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VSCS Forward

VSCS Forward Task Force

The VSCS Board of Trustees has charged a 15-member task force with reviewing ideas and developing recommendations to:

  • address program duplication;
  • ensure quality, financial viability, and access to programs;
  • clarify distinguishing characteristics of member institutions;
  • strengthen VSCS’s focus on core, high-demand programs that meet the needs of today’s students and the Vermont workforce;
  • identify sustainable strategies to deliver programs and provide student support in rural areas of Vermont; and
  • reconfigure the system in organization, finance, governance, and accreditation.

The Task Force is working with an external facilitator and preliminary recommendations are due to the Board by mid-August.

Task Force Members

Dylan Giambatista (Legislative Trustee)
Yasmine Ziesler (Chancellor’s Office – Chief Academic Officer, Task Force Chair)
Heather Weinstein (CCV – Dean of Strategic Initiatives and Student Affairs)
Tiffany Keune (CCV – Associate Dean of Workforce Education)
Lit Tyler (VTC – Dean of Administration)*
Sarah Billings-Berg (VTC – Associate Dean of Nursing)
Kim Hannon-Brobst (VTC – Coordinator of Remote Access Services and selected representative of the Staff Federation)
Rich Clark (Castleton – Professor, Political Science Program Coordinator)
Maurice Ouimet (Castleton – Dean of Enrollment)
Bethany Sprague (Castleton – Office Manager for Center for Schools and selected representative of United Professionals)
Nolan Atkins (NVU – Provost)**
Elaine Harvey (NVU – Director of Student Engagement and Persistence, Academic Affairs)**
Alex Huff (NVU – Student and Editor of The Critic, NVU-Lyndon’s student newspaper)
Greg Petrics (NVU – Associate Professor of Mathematics and selected representative of Faculty Federation)
Interim Chancellor (ex officio, non-voting member)

*Also on VTC’s Transition Advisory Taskforce
**Also on NVU Strong Advisory Committee

Provide input

VSCS Forward is committed to sharing its progress publicly and creating opportunities for input prior to reaching decisions or making recommendations. The Task Force welcomes individual thoughts and ideas here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VSCS-Forward

Documents and Resouces   Task Force Updates




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