From:	official--request@mail.education.umn.edu on behalf of Darlyne 
Bailey [dbailey@umn.edu]
Sent:	Thursday, April 24, 2008 1:39 PM
To:	Official@mail.education.umn.edu
Subject:	College Update 

Importance:	High

Dear College Community,

I want to inform you that after much thought and consultation with many of you, I have 
decided to bring together two of our academic departments—Educational Policy and 
Administration (EdPA) and Work and Human Resource Education (WHRE). The intent is to 
provide an opportunity to both deepen and build on the assets of each.

Over the past weeks I have met with the faculty in both of these departments to begin this 
process. By the time you receive this email, I am certain that Department Chairs Darwin 
Hendel and Ken Bartlett will have met with their respective staff colleagues and be available 
to our students, as well.

I have asked Professor Karen Seashore and Ken Bartlett to co-chair a small task force to focus 
on Phase I of this important work. Senior Associate Dean Jean Quam will be serving as an ex 
officio member. This group, which includes faculty from both WHRE and EdPA, is beginning 
to meet with the goal of providing me with a series of recommendations that will first be 
shared with these two departments and then be shared more widely to help determine future 
decisions about the specifics of this new department. 

Depending on the extent of the outcome of the first phase which is targeted to be done by the 
end of May, I would anticipate that Phase II of this work will include faculty from other 
departments in our College. This work will be to explore and recommend any programs that 
should over time be phased out or further consolidated and to advise if any programs currently 
in WHRE or EdPA would be better served by being transferred to other College departments.

While I understand that changes such as these elicit questions and uncertainties, I am 
confident that our College will be even more productive and effective as a result of this work. 
As always I thank you in advance for offering your support to our faculty, staff, and students 
who are most directly impacted by this process as our Task Force undertakes this new 
endeavor for us all.

Best regards,

Dean Darlyne Bailey


Darlyne Bailey, Ph.D
Dean and Assistant to the President
Campbell Leadership Chair in Education and Human Development
 
Office:612-626-9252
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