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Provost's Charge to TCAC

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

January 5, 1999

Provost's Tri-Campus Advisory Committee

Norman Rose, Dean Emeritus, UW Bothell, Chair
Cherry Banks, Associate Professor, Vice Chair, General Faculty Organization, UW Bothell
George Bridges, Associate Dean, Office of Undergraduate Education
Robert Crawford, Associate Professor, Chair, Faculty Assembly, UW Tacoma
Jane Decker, Associate Dean for Academic Planning, UW Bothell
Sharon Fought, Associate Dean, UW Tacoma
Michael Halleran, Divisional Dean, Arts and Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences
Jeanne Heuving, Associate Professor, UW Bothell, Representative to the Faculty Senate
Douglas MacLachlan, Associate Dean, Academic Programs, School of Business Administration
Gerry Philipsen, Professor, Vice Chair, Faculty Senate
John Slattery, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, The Graduate School
Margaret Spearmon, Associate Dean for Professional Programs, School of Social Work
Ex officio members:
Louis Fox, Vice Provost for Educational Partnerships
Debra Friedman, Associate Provost for Academic Planning
W.W. (Tim) Washburn, Executive Director, Admissions and Records

Dear Colleagues:

Over the past several years, we have moved in the direction of a more complex, federated relationship among our three campuses. I am appointing the Tri-Campus Advisory Committee in recognition of the increasing importance of integration and coordination between and among the campuses, each of which maintains a unique culture, mission, student population, and means of achieving its mission. I ask the Committee to provide advocacy and vision for the three-campus University.

The establishment of an advisory committee was recommended in the UW's accreditation review last June and by the earlier Three-Campus Steering Committee chaired by Dean Nancy Hooyman. The Committee will be advisory to the Provost, with membership by virtue of position. Its primary focus will be on how best to serve the needs of students across the UW Bothell, Seattle, and Tacoma campuses. To accomplish this, the Committee will consider such topics and issues as:

Encouraging collaboration and linkages between and among the campuses.
Facilitating student enrollments across campuses; e.g., taking a major on one campus, a minor on another.
Assisting/coordinating activities, as appropriate, with various other committees, councils, and groups.
Supporting new program development involving UW Bothell and UW Tacoma by recommending policies and processes that facilitate program development, approval and initiation.
Recommending policies that expedite various other processes, such as curriculum approvals and program reviews, as they are applied across the three distinctive campuses.

New program planning and initiation will remain at the program level. The Committee will recommend overall policy that will facilitate the movement of students between and among the three campuses, facilitate processes for program and curricular review and initiation, and support the continued development of our three unique but complementary high-quality campuses. Proposed policies will support the distinctive mission of each campus within the overall mission of the University of Washington and recognize the particular characteristics and needs of each campus and its students.

In this spirit, I ask the Committee to meet regularly rather than on an ad hoc basis. Norm Rose, Chair, will contact you with regard to meetings. I look forward to the work of this committee.

Sincerely,

Lee L. Huntsman
Provost

c: Dr. Richard L. McCormick

TCAC