[CED/CD/EAT] FW: subject: HEADSUP | action: DIGEST: PROVOST'S COUNCIL | time: 2020.08.19 | priority: NORMAL

[Silvertooth, Jeffrey C - (silverto)]

FYI….

Jeffrey C. Silvertooth, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Director for Extension & Economic Development
Division of Agriculture, Life, & Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension
Forbes 301, Bldg. #36
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ       85721-0036
520-621-7205

From: prov_heads_2-request at list.arizona.edu <prov_heads_2-request at list.arizona.edu> On Behalf Of Miller, Robert J - (millerr)
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2020 8:42 PM
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Subject: [heads] subject: HEADSUP | action: DIGEST: PROVOST'S COUNCIL | time: 2020.08.19 | priority: NORMAL

digest
Provost’s Council
2020.08.19

Web Access for Students
·         Pre-meeting conversation re: efforts to provide online access for all local students
o    Limit need for students to sit in front of campus buildings for access.
o    Campus has personal wifi hotspots students can borrow. City of Tucson expanding wifi signal this fall.
o    CARES Act money available for students via UArizona application process – can be used to pay for internet service at home.

Student Enrollment, Fall 2020
·         Enrollment by continuing UArizona students seems not too far off previous years, but students taking fewer credits on average.
·         New-student enrollment is down 5-6% which is better than the expected 10% dip.
·         This is a key week, prior to classes beginning Monday 24 August.

COVID-19
·         Provost Folks reported UArizona conducted 4264 tests and returned 9 positive results.
o    Trying to have testing available for all who want/need one. Would like to have saliva test that is easy, reliable, fast; Yale with promising example.
·         Critical to success and keeping pandemic at bay is cooperation by students and staff on and off campus.
o    Wear a mask and stay away from others.
o    Residence Halls and Student Union part of wastewater testing protocol to look for illness.
·         Working on getting online dashboard up and live on UArizona Covid page so everyone can follow the data and patterns.

·         Campus testing mandatory if moving into dorm, otherwise have random research program and ability to respond to all UArizona community test requests.
o    New students/families go to McKale, get test with >1hr turnaround time. Families pleased and giving supportive feedback. (rapid antigen test)
o    Set aside one dorm on campus with >600 available beds for positive tester isolation. One student already in and out following quarantine. Another student in now. Lots of capacity available.

·         UArizona expecting upticks, including ready for up to 300 cases before drastic re-think of approach.
o    Learning from open-then-closed examples at Notre Dame and UNC. UNC may have been hampered by budget cutting that limited resources for test, trace, treat etc.
o    Berkeley and Washington examples suggest uptick in cases detectable within a couple of days and then bring under control and back down within 2 weeks.

COVID WATCH ARIZONA
·         Download and use the app! Available now.
o    Anonymous tracing opportunities if many on campus enable app and Bluetooth.
o    App remembers (through anonymous digital filter) what cell phones you came close to and when.

Ashford and more…updates and conversation threads
·         JAAC - Joint Academic Advisory Council proposed for curriculum oversight/differentiation and as problem-solver for issues among new online unit, Arizona Online, and UArizona traditional.
·         Confusion about how Ashford becomes part of UArizona but separate.
o    Name of new entity that was Ashford needs to be different from Arizona Online and what was UA Global.
o    Considering ‘Open Campus’ or’ Open University’, among others. ‘Global Campus’ too confusing.
·         Discussion re: how these units coexist and serve more students, including the many post-traditional students and the more traditional young students looking for a top-ranked program in topic area xxxx.
o    Coordinated marketing and messaging efforts emphasized. But, geographic differentiation among markets and messages.
o    Multiprong approach articulated by Craig Wilson: program, market, geography, coordination.
o    Brent White: Hoping to release language of agreement publicly soon, but still with legal now.
·         To be continued…How to have these multiple entities, serve more students, realize opportunities, lift all boats, and reduce confusion among students, faculty, and staff.

Kevin Bonine
HeadsUp Steering Committee
kebonine at arizona.edu<mailto:kebonine at arizona.edu>
proxy for Rob Miller
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