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In response to a growing dem和 for more flexible post-secondary education pathways, 北科罗拉多大学最近增加了12个新的证书课程 它的本科和研究生学术组合. 这些项目,都是 由大学董事会在2月11日的会议上批准. 23 .会议,使 use of existing coursework 和 are either embedded in or stack directly toward existing 本科或研究生学位课程.
“Each of the proposed 证书 programs align with our institutional values, support career readiness or career progression for our students or are designed to directly or indirectly attract new students,” said Kirsten Fleming, executive vice president 和教务长.
Many of the new programs also directly support opportunities identified in Colorado’s 高等教育委员会五年策略计划 为不断发展的经济培养技能,包括在关键职业中建立可堆叠的质量证书 使课程与行业需求保持一致.
最新的课程设置来自博天堂官方五所学院中的四所 在科学、技术、教育、艺术和教育领域的额外证书 人文学科.
的 board also heard an update 从 Tobias Guzmán, vice president of Diversity, Equity 在大学最近的 校园气候调查. 这项调查与UNC十年战略计划中的一项关键行动一致, 划船,不要漂流, to create plans, structures 和 programs that foster an inclusive environment where 所有人都感到受到欢迎和支持.
Guzmán told the board that the university administered three surveys, one to collect aspects of the faculty experience, one to capture staff members’ perceptions of diversity 和 campus climate issues 和 one to capture student perceptions regarding the campus 气候与学生学习成果.
的 findings, which were analyzed by the Higher 教育 研究 Institute, were presented along five different themes that emerged as relevant across the three groups of respondents: sense of belonging, relationships within 和 between groups, working 和 learning environment, safety 和 wellbeing, 和 culture of diversity, equity 和 包容. Guzmán的介绍还概述了已确定的具体机会 under each theme, as well as information about efforts already underway in support 主题的.
While the survey results have been shared with governance groups across campus, Guzmán said the next steps include sharing the information with the greater university community 在三月份的一次炉边聊天和内部仪表板的可用性中. 的 调查结果将在今年夏天晚些时候用于战略的第三阶段 计划和多年DEI路线图的发展.
Also on the agenda, which received unanimous approval 从 the board, was a nomination 从 UNC President Andy Feinstein to confer an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters upon 当地的慈善家和社区领袖. Arlo Richardson在大学的 2024年春季开学.
就像博天堂官方专注于改善我们的地区和国家一样. 理查森曾 spent most of his life living in 和 advocating for the Greeley community,” said Feinstein. “奥尔罗 一个诚实而谦逊的领导者. 他总是在学习和成长,并证明了这一点 他的模范性格和能力使他在许多情况下都取得了成功 和行业. 他对提问的好奇心和兴趣是独一无二的 显而易见的原因是他创造了如此多的成功.
“对我来说,很明显阿乐非常值得获得荣誉学位 UNC,”范斯坦继续说道. 授予他这一荣誉是对他众多贡献的认可 向北卡大学和格里利大学致敬. 我不仅把他当作朋友 是大学的,也是我的一个朋友. 5月授予他学位 这是我的荣幸.”
会议期间批准的其他行动项目包括:
- 批准UNC的春季2024 设施综合规划, which is intended to provide guidance for future decisions related to UNC’s physical 空间与景观.
- 批准将博天堂官方骨科医学院的学费设为 居民和非居民学生每学年5.5万美元. 图, 这是 与同行机构比较 而低于全国平均水平每年56,947美元,是确定如下 一项针对骨科医学院校当前学费的全国性审查 review of current tuition rates at medical schools in the region 和 validation through consultation with Tripp Umbach, the national medical education consulting firm assisting 随着unccom商业计划的发展. 学费将保持不变 直到第一批学生毕业,学院获得全面认证.
- 批准降低博天堂官方的学费 RN到BSN程序 从每学分544美元降到每学分350美元. 这一变化将使博天堂官方的项目 与社区大学提供的类似课程相比更具竞争力. In 2002, Colorado legislators passed the Community College Nursing Bachelor Degree Eligibility bill which allowed community colleges in Colorado to confer a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing to students who have or are pursuing a practical nursing 证书.