23, 2007
• Hamilton meets with Chancellors Advisory Board.
• Discusses long list publicly with the Board.
• Includes names of people who have removed their
  names from consideration. Leaves one name off of
  the list. Visitors and student reporter present.
• Reiterates desire for two-year appointment of
  interim.
• Asserts that permanent Chancellor need not have a
  PhD.
• Urges Board to consider possibility that the
  interim could be appointed to the permanent post.

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Timeline

• February 23, 2007
• Hamilton meets with Executive Board of Faculty
  Senate.
• Shares list of possible interims.
• EBoard endorses two candidates.
• Hamilton reflects on their strengths and commits
  to offering the interim position to Fran Ulmer.

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Timeline (2/23)

• Rejects desire of EBoard to begin search in
  August 2007 on the grounds that interim will
  offer stability. Mentions the possibility that
  we will approve of the interim and could appoint
  the person to a permanent position.
• Assserts desire to continue support of UAA,
  specifically mentions making the PhD in
  Psychology a truly joint program.

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Timeline

• Rejects notion that chancellors should have
  three-year contracts that are similar to the
  contract he has. Claims that he is an
  exclusively at will employee in spite of his
  contract.
• Commits to meeting with EBoard again this
  semester and for two meetings per year in coming
  years.

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FAQ

• Why did Chancellor Maimon leave?
• From our perspective, it seems clear that
  Chancellor Maimon was facing an antagonistic
  Statewide administration that was severely
  limiting her ability to be productive and that is
  resistant to her enthusiastic advocacy on UAAs
  behalf.

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FAQ

• When will the search begin?
• At this time, President Hamilton desires to have
  the interim Chancellor in place for one full year
  before beginning the search process.

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FAQ

• How will the search committee for the new
  Chancellor be chosen?
• President Hamilton has not yet announced his
  intentions regarding the search committee.
  However, your governance leaders expect and will
  strongly encourage a national search with a
  representative committee, as during the last
  search. Generally, the committee for a Chancellor
  will be selected by the President and will
  include members from Deans Directors,
  Governance Leaders from staff, faculty, student
  governance groups, additional faculty members
  from UAA, and Anchorage community members.

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FAQ

• Is there a commitment to further UAA as a Public
  Square?
• We believe that part of Chancellor Maimons
  legacy at UAA will be her desire to build UAAs
  image as a public square. The members of
  Chancellors Cabinet, as well as members of the
  UAA and Anchorage community appear to hold a
  strong commitment to this and we hope it will
  continue.

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FAQ

• How will the transition affect the FY08 budget
  process?
• The FY08 budget process is in full swing, and it
  is not anticipated that the transition will have
  any affect on the work done so far and the work
  that continues to be done by our UAA
  administration, the Planning and Budget Advisory
  Committee, and others. It is imperative that we
  all are involved and contact our legislators to
  push for full funding for UAA and let our needs
  be known.

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FAQ

• How will 2008 budget effect staff and faculty
  employment and raises?
• Mandatory staff and faculty wage and benefit
  increases are included in the FY08 budget request
  and are fully expected to be covered. UA has
  also included a 2 staff salary grid increase for
  cost of living, which appears to be committed to
  as far as Statewide and BOR are considered.
• It can never be anticipated how the final budget
  will end up affecting us. We still hope for
  funding to allow for further program growth and
  capital projects, but our administration at UAA
  is deeply committed to staff, faculty, and
  programs continuing at current level.

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FAQ

• What are President Hamiltons goals for UAAs
  immediate future?
• He told Faculty Senates E-Board that hes
  committed to work force development. We hope
  that he understands that this means everything
  from technical jobs to professional jobs and
  requires GER course support.
• He also claimed to support equal footing for UAA
  and UAF with the joint PhD in psychology, which
  we do not currently enjoy. However, he also has
  said that he doesnt support UAAs being
  accredited to deliver a PhD. These views
  contradict.

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Questions without answers

• Can President Hamilton make a statement
  concerning UAA's position amongst other UA
  campuses?
• Can President Hamilton make a commitment to the
  Talloires Declaration?
• What changes would President Hamilton like to see
  at UAA?
• What programs and activities would President
  Hamilton like to see highlighted at UAA?
• In what ways can the image of UAA be improved in
  the Anchorage community?  With the new Regents?