University of North Florida
Board of Trustees
September 17, 2007
UNF Hall at 9:00 a.m.
Agenda
What it Takes to Build a Great Public University in North Florida (Attachments 1, 2,3, 4, 5)
“Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will die. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a great initiative will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever growing insistency. Remember that our children and grandchildren are going to do things that would stagger us. Think big.” Daniel Burnham (1864-1912)
In addition the trustees and President Delaney, Tom Serwatka, Mark Workman and Pierre Allaire will participate in the discussion through early afternoon.
Item 1 Welcome and Introduction
Item 2 The High Performing Board
Item 2A Partnership with the President
Item 2B Institutional Aspirations
Item 2C Board Leadership
Item 3 Purposes
Item 3A Discuss critical success factors in transforming the university
Item 3B Outline ways to engage the academic community and the greater Jacksonville community in this transformation process
Item 3C Identify sources of resources for planning and implementing this change
Item 3D Discuss the Board’s leadership role
Item 4 Ground Rules for Discussion
Item 4A “The Magic of Dialogue”
Item 4B Democratic Discussion
Item 4C Candor and Confidentiality
Item 4D Parking Lot
Item 5 Parables from High Aspiration Universities
Item 5A Right Leaders & Vision
Item 5B Right Models for Excellence
Item 5C Right Faculty and Academic Culture
Item 5D Right Governance System
Item 5E Right Resources
Item 6 The UNF Way
Item 6A Our Vision and First Step
Item 6B State Policy and Politics
Item 6C Focusing Academic Culture
Item 6D Resources
Item 7 Board Discussion
Item 7A What are our special strengths?
Item 7B What do we need to address or improve?
Item 8 TLO in China: Research on Conflict Resolution – Dr. Dan Richard, Dr. Debbie Wang and Students
Item 9 Discussion: What It Means to Become a Great Public University in North Florida
Item 10 Matching Trustee Work to University Aspirations
Item 11 Agenda Setting
Item 11A Meetings
Item 11B Committees
Item 11C Participation
Item 12 “Mutual Expectations for Success”
Item 12A President
Item 12B Trustees
Item 13 Return to the High Performing Board Model
Item 14 Next Steps for Trustee Action
Item 15 Adjournment
