Phase I

Academic Planning Committee

Charge

The Academic Planning Committee is charged with creating a process for integrating programmatic planning activities conducted at decanal and school levels.

The Academic Planning Committee is charged with examining and integrating Academic organizational structures and support systems

  • Graduate education
  • Undergraduate education
  • Centers
  • Etc.

Guiding Principle

Sustained and integrated engagement of the faculty

Primary charge is to:

  • Develop and refine the Strategic Strengths
  • Create plans to make the Strategic Strengths actionable

Plans will result in the following:

  • Clear definition and scope of each Strategic Strength
    • An articulation of the competitive advantage that UB can gain by successfully developing the Strategic Strength
  • Articulated set of goals and objectives for each Strategic Strength
  • A strategy for realizing those goals
  • A timeline for achieving those goals
  • A plan to operationalize the Strategic Strengths including;
    • Required organizational support
    • Required funding support
    • Actions required at the decanal and school level to support the development of the Strategic Strength
  • An assessment of the current capabilities for achieving the Strategic Strength and an identification of existing capability gaps