Steps to Take in Creating Biostatistics Graduate Program

From meeting with Roger Chalkley, Kathy Hartmann, Jonathan Haines, Dan Masys 6Dec06

• Initially don't need much of a financial/business plan
• Emphasize comparisons with best schools
• Need a recruiting strategy - who are best students and how to recruit them
• Timeline
  1. Roger and Dean Gabbe review program
  2. 1-2m later: Executive Faculty review
  3. 2m later: Graduate Faculty Council
  4. Board of Delegates e-mail review
  5. Policy Committee of Faculty Senate
  6. Faculty Senate
     • April, Sept. - closed meeting for policy and strategy only
     • October - working meeting