The overall goal of the Academic and Faculty Excellence SIT is too achieve academic excellence with exceptional programs and outstanding faculty:
- Ensure the relevancy of academic programs: Update the curriculum regularly to provide students with the latest industry-relevant knowledge and experiences.
- Ensure continuous improvement of instruction: Provide opportunities for faculty to continuously improve their instructional skills.
- Expand faculty role in student retention initiatives: Involve faculty in designing and evaluating measures to improve retention rates through collaboration with academic support units.
- Recruit and support under-represented faculty: Enhance best practices for faculty recruitment and retention.
View the Academic and Faculty Excellence components of the Strategic Plan.
SIT Members
Chair
- Kelly Austin, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost — University Administration
Executive Committee
- Eduardo Divo, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
- Bert Zarb, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
- Will Miller, Associate Vice President for Continuous Improvement & Institutional Performance
- Mary Frances Causey, Chief Business Officer — Prescott
- James Gregory, Dean and Professor, College of Engineering — Daytona Beach
- Alan Stolzer, Dean and Professor, College of Aviation — Daytona Beach
- Ken Witcher, Interim Chancellor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University — Prescott
- Tom Drape, Dean and Professor, College of Business, Security and Intelligence — Prescott
- Maneesh Sharma, Dean and Professor, College of Business — Worldwide
- Cheily Diaz, Director, Compensation and HR Compliance
- Julie Ferguson, University Registrar
- Dean Goon, Dean of Academic Innovation — Worldwide
- Joshua Caulkins, Director of CTLE — Prescott
- Heidi Steinhauer, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, College of Engineering — Daytona Beach
Steering Committee
- Eduardo Divo, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
- Debra Bourdeau, Associate Dean for Student Success & Academics and Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences — Worldwide
- Keith Wilson, Assistant Dean of Curriculum & Accreditation and Assistant Professor, College of Aviation — Worldwide
- Farshid Azadian, Chair and Professor, Department of Management, Marketing and Operations — Daytona Beach
- Edwin Mierkiewicz, Professor of Physics — Daytona Beach
- Marti Klemm, Associate Professor of Aeronautical Science — Daytona Beach
- Stacey McIntire, Assistant Professor of Aeronautical Science — Prescott
- Hadi Ali, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering — Prescott
- Deborah Prosser, Hunt Library Director
- Angela Atwell, Executive Director, RCTLE — Worldwide
- Adam Raab, Associate Director of Rankings Research and Outreach, Institutional Research
- Claudia Cornejo Happel, Director of CTLE — Daytona Beach
- Julie Ferguson, University Registrar
- Dean Goon, Dean of Academic Innovation — Worldwide
- Joshua Caulkins, Director of CTLE — Prescott
- Heidi Steinhauer, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, College of Engineering — Daytona Beach
Strategy Sub-Groups
- Relevancy of Academic Programs - Julie Ferguson (lead)
- Continuous Improvement of Instruction - Dean Goon (lead)
- Faculty Role on Student Retention - Joshua Caulkins (lead)
- Support for Underrepresented Faculty - Heidi Steinhauer (lead)