ATTACHMENT
4
Work
Session
May 23-24,
2002
Some perceived challenges and questions I have gathered from
MUS constituents during my various campus visits:
- Are
the smaller campuses of the MUS given fair budgetary allocations and fund
control as the larger ones?
- Are
all of the campus-CEOs of the MUS able to effectively and efficiently
respond to their communities� unique needs (via degree program creations,
outreach, etc.)?
- Are
our diligent and devoted MUS Presidents (as both unit controllers and
specific campus administrators) realistically able to treat all campuses
& communities equally given their very broad job assignments?
Potential course of action for the Board of Regent�s
consideration:
- Solicit
further input, and solutions if needed, from each MUS campus-community to
determine the public�s true perception.�
- Using
existing resources, like the Political Science Departments, create a
neutral survey that solicits responses for these questions and others,
from our student-customers, faculty, staff, and other constituents; in a
manner that serves our MUS outreach plan.�
The survey would include any other questions relevant to improving
the university system.
- Encourage
our excellent Presidents to continue their work towards ending any
misconception that inequity exists amongst the campuses of the MUS.
- Incorporate
both the answer and response to these above questions into a MUS
communications/outreach plan.
- Have
the board of regents review (and potentially create if needed) safeguards
that ensure an equal representation and ability for campus-CEOs to respond
to the community needs of all MUS campuses.
- Charge
the commissioner to review (and potentially create if needed) safeguards
that ensure an equal representation and ability for campus-CEOs to respond
to the community needs of all MUS campuses.
Other possible courses of action:
- Adopt
a combination of any of the above possible steps or different
alternatives.
- Do
nothing.� Ignore the above
questions as conjecture and carry on with current practices.
Submitted By Christian Hur