Thursday, November 27, 2014
YOUNGSTOWN
Two committees — one of department heads and the other primarily of faculty — formed to make recommendations on the potential merging of colleges at Youngstown State University are expected to deliver their findings by March.
The idea is for the committees “to come up with a recommendation for a structure and to look at opportunities from which we can benefit,” said Martin Abraham, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs.
The committees also will include issues of which to be wary in a possible realignment or merger, he said.
In the midst of lagging enrollment and lower revenue, YSU is considering merging the Beeghly College of Education and the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences or dividing CLASS departments between Beeghly and the College of Creative Arts and Communication.
The committees are expected to give their recommendations in early March. Abraham expects to make a recommendation to university trustees by June.
The faculty committee has met twice, once with Abraham and once without him.
“There are still a lot of questions and understanding of what we can do, what we should do or shouldn’t do and ways we can move forward,” Abraham said.
Read more in Friday's Vindicator.