Presentation:
Seven text boxes are arranged in a circle around two curved arrows that point to each other in a continues clockwise cycle. Text boxes read (from top right and working clockwise):
- August – System Institutional Research Office refresh Academic Data – 1
- August – First draft of institutional data distributed to Chief Academic Officers (CAOs) – 2
- August through October – CAOs will review, add data, and complete fields from academic units – 3
- November – Updated University data due. Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs (VCAA) office schedules meetings to discuss each plan – 4
- January through February – COAs prepare annual reports for Academic & Student Affairs (ASA) Executive Committee
- March through May – COAs Present to ASA Executive Committee – 5
- May through August – CAOs monitor, asses, and revised initiatives developed through AAPR process – 6
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- In August, University of Maine System Institutional Research staff will update and compile available Institutional data for distribution in the AAPR Worksheet.
- The Chief Academic Officers (CAOs) for each University and the VCAA will be notified and will receive a copy of this worksheet.
- CAOs will review and update the University-level data within the worksheet. The updated data will include evaluative assumptions and strategies about the future of each academic program.
- The updated University-level data will be due to the VCAA in November of each year. At this time, the CAOs will begin one-on-one conversations with the VCAA regarding the elements of the AAPR worksheet. The purpose of these conversations is to confirm the AAPR data and to ensure CAOs are prepared to present at a March or May Academic and Student Affairs meeting (ASA).
- In March and May of each year, the CAO will deliver a presentation of the year’s AAPR to the Board of Trustees Academic and Student Affairs meeting (ASA). These presentations will be conducted during the Executive Session of the ASA due to the sensitive nature of the topics as well as the potential competitive advantages of the information. The CAOs will engage in a discussion of action plan outlines developed by each University to address the decisions identified by the Programs for Examination worksheet.
- From March to August of each year, the CAOs will engage in a process of continuous monitoring, assessment, and revision of the initiatives designed to activate the plans outlined in the AAPR worksheet. This cycle of continuous improvement is intended to enhance the conversations and plans that strengthen each University’s academic portfolio.