Research and Scholarship
Focus: What are the University's research/scholarship priorities and how can they best be realized?
Diversity among disciplines research, scholarship, creativity
Distinctiveness - Identifying Pillars of Excellence
Leveraging/Partnerships: Building on successes, and creating new opportunities
Link to Graduate Educational Mission
International Connections
Applications, Economic Development
Technology Support
Research and Scholarship Committee Members
| CHAIR Barbara Hargrave | Science - Biological Sciences |
| Thomas Alberts | Engineering - Aerospace |
| Karen Crum | Education - Leadership & Counseling |
| Kate Ferguson | Director of Research Development |
| Stuart Frazer | Library/Access |
| Larry Hatab | Arts & Letters - Philosophy |
| Richard Heller | Bioelectrics |
| Ravindra Joshi | Engineering - Elec. & Comp. Engineering |
| Yuping Liu | Bus Marketing |
| Micah Scott | Health Sciences - Nursing |
| Steve Yetiv | Arts & Letters - Political Science & Geography |
| Dick Zimmerman | Science - Ocean, Earth & Astmos. Science |
| TASK FORCE REP Rusty Waterfield | OCCS |
Principal Themes and Overall Considerations
- Bolstering Old Dominion University's position as a Major Metropolitan University in the Southeast United States
- Developing and Expanding Strategic Partnerships with wide range of educational, governmental, corporate institutions
Enriching a Student-Centered Culture on Campus
- Identification of institutional strengths and challenges pertinent to Committee ScopeIdentification of external opportunities and threats pertinent to the Committee Scope
- Areas of Distinctiveness in Academic Programs and Research; Pillars of Excellence; Expertise
- Areas.Ideal size and composition of student body and faculty
- Perspectives of stakeholders, beneficiaries and constituencies
- University's regional, national, and international position
- Leveraging geographic advantage
- Balancing Quality and Access
- Instructional Delivery: face-to-face vs. technology-delivered/on- vs. off-campus/role of regional centers
- Service to military and veterans
- Consideration of substantial resource limitations during the planning window; presumption of reallocation of resources
- Keep recommendations at a strategic level, all the while considering relevant operational and tactical issues.
- Propose directions which have reasonable potential for sustainability
- Planning documents and recommendations arising from the Strategic Enrollment Management Process
- Draft Plans of the Academic Colleges
- SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Threats, Opportunities) Analysis Conducted for the Board of Visitors
- Faculty Senate General Education Recommendations
- Council of Graduate Schools Analysis of Graduate Studies and Programs
- Distance Learning Analysis of Niche and Organization
- Enrollment, Degree, and Resource Trends by Department and Program
- Higher Education Restructuring Act and Institutional Performance Measures
- Other information as requested
