Recognize faculty achievements, and reward excellence in teaching, research, creative activity, and service
- Develop a provost-level faculty awards support service to identify, select, and prepare nomination packages to bolster faculty awards, fellowships, and memberships with the most prestigious national and global recognitions.
- Develop, socialize, and deploy process guidance for implementation of the bargained faculty merit pay program.
- Modernize enterprise level systems to support success
- Enhance departmental culture and support systems, and foster faculty mentorship
- Collaborate with the Office of Faculty Development, departments, schools, and colleges to develop and implement the COACHE survey action plans.
- Strengthen engagement with academic units and faculty to improve collaborations around academic priorities.
Office of the Provost Strategic Initiatives
Academic Affairs contributes to the successful implementation of the UMass Amherst For the Common Good strategic plan through wide-ranging strategic initiatives that impact students, faculty, and staff throughout our campus community.
Enrollment Management
Enrollment Management
Undergraduate Student Success
Undergraduate Student Success
General Education Curriculum
General Education Curriculum
Graduate Student Success
Graduate Student Success
Faculty Teaching
Faculty Teaching
Research, Creative, and Interdisciplinary Activity
Research, Creative, and Interdisciplinary Activity
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Creativity Education & Programming
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Creativity Education & Programming
Global Recognition
Global Recognition
Academic Enterprise Stewardship
Academic Enterprise Stewardship
Campus Culture
Campus Culture
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