1. Foundation of the Future Town Hall Meetings Sharon L. Vasquez, Provost Arosha Jayawickrema, VP of Finance and Administration Katherine Black, R.J. McGivney, Harry Workman, and Norm Young: Task Force Co-chairs February 2012

2. Foundation of the Future Launch Outlined by President Harrison in Fall and Spring Kickoffs and November letter to the campus • To review and prioritize all programs – academic and administrative • To identify where to focus resources without increasing the overall budget

3. External Environment Scan Steady State Enrollment Modest Tuition Increases Need to Increase Quality, Reputation and Brand • Projected University Revenues • Increasingly Competitive Environment • Long list of “wants” and “needs”

4. The Task Forces Two Task Forces Academic Programs Administrative Programs Membership includes faculty and staff Membership comprised of faculty only • Common Goals for Both Task Forces • Develop criteria and design the data and information gathering phase • Conduct review of all programs • Insure integrity and transparency of the process

5. Charge to the Task Forces: Assess programs based on… • University-wide impact or importance • Clearly demonstrated demand and/or opportunity • Greater benefit than cost • Decision making will reflect our strategic directions, shared values and mission

6. Roles and Responsibilities • Champions - Support task force co-chairs, remove obstacles to completion, help process stay on track • Sharon Vasquez, Provost • Arosha Jayawickrema, Vice President, Finance & Admin. • Consultant • Larry Goldstein – provide expertise and advice • Planning Model • Framework Adapted by Task Forces from the work of R. Dickeson (Prioritizing Academic Programs and Services, 2010)

7. Responsibilities of the Task Forces • Create operational ground rules and a decision making model • Determine the definition of a “program” • Develop a comprehensive list of all programs • Assist in defining a communications plan 5) Develop the qualitative and quantitative review criteria and “weighting” of each criteria

8. Responsibilities of the Task Forces, Cont. 6) Develop a format/template for programs reporting 7) Assist program respondents • Review the returned reports • Assess and make a recommendation on each program • Invest • Maintain • Restructure • Divest/conduct additional review

9. Task Force Activities (to date) • Determined operating guidelines and ground rules • Developed the criteria and weighting of each criteria • Prepared draft documents for comment • In process: • Communicate and seek input • Manage workflow, complete tasks on schedule and develop recommendations on each program

10. Academic Criteria/Weighting • Importance To The University Of Hartford (14%) • External/Internal Demand (24%) • Quality (24%) • Income/Costs (24%) • Opportunity/Barrier Analysis (14%)

11. Admin. Criteria/Weighting • Importance or Impact to the University (20%) • External/Internal Demand (20%) • Quality (20%) • Fiscal Review (20%) • Opportunity Analysis (20%)

12. Projected Timeline: subject to change • Town Hall Meetings: Week of January 30 • Public Comment Period for Criteria/Weighting: January 30 thru February 5 • Review Template Distributed to department chairs/ directors: February 20 • Reports returned to Task Force: approx. April 6 • Task Force Reports forwarded to administration: July 15

13. Key Points Regarding the Program Prioritization • Importance of program prioritization to the Foundation of the Future • Commitment of the Task Forces to be careful, fair, and complete • Results of Task Force recommendations to be vetted by administration • An action plan to be submitted in the fall to the BOR

14. Foundation of the Future More information on Foundation of the Future: http://www.hartford.edu/future Follow up: Give comments via Survey Monkey Check your e-mail box for Task Force Chairs letter and the survey links

15. Foundation of the Future Questions and Discussion