Veritas, Vol. 27, No. 05, March 1987

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New Strategie Plan focuses on the undergraduate experience
WWITH THE UNIVERSITY'S MAJOR ACHIEVE ment of stabilizing the undergraduate enrollment while also increasing the quality of students, the UM, as set forth in the recently released Strategic Plan for June 1,1987-May 31,1992, focuses on enhancing the undergraduate experience for these students.
The University will continue to emphasize areas of particular importance each year in its Strategic Plan; next year; the focus will be upon graduate programs.
This article in Veritas includes excerpts from the plan and the new goals and action plans. Copies of the Plan are available in the offices of the deans and department chairmen as well as in the Otto G. Richter Library:
The crux of the Plan
The number of students at the University who have Scholastic Aptitude Test scores of more than 1200 and who rank in the top 20 percent of their high school class has doubled in the last four years (See accompanying graph on page six.).
In response to this improvement, the Plan sets forth new goals and action plans to insure that the undergraduate experience—both within and outside the classroom—meets the needs of these outstanding students. Indeed, more than half of this year’s new action plans support this goal.
Specific plans on the academic front are to reduce class size, to improve the student-faculty ratio, to expand the Honors Program, and to establish programs that will allow faculty to serve not just as advisors, but as mentors.
To complement the improvements in the academic experience, improvements are planned for student support services including academic advising, expanding the residential colleges, and upgrading career planning and placement

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Improving tlie teaching programs
To allow for what the Plan calls a “maximum learning experience,” the size of classes at the University will be reduced and the faculty -student ratio will continue to be improved, allowing for more interaction between faculty and students in the classroom. In this way, students will be better able to participate in the learning experience, rather than passively" receive knowledge imparted in a large lecture setting
To reinforce the results of improved student-faculty ratios —higher student academic performance, increased satisfaction among students, and greater retention—the University’s best teaching faculty will instruct freshmen and sophomores. Identify ing and assigning the “best” will be done at the departmental level, according to Ex-
Tbe number of students at the UM who hate SAT scores cf more than 1200 and who rank in the top 20 percent of their high school class has doubled in the lastfour years.
ecutive Vice President and Provost Luis Glaser
In a section of the Plan entitled, “The Goals of a University” the Provost calls for “a University-wide reward for excellence in teaching” He writes, “Except in very rare cases, the University should not award tenure to faculty who lack strong teaching skills. We need to recognize that at the undergraduate level excellence in teaching is no less important than research.”
Another reason for exposing students early to the very gifted faculty goes bey ond the issue of good teaching— into the question of career choices, according to Glaser.
“Students make some decisions as they go along w hether they’re going on ‘Path A or B,’ and these deci-
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Six Florida executives elected to UM board
SIX PROMINENT FLORIDA EXECUTIVES HAVE
been elected to the University's Board of Trustees. They include:
• Emerson Allsworth. senior partner in the law' firm Allsworth. Doumar, Cazel and Curtis, for a two-year term.
• James Carreker president. Burdines Florida, since 1984, for a one-y ear term.
• Alfonso Fanjul. Jr, president and chairman of the board of Flo-Sun Land Corporation, for a two-y ear term.
• Arthur H. Hertz, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of WOM Enterprises, Inc., for a one-year term.
• Theodore J. (Ted) Hoepner chairman and chief executive officer of Sun Bank Miami, NA, and vice chairman. Senior Management Council. Sun Banks. Inc., for a one-y ear term.
• Ronald G. Stone, president of Comprehensive Under writers. Inc., for a one-vear term.
They" join 47 other elected trustees, three alumni representativ es, six ex-officio members, and 17 emeriti members on the board.
Four of the six have serv ed as trustees previously Allsw orth served as an elected trustee from 1981 through 1986. He also serv ed as an elected alumni representative to the Board from 1970-73 and again from 1978-81, and as an ex-officio member as president of the Alumni Association from 1977-78.
Fanjul served as an elected trustee from 1978-84.
Hertz served as an ex-officio member from 1980-82. one year as president of the Alumni Association and the second y ear as immediate past president, and from 1983-86 as an elected alumni representativ e. This will be his first term as an elected trustee.
Stone served as an ex-officio member of the Board from 1981-85 as president-elect, president, and immediate past president of the Alumni Association. This will be his first term as an elected trustee.
Allsworth received B.BA and J.D. degrees from the UM. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1952. He served as Broward County Solicitor (prosecuting attorney* ) for four y ears, in the Florida House of Representatives for IO y ears, and as a former Plantation Municipal Judge (part-time).
Carreker received B.S. and M.B.S. degrees in finance from Oklahoma State University. He joined the Sanger Harris Div ision of Federated Department Stores, Inc. as a management trainee in 1971. He became vice president for operations in 1980; senior vice president, finance and operations, in 1983; and president. Bur dines Florida, in 1984.
Fanjul received a B.S. degree in business administration from Fordham University He is a director of the Florida Sugar Cane League, Inc.; director and vice president erf Florida Sugar and Marketing Terminal; and director and vice president of CIA Venezolana de Ganaderia. Venezuela.
Hertz received a B.BA. degree, cum laude. from the UM. He joined WOM Enterprises. Inc. in 1956 as an accountant; was appointed controller in I960; elected vice president in 1964; promoted to senior vice president and elected a director in 1971; elected executive vice president and treasurer in 1981, and CEO in 1983- At the UM he was a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Eta Sigma, scholastic honor fraternities; Omicron Delta Kappa, national honorary* leadership fraternity: and Iron Arrow:
Hoepner received a BA degree, majoring in econom-
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