Charge

Chancellor Loftin charged the Graduate School Restructuring Task Force to make recommendations in relation to allocating the functions of the Graduate School between the academic units (colleges and schools) and the newly formed Office of Graduate/Professional Studies within the Division of Research and Graduate/Professional Studies. Specifically, this task force was expected to inventory all Graduate School functions to determine which curricular functions should shift to the academic units and which “collective” functions should remain within the Office of Graduate/Professional Studies. In addition, the task force was asked to consider which resources (human and fiscal) associated with particular functions should be reassigned.

The Task Force met weekly throughout the Spring 2014 semester to address the charge. The pages below reflect the meeting notes, working recommendations and supporting materials for each meeting. At the conclusion of our work, the task force will generate a final report for the Chancellor and Provost to reflect the overall distribution of functions and our assessment of the functional efficiencies of the newly formed Office of Graduate/Professional Studies.

Members