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LibraryC2 Performance management2c Ownership, accountability and incentives

LTI-PM-010

Establish formal inter-institutional pledges to certify partner commitments

Two-year to four-yearappliesFour-year to two-yearwith adaptationFour-year to four-yearwith adaptation

Mechanism

The two presidents sign a visible pledge setting out shared goals and who does what. It is what keeps the work alive through a leadership change.

Preconditions

Completed curricular and pathway maps for the agreement to rest on.

Owner, by role

University System President / Campus Presidents

Who can act

Both institutions jointly (a multi-institution consortium instrument)

Effort

Medium, 6 months to first visible effect

Outcome metric

Signed inter-institutional agreements; partner resources aligned to them

Failure modes

Pledges can become purely symbolic documents without active frontline committees.

Contra-indications

None stated

Related practices

  • LTI-CUL-003 Convene annual full-day Academic Summits for cross-sector faculty relationship-building
  • LTI-ENA-029 Code-sign joint curriculum committees to co-develop major pathways