Information ScienceÂ
[MUCH OF THE DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT CURRENT ISSUES IN THE DEPARTMENT; ONLY REPORTED ON AF ISSUES]
Comment: Lower disciplinary walls. Create incentives for interdisciplinary work.
Comment:Â Current budget model works against interdisciplinary opportunities.
Comment:Â New faculty are frustrated about barriers to creating communities across campus.
Comment:Â SCH are not a good measure of faculty work.
Comment:Â Budget, budget, budget:Â this is stopping from us being creative.
Comment:Â Barriers to entrepreneurial work:Â too few start up funds; no transparency on how funds are awarded.
Comment:Â Research efforts are hindered by lack of staff in academic units.
Comment: We need to decide what needs to be by departments as opposed to schools or colleges or other units. Centralizing is not always the answer.
Comment:Â Look at how OCG works.
Comment: If we want innovative teaching, change teaching spaces. For example, need studio spaces. Move rooms to central scheduling.
Comment:Â CU focuses on undergraduate education to the detriment of graduate education and research.
Comment: Avoid duplications. For example, too many units working on data science.