The current critical challenges related to budget and enrollment provide the University of Missouri with the opportunity to make strategic decisions that will define MU’s overall future direction in the coming years. As part of this process, the Task Force on Academic Program Analysis, Enhancement, and Opportunities was formed in June 2017. This group will be co-chaired by Dr. Cooper Drury and Dr. Matthew Martens.
The task force is charged with conducting a top-to-bottom analysis of all of MU academic programs, and eventually making recommendations regarding areas of future investment, potential consolidations, and in some cases, program discontinuance. Task force members will first prepare an initial report that focuses on synthesizing relevant data, identifying principles, guidelines, and metrics that will inform additional discussions regarding our academic programs, and determining strategies to facilitate engagement with faculty, staff, and students across campus. The task force will then engage extensively with the campus community in gathering input, feedback, recommendations, and responses to the initial report. See proposed comprehensive academic program review process here.
Progress Updates
Meetings
- June 30, 2017 (initial meeting)
- July 14, 2017
- July 27, 2017
- Aug. 11, 2017
- Aug. 23, 2017
- Sept. 13, 2017
- Sept. 27, 2017
- Oct. 11, 2017
- Oct. 25, 2017
- Nov. 8, 2017
- Nov. 29, 2017
Task Force Members
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Cooper Drury | Task Force Co-Chair Associate Dean, College of Arts and Science Professor, Department of Political Science College of Arts and Science |
| Tim Glass | Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry College of Arts and Science |
| Jeni Hart | Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs |
| Jill Kanaley | Professor and Associate Chair Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology College of Human Environmental Sciences School of Medicine College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources |
| Lynda Kraxberger | Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies Missouri School of Journalism |
| Matthew Martens | Task Force Co-Chair Faculty Fellow for Academic Programs, Office of the Provost Professor, Department of Educational, School and Counseling Psychology College of Education |
| Nicole Monnier | Teaching Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies and Associate Chair Department of German and Russian Studies College of Arts and Science |
| Joi Moore | Professor and Director School of Information Science and Learning Technologies College of Education |
| Joe Parcell | MFA Professor of Agribusiness and Interim Director Division of Applied Social Sciences College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources |
| Stephanie Reid-Arndt | Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs School of Health Professions |
| Ann C. Riley | Vice Provost for Libraries and University Librarian |
| Chris Robert | Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Associate Professor of Management Trulaske College of Business |
| Hani Salim | LaPierre Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Dean of Academic Programs College of Engineering |
| Stephanie Shonekan | Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Chair Department of Black Studies College of Arts and Science |
| Jim Spain | Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies and eLearning Professor, Department of Animal Science College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources |
| Ben Trachtenberg | Chair, Faculty Council (2015-2017) Associate Professor of Law School of Law |
| Bill Wiebold | Incoming Chair, Faculty Council (2017-2018) Professor, Division of Plant Sciences College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources |