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Wayne State University is dedicated to a strong urban, teaching and service mission while continuing to strive for excellence in research.
Our centers and institutes play an integral role in the university’s emphasis on encouraging innovative scholarship, providing service to society and strengthening its performance as a nationally recognized research university.
Our centers and institutes embrace the multidisciplinary nature of scholarship and research within the university, and expand university boundaries by fostering collaborations with government, industry and organizations to enhance economic growth and the quality of life locally, nationally and globally. Our centers and institutes vary greatly in size, focus and mission. Some promote a primarily research-focused agenda, while others focus on instruction and/or community service.
The most recent version of WSU’s policy on centers and institutes, adopted on November 30, 2005, identifies a two-tiered category of centers and institutes. Centers are grouped first into university or college centers. University centers are engaged in activities that involve more than one college/school and are under the direct administrative supervision of the President or designee. Within the university centers are Type I academic or Type II research centers with oversight generally falling to the Provost or the Vice President for Research, respectively. A college center is engaged in activities that primarily involve one college/school and is under the direct administrative supervision of the dean of that college/school. |
Under this policy, centers are reviewed at least every six years by procedures defined and overseen by the Provost, Vice President for Research, or Dean to which the center reports, for Type I, Type II and college centers, respectively. For university centers, one of two bodies reviews requests for the creation or renewal of centers: Centers and Institutes Advisory Committee-I and II. The Policy Committee of the Academic Senate and the Provost or the Vice President for Research, whichever the case may be, then makes its recommendation to the President and a request for action is made to the Board of Governors.
Prior to review, self-studies are prepared by center leadership using the appropriate guidelines, Type I or Type II, and the Academic Senate Budget Form (2 pages) and Instructions. Groups interested in creating a new university center should refer to Stages to Developing and Maintaining a Successful Center to determine if this approach is the most appropriate and for guidance on next steps. If a group decides to go forward, a self-study is prepared using Guidelines for Proposal Development and the Proposed Center Budget Form.
If you have comments about this web page or questions about center creation or review for Type II research centers, please contact Sarah James in the Office of the Vice President for Research at sjames@wayne.edu or 313-577-8997. For questions about Type I academic centers, please contact Claressa Adams in the Office of the Provost at ab5003@wayne.edu or 313-577-9001. For questions about college centers, please contact the appropriate dean of the college/school. |
