UPBC Recommendations
(This plan was approved in 2004. In spring 2008, a new strategic plan, based in part on the plan of 2004, was approved by the Faculty Senate. The strategic plan of 2008, now in force and replacing the 2004 plan, will soon be available online.)

Based upon the work of the UPBC during the academic year 2003-2004, and the feedback from CCSU faculty, the UPBC asks that the Faculty Senate accept the following recommendations:

1) The Senate receives report of the UPBC and UPBC will  continue to develop, improve, and refine the Strategic Plan as described on the Website and amended (4/26/04 version).

2) Accept the following recommendations from the UPBC Strategic Planning Process of 2003-2004:

1. The UPBC will continue to pursue the establishment of a first-year college, Central College, at CCSU.
    

1. Recommended Action:  The UPBC will form a subcommittee  whose members will seek out  information about current successful models of first-year experiences at comparable universities and report back to the UPBC with appropriate information and recommendations of how CCSU can initiate steps to create Central College.  
    

2. The UPBC will investigate  modifying the 12-credit teaching load of  CCSU faculty.
    

1. Recommended Action: The UPBC will form a subcommittee whose members will explore  creative and innovative methods of distributing faculty workload consistent with high quality education. The committee will analyze various models of faculty workload distribution in comparable Universities and will work in conjunction with AAUP, which researched such models prior to the last contract negotiations.
    

3. The UPBC acknowledges that a small  part of the whole strategic plan that generated considerable controversy was the possible reorganization of arts and sciences. Faculty expressed a wide range of  reactions and no single plan (either from this current plan or from past strategic plans which were incorporated into  the current plan) meets with faculty consensus.
    

1. Recommended Action:  None at this time (See modified item 11 on plan)
    

4. The UPBC recognizes that the School of Arts and Sciences has a “workload crisis”. Currently, the School of Arts and Sciences has 21 departments and approximately 254 faculty, a significantly higher number than  other Schools at CCSU.
    

1. Recommended Action. Recognize the problem and that in order for all faculty to receive a fair share of the resources needed to function effectively and efficiently, it is essential to make efforts to counter these difficulties in a wise and equitable fashion. Faculty  shall continue to identify difficulties, inefficiencies, and trouble spots and suggest long-range problem solving.
    

5. Many faculty feel that the current general education requirement(s) need to be re-evaluated, especially if Central College is adopted.
    

1. Recommended Action:  The UPBC will form a subcommittee  whose members will  reexamine the General Education Requirement. Whereas the appropriate body to make  adjustments to curriculum is the Curriculum Committee,  input from the Ad Hoc committee may be helpful since the Ad Hoc subcommittee will  explore possibilities and coordinate efforts  with the Central College committee. The Chair of the Curriculum Committee and the Chair of the General Education Committee will automatically be members of the Ad Hoc Committee

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