ACE Project on Leadership and Institutional Transformation
September, 1996 Update
This past Spring, many of you responded to our survey regarding issues related to our theme, "Revitalizing Faculty, Administration and Staff: Enhancing Student Success." After sorting through the responses, we found the following seven major issues:
- Using technology to enhance teaching effectiveness and student success
- Developing new avenues for professional development and training
- Exploring more effective ways to facilitate effective communication
- Reinforcing the primacy of the teaching mission
- Investigating admissions standards with respect to regional mission, faculty perceptions, comparisons with similar comprehensive universities, and potential impact on student enrollment
- Exploring faculty expectations for student achievement
- Articulating a university commitment to improving faculty and staff rewards
A major charge of the ACE Committee is to address the issues you have identified. Some of these issues relate to general issues in higher education, while others more specifically relate to SFA. As a first step in addressing the more global issues, a speaker series has been planned. The following three speakers are experts in issues of higher education. Please try to attend as many of the presentations as possible. If appropriate, bring your classes. More information will be made available in the very near future.
On Tuesday, October 22, Dr. Robert Zemsky will visit SFA and address interested individuals. Dr. Zemsky is the founding director of the University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Research on Higher Education, one of this country's major public policy centers for postsecondary education. Details regarding Dr. Zemsky's visit will be posted in the near future.
On Wednesday, October 30, Dr. Barry Munitz will be on campus to participate in the ACE Project. Dr. Munitz is Chancellor, The California State University System. Dr. Munitz was for five years Chancellor of the University of Houston main campus. He also worked for nine years in the private sector. He was President and Chief Operating Officer of Federated Development Company, the largest shareholder of a Fortune 200 company in the aluminum (Kaiser), lumber (Pacific Lumber), and real estate business. Details regarding Dr. Munitz's visit will be posted in the near future.
Dr. Bob Atwell, President of the American Council of Education will address interested groups on Wednesday, November 20.Dr. Atwell is the outgoing President of the American Council of Education and has served as president since 1984.
