Strategic Planning Team
Minutes
November 14, 2002
Members
present: Bryan Price: Chair, Alice Bahr, Timothy Dunn,
Jane Dané, Becky Emery, Gains Hawkins, Tony Jemison,
Joel Jenne, David Rieck,
Alan Selser, Jerry Waldron, Carol Williamson, Ellen
Zinner
A
newly scheduled meeting of the Strategic Planning Team (SPT) was held in the
Montgomery Room at 3 p.m.
1) Discussion of Minutes
There was a brief discussion with no correction to
the minutes from October 17. October 31
and November 7 minutes had been sent out earlier in the day as unapproved. Since one goal is to submit the minutes for
campus review as quickly as possible, it was suggested that all minutes be sent
out as tentative, giving individuals who were present approximately a week to
respond if corrections were necessary.
They could then be formalized if no comments were brought forward. Minutes will be placed on the web as quickly
as possible. The minutes can be accessed
on the web at http://www.salisbury.edu/iara/StrategicPlanning/StrategicPlanning03-08/Minutes/MinutesHome.htm
2) Discussion of Planning
Workshop
January 24, 2003 12-4:30 pm.
Campus-wide workshop for
faculty, administrative staff, and invited staff. Lunch
will be provided for those attending the workshop. The
specific agenda is still being reviewed.
B.E.A.C.O.N. will be facilitating the workshop, with Ruth Baker,
Managing Director, facilitating the majority of the workshop. Tentative agenda for workshop participants:
1) review of the SPT’s work, most specifically the
SWOT analysis that must be conducted prior to the workshop 2) identification of
the those elements of the SWOT analysis that surface as issues or opportunities
3) breakout sessions where faculty and staff provide input and priority ranking
to items in #2 4) opportunity during break-out sessions to bring forward other
priorities or initiatives.
Dr. Rieck
emphasized that there must be ample time for faculty to have the opportunity for comment/input. It was discussed that, while comment/input
was part of the scheduled activities, alternative follow-up opportunities may
be necessary.
3) Discussion regarding
Internal Scan needs
Dr. Bahr commented that a SWOT analysis couldn’t be conducted
without a presentation of internal trends.
All agreed. Some of the scanning
teams had been focusing on external trends while others were incorporating both. After discussion, it was concluded that the group could
readily fill in any current institutional trend analyses since many if not most
of the analyses were already completed for other group discussions.
4) Presentation: Academic
Trends and Career Markets by Dr. Timothy Dunn, Dr. Becky Emery, Dr. Joel Jenne, Dr. David Rieck, and Dr.
Ellen Zinner
The five members of the team led the SPT through a
series of presentations on the external mandates impacting current academic
initiatives and career emphases, a discussion of educational and K-16 trends,
internationalization & globalization, academic mission, internships,
undergraduate research experiences, service learning/volunteerism, and civic
engagement. They also discussed the
fastest growing occupations, distinguishing them from the occupations that
employ the most. There was a brief
discussion presented that described the skills that employers communicate are
of primary interest, none of which are discipline-specific and instead are
skills and competencies identified in the core of the student learning goals of
general education. Finally, there was a
discussion of the general trends in faculty workload requirements, a general
assessment of the way legislators view faculty workload, the increasing use of
part-time faculty, and SU trends. The
documents can be found on the web at http://www.salisbury.edu/iara/StrategicPlanning/StrategicPlanning03-08/EnvScans/ScanHome.htm
.
5) Presentation: Workforce,
State Initiatives by Bryan Price
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 4:45 p.m.