Chancellor’s Council adopts revised Prioritization of Academic Programs

The Chancellor’s Council recently adopted a document that prioritizes UNMC’s academic programs.

The document, called the Prioritization of Academic Programs, focuses on existing and emerging areas of excellence rather than colleges, schools, institutes or other traditional organizations within UNMC.

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“One of UNMC’s primary functions is to educate future Nebraska’s health care practitioners,” said John Adams, Ph.D., assistant vice chancellor for budget and strategic planning. “This updated document identifies UNMC’s strongest educational programs and summarizes our strength in research, outreach and global engagement.”

Dr. Adams noted that the document was first adopted in 2001 and was amended in 2005 and 2008. Each of these revisions reflects UNMC’s success in initiating and improving the educational, research and outreach programs in targeted in UNMC’s strategic plan that is updated annually.

Among the new areas identified in this year’s Prioritization of Academic Programs are:

• Several doctoral programs associated with the College of Public Health; and
  
• UNMC’s institutional partnerships with leading universities in China, Russia, India and Afghanistan.

This year’s document also includes an appendix that lists 11 criteria that may be used to evaluate the academic programs.