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TRANSFORMATION IN ACTION
Paula Myrick Short, PhD
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
TRANSFORMATION TIMELINE
May 9
2013
• Pappas Consulting Group, Inc. report “Transforming the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs/Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost”, issued to Chancellor/President Khator
June 32013
• Paula Myrick Short, Ph.D., appointed Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Houston System/Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Houston
June/
July
2013
• Interim Provost Office appointments made for new positions.
July 2013-
May 2014
• On-going organizational changes implemented. Searches for all new positions conducted.
May/
August 2014
• Organizational Transformation Implementation Steps completed.
MISSION STATEMENT
• The Office of the Provost leads the University’s efforts to be a globally recognized institution of higher learning through outstanding education, research and scholarship, service, and outreach.
CORE VALUES
The Office of the Provost will be:
• Strategic, intentional, and evidence-based in establishing academic direction
• Service oriented and guided by an ethos of integrity and fairness
• Transparent, timely, accountable, and responsive in its decision making
• Collaborative, communicative, and engaged in ways to improve service delivery
• Committed to holding the academic enterprise individually and collectively responsible
GOALS
• Build and retain a diverse, world-class faculty• Prepare graduates who will change the world• Build infrastructure to achieve and maintain
national rank• Build partnerships in energy, health, and the
arts • Become a major global institution
GOALS
STUDENT SUCCESS
STUDENT SUCCESS
FACULTY RECRUITMENT
FACULTY RECRUITMENT
RELEVANCE
RELEVANCE
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
• Houston GPS• Foundations of Excellence• Learning Abroad Scholarships• College of the Arts • Enhancing Faculty Diversity • Teaching Innovation Proposals• Strategic Enrollment Planning
Committee
