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Academic Senate

Merced Division

Committee on Academic Planning and Resource Allocation (CAPRA)

Duties

The Committee on Academic Planning and Resource Allocation (CAPRA) advises the Chancellor or Chancellor’s designee and the Division on matters related to resource allocation. This includes, but is not exclusive to, faculty FTE, and resources associated with proposed and existing academic programs. CAPRA maintains liaison with the University Committee on Planning and Budget (UCPB).

For a complete description of CAPRA’s duties please see the committee’s bylaws.

AY 22-23 Meeting Schedule, Agendas, and Minutes

2022-2023 Membership

Kevin Mitchell, Chair, School of Natural Sciences, UCPB representative
Paul Almeida, Vice-Chair, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Venkattraman Ayyaswamy, School of Engineering
Michael Findlater, School of Natural Sciences
Katrina Hoyer, School of Natural Sciences
Carolyn Jennings, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Catherine Keske, School of Engineering
Ming-Hsuan Yang, School of Engineering

Ex-Officio (non-voting):

Patti LiWang, Senate Chair, School of Natural Sciences
Taylor Fugere, Graduate Student Representative
Arianne Huffman, Undergraduate Student Representative

Consultant (non-voting):

Laura Martin, Assistant EVC/Provost, Academic Planning and Institutional Assessment

Corresponding System Committee:

University Committee on Planning and Budget (UCPB)

Contact:

Simrin Takhar

Principal Analyst

Office: 209-228-4369

stakhar@ucmerced.edu