ISU Extension
Futuring Committee:
Action Plan 3 Implementation Report
Integration with
Colleges
Plan Leader:
Jerry Miller
Long-Term
Goals
1. Increase
the number of faculty (non-ISU Extension appointments) engaged with ISU Extension efforts
by 10% annually through July 31, 2007, for the purpose of increasing
responsiveness to the needs and interests of Iowans.
2. Increase
the number of ISU Extension faculty positions with research appointments by
10% by July 31, 2007 (in colleges where this does not already occur).
Short-Term
Goals
1. Departments
and Colleges identify and participate in appropriate Plans of Work
and ISU Extension Academies to integrate faculty into ISU Extension priorities (where
not already being done) by July 1, 2006.
2. Align
ISU Extension 4-H Youth Development with the appropriate academic
home by July 1, 2006.
3. Increase
the number of joint research and ISU Extension grants, contracts,
and proposals by 5% per year (e.g., NRI and others). Establish
baseline from existing data by January 31, 2005.
4. Change
job descriptions and promotion and
tenure application documents for ISU Extension appointments to
include Extension scholarship and entrepreneurship in the expectations
by July 1, 2006 (where not already done).
Action
Steps
1. Program
directors and associate deans will ensure that all colleges
and departments with Extension appointments have job descriptions
and promotion and tenure application documents for Extension
appointments that include Extension scholarship and entrepreneurship
by July 1, 2006.
2.
Program directors will review faculty templates used in the
colleges for uniform inclusion of Extension scholarship and
performance by December 31, 2004.
3.
4-H Youth Development program director will establish a formal
request for linking with the proposed newly combined
College of Family and Consumer Sciences and College of
Education no later than March 31, 2005. The intent
is to broaden the scope of the youth program.
4.
The 4-H Youth Development proposal will be reviewed and approved
by the dean of the newly formed college and the Vice Provost for
Extension no later than July 1, 2005.
5.
Area and program directors will continue to review the monthly
grant reports and identify annual trends and opportunities
for growth.
6.
Area and program directors will review the current program plan-of-work
process to ensure systematic involvement of faculty and staff in
the development of new program initiatives, marketing strategies,
and resource generation by December 31, 2004.
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Long-Term
Goal 1:
Start
date: July 1, 2004
End date: July 31, 2007

Long-Term
Goal 2:
Start
date: July 1, 2004
End date: July 31, 2007

Short-Term
Goal 1:
Start
date: July 1, 2004
End date: July 1, 2006

Short-Term
Goal 2:
Start
date: July 1, 2004
End date: July 1, 2006

Short-Term
Goal 3:
Start
date: July 1, 2004
End date: July 1, 2007

Short-Term
Goal 4:
Start
date: July 1, 2004
End date: July 1, 2006

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