Where are we going?

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Crisis? What crisis? • We need a plan • This is not a plan!

Senate work in coming year

• Committee for the Future of the University of Nevada• Apportionment – nothing radical here• Faculty Senate Committee Work• General Education and Core Curriculum Revisions• Faculty Morale Issues

Challenges for Higher Education in Nevada

• The economy• Our image problem• Disruptive innovation• Faculty morale

Higher Education in Nevada - Short Term

• Chancellor Klaich’s Formula Funding Plan• Board of Regents Plan• Interim Committee on the Funding of Higher Education

– next meeting is May 23, 2012– will include testimony from faculty and students– work completed by August/September 2012

• Legislative session begins on February 4, 2013

Science education: a national security issue?

1. 90% of the world’s scientists and engineers live in Asia?

A. TrueB. False

Faculty Rights and Privileges• Morale – will

discuss findings of the Campus Affairs Committee in Fall

• Job security• Merit• Healthcare - rising

costs, declining benefits