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MURPHY PRESENTS FOUR INITIATIVES AS PRIORITIES FOR DE ANZA
Cheryl Ho-Shuen Tso and Karen Wai Yan Yu
Issue date: 11/27/06 Section: News
De Anza College President Brian Murphy and Academic Senate President Lydian Hearn spoke at Wednesday's De Anza Associated Student Body Senate meeting about the campus's Strategic Planning initiatives.
"The administration, faculty, staff and students are trying to get together to have some comments and vision of what we want to achieve out of school," said Murphy.
"Last April to the end of the summer, over a hundred faculty and staff worked together to find the initiatives - four areas of the college's future that we would like to put more resources and emphasis into."
Hearn said that the four themes decided upon were "Participation", "Pathway to Succeed," Collegiality" and "Community Collaboration."
Participation - attempting to attract students from underserved backgrounds who don't normally enroll in college.
Pathways to Succeed -making sure current students have the best tools to succeed. It would involve better coordination, better sports programs and better teaching.
Collegiality - the idea of being able to respect each other and create a culture of interaction and learning.
Community Collaborations - having a greater connection to the local community.
The DASB Senate is working on the four initiatives and will give comments and suggestions for strategies. The senate will compile the information and will bring it back to the College Council for further action in December.
Faculty, staff, administrative and student rep resentatives are invited to participate in this pro cess.
Strategic Planning Goals:
1) Participation:
Attempting to attract stu dents from underserved backgrounds who don't normally enroll in college.
2) Pathways to succeed:
Making sure current students have the best tools to succeed. It would involve better coordination, better sports programs and better teaching.
3) Collegiality:
The idea of being able to respect each other and create a culture of interaction and learning.
4) Community Collaborations:
Having a greater connection to the local community.
"The administration, faculty, staff and students are trying to get together to have some comments and vision of what we want to achieve out of school," said Murphy.
"Last April to the end of the summer, over a hundred faculty and staff worked together to find the initiatives - four areas of the college's future that we would like to put more resources and emphasis into."
Hearn said that the four themes decided upon were "Participation", "Pathway to Succeed," Collegiality" and "Community Collaboration."
Participation - attempting to attract students from underserved backgrounds who don't normally enroll in college.
Pathways to Succeed -making sure current students have the best tools to succeed. It would involve better coordination, better sports programs and better teaching.
Collegiality - the idea of being able to respect each other and create a culture of interaction and learning.
Community Collaborations - having a greater connection to the local community.
The DASB Senate is working on the four initiatives and will give comments and suggestions for strategies. The senate will compile the information and will bring it back to the College Council for further action in December.
Faculty, staff, administrative and student rep resentatives are invited to participate in this pro cess.
Strategic Planning Goals:
1) Participation:
Attempting to attract stu dents from underserved backgrounds who don't normally enroll in college.
2) Pathways to succeed:
Making sure current students have the best tools to succeed. It would involve better coordination, better sports programs and better teaching.
3) Collegiality:
The idea of being able to respect each other and create a culture of interaction and learning.
4) Community Collaborations:
Having a greater connection to the local community.
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