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Under the direction of Senior Vice President Robert Jones, the Office for System Academic Administration is responsible for statewide and systemwide academic programs and initiatives. The office focuses on broad, high-level academic, outreach, and public engagement issues; international programs; system academic administration and policy; strategic planning and analysis; budgeting and legislative matters; and institutional research and academic capital planning.
To learn more or to contact one of the offices that comprise System Academic Administration, please refer to the links in the left margin of this page.
Director position opens for CURA
Robert Jones, senior vice president for system academic administration and Andrew Furco, associate vice president for public engagement, seek nominations and applications to fill the position of director for the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA). Read the email sent out by Robert Jones on Sept 17, 2008
Confucius Institute
On September 19th the first Minnesota Confuius Institute officially opened it's doors. The institute will promote the study of Chinese language and culture throughout Minnesota. Read the news release
News
The Ramp-up to Readiness Program is a Plan for the Future
The face of Minnesota is changing, and it's no coincidence that so many colleges and administrative units at the U have been inviting the state demographer's office to make presentations during the past few years. In recognition of these facts and to help address the issues they reveal, the U created the Consortium for College Readiness, housed in System Academic Administration. For more information, see Ramp-Up to Readiness.
UM-Crookston awarded a Service Process and Improvement Fund Grant
The University of Minnesota, Crookston has been awarded one of five annual Service Process and Improvement Fund grants to support initiatives that help drive the University’s aspiration to become a top university. Each project supports the goal of exceptional students, exceptional faculty and staff, exceptional organization, or exceptional innovation. The fund invests in projects that improve service levels, productivity, and cost/revenue streams.
UMC’s winning project – Exceptional Quality and Communication from an Exceptional Organization – will create an electronic process to recruit, market, and communicate to prospective and current online degree-seeking students.
More about these grants and those awarded
Int'l Collaboration Conference
The University of Minnesota is co-sponsoring a national conference on Challenges and Tensions in International Research Collaborations, which will take place at the Radisson University Hotel on Oct. 2-3. The 25 invited speakers represent research collaborations in more than 60 countries. The focus is on problems that arise because of differences in the organization and funding of research, cultural expectations, legal and regulatory environments, and graduate training. At present, more than 225 researchers are registered to attend.
University Researchers Will Be Writing the Book
UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS WILL BE WRITING THE BOOK--literally--on pesticide applications to control mold in buildings. The Pesticide Safety and Environmental Education (PSEE) of University of Minnesota Extension has received a $35,000 grant to produce the manual that will be used by professionals in cleaning everything from too-tightly-sealed homes to large-building cooling towers. Many states have expressed interest in adopting the manual upon its completion in 2009. PSEE is a division of System Academic Administration.
Louis Mendoza joins the Office for Equity and Diversity
Louis Mendoza, associate professor of Chicano Studies in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, has joined the University's Office for Equity and Diversity (OED) as associate vice provost for equity and diversity. As associate vice provost, Mendoza will be working collaboratively with colleges and other academic officers to support and enhance faculty diversity as well as to promote interdisciplinary faculty and graduate research on issues related to equity, diversity and social justice. Mendoza's position in OED began August 18.