State-funded Summer Instruction

Decision Points & Issues

for UC Santa Cruz

Today’s Discussion

• Overview of decision points & expectations

• Opportunities

• Issues we’ve identified thus far

• Next steps

• How CJOG can help

• Resources

Decision Points

• Mid-March: Should the campus implement at State-funded summer term in– Summer 2002 or

– Summer 2003?

• Over remainder of year: What will be the character of the UC Santa Cruz summer term …– Academic programs?

– Support services?

– How will we organize the delivery of summer term?

Summer 2002 vs. 2003

• PAC recommendation to John Simpson due on March 13– White paper for discussion within APC/ASPC and

Senate committees

• Campus decision due in UCOP by mid-March

• State “buy out” of existing campus base during inaugural summer term (315 FTE for UC Santa Cruz)

Expectations

• Transition will occur gradually over time …• When fully implemented …

– Student can enroll in full course of study and make timely process toward degree

– UC-wide programs … students encouraged to enroll at campuses other than their home campus during the summer (with full articulation of course credits)

– Full-time summer enrollment levels up to 40% of campus’ three-quarter-average (all future State-funded capital projects to be justified using the 40% assumption)

Transition Planning

• Short-term plans (2002 or 2003)– Processes and responsibilities likely to remain similar to what they

are now– Incremental increases in curricular offerings, enrollments,

involvement of ladder faculty– Incremental addition of academic support services

• Medium- and long-range plans– Curricular development and implementation takes place within

context of full-year plan with deans, chairs, and faculty in the central role

– Academic support services appropriate to level of activity during the summer term

Opportunities

• More fully utilize UC instructional facilities• Help students make timely progress toward degree• New curricula optimized for summer• Synergy with other campus or UC programs

– Summer conferences– Silicon Valley Center

• UCSC programs for students Statewide• Creative curricular ideas … expected in March

15th submittals by academic divisions

Incentives to encourage change

• Student incentives– Stimulate greater enrollments in summer, off-campus,

distance-learning, and alternatively scheduled courses

• Individual faculty incentives– Simulate voluntary involvement of ladder faculty in the

design and delivery of innovative academic programming

• Departmental incentives• Staff incentives

Issues we’ve identified …

• Facilities needs (e.g., faculty offices/labs, competition with existing summer activities, etc.)

• Length of term (e.g., 5-week, 10-week, etc.)

• Transitioning academic support services (e.g., student services, transportation, police, information systems, etc.)

• Impacts on existing summer activities (e.g., outreach, conference, etc.)

• Other issues

Next steps …

• Make 2002 vs. 2003 decision• Complete a white paper outlining

– Academic issues and alternatives– Academic support issues and alternatives– Next steps, tasks, responsibilities, and milestones for

implementation

• Planning and implementation by appropriate departments and principal officers

How can CJOG help?

• Contribute ideas (be sure to help your dean or vice chancellor incorporate summer session planning into your strategic plans and budgets)

• Identify– issues/potential problems– best practices– planning resources

• Volunteer to participate in a focus group or meet with one of the working group members

• Other ideas?

Resources

• Provost’s Advisory Council websitehttp://planning.ucsc.edu/pac

• Task Force Members (Francisco Hernandez, George Brown, Cathy Sandeen, and Meredith Michaels)

• Working group members (Ernie Hudson, Pat Vani, Betsy Moses, Kathleen Dettman, Nancy Furber, and Galen Jarvinen)

Q&A