Reengineering Academia A Step Towards Excellence

This is a follow up paper of my last year’s paper presented at this forum “Beyond Survival A Reengineering Case Study in Academia.” This paper presents the overall effects of reengingeering carried out on SUNY Farmingdale campus. This paper discusses Farmingdale’s planned reduction of its enrollment goal to raise admission standards to a level consistent with new baccalaureate programs. As a specialized college, Farmingdale has been challenged to reengineer the traditional concept of the technical college and to restructure itself so as to be a pivotal element in transforming the regional economy to a non-defense, high-technology base. Farmingdale redesigned its academic offerings to create career-oriented programs in those applied sciences and technologies directly related to the needs of restructured regional economy. The paper also discusses core curriculum issues, external supports, initiation of high school outreach programs, initiation of distance education, and other relevant issues.