Mission+Study+Task+Force

The Mission Study Task Force has asked commissions and councils to discuss the Mission Study draft recommendations at their next meeting and provide feedback to the taskforce. The Taskforce has one more meeting before finalizing the recommendations so this is the commissions and council's opportunity for feedback.

System Feedback process **
 * Purpose of the Mission Study **
 * The purpose of this study was to look at the needs of students and employers over the next 20 years, resource trends, and ways to change our governance and business practices to redeploy resources toward student learning. Review the Summary of Findings (attached above) and see if this explanation lines up with what we studied and discovered.
 * Notes from all Commissions and Councils will be received by November 9…. and synthesized into the next draft for the Task Force to look at on November 17.


 * State Board approval, next steps **
 * The Board is scheduled to approve the Mission Study findings and recommendations at their December 2-3 meeting. The Board will then proceed with identifying recommendations that need further analysis and discussion by the system (such as governance), and will be forming system task forces to examine and draw conclusions about those items.


 * Recommendations only**[[file:recommendations only 9-30-09.docx]]
 * the main document Commissions and Councils are asked to react to


 * System Feedback Discussion Questions** [[file:System Feedback Discussion Questions Oct09.docx]]
 * for breakout groups to discuss and report out.


 * Findings only** [[file:findings only 9-30-09.docx]]
 * this is summary of a lot of data analysis. To be read before the meeting, good for background, but discussion of it will chew up a lot of time.


 * MS Attachment 2** [[file:MS Attachment 2 The College of 2020 -- Students.doc]]
 * very good short article about the students of 2020, their expectations and what colleges/universities should do to respond. For background reading.


 * MS Attachment 3 Jones** [[file:MS Attachment 3 Jones PP.ppt]]
 * relatively short PPT on fiscal climate for higher education and strategies to reduce cost and redeploy resources towards student learning. For background reading.

**For more information**, please see the Mission Study Task Force Web Site.