[CED/CD/EAT] FW: subject: HEADSUP | action: DIGEST: PROVOST'S COUNCIL | time: 2020.09.09 | 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, September 9, 2020 6:32 PM
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Subject: [heads] subject: HEADSUP | action: DIGEST: PROVOST'S COUNCIL | time: 2020.09.09 | priority: NORMAL

digest
Provost’s Council
2020.09.09

enrollments
As of 2020.09.08:
campus: increase of 755 students relative to 2019 at this point in time. We have close to 7400 Freshmen, with good diversity.
80 students have dropped since the first day of class; Census day is the important marker.
2700 transfer students: an all-time high.
online: best year yet at 6245 students.

retention:
85.3% retention rate to date, surpassing our goal. Highest rate ever.
Students are utilizing retention services: 900 students have utilized Supplemental Instruction—highest ever for the 2nd week of class.

furlough:
Although we are doing better than the Moderate Scenario modelled in the spring, we DO NOT KNOW yet if we are doing well enough to lessen the Furlough.

P/F grading:
We believe Pass/Fail grading has helped retention; we don’t know how it may have impacted Learning.
We encountered problems getting Pima Community College to accept our Spring grades because our undergraduate pass with a D while Pima’s students must have a C to pass. We negotiated it. If we go back to a P/F option, we will consider adding an Intermediate-PASS to accommodate this.

Annual Performance Reviews:
We are required to do annual reviews of faculty and administrators. New guidelines will be released soon by the Provost.
We anticipate changing Faculty APRs from evaluative (judgmental) to formative (guiding progress).
The Provost recognizes that EVERYONE has been impacted by COVID-19, with untenable workloads and schedules, and this will have to be taken into account in the 2020 APR process.
Student Course Surveys (SCS)—We will probably NOT use for APR 2020. We didn’t issue them in Spring 2020 and much of Fall will be Remote.
Suggest that Faculty generate their own periodic formative evaluations from students and then report that.
For online courses SCS should be done, as usual.

COVID-19:
UA had a large number of positives from dorms and Greek houses over the weekend: 150 new cases so far. The Babcock isolation dorm is full. 7 out of 26 Greek Houses have infections and we are asking those houses to quarantine. Also, we’re putting added supervision in Babcock to insure students stay isolated.

UA Libarary:
The Main Library is only open for pick up; the Science Library is open for occupancy.
trend: Students wear masks when they enter; then take masks off.
Getting more stringent with repeat offenders and increasing monitoring.

Establishing at least 3 rooms on different parts of campus where students can go to study, in addition to tents and the Libraries, which are intended to help students with transitions between courses or switching from in-person to an online course.

Robert Miller, AIA
Executive Director, HeadsUp
millerR at u.arizona.edu<mailto:millerR at u.arizona.edu>

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