Troyer said Faculty RPAC didn't consider percentages when it was making recommendations, although it had to meet a requirement of phasing out at least 20 percent of academic programs. Other changes were recommended to encourage thinking across disciplines, Troyer said. A center for international studies could be created to strengthen international business and international relations, and a center for interdisciplinary inquiry could house first-year seminars, women's studies, humanities and Latin American studies, the recommendations stated. Foreign language would change significantly, eliminating all teaching positions and courses in the program in favor of a program based primarily on study-abroad experiences and independent study of languages. Administrative Program Review Payseur and the Administrative Program Review Steering Committee examined more than 130 administrative programs.
Administrative programs exist to serve that mission.
She said the review's goals were to make these programs more efficient and cost-effective, and to reduce duplication of services. Approximately one-half of all administrative programs will be phased out, reduced or restructured, Payseur said. Included in these recommendations was a proposal to eliminate the Disability Resource Center and to outsource the Physical Plant services. The report also recommends enhancing the basketball programs and Relays, and giving further study to football and crew. Enhancement of the residence halls was also recommended.