Published: Oct. 9, 2017

Information Science 

[MUCH OF THE DISÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥SSION WAS ABOUT ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥RRENT ISSUES IN THE DEPARTMENT; ONLY REPORTED ON AF ISSUES]

Comment:  Lower disciplinary walls.  Create incentives for interdisciplinary work.

Comment:  Current budget model works against interdisciplinary opportunities.

Comment:  New faculty are frustrated about barriers to creating communities across campus.

Comment:  SCH are not a good measure of faculty work.

Comment:  Budget, budget, budget:  this is stopping from us being creative.

Comment:  Barriers to entrepreneurial work:  too few start up funds; no transparency on how funds are awarded.

Comment:  Research efforts are hindered by lack of staff in academic units.

Comment:  We need to decide what needs to be by departments as opposed to schools or colleges or other units.  Centralizing is not always the answer.

Comment:  Look at how OCG works.

Comment:  If we want innovative teaching, change teaching spaces.  For example, need studio spaces.  Move rooms to central scheduling.

Comment:  ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ focuses on undergraduate education to the detriment of graduate education and research.

Comment:  Avoid duplications.  For example, too many units working on data science.