Iowa State University Extension

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.

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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