Senate Document SD 86-8
(Approved, 12/15/1986)
RECOMMENDATIONS AND RATIONALE
General Considerations
- All of the units should be
designated as "School of. . . ." This same designation should be
used for all six of the units listed below. New names are suggested for
each of the proposed schools to reflect the new organization.
- Each school should have a
Dean, not just a Chair, serving as a "coordinator." The Dean
should have organizational skills and an academic background that has
potential for increasing communication among departments and strengthening
the ability to meet accreditation require- ments where applicable.
- All Chairs should report
directly to their Dean.
- This reorganization plan
deals only with academic concerns and directly related administrative
matters. Any course for credit through this campus must be offered under
the aegis of one of these schools. This reorganization plan makes no
recommendations for non-academic departments/ divisions.
- As stated in the Chancellor's
Memorandum on Academic Reorganization, October 8, 1986,
"Current evaluation criteria and procedures associated with the Indiana
University and Purdue University faculty appointments can be maintained.
"Current curriculum matters can continue to be
reviewed and approved according to the appropriate Indiana and Purdue policies
and procedures."
- Approval and implementation
of this or of any proposed reorganization should be accompanied by an
agreement between Indiana University and Purdue University which would
allow academic units on this campus to exercise broad discretionary
authority to deal with the problems regarding personnel, conditions of
work, promotion and tenure, and other matters affecting faculty rights and
duties which may arise.
School of Arts and Sciences
- The School of Arts and
Sciences should not be distinguished as "College" because its
organization is not sufficiently different from other schools to warrant a
different title.
- Audiology and Speech
Sciences, due to its broad-based curriculum, belongs in this school rather
than in the School of Health Professions. This is a pre-professional
academic program and would thrive in Arts and Sciences.
- As noted in 2. below, the
Computer Science mission residing in the Department of Mathematical
Sciences should be transferred to the Computer Science and Information
Systems Department in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
- The coordinators of Women's
Studies, General Studies, Gerontology, and the Honors Program should
report to the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences.
School of Business and Management Sciences
- The units in this school have
commonality and mutual interests; however, the administrative requirements
for these departments to function in a school will have to be made to
accommodate system-wide schools.
- Supervision should have its
name changed to Supervisory Management and Personnel. This name change
would more clearly identify the curricula of this department as opposed to
being a change in mission.
- Consumer and Family Sciences
should remain intact, to include Restaurant- Hotel Management and Interior
Design. Commercial applications of design concepts are a significant
aspect of their curriculum and, therefore, they are more closely allied to
Management Sciences than Fine or Performing Arts.
School of Education
- To strengthen the case for
accreditation and to facilitate relations with the regional educational
establishment, Education should reside in a separate unit.
- The mission of the Division
of Labor Studies is to provide university- level non-credit and credit
labor studies programming to meet the needs of workers, as members and
leaders in their employee organizations, as active and interested citizens
in their communities, and as free and responsible individuals in a
democratic society. This is accomplished by close consultation and
cooperation with leaders of organized labor in northeast Indiana.
Therefore, Labor Studies, as an academic discipline, should report to the
Dean of Education. Labor Studies should not be in a School of Business and
Management Sciences.
- The coordinator of
Transitional Studies should report to the Dean of the School of Education.
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- "Applied Sciences"
is a better description of the programs contained in this unit than "technologies."
- "Computer Science and
Information Systems" is a new department whose program combines the
missions currently contained in the present Computer Technology Department
and the Computer Science mission of the Department of Mathematical
Sciences. The intent of this change is to offer all courses in computer
science, information systems/science, and software engineering through
this single department. It is envisioned that some faculty of this
department will hold joint appointments in other schools or departments.
- With the changes in program
philosophy implied by 1. and 2., it is appropriate that Engineering reside
in this school.
School of Fine and Performing Arts
- This school should have a
Theatre Department.
School of Health Professions
- These are the several
programs dealing with the delivery of health services
Library
- The Director of the Library
should report directly to the Academic Vice Chancellor and not to the dean
of any school.
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