The plan that I am proposing/suggesting/forwarding for your review is a three school/college organizational structure as opposed to the four school/college structure proposed earlier. Since this proposal is in its development phase, I refer to the schools/colleges as clusters since I am more interested in identifying their components rather than creating workable school/college names.
CLUSTER ONE:
Natural and Behavioral Sciences
All the departments currently in NSM EXCEPT Nursing
Sociology/Anthropology
Psychology
Political Science
Criminal Justice
CLUSTER TWO:
Professional Studies
All the departments currently in BPA
Nursing
Social Work
Advanced Education Studies
Counseling
Special Education
Teacher Credential
CLUSTER THREE:
Humanities and Undergraduate Teacher Preparation
All the department currently under the Humanities side of HSS
Liberal Studies (teaching and non-teaching track)
Child, Adolescent, and Family Studies
Physical Education and Kinesiology
I believe the current proposal addresses all of the following objectives that were outlined in the previous/original proposal:
1. Align with the University Mission
2. Support academic quality
3. Engender a collaborative campus culture
4. Further the sharing of our mission programmatically
5. Buttress cooperative
6. Heighten our community engagement
7. Seek economy of scales
I would be more than willing to talk to you about the proposal because I believe that it has a LOT of the same positive features addressed in the original proposal including (directly modified version taken from the original proposal):
1. Creates synergies and opportunities for interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and multi‐disciplinary collaboration and grant developments
2. Improves the resource base of all of the new schools/colleges, while not detrimentally affecting the other schools/colleges
4. Broadens the University’s mission to include a serious commitment to the development of professionals in the community
5. Provides greater diversification and unification of academic programs within each of the new schools/colleges
6. Strengthens the institution’s capacity to build stronger linkages between the K‐12, local business, and human service professionals
7. Identifies a locus of development for professional studies