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Meeting update

Phase 2 – Information Gathering Meeting Date: July 26, 2023 (Zoom) The work groups met for the full meeting and continued the process of information gathering.  The work groups organized methods for looking at the internal workings and program offerings of their assigned VCU units, as well as the structure, organization and programmatic offerings of […]

Task force scaffolding and first two meeting updates

Phase 1 – Charge and Purpose Meeting Date: July 10, 2023 (in-person) The kick-off meeting of the One VCU Academic Repositioning Task Force was held on campus at the James Branch Cabell Library.  The members were welcomed by university leadership and provided an overview of the task force charge and purpose. Garret Westlake, executive director […]

New & Growing Programs – Evidence of a Healthy Academic Structure

Earlier messages discussed the “Perfect Storm” facing the higher education sector and the enrollment growth most of Virginia’s big public universities enjoy despite those challenges. So, how are they doing that, exactly? To a large degree, they are driving their enrollment growth by leveraging new academic programs created over the past decade, as you can […]