Steering Committee

Responsibilities of the Steering Committee

  1. Determining the key issues for self-study
  2. Preparing the design (the DSS report)
  3. Developing charges to working groups (subcommittees) to work on the various issues to be studied

    Note: Working groups
    • Examine existing data and evaluative reports
    • Gather new data
    • Prepare draft evaluative reports on their assigned topics
  4. Coordinating the work of working groups and editing their reports
  5. Ensuring that the timetable is met as planned
  6. Arranging for campus hearings to review drafts of the self-study
  7. Overseeing completion of the final report

Committee Members

William R. Alexander, Vice President for Finance and Operations
Michelle M. Bartol, Dean of Enrollment
Ray Chambers, Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Cynthia G. Clarke, Institutional Research Specialist
Kris R. Clarkson, Dean of Students
David R. Drews, Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology
James Engler, student, '03
James J. Lakso, Provost and Vice President for Student Development (co-chair)
Janet R. Lewis, Associate Professor of Philosophy
Robert F. Reilly, Professor of Sociology
James N. Roney, Professor of Russian
Jaime Schwartz, student, '04
Pat Weaver, Professor of Accounting, Business, and Economics (co-chair)
Jamie D. White, Associate Professor of Physics
Ronald E. Wyrick, Associate Vice President for College Advancement