Academic & Curricular Planning Group (Lumenaries)

Objectives and scope

The Lumen created an environment where program and course information increasingly interact and require coordination and understanding of how the planning processes for both to work.

Lumenaries:

• Offers training and information about the academic and curricular planning process, including the technical aspects of the software systems, policies and procedures, and program review
• Provides a forum for discussion about emerging issues and questions related to specific proposals.
• Develops a network of campus-level experts positioned in every school and college.
• Cover school/college and campus-level academic and curricular planning topics.

Expectations

It is recommended that each school and college have at least one representative at each meeting. This meeting will be used to provide information and announcements that may not be available in detail in other forums. Meeting agendas will be posted three days (on Tuesday) before the meeting.

Benefits

Lumenaries:

• Receive training on a variety of aspects of the academic and curricular planning processes and the Lumen System
• Participate in a peer-to-peer network, share ideas and discuss opportunities for collaboration
• Access to a forum for professional development about various aspects of academic and curricular planning process
• Identify opportunities to further enhance and improve the academic and curricular planning processes at the school/college and campus levels.

Intended participants

Those in the schools and colleges with administrative responsibilities for any aspect of the proposal and approval process for courses, programs and other elements of the academic structure. Campus partners from offices that interact with the academic and curricular planning process or the academic structure (Office of the Registrar, Student Learning Assessment, Graduate School, etc.).

Meeting information

Lumenaries meet via Zoom on the third Friday of the month from 3–4 pm. Meetings are held from August to May, with no meeting in December or April.

Full Text of Group Charter