DRAFT

Provost Advisory Council Notes

February 13, 2001

 

Attending: 

John Simpson, Meredith Michaels, Julia Armstrong-Zwart, Francisco Hernandez, Lynda Goff, George Brown, Larry Merkley, David Kliger, Ed Houghton, Martin Chemers, Ron Suduiko, Tom Vani, Roger Anderson, Cathy Sandeen, M.R.C. Greenwood, Susan Gillman, Bob Meister, Joel Ferguson (guest)

 

Absent:  

Frank Talamantes, John Hay, Lan Dyson, Steve Kang, Wlad Godzich

 

Staff: 

Beau Willis, Linda Kittle, Galen Jarvinen

 

 

Planning for Housing

 

Francisco Hernandez provided an update about the campus’ efforts to provide housing for students, faculty, and staff.

 

In the discussion that followed, a number of points were raised.

• Academic deans expressed the need to contain costs so that housing for faculty and staff was within the budgets of junior faculty.  The final cost to the faculty member includes both the planning/construction costs and the financing costs.  Therefore, it was suggested that creative financing alternatives be made available to faculty; this issue is being addressed by a task force at the systemwide level (headed by Senior Vice President Mullinix).
• Although most of the campus efforts are focused on finding housing in the Santa Cruz area, a recent faculty survey indicated some faculty would live in nearby communities (e.g., Watsonville, Salinas, Seaside, Marina, etc.).  If those areas were considered, would they be attractive to faculty and/or staff?

  

 

Enrollment and Planning Update

 

John Simpson distributed two memoranda that concerning campus planning:

• February 9, 2001 letter to the campus community with an update on campus planning efforts; and
• February 12, 2001 letter to UCOP regarding enrollment targets for 2001-02.

 

 

Documenting the Planning Process

 

Linda Kittle shared two diagrams designed illustrate the components of the campus’ planning process:

• The campus directions that include elements of vision, goals/“bold steps”, strategic avenues, and accountability measures
• The “game plan” that includes the tasks that must be completed and their timeline, the groups involved, the success factors, and the challenges.

 

In the discussion that followed, a number of points were raised.

• There was support for diagrams/models as they assist in the communications process.  Such process diagrams are particularly helpful when they focus on results.
• In response to concerns about campus space shortages, the Chancellor noted, that the issue has been at the forefront of campus discussions with the Office of the President and that she has received assurances that UC President understands the campus need and will work to bring the campus I&R space inventory to 80% of CPEC standards (the goal for all UC campuses).
• Campuses must also look at other fund sources to meet their capital needs (e.g., overhead funds, gifts, etc.).  In fact, UC Santa Cruz has academic projects (e.g., Center for Adaptive Optics and Center for Ocean Health) that are being built with non-State funds.

 

Member Items

 

• Information:  State-funded summer session.  A task force consisting of Francisco Hernandez, George Brown, Cathy Sandeen, and Meredith Michaels has been convened to put together a white paper on the issues surrounding the campus decision about whether to inaugurate State-supported summer instruction in 2002 or 2003.  They will provide a fuller report of their activities at the next meeting.