Provost Task Forces

Strategic Plan Update

Update the current Strategic Plan to reflect new priorities and identify initiatives, actions, timelines and measures of success.

Co-Chairs: David Boardman/Richard Souvenir

Committee Members:

  • Susan Cahan
  • Heather Clauss
  • Kathryn D’Angelo
  • Weegie Esten
  • Petra Goedde
  • Brian Holtz
  • Suresh Madhavan
  • Angela Polec
  • David Sarwer
  • Renée Tobin

Online Initiative

Working with an external consultant and specialist partners, craft and execute an online-curriculum strategy that will serve current students and attract new ones.

Co-Chairs: Monika Shealey/Richard Souvenir

External Consultant: Greg O’Brien, Rockport Advisers

Committee Members:

  • Larry Brandolph
  • Sharmayne Burns
  • Sonai Chaudhuri
  • Graham Dobereiner
  • Chip Hunter
  • Jenny Lackey
  • Vicki McGarvey
  • Kristen Murray
  • Anna Oppenheim
  • Angela Polec
  • Renée Tobin

Honors College

Create a plan to convert our current Honors Program into a full Honors College, ideally with major philanthropic support.

Co-Chairs: Weegie Esten/Emily Moerer

Committee Members:

  • Jodi Bailey
  • Sharmayne Burns
  • Deborah Cai
  • Roderick Coover
  • Richard Deeg
  • Jenny Lackey
  • Amanda Neuber
  • Bryant Simon
  • Robert Stroker
  • Ann Valentine

Faculty Policies and Practices

Study and create transparency around faculty policies and practices across campus, including courseload policies, compensation structures, service expectations, etc., with the goals of excellence, equity and efficiency.

Co-Chairs: Jennifer Ibrahim/Jennifer Wood

Committee Members:

  • Shohreh Amini
  • Jodi Bailey
  • Sharmayne Burns
  • Deborah Cai
  • Kevin Delaney
  • Richard Deeg
  • Weegie Esten
  • Suresh Madhavan
  • Miguel Mostafá
  • Kristen Murray
  • Keya Sadeghipour
  • Robert Stroker

Transfer Strategy

Create new strategies and policies to significantly increase undergraduate transfer enrollment, recognizing the fit with our mission and the opportunities this presents.

Co-Chairs: Jodi Levine Laufgraben/Richard Deeg

Committee Members:

  • Claudia Bereshnyi
  • Deborah Cai
  • Jared Bedros Daniel
  • Kristin DeLay
  • Donald L. Heller
  • Chip Hunter
  • Mike Lawlor
  • Nicole LePine
  • Maggie Lewis
  • Vicki McGarvey
  • Keya Sadeghipour
  • Monika Shealey

General Education Reform

Complete the ongoing process of reforming our General Education program to provide more flexible and compelling curriculum choices for our students.

Co-Chairs: Kevin Delaney/Dustin Kidd

Committee Members:

  • Shohreh Amini
  • Lynne Andersson
  • James Earl Davis
  • Richard Deeg
  • Jodi Levine Laufgraben
  • Joe Lucia
  • Emily Moerer
  • Miguel Mostafá

Artificial Intelligence

Provide recommendations and policies on A.I., relative to 1) what we should be teaching; 2) special research opportunities for Temple, and 3) how we can use it to streamline and improve operations.

Co-Chairs: Josh Gladden/Miguel Mostafá

Committee Members:

  • Larry Brandolph
  • Philip Dames
  • Amy Goldberg
  • Joe Lucia
  • Emily Moerer
  • Richard Souvenir
  • Jennifer Wood

Global Strategy

Continue to move Temple forward as a global leader in international education – growing our Rome and Japan campuses, establishing new locations, and expanding opportunities for our students and faculty.

Chair: Emilia Zankina

Committee Members:

  • Jodi Bailey
  • Christina Baker
  • Susan Cahan
  • Erika Clemons
  • Amid Ismail
  • Renée Tobin
  • Matt Wilson
  • Jennifer Wood

Budget Model

Design a new budget model that will solidify our financial foundation for decades, staying true to “access to excellence” mission while incentivizing innovation and interdisciplinarity.

Co-Chairs: Chip Hunter/Jaison Kurichi

TU Steering Group Members:

  • Sharmayne Burns
  • Kathryn D’Angelo

NACUBO Consultants:

  • Diane Hoose Goddard
  • Ursula Holtzapple
  • David Maddox
  • Rober Stickney

Committee Members:

  • Amanda Barber
  • Mike Bognanno
  • Cheryl Carreno
  • Erik Cordes
  • Josh Gladden
  • Jennifer Ibrahim
  • Amid Ismail
  • Vicki McGarvey
  • Sheri Ozard