AUR Report:
'Comprehensive' Study is Released
"This very comprehensive and thoughtful study provides guidance that will help shape IT over the next several years," said Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Robert Grey of the report submitted on April 29 by the Information Technology Five-Year Administrative Unit Review Committee.
The 80-page report, which concludes a 10-month review of the Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology, is built around five overarching themes: Academic Priorities, Delineation of Responsibilities, Institutional Ownership, IT as a Campus Policy Advisor, and Organization and Access. To shape its 43 recommendations, the committee used the feedback obtained from clients, campus constituents, and IT staff through a series of meetings and town halls held last fall.
Provost Grey directed Jerry Hallee, Acting Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology, to develop a plan of action, including a timetable stating how Information Technology and campus management should proceed to address the report's recommendations. The plan of action is due to Provost Grey by June 30. IT directors will meet at a retreat on June 15 to work out details for the action plan.
Given the broad campus interest in this review and the importance of working closely with the campus management, the report was released campuswide in late May. It is posted on the Web at http://it.ucdavis.edu/adminrev/report/. Hard copies are available at the reference desk in Shields Library.
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