UW System Board of Regents revealed Thursday a new system wide accountability proposal to be released this spring.
Sharon Wilhelm, director of policy analysis and research for the UW System, introduced the proposal.
According to Wilhelm, the regents have been publishing proposals since 1993, and first introduced the 2009 accountability draft in a meeting last spring.
It became apparent that we would need to add some additional accountability measures,"" Wilhelm said. ""This is a detailed initiative that requires close coordination between all of our universities '¦ And fuller alignment of the accountability system with the growth agenda of the UW System.""
She said the draft includes many of the same accountability indicators used in the 2007 report.
""There are four new indicators and 15 existing ones,"" she said. ""The remaining indicators and context and capacity items are included as 'related information.'""
The accountability report has three sections: context and capacity, broad goals in service to students and other reports on various aspects of the UW System.
Aside from providing new indicators, the regents also sought to make the proposal clear for reading. Wilhelm said the regents added a chart of progress to help readers understand the relationship between accountability and Advantage Wisconsin strategies.
""The charter table is larger and more prominent, and the goals are clearly stated '¦ Text is kept to a minimum,"" Wilhelm said.
According to UW System President Kevin Reilly, the regents are also taking an active part in the national Voluntary System of Accountability, a joint project with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges.
""This national effort is just one more way to try and demonstrate our commitment to being accountable to students to parents and to taxpayers,"" Reilly said.
UW System regents will reconvene tomorrow at UW-Stevens Point to discuss student nonacademic disciplinary procedures and student conduct on university property.
