Charge
The Strategic Initiatives Committee serves as a standing committee of the State Board of Higher Education, charged to provide recommendations to the Board regarding the implementation of the principles and priorities of the Board’s long-range plan.
Deliverables
- Decision-ready recommendations to the Board of Higher Education regarding the focus, development, timing, and implementation of Board strategic priorities.
- Identification of clear options and actions needed to implement each recommendation.
- Articulation of and rationale for direction not chosen.
Focus of 2007 Committee Work
- Increase college participation and completion of Oregon high school graduates (whether directly enrolling from high school or via community college), particularly for those who are underserved (e.g., first-generation, low-income, rural), and in the context of the changing demographic characteristics of the population in Oregon.
Lead: Dalton Miller-Jones
- Examine and recommend to the Board alternatives for efficiently and effectively governing OUS and its institutions, including a clear articulation of the roles and responsibilities of the Board, Chancellor and System, and institutions.
Lead: John von Schlegell
- Address higher education service to the Portland area, to resolve the current fragmentation, lack of alignment, and gaps in meeting the needs.
Lead: Jim Francesconi
- Develop the OUS portfolio by examining strategically the contributions of each institution (current and potential) and the integration of those contributions, in the context of other possible policy choices (e.g., governance and financing).
Lead: Howard Sohn
