USM restructuring gains faculty approval
A plan to consolidate the University of Southern Maine's eight schools into five colleges and eliminate three deans positions gained the support of a USM faculty group last week.
The faculty senate voted 25 to 17 in favor of the plan, which the school says could save as much as $750,000 a year, according to the Portland Press Herald. Three academic deans positions would also be eliminated, but no reduction in faculty or classes would occur. Six of the school's colleges -- the School of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology; College of Arts and Sciences; School of Business; College of Education and Human Development; Muskie School of Public Service; and College of Nursing and Health Professions -- would be reorganized into three colleges centered around science and math, communication and culture, and public service, business and graduate education. Lewiston-Auburn College and the law school would not be affected.
The plan will be submitted to the University of Maine System board of trustees for consideration at its meeting on May 23 and 24. Robert Caswell, a USM spokesman, told the newspaper that if approved, the USM reorganization plan would go into a "year-long implementation phase."
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