Consortium of Units in Critical Analysis and Social Change
Tue, 10/14/2008 - 4:00pm — memcinto
Name of proposed new unit, OR Title of submission:
Consortium of Units in Critical Analysis and Social Change
146 Consortium in Critical Analysis and Social Change.pdf
Name of contact person for this proposal: Laura Briggs
Contact person title: Department Head, Women's Studies
Contact Address:
925 N. Tyndall Ave
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Contact Phone: 520-626-9149
Responses from President and Provost
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Comments
The African American
The African American Advisory Council would want to insure that Transformations processes including consolidations and workforce reductions would not erode The University of Arizona's efforts to recruit and retain diverse faculty, students, and staff.
The UA President’s Hispanic
The UA President’s Hispanic Advisory Council (HAC) is pleased to provide its evaluation of this White Paper/Proposal, with the specific goal of relating it to the joint UA/HAC goals concerning diversity and inclusion, recruitment, retention and graduation of Hispanic students and faculty, and on meeting the UA goal of becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution by 2012. Additional criteria used when reviewing this proposal include the following: UA’s land grant institution status and thus its location in the southwest and the changing demographics of this area; innovative program design, including instruction methodologies; and whether the proposal realistically addresses the UA’s business needs. HAC’s mission it to strengthen relationships between the UA and the diverse communities within the State of Arizona by serving as a communications conduit and developing mutually beneficial partnerships.
HAC has reviewed this proposal and rates this as:
A Quality Proposal - this proposal should move forward and be further developed addressing the Hispanic Advisory Council criteria
As a member of WOSAC, I
As a member of WOSAC, I strongly endorse this proposal. By joining these units in consortium, their common focus on critical analysis and social change is emphasized, at the same time that their ongoing autonomy retains the strengths of what they already do well. The long-demonstrated community support for these program units suggests that they could realistically generate new revenue through evening executive classes and consortia of interest to all units and their supporters. At this time of growing need for and commitment to bringing previously-marginalized voices to the discussion table, the proposed consortium offers a way for the university as a whole to benefit even more from the nationally-respected competence of these units as together they make that ideal a living reality.
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