Summary of Themes and Ideas from the EHHS August College Meeting, Organizational Structure Activity
Shared themes across many groups:
- Most groups identified an EHHS College structure with either 2 or 3 schools.
- In the 3 school model, a common theme was: School of (1) Education, (2) Health Sciences, (3) Human Services.
- In the 2 school model, there were variations but many included (1) School of Education, (2) School of Health Sciences.
- Many groups recommended programs to move to the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship including: Sport Administration, Hospitality Event Management, Rec Park and Tourism Management, and Hospitality and Tourism. Management. A few groups also included other programs such as Long Term Care Administration and Higher Education Administration.
- There were some recommendations to move programs from other colleges to EHHS. These included Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (A&S), education programs in other colleges, MCLS (A&S), Nursing, and Public Health.
- A consistent theme was for all teacher licensure programs to be together in the same school- including those currently in other colleges.
Variations on the themes:
- One group recommended that EHHS becomes the College of Education with non-education programs merging with other units to create new colleges or moving to other colleges.
- One group recommended the College of Public Health join EHHS as our 4th school (and pairing existing schools from 4 to 3).
- One group recommended the creation of a College of Health Sciences/Allied Health to include Nursing, Public Health, and our current Health Sciences programs.
Recommendations, Thoughts, and Unanswered Questions
- PROS (Professional Studies) serves all students in EHHS. Where is the best place for this program?
- ASEI (American Sign Language English Interpreting) – should this be in education or human services? Should it be paired with ASL?
- CCC (Career and Community Studies) – where should this program be housed?
- RMS (Research Management and Statistics)- this program serves many programs in EHHS. Can this be a college-level program? Should it be broadened and become a university-level program and be used across the university?
- INDL (Interprofessional Leadership)- this is a program that serves students across different schools. Where should this be housed?
- LTCA (Long Term Care Administration)- should this be in ACCBE?
- SEPP (Sport and Exercise Performance Psychology)- is this a health sciences program or human services program? What about paired with psychology as one of their concentrations?
- PWS (Physical Activity, Wellness, and Sport)- where should these programs be housed? With PESP? Or at the college level? There was a recommendation to be with the Rec Center.
*Please note, this summary does not indicate what will or will not happen, but is a summary of the ideas created by members of EHHS during the opening of school college meeting, Activity 2. It is intended to reflect some of the various ideas generated.