Institutional Contact Person Available to Answer Question

Institution Submitting Proposal:

Utah Valley University

Institutional Contact Person Available to Answer Question:

Dr. Ian Wilson, Academic Vice President

College, School or Division in Which the Program/Administrative Unit Will Be Located:

Academic Affairs

Department(s) or Area(s) in Which Program/Administrative Unit Will Be Located:

College of Technology and Computing

Program/Administrative Unit Title:

College of Aviation and Public Services

Recommended Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Code: __ __ . ______

Certificate, and/or Degree(s) to Be Awarded:

Proposed Beginning Date:

July 1, 2012

Institutional Signatures

Vice President for Academic Affairs

Date: November 2, 2011 2

Section I: Request

Utah Valley University requests approval to divide the College of Technology and Computing and establish a new College of Aviation and Public Services effective July 1, 2010. The College of Technology and Computing has grown to a level of complexity which would justify the existence of two colleges to handle the variety of programs and the enrollment currently found in one college.

Section II: Need

The College of Technology and Computing (CTC) contains 11 academic departments, the Utah Fire and Rescue Academy, a Police Academy and all of the support services associated with the aviation science program. CTC contains a large variety of programs and has more majors than any of the other Schools or Colleges at UVU. In its current configuration, it is extremely difficult for the dean of CTC to represent all of the varied constituencies in matters of development, professional organizations or resources. Creating a College of Aviation and Public Services will make it possible to provide more focus for the programs in both colleges.

Section III: Institutional Impact The College of Technology and Computing would retain the School of Applied Technology and Construction, the School of Computing and the Culinary Arts Institute. The newly formed College of Aviation and Public Services would contain the School of Public Services and the proposed School of Aviation. The proposed School of Aviation Sciences has a vacant line for an Assistant Dean. The School of Public Services has a line for an Associate Dean that will be vacant when the individual in that position moves back to the Emergency Services faculty. The vacant Assistant Dean position will be re-purposed to hire a dean and the vacant Associate Dean position will become the Associate Dean for the new college. It will be possible to re- purpose existing staff positions to staff the new office of the dean of the College of Aviation and Public Services. Office space used by the current administration will be used by the new dean and associate dean. No additional equipment of facilities will be required.

SECTION IV: Finances

The dean and associate dean positions for the new college will be funded from the vacancies of the current assistant dean over the aviation programs and the associate dean over the School of Public Services. Non-appropriated funds from the aviation and emergency services programs are available to pay for any increases in salaries associated with the re-purposed positions. The current operating budget of the College of Technology and Computing will be divided with the new college.