Great news from Houston
Our friends at the University of Houston have cleared a major administrative hurdle in their transition from Clear Lake to the main campus. It is a great sign for futures in U.S. higher education. We wish Peter and the crew a hearty congratulations and the best of luck.The word from Peter Bishop:
Colleagues,
At Noon today, the Graduate Professional and Services Council (GPSC), the faculty group that approves new programs at the University of Houston, recommended that the program in Futures Studies be forwarded to the administration for approval. As far as we can tell, the GPSC was the biggest hurdle in the approval process. Now that we have secured the faculty’s approval, the two last steps are approval by the administration (which seems certain) and approval the State Coordinating Board (which seems likely given the campus’ approval). We might even be admitting students to the new program in Fall 2007, though we are not sure of how long the last two steps may take.
Many thanks go to Dr. Shirley Ezell, faculty member in our department and former Dean of the College of Technology, who invited me to join the faculty and basically managed the approval process, and to Dr. Carole Goodson, Chair of our Department, who spent endless hours writing and re-writing (and re-writing!) the proposal to meet the needs of the committee.
The program has changed somewhat from the Clear Lake version to meet the requirements of the faculty committee. We will publish the complete program when we get final approval to offer the degree.
In the meantime, please join us in celebration. We are still alive!...
