AST

1. April 10, 2014

   Shared Services Center leader named; first round of feedback over

   The first wave of faculty and staff engagement for feedback on U-M’s Shared Services Center is complete, and Pamela Gabel has been named its executive director.

2. December 3, 2013

   SACUA resolution — AST Process

   WHEREAS, we join with the University of Michigan Board of Regents and Central Administration in seeking to deliver excellent education at affordable cost in an era of sharply diminished state appropriations; WHEREAS, the administration of financial and human resources at the University exists to further the mission of the University by serving its faculty and…
3. December 3, 2013

   SACUA resolution — Consulting Firms

   WHEREAS, The University of Michigan retained outside consulting firms to develop and implement the Administrative Services Transformation (AST) of finance and human resources, the IT Rationalization plan, and the Retirement Benefits review, all of which resulted in deeply flawed planning processes, damaging the confidence of the faculty in the Administration; and WHEREAS, The University has…
4. December 3, 2013

   SACUA resolutions address shared services, use of consultants

   The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs has passed resolutions endorsing the suspension of the Administrative Services Transformation project and addressing the use of consultants in cost-containment efforts.