Reminder to Submit Feedback on START Recommendations
Dear Colleagues,
This is friendly reminder to review and submit feedback on the 16 Sustaining Teaching and Research Task Force (START) recommendations and one Student Success and Equitable Outcomes recommendation by 5 p.m. Friday, December 12, 2025.
You can submit feedback through the feedback form on the START website or email [email protected]. Recommendations are available for review on the START website and listed below by committee.
This is friendly reminder to review and submit feedback on the 16 Sustaining Teaching and Research Task Force (START) recommendations and one Student Success and Equitable Outcomes recommendation by 5 p.m. Friday, December 12, 2025.
You can submit feedback through the feedback form on the START website or email [email protected]. Recommendations are available for review on the START website and listed below by committee.
Assuring Faculty Equity and a Sustainable Workload Committee:
- Enhancing Teaching Resources
- Equitable Teaching Workloads
- Improving General Administrative Support
- Improving Research Administrative Support
- Recognizing Faculty Mentoring
- Streamlining Course Approval Process
The Future of Graduate Education Committee:
The Future of Undergraduate Education Committee:
The Improving Campus Support Services Committee:
- Best Practices for Clustered Services in Academic Units
- DocuSign Standardization
- Use of AI to Enhance Academic Support
- Use of AI to Streamline Administrative Processes
The Increasing Our Research Excellence Committee:
- Enhancing Research Environment in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
- Large-scale, Multi-investigator Projects
The Optimizing Our Facilities Committee:
Additionally, the Student Success and Equitable Outcomes Task Force produced a recommendation for review and input. As with all START recommendations, this has been submitted to the Academic Senate for a Request for Consultation:
Recommendation Review Process
The START recommendation review process can be found on the START website. Over its two years, START has benefitted from the participation of nearly 200 of our colleagues from across our campus. I am very grateful to everyone who is giving their time to serve as a member of START, from the task force to the committees to the working groups.
Thank you for reviewing the recommendations and submitting your feedback. I appreciate your engagement in and support of this important initiative.
All the best,
Mary
Mary Croughan
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
Thank you for reviewing the recommendations and submitting your feedback. I appreciate your engagement in and support of this important initiative.
All the best,
Mary
Mary Croughan
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor