Dear Colleagues:
I’m pleased to share that Dr. Don Wagner has agreed to chair a Summer Utilization Taskforce for the University of Memphis. The taskforce will be charged with studying and making recommendations on a number of critical issues, including:
- Summer course scheduling, utilization, and enrollment to improve degree pathways, critical course access, and degree completion
- Summer budgeting and potential incentive pay
- Exploring possible use of “free” summer courses for students that maintain trajectory on a 5-year degree completion plan
- Complete student and faculty surveys on a range of issues about summer utilization
- Possible development of summer programs for high school sophomore and junior level students
As you all know, our summer programs are not fully utilized nor strategically employed. This effort will hopefully lead to meaningful and productive recommendations about how we can better utilize our summer offerings. If Don reaches out to you for help or input, let me offer encouragement for you to embrace the chance to participate in this important effort.
Go Tigers!