Information Science聽
[MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT CURRENT ISSUES IN THE DEPARTMENT; ONLY REPORTED ON AF ISSUES]
Comment:聽 Lower disciplinary walls.聽 Create incentives for interdisciplinary work.
Comment:聽 Current budget model works against interdisciplinary opportunities.
Comment:聽 New faculty are frustrated about barriers to creating communities across campus.
Comment:聽 SCH are not a good measure of faculty work.
Comment:聽 Budget, budget, budget:聽 this is stopping from us being creative.
Comment:聽 Barriers to entrepreneurial work:聽 too few start up funds; no transparency on how funds are awarded.
Comment:聽 Research efforts are hindered by lack of staff in academic units.
Comment:聽 We need to decide what needs to be by departments as opposed to schools or colleges or other units.聽 Centralizing is not always the answer.
Comment:聽 Look at how OCG works.
Comment:聽 If we want innovative teaching, change teaching spaces.聽 For example, need studio spaces.聽 Move rooms to central scheduling.
Comment:聽 CU focuses on undergraduate education to the detriment of graduate education and research.
Comment:聽 Avoid duplications.聽 For example, too many units working on data science.