William Paterson University Faculty Senate Report

In this report, the William Paterson University Faculty Senate discusses academic partnerships, career changes for graduates, consolidation criteria, potential paths for restructuring departments, and recommendations by the Senate and President. The report highlights the importance of core curriculum, critical thinking, innovation, and job preservation in higher education decision-making.

• William Paterson University
• Faculty Senate
• Academic Partnerships
• Career Changes
• Consolidation Criteria

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1. Chairs Report William Paterson University of New Jersey Faculty Senate Tuesday, September 24, 2019

2. From SEPP Meetings Academic Partnerships ART 50K gift to Senate University Budget Consolidation

3. Todays college graduates may change their careers not their jobs, their careers seven times before they are 40 I often tell students that their major will help them get their first job, but it is the first two years of their degree at William Paterson our core curriculum and its focus on writing and critical thinking that will help them make the jump to their next career (President Helldobler, WP Magazine Fall 2018)

4. Senate Exec Rationale for Criteria & Models 1. Innovation 2. Preserve Academic Integrity 3. Preserve Jobs

5. Consolidation Criteria & Metrics 1. 5 or fewer full time faculty members 2. Fewer than 50 majors 3. Fewer than 10 graduates per year President s Recommendation 4. Number of minors 5. UCC Student Credit Hours 6. Financial contribution 7. Any two others? Senate Recommendation

6. Possible Paths 1. Preserve stay as-is ~ Not recommended 2. Scatter Individual faculty seek new dept home ~ Not recommended 3. Add & Stir consolidation without merger ~ Low viability 4. Subsume dept as unit joins larger dept. ~ Context dependent 5. Create / Innovate create new dept, major, interdisciplinary spaces