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Title: News from the UW CollegesUWExtension Administrative Integration
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News from theUW Colleges/UW-Extension
Administrative Integration
- Marv Van Kekerix
- Interim Chancellor
- University of Wisconsin-Extension
Margaret Cleek Interim Chancellor University of
Wisconsin Colleges
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Todays presentation
- Snapshot Background information
- Process How we got here
- Progress Outcomes so far and whats next
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What we know about mergers
- On balancethe case for mergers is unclear. Most
fail, according to recent studies. - -- Deal Kennedy, The New Corporate Cultures
- The trick is to maintain core values while
altering peripheral practices to deal with
contemporary issues. - -- Deal Kennedy, The New Corporate Cultures
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Common Characteristics
- Commitment to access and service
- Statewide academic departments
- Active faculty and staff governance
- Strong partnerships with UW Systems
comprehensive and doctoral campuses - Strong tradition of stakeholder engagement
- Longstanding partnerships with county and local
governments - Shared history
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Common Goals
- Increase Access
- Reach new audiences in new ways
- Provide pathways to degree completion
- Increase Quality
- Preserve the unique missions of our two
institutions - Combine assets and competencies to add value
- Increase Efficiency
- Enhance access and services while reducing
administrative costs
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Our Process
- Formed an Administrative Integration Steering
Committee - Subcommittees
- Information Technology
- EEO/Diversity
- Administrative Services
- Baccalaureate Access
- Internal and external communication coordinated
by a cross-institutional team
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Information Technology
- Co-chairs
- Ron Kraemer, UW-Extension CIO
- Dick Cleek, UW Colleges CIO
- More than 40 IT staff members involved
- 100 specific functions analyzed
- 20 identified as prime opportunities for
integration - Report submitted to the Steering Committee on
Aug. 26
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Business Services
- Co-chairs
- Sue Schymanski, UW-Extension
- Steve Wildeck, UW Colleges
- Areas being reviewed
- Internal Audit
- Facilities Management
- Risk and Safety
- Procurement
- Other areas to be examined in the future
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EEO/Diversity Programs
- Co-chairs
- Associate Dean Yvonne Horton, UW-Extension
- HR Director Lynda Reigstad, UW Colleges
- Identified available resources and services
needed - Reviewed centralized and de-centralized models
for delivery of services - Recommended a service model and staffing options
- Report submitted to the Steering Committee on
Aug. 15
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Baccalaureate Access
- Co-chairs
- Interim Dean Lee Zaborowski, UW-Extension
- Dean Andy Keogh, UW Colleges
- Build on COBE efforts
- Develop new and innovative systems to provide
access for place-bound, nontraditional, and under
served students to baccalaureate degrees - Preliminary report submitted on Aug. 8
- Sample action plans for some recommendation were
submitted - Moving forward with action plans for all their
recommendations - Provides background for the work reported to the
Educational Committee
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Adult Student Initiative
- Market analysis (Completed)
- Expand the adult advising capacity of the UW
Colleges - Develop a local connection for adult advising
- Consolidate information about what is already
available across the UW System (In progress) - Individual courses
- Degree completion programs
- Initiate development and expansion of degree
completion programs by UW institutions - Develop a process for reviewing and awarding
credit for non-traditional learning
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Other issues addressed
- Discussions of
- Institutional culture and values
- Institutional assets
- Organizational structures
- Reporting relationships
- Expectations of the new Chancellor
- Physical space resources
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Challenges
- Complexity
- A transparent process is difficult, but it
preserves trust - Both institutions have a tradition of stakeholder
engagement many voices must be heard and
respected in this process - Cultures
- Maintain our core values
- Change our practices
- Concerns
- Whats going to happen to me?
- Fears of a winners vs. losers scenario
- Perceptions of hidden agendas
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Glimpses of the Future
- Opportunities to increase access at both the
Associate and Bachelor Degree levels - Opportunities to increase service to
nontraditional audiences - Opportunities to experiment with new technologies
- Opportunities to increase access for diverse
populations - Opportunities to strengthen current programming
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An Emerging Shared Vision
- One statewide UW institution dedicated to access
and public service - Movement from less change toward more integration
- Consensus solidified at Aug. 22 retreat
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Our Next Steps
- Develop two fully integrated organizational
models - Seek broad input from internal and external
stakeholders - Prepare a set of recommendations for
consideration by the new Chancellor - Implement approved administrative changes to
achieve short-term efficiencies
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Discussion
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