LibraryC4 Enablers4d Organizational design
LTI-ENA-029
Code-sign joint curriculum committees to co-develop major pathways
Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearwith adaptationFour-year to four-yearwith adaptation
Mechanism
A standing joint curriculum committee with faculty from both institutions owns the pathways. Departments stop making unilateral changes that cost students credit.
Preconditions
Faculty senate approval of the committee charter at both institutions.
Owner, by role
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs / AVP of Academic Affairs
Who can act
Both institutions jointly
Effort
Medium, 6 months to first visible effect
Outcome metric
Major-specific transfer pathways co-developed and approved each year
Failure modes
Faculty territorial concerns or lack of meeting incentives can slow-walk pathway development.
Contra-indications
None stated
Related practices
- LTI-ENA-028 Formalize a multi-tiered cross-institutional joint governance committee structure