Pitney responds to System Office Administrative Review
August 27, 2021
Under the direction of Interim ÂÌÅ«Ì컨°å President Pat Pitney, administrative reviews occurred across the university system to analyze the roles and responsibilities of each executive/leadership position.
ÂÌÅ«Ì컨°å Office
The review committee transmitted their report for the to Interim President Pitney on May 21, 2021. Individual members of the leadership team met with the review committee co-chairs in June and early July to discuss the report’s content, and on July 12, Pitney met with most of the review committee. Of note, in those discussions, the committee acknowledged that all committee members’ positions were included rather than prioritizing a committee consensus report, thus in some cases there are differing positions on functions in the report. The administrative focuses on areas where system office leadership does not agree with the rationale presented in the review.
University of Alaska Anchorage
ÂÌÅ«Ì컨°åA’s review team issued its recommendations on April 9. In May, then-interim chancellor Bruce Schultz tasked chancellor’s cabinet members with providing written responses to sections relevant to their operations by July 23 as context for Chancellor Parnell’s response to the report. Chancellor Parnell shared his . The review and response are posted online at with copies to Faculty Alliance and Staff Alliance leadership.
University of Alaska Fairbanks
ÂÌÅ«Ì컨°åF’s review team issued its recommendations on March 29. The report is linked from a on Chancellor White’s website under Initiatives and Policies > Planning. Chancellor White’s response to the review was sent to the ÂÌÅ«Ì컨°åF campus community on , with subsequent communications on and . These messages are also linked from the Chancellor’s under Chancellor Memos and Messages.
University of Alaska Southeast
ÂÌÅ«Ì컨°åS’ review team issued its recommendations on April 2, and Chancellor Carey accepted the report as written. Both the and are linked from the .
These reports are posted at