Kutztown University - Strategic Planning Resource Committee
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COMMITTEE STRUCTURE

COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE:

  1. Faculty representatives will include the APSCUF president or designee, the University Senate president or designee, and ten representatives elected through the Senate (two faculty from each undergraduate college, one faculty member from Graduate Council, and one individual from Unit 1 or Professional Staff). Faculty elected through the Senate will serve for a staggered three year term.
  2. Management members include: The President of the University (Ex-Officio), provost, Associate Provost, all Vice Presidents, Administrative Council Chair or designee, Library Director, Assistant to the President for Human Diversity, and Assistant to the President for Planning and Information Technology.
  3. Other members include a representative from the Alumni Board, and a student from the Student Government Board.

COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION:

Full committee:

Members are responsible for:

  1. Carrying out the mission of the Strategic Planning and Resources Committee.
  2. Responding to issues raised by the Executive Committee.
  3. Carrying out assignments deemed necessary by the Strategic Planning and Resource Committee.
  4. Reporting information to their constituencies and for communicating issues from those bodies.

Executive Council:

The Executive Council consists of a Chair, Communications Liaison, Vice-Chair, and the University President as an Ex-Officio member. The voting members of the Executive Council are elected by the Strategic Planning Committee in the Spring of each year with their terms to begin in the Fall. Any voting member of the Strategic Planning Committee may serve as an officer.

The Executive Council prepares the committee’s primary tasks during the summer so that the full committee is prepared to begin working in the Fall. The Council will:

  • Propose critical issues for the year, set agendas in advance of each meeting with input from all members of the Strategic Planning and Resource Committee,
  • Use Robert’s Rules of Order as a guideline for conducting efficient and effective meetings,
  • Monitor activities of the sub committees and task forces, and
  • Implement recommendations and decisions of the Strategic Planning and Resource Committee.

Duties of Officers

  1. The Chair is responsible for developing the agenda, running the meeting, and ensuring that subcommittees and task forces are carrying out their responsibilities. The Chair solicits inputs for agendas from the full Committee, the Senate, the President, APSCUF, and Administrative Council.
  2. The Communications liaison attends meetings of the Senate, APSCUF, and Administrative Council as needed.  In addition, the Communications liaison reviews the minutes of each Strategic Planning and Resource Committee meeting for accuracy and completeness and has minutes sent to appropriate individuals. The Communications liaison provides information updates on Strategic Planning and Resource Committee activities at least twice a year to the entire University.
  3. The Vice Chair implements a training mechanism for new members covering such issues as the mission of the Committee, the role of the Committee and each member, fund accounting and capital budget flow, and PASSHE organization and function. The vice-chair monitors the Chronicle of Higher Education, change, and the President’s State of the Union Address to identify critical issues which need to be addressed by the Committee.
  4. As an Ex-Officio member of the Executive Council, the President brings critical and other strategic issues to the Committee and addresses issues raised by the Committee.

SUBCOMMITTEES:

Three standing subcommittees have been identified at this point; others may be created as needed. Members of these subcommittees serve for a one year period and may be appointed from outside the Strategic Planning and Resource Committee. Outlined below is brief information of each subcommittee:

  1. Strategic Initiative Subcommittee:
    The Strategic Initiative Subcommittee consists of a Chair being elected by SP&R Committee and a minimum of three faculty members and three other individuals.
  2. Budget Subcommittee:
    The Budget Subcommittee consists of a Chair being elected by the SP&R Committee, a minimum of three faculty members appointed from the SP&R Committee, the Vice President for Administration and Finance, the Provost, and an AFSCME representative.
  3. Program Review Subcommittee:
    The Program Review Subcommittee examines summary sheets from individual college’s Program Review Committees from a strategic planning perspective to ensure that resource needs and issues affecting more than one program are addressed. The Subcommittee determines the information that the Deans need to submit for each program review. This Subcommittee is composed of the Associate Provost and two faculty members with the Chair being elected by the Strategic Planning and Resource Committee.

approved: October 3, 1995

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