As many of you may know, on October 21, 2016, in response to the Academic Review and Planning Advisory Committee’s (ARPAC) recommendation, Provost Russ Moore created the Residential Academic Program (RAP) Task Force. This committee was tasked with making recommendations to the provost designed to improve, among other things, the first-year student experience, space utilization and budgetary matters.
As chair of the task force, I cannot thank enough the faculty, students and staff who have participated as members, and those who have provided us feedback throughout this process. Because RAPs impact so many people on campus, we want to provide additional opportunities to the community to give us feedback before our final set of recommendations are delivered to the provost.
I will be presenting the draft recommendations this week, followed by an open forum so I can hear directly from you about your thoughts regarding those recommendations. Those forums will be from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, and from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 5. Both sessions will be held in the University Memorial Center (UMC) Aspen Rooms.
Please note your feedback is very important to this process and will be considered carefully in the final report and recommendations. I very much look forward to your participation in the forums. If you are unable to attend yet still have questions or suggestions, please feel free to email me at paul.chinowsky@colorado.edu.