Plans call for the coordination of all information resources functions including the computer center, institutional research, and instructional delivery support under the Senior Vice President and Provost. This move is expected to improve coordination of effort and reduce duplication, and will be implemented through reassignment of existing positions. Review of administrative costs is continuing. The university is obtaining comparative data for use in planning and evaluating resource allocation and management. Currently, the university is updating a 1993-94 study of its educational and general allocations compared to peer institutions nationally and in Ohio.
Efforts continue to redefine faculty workload.
The Second of three planned early retirement windows is being offered throughout the 1995-96 academic year. UA's early retirement program is self funded through salary savings. As a result of retirements to date, campus departments have hired 53 individuals from underrepresented groups and units were able to reallocate positions to areas of greater need. The first cycle of 61 academic program reviews, begun in 1993, will be completed during the 1995-96 school year. A total of 155 faculty, representing the university's 10 degree-granting colleges, have served or are serving on interdisciplinary review teams.