Suggested Three-Phase Development: PHASE 1 2009 December-2010 June Effective immediately

1. SVA SCAD Coordinators are working towards organizing the infrastructure of SVA and SCAD, in administrative areas that are relevant to the implementation of our academic involvement and vision. The basic objectives of this are: • To regulate broader policies across the board, to ensure an evenness between the two schools, between all departments and between all studios and lecture classes, regardless of individuals teaching. This will be democratically and thoughtfully achieved and will be inclusive in decision-making. This should ideally be undertaken by administration, but we lack farsighted and imaginative staff currently, and faculty involvement could train existing staff. • To streamline policies regarding workload, job descriptions, from the Deans to faculty to administration, technical and cleaning staff, to demand equal participation in the stakes at BNU. All these decisions should involve a representation of faculty, on rotation, and should no longer be ad-hoc decisions. • We have agreed that there is a three phase plan, with short term goals to be achieved immediately, and long term goals spanning the next three years. Phase 1 includes: • Admissions Board • Public Relations and Marketing: • Promotions and Standings • Disciplinary Committee • Thesis Management • Cocurricular activities and events • Identifying job Descriptions • Student Councelling: academic and extraacademic

2. Suggested Three-Phase Development: PHASE 1 2009 December-2010 June Effective immediately Admissions Faculty & Public Relations: Recruit good students in collaboration with the marketing team, develop admissions criteria, testing system, interview and test schedules, test procedures, advertising, grouping of accepted candidates, foundation and post foundation transfers. Disciplinary Board: The Disciplinary Board will be formed immediately, to handle issues related to academic and non academic transgressions of policy. Thesis Management : This group will work towards liaising with venues, scheduling, infrastructure and development of undergraduate and graduate exhibitions. Curriculum Committee(currently focussed towards MFA development only) Promotions and Standings (already exists at SCAD and we need to immediately include SVA)

3. Job Descriptions All contracts should include a detailed, annual job descriptions and precise minimum responsibility for all. This includes technical staff in collaboration with studio faculty, administrative staff in collaboration with Deans, and all permanent faculty in collaboration with coordinators and Deans. Board of Co-curricular activities  These will include participation in sporting activities, theatre activities, art competitions, travel etc. BUS (Beaconhouse University Sports) BURP/ BURPS (Beaconhouse University Recreation and Performance and sports) Student Counseling: Academic and Career Counseling- including development of on campus jobs for students Extra Academic Counseling – Determining specialist help where required, and liaising between guardian/parent, the student, and the University.

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5. Phase 2: 2010-2011 : Can be subscribed to by May 2010. Online Resources and Website Development: Develop systems to ensure most administrative communication grading issues, schedules of classes, transport, lecture rooms and related resources, course outline submissions, evaluations, is flexible, open, online. A dynamic Website which is web 2.0 based, ranging in content from PDF readings to all Archives (phase 3), and the SVA/SCAD website can fall within this and be linked to the larger BNU website. Student Representation – Student Reps/ President to address student issues and to liaise between faculty, university administration and students. Technical and Administrative Staff Representative and Supervisor: To liaise between faculty, administration and the staff, and mediate in concerned issues. Publication: Initiate BNU (Art) Press, with faculty and student dissertations.

6. Phase 3: 2011-2012 : Can be initiated at any point between 2010-2012 Faculty Union – faculty representation to determine sabbatical, pay issues, work load, etc. A small faculty group heading this group can also handle faculty discipline issues and complains. ? Archiving: Collecting, organizing and generating, (in collaboration with related personnel) audio files (from lectures, public lectures, board meetings), video files (from lectures/ public lectures/events/travel), and images of student work, faculty and student events, meetings, etc)

7. Recommended formula for faculty involved in each of these boards: 1-2 Permanent SVA faculty member 1-2 permanent SCAD faculty member 1 member of SVA /SCAD Alumni 1 current Student Minimum number of faculty involved: 4 Maximum number of faculty involved: 6 Most members must commit to a minimum involvement of 2 years. There can be a provision for rotational presence of 1 or 2 faculty members. We should review each of the groups at the end of a two year period. If a faculty member is on long leave, they must continue their involvement with the groups where possible. * These are recommended formulae only. They can be modified according to requirement and consensus. * To be discussed.

9. Some Concerns and Reservations: How can we make the decisions autonomous? There are informal but concrete hierarchies in place at BNU. The policies we speak about already exist, but are overlooked by all of us. We have not stood our ground on policies in the past. Why would it work now? All of this involves hard work and commitment, how can we ensure it is productive. These tasks are administrative, why should teaching faculty take them on. In the past, we have individually worked towards streamlining, but because of the lack of infrastructure, there is nothing to sustain it. Some of our administrative staff is unimaginative, and inept. How would they take this further independent of constant faculty involvement? Does this make our system too quantitative? How do we evaluate our success?