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Academics
1
Establish new academic structures and centers that sustain excellence, facilitate growth, and cultivate innovative and impactful teaching, learning, and research to provide an education of enduring worth.
1a.
Restructure academic programs into a College and Schools supported by a governance system that maintains focus on the centrality of the liberal arts while facilitating innovative, efficient program development and administration.
Phase 1:
Organize into a College of Arts & Sciences and establish a School of Education and a School of Music. Create a new governance system.
Phase 2:
Establish a School of Business and a School of Health Sciences.
Phase 3:
Establish and integrate other Schools as appropriate.
1b.
Develop a Center for Interdisciplinary Programs to coordinate existing and new interdisciplinary offerings.
Phase 1:
Establish the Center within the College of Arts and Sciences and develop Medical Humanities, Environmental Studies, and programs associated with intercultural studies.
Phase 2-3:
Develop additional innovative interdisciplinary programs for undergraduate and graduate students (e.g., Art, Music, and Drama Therapies; Arts Administration; Music Business & Technology; Latin American Studies).
