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August 2, 2000
Charles Schelin, Vice Chancellor
University of Wisconsin-Superior
P.O. Box 2000
Superior, WI 54880
Dear Chas:
Please accept my thanks for your willingness to chair the Instructional
Academic Staff (IAS) working group. Academic staff are an important and
integral part of the UW System and its institutions. Your leadership will
help ensure that IAS will continue to make significant contributions to
the success and vitality of the UW System, while they work in environments
that are professionally rewarding.
The specific charge of the IAS working group is to investigate and recommend
titling options for non-tenure track instructional and research staff,
and to propose System-wide initiatives to facilitate the integration of
non-tenure instructional and research staff into institutional life. The
foundation for the group's efforts will be the Board of Regents 21st
Century Study: Teaching Academic Staff in the UW System (executive
summary enclosed). In addition, I encourage you to build upon the work
that the UW System Office of Academic Affairs has completed to date. A
summary of these activities and initiatives is available on-line at: http://www.uwsa.edu/acadaff/ias/.
The working group will be comprised of representatives from each of the
UW Institutions to include members of the academic staff, faculty, institutional
administration, and UW System staff. A smaller steering committee has
been established that will meet during the summer to identify working
group members and to prepare for the subsequent meetings. The steering
committee includes Professor Cathy Hegelund, UW-Manitowoc; Breck Speers
(IAS), UW-Oshkosh; Larry Rubin, Assistant Vice President, UW System; Fran
Garb, UW System; and Steve Bialek, UW System. The larger working group
will meet during the fall and deliver a summary report to me in December
2000.
On behalf of everyone at UW System Administration, I extend my appreciation
for your involvement. Please do not hesitate to contact me or Larry Rubin
(608-265-5365, lrubin@uwsa.edu) if you have any questions. I look forward
to seeing you at the upcoming Provosts' meeting.
Sincerely yours,
Gary Thibodeau
Interim Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Enclosures
cc:
Katharine C.
Lyall, President
David Olien, Senior Vice President
Larry Rubin, Assistant Vice President
Julius E. Erlenbach, Chancellor, UW-Superior
Provosts
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