Analyze complaint data and exit survey data to identify common problems and problematic programs. Hold focus groups with students to identify problem areas. Apply for funding for Faculty Retreat and workshops to share practices with Directors of Graduate Studies. 2. Advancing Interdisciplinary Research and The Graduate College’s Academic Division is home to 17 Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs (GIDPs). These programs train students in cutting edge research that do not fall within a particular traditional departmental unit. These programs bring with them special challenges. There are no faculty tenured in GIDPs, so they rely on the good will of faculty and departments for their instructional needs. They are generally not tied to undergraduate programs nor to departmentally housed research labs, so graduate funding through the University’s traditional sources is rare. An important goal for the college is to secure centralized funding for these units to secure their standing in the institution. The College also fosters the University value of interdisciplinarity more broadly. In order to encourage cross-disciplinary collaborations it assists in the creation of non-GIDP interdisciplinary programs, dual degrees and certificates. 2.1 Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs (GIDPs) GIDPs are the touchstone of interdisciplinarity at the University of Arizona. The oldest GIDP, Genetics, was founded 50 years ago and the programs continue to hold a key role in promoting research and education in innovative and cross-cutting ways. But the administrative structure of the GIDPs provides unique challenges to their success. One challenge is to measure and demonstrate the value of the GIDPs. The new GIDP titles and dashboard now allow us to integrate GIDP activities into UAVitae. Goal 2.1.1 Seek greater recognition for interdisciplinarity in promotion and tenure and in faculty annual evaluations. Develop a letter sent on a regular basis to department heads about the institutional value of interdisciplinarity and how they can measure and reward it in their faculty’s annual evaluations and P&T decisions. Finalize dashboard with UAIR with new GIDP titles showing the impact of GIDPs in reports from UAccess Analytics. Goal 2.1.2 Develop program and college level promotional materials to publicize GIDPs and their impact on the University and Community. Provide support to in the production of brochures and newsletters. Create impact videos highlighting each GIDP. Provide a refresh on all GIDP websites, updating with the most recent information.
Analyze complaint data and exit survey data to identify common problems and problematic programs. Hold focus groups with students to identify problem areas. Apply for funding for Faculty Retreat and workshops to share practices with Directors of Graduate Studies. 2. Advancing Interdisciplinary Research and The Graduate College’s Academic Division is home to 17 Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs (GIDPs). These programs train students in cutting edge research that do not fall within a particular traditional departmental unit. These programs bring with them special challenges. There are no faculty tenured in GIDPs, so they rely on the good will of faculty and departments for their instructional needs. They are generally not tied to undergraduate programs nor to departmentally housed research labs, so graduate funding through the University’s traditional sources is rare. An important goal for the college is to secure centralized funding for these units to secure their standing in the institution. The College also fosters the University value of interdisciplinarity more broadly. In order to encourage cross-disciplinary collaborations it assists in the creation of non-GIDP interdisciplinary programs, dual degrees and certificates. 2.1 Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs (GIDPs) GIDPs are the touchstone of interdisciplinarity at the University of Arizona. The oldest GIDP, Genetics, was founded 50 years ago and the programs continue to hold a key role in promoting research and education in innovative and cross-cutting ways. But the administrative structure of the GIDPs provides unique challenges to their success. One challenge is to measure and demonstrate the value of the GIDPs. The new GIDP titles and dashboard now allow us to integrate GIDP activities into UAVitae. Goal 2.1.1 Seek greater recognition for interdisciplinarity in promotion and tenure and in faculty annual evaluations. Develop a letter sent on a regular basis to department heads about the institutional value of interdisciplinarity and how they can measure and reward it in their faculty’s annual evaluations and P&T decisions. Finalize dashboard with UAIR with new GIDP titles showing the impact of GIDPs in reports from UAccess Analytics. Goal 2.1.2 Develop program and college level promotional materials to publicize GIDPs and their impact on the University and Community. Provide support to in the production of brochures and newsletters. Create impact videos highlighting each GIDP. Provide a refresh on all GIDP websites, updating with the most recent information.
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