NOTE — This content was presented as a slide presentation at a chairs and directors workshop on October 11, 2024. It does not represent any approved actions or conclusions.
Provost’s Fellow:Amanda Klemmer
Opportunities:
How academic restructuring will help with short-term budget goals
Morale is really low on campus, creating an upheaval and cultural changes could impact the success of faculty, staff, and therefore students
Using a purely quantitative metric-based portfolio review will not account for the diversity of different functions academic programs can have
At a learner focused university, academics should be the last buckets to save money (opposed to purely research and administrative units)
Process for SRE restructuring (similar for academics, research, and administration):
Doing a systematic and holistic portfolio review that involves rubric criteria and values we outline in this document for all academic, research, and administrative units on campus
Simultaneously having all units on campus start the budget build as soon as possible to align results of the portfolio review with the funds needed to support units
Having an outlined, step by step plan for how the rubric will be used and deferring to Deans on which units should be considered for restructuring within and across colleges
Presenting campus 2-3 scenarios for UMaine restructuring, the consequences of each scenario for the budget and academics, and then present those options to groups around campus (like UW Oshkosh)
