Faculty Senate dialogue notes

Faculty Senate dialogue notes 2.20.19

 

Assumptions

• Hackers will continue to present security concerns for technology
• Needs for good, reliable connectivity for WSU internally and with others across U.S.
• More online instruction and delivery
• Technology presents expensive and economical solutions such as expansion without buildings
• Our state support is real and deep but we can’t count on it.
  • A lot aim to help students
• Largesse of past decades will not return. State support 17%
• $ to come from tuition, grants
• Have to “sell” more of what we do but in mare targeted ways (not everything for “anyone”)
• More students looking for alternative pathways for prep to career goals
• Need to be nimble to anticipate change
• Some post-grad, different kind of students, industry-education upgrades
• More fluid come-and-go students
• More international market – traditional program might not be what they need; will look for quality faculty.
• “Equity” value extends to faculty and staff

Mission

• Equity and access to WA state
  • Include faculty and staff
• Alternate pathways
• Pretty open access to our citizens
• Competition? People feel under valued
• UIG v G – need to differentiate the values of the parts
• Important contributor but teaching hard to assess

Values

• Truth
• Equity and access (ex. HERC)
• Extension is missing – de-emphasized
• Application of knowledge for benefit of communities

Vision

• Will be bigger – more faculty, students. Grants
  • More campuses?
  • More developed campuses?
• Likeliohood of achieving a 34 our of 100; that is being hopeful, optimistic.
• Is a research thing.
  • We could do it if resources were available to support it.
• Is a marketing plan v a strategic plan. A catchy phrase.
• DT25 not consistent with our mission.
• “A group of people decided we should have a Drive to 25.” Faculty should have been asked.
• Non-Pullman campuses: grad students, research—but these are not built into autonomous budget.
• Feels very top down.

Outcomes

• Alumni support (“we’re there”)
• State leg support
• People send students in-state
• More transcript-oriented credentials – responsive to jobs, career goals
• Community engagement
  • We are a resource for them
• Transcript-post-bacc certificates
• Employers will approve of us
• Better reach disenfranchised communities – don’t require 4-yr investment
  • g. economic growth, ROAR program
• Connect community with education
• More entrepreneurial faculty that is facilitated – can’t be on top of
• Less top-down decision making
  • Facilitate success and excellence

Goals

• More web traffic
  • Participation with communities and academic communities
• Happier faculty
• $ for faculty
• People feel more valued
• Input will matter to decisions
• Evaluation of cooperative problem solving
• Industry—advisory boards feedback re meeting needs of communities
  • Outcome is if they can articulate impact
• Formalized external grad program reviews (gives leverage for change). External engagement for value of grad programs
• Tangible outcomes for system
  • g. fewer AMS interruptions
  • # of multi-campuses courses, proposals
  • Integrate discussion of hires
  • More TT and tenured faculty at all campuses.