Leadership Agenda
December 23, 2003
CUTTING-EDGE INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH FOR SHORT- AND LONG-TERM SOCIETAL BENEFITS
The Academic Plan calls for the development of academic programs that define Ohio State as the nation's leading public land-grant university. One of the core values
identified in the Academic Plan is to "[p]roduce discoveries that make the world a better place." To achieve distinction as a research university, we must produce cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship that will provide short- and long-term benefits for society. To facilitate that research, during the next two years we will:
1. Create a research faculty track.
responsibility center: Offices of Academic Affairs and Research, University Senate
timeline: proposal from OAA/OR to Senate by 11-30-03
proposal to go for full Senate vote by 6-3-04
2. Fund the development of grant proposals for large multidisciplinary centers and provide three-year competitive cash awards to jump start promising multidisciplinary centers.
responsibility center: Office of Research
timeline: OR to issue RFP by 1-07-04 to fund development of grant proposals; award decisions by 5-31-04; funding for three-year cash awards to be part of FY 05 budget process
3. Aid faculty grant preparation by competitively awarding appropriate support such as release time to facilitate research proposals most likely to attract external support.
responsibility center: Office of Research
timeline: OR to appoint committee by 1-15-04 to recommend
appropriate process
4. Award two-year competitive cash grants to benefit graduate and professional students working across disciplines.
responsibility center: Graduate School
timeline: proposal from Graduate School by 11-30-03
award decisions by 6-30-04
5. Identify and propose solutions to procedural and/or financial barriers to progress in cross-disciplinary research and teaching.
responsibility center: Offices of Academic Affairs, Business and Finance, and Research
timeline: Senate Fiscal to report by 2-15-04
OAA to appoint committee on procedural barriers by 12-31-03, report by 4-15-04
DISTINCTIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDERGRADUATES
Another strategy identified in the Academic Plan is to enhance and better serve the student body. In the core values, we stated that we want to "ignite a life-long love of learning" and "open the world to our students." Ohio State's breadth and depth allows us to attract top undergraduate students and offer them distinctive educational experiences and opportunities. To enhance the undergraduate experience, over the next two years we will:
1. Create new research experiences for undergraduates in every discipline.
responsibility center: colleges
timeline: college plans due with annual reports, 3/15/04
2. Recruit an entering class with a median ACT score of 26 by 2006 (with a target of 27 by 2008).
responsibility center: Office of Academic Affairs (Offices of Undergraduate Studies and Admissions)
timeline: funding to be part of FY 05 budget process
3. Through expanded recruitment and financial aid, as well as renewed efforts to improve the campus climate, enhance diversity to serve our educational mission.
responsibility center: Office of Academic Affairs (Offices of Minority Affairs, Undergraduate Studies, Admissions, and Financial Aid)
timeline: funding identified for increase to Morrill Scholarship program, awards to freshman entering fall 2004
4. Invest in technology to support faculty teaching and student learning.
responsibility center: Office of Academic Affairs, Office of the CIO
timeline: $3.7 million available in FY04; $3 million in FY05
OIT plan finalized by 11-30-03; college funds to be released on receipt of approved plans
5. Make student housing an institutional priority to enhance student academic achievement.
responsibility center: Office of Student Affairs
timeline: OSA plan by 12-15-03
OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES THAT CONNECT AREAS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE WITH SOCIETAL NEEDS
Helping to build Ohio's future is another strategy in the Academic Plan. The statement of core values asks Ohio State to "set the standard for the creation and dissemination of knowledge in service to its communities, state, nation and the world." To put that core value into operation, our outreach and engagement initiatives must connect Ohio State's areas of academic excellence with societal needs. Over the next two years we will:
1. Create a freestanding administrative structure for outreach and engagement that will foster college-level initiatives, provide leadership for central initiatives, improve communication about current and future initiatives, greatly expand the target audience, develop revenue streams, and provide central support for and oversight of service learning.
responsibility center: Office of the President
timeline: internal review completed
external review to be completed by 2-27-04
BOT approval by 4-02-04
funding identified and search completed by 6-30-04
2. Turn the vision of a "live, learn, create, work community" into a bold and viable business plan.
responsibility center: Office of Research, Office of Outreach and Engagement
timeline: work group headed by David Winwood (OSU) and Rich Rosen (Battelle) already appointed and working
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