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Productivity, Quality, and Outcomes Agreement
Productivity, Quality, and Outcomes Agreement
September 1995
This document has been made available electronically to limit the amount of
paper required for wide distribution. For those wanting to print this document,
please note that because of its length,
the document is located in separate sections:
- Table of Contents
- Approval of the Agreement
- Statement of Intent
- Executive Summary
- Preface through Reporting and Accountability
- Productivity, Quality, and Outcomes Goals
- Appendices
Note: The
15 percent increases in teaching loads and funded research
are not described in detail in the main document.
They appear in Jeff Baker's memo to the Board of Regents, which is listed in the Table
of Contents as "Approval of the Agreement."
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Approval of the Agreement
Statement of Intent
Executive Summary
Preface
Process: Shared Governance
Approach of the Task Force on Productivity, Quality, and Outcomes
Commitment of Institutional Effort
Workload
Research Component
Reporting and Accountability
Productivity, Quality, and Outcomes Goals
1. Increase Access to Undergraduate Education
A. Reduce Time to Degree Completion
B. Increase Access to Academic Offerings for Nontraditional Students
2. Enhance the Quality and Availability of Advising
A. Increase Quality of Advising
B. Enhance Access to Advising
3. Increase Quality of Undergraduate Instruction Through Smaller Classes
and Through Active and Alternative Modes of Learning
A. Provide Access to Small, Seminar-style Classes
B. Provide Active Learning Environments Which Promote Life-long
Learning Skills
4. Increase the Quality of Undergraduate Education Through Expanded
Involvement of Undergraduates in Research and Creative Work
A. Increase Students' Opportunities to Engage in Independent Research
and Creative Work
B. Develop Additional External Resources to Support Students' Research
and Creative Projects
C. Increase Opportunities for "Capstone" Educational Experiences
5. Increase Quality of Education Through Greater Access to Information
Technologies
A. Provide Students Greater Access to Computing and Information
Technologies
B. Extend Access to Information Technologies in Classrooms
C. Enhance Access to Library Resources and Data via Information
Technologies
D. Integrate the Use of Information Technologies into Class
Assignments
6. Reward and Further Develop Teaching Excellence
A. Elevate the Importance of Teaching Effectiveness in the Promotion
and Tenure Process and in the Distribution of Merit Salary Awards
B. Minimize Faculty Committee Work
C. Expand Opportunities for Faculty Development for Teaching and
Advising Excellence
D. Emphasize High-Quality Teaching in Hiring Practices
7. Continue Growth in External Funding Support for Student Learning
and Education
A. Seek Additional External Funding for Equipment, Instrumentation,
and Facilities for Students
B. Increase External Support for Faculty-student Collaboration in
Research and Creative Activities
C. Keep Faculty Nationally and Internationally Competitive
8. Expand Off-Campus Access to Classes and Educational Resources
Throughout Montana
A. Increase Course Offerings Available Through Telecommunications
B. Assure That Extension and Outreach Educational Programs Focus on
the Critical Needs of Montana
9. Enhance Access to the Intellectual and Physical Resources of the
University to Support the Economic Development of Montana
A. Increase Technology Transfer
B. Enhance Public and Private Access to Faculty Expertise to Promote
Economic Development
Appendix A. Task Force Membership
Appendix B. Financial Implications of the PQO Agreement
Table 1: Preliminary Projection of Future Years' Revenue & Expenses
Table 2: Summary of Projected Revenues and Expenses
On to Approval of the Agreement
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