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Vice Chancellor outlines 2026–27 work plan and academic-technology reporting; trustees honor retiring provost
Summary
Vice Chancellor St. John proposed both a December and a June update on 90-credit program outcomes and described moving academic-technology reporting into CIO briefings while keeping ASA oversight options; trustees also publicly thanked Provost Kathy Yardley on her upcoming retirement after 39 years.
Vice Chancellor St. John told the Academic and Student Affairs committee that ASA will receive implementation updates on recently approved 90‑credit programs both at the December meeting (after one semester of delivery) and again the following June (after a full year), with trustees agreeing to receive both for the first year.
St. John said much academic-technology reporting is presented as part of the CIO’s regular updates and proposed folding a small portion of ASA’s academic-technology reporting into the CIO’s briefing while preserving the committee’s ability to request focused items. He invited feedback and said that if trustees want ASA to see a specific facet of academic technology it will be scheduled for discussion.
In other business, the committee publicly thanked and congratulated Provost Kathy Yardley of the University of Maine at Farmington on her impending retirement after a 39‑year career; several trustees and administrators made brief remarks about her long service.
What happens next: ASA staff will provide the December interim update on 90‑credit programs and plan a fuller year-end report the next June. Trustees requested that the CIO’s academic-technology items be shared with ASA as information items when appropriate.
Sources and attributions: Vice Chancellor St. John and CIO Robert Placito presented the work‑plan and reporting items; comments of appreciation for Provost Yardley were made on the record.
