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1. OVERVIEW OF UMUCmitment to student success. It means that all faculty members have a duty to familiarize themselves with theresources—such as the Effective Writing Center or Information and Library Services—that help to supportstudent success at UMUC.Most UMUC faculty members will discover that the extraordinarily diverse range of experiences their studentsbring to the classroom is a source of strength and vitality. The institution graduates more African American studentsthan any other university in the state of Maryland, including the historically black colleges and universitiesin the state. A majority of all UMUC students are women. And UMUC enrolls around 50,000 active-dutymilitary servicemembers, reservists, and veterans and their dependents—offering courses at more than130 military installations and operating locations on seven continents.Faculty seeking further demographic information about students should consult UMUC-at-a-Glance(http://www.umuc.edu/ip/ataglance.shtml). The stories of individual UMUC students are presented in theonline Student Spotlight (http://www.umuc.edu/your_story/student).1.4 Organization of UMUC: Three Geographical Divisions,Two SchoolsA worldwide educational institution, UMUC comprises three geographical divisions—UMUC Stateside(http://www.umuc.edu), UMUC Europe (http://www.ed.umuc.edu), and UMUC Asia (http://www.asia.umuc.edu). Serving students and faculty in all three divisions are the resources of the university’s two major academicunits: the School of Undergraduate Studies (http://www.umuc.edu/ugp) and the Graduate School of Managementand Technology (http://www.umuc.edu/grad).UMUC Stateside serves as the home base for the university’s worldwide operations, responsible for setting theoverall academic, administrative, and fiscal policies of the university; establishing academic standards; conductingquality assurance; assessing student learning outcomes; and carrying out student initiatives. Additionally,UMUC Stateside produces and manages a worldwide curriculum that includes a full range of undergraduateand graduate academic degree and certificate programs, as well as a variety of academic support materials anddevelopment opportunities, all designed and developed according to leading instructional practices.UMUC Europe and UMUC Asia—headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany, and Yokota, Japan, respectively—are divisions of UMUC that deliver the university’s programs and services under the auspices of their respectivemilitary contracts. All three divisions of UMUC are committed to the same high quality of academic curriculaand services.Wherever they teach, all UMUC faculty members are also part of a global community of scholar/practitioners.Faculty members worldwide teach a common curriculum, share the same norms of instructional best practices,and assess student performance using the same expectations and measures of competency.Serving UMUC faculty and students worldwide are the staff and resources of the School of UndergraduateStudies and the Graduate School of Management and Technology, both of which are administered fromUMUC Stateside. Through these units, UMUC offers a full range of academic degree and certificate programsat both the undergraduate and graduate level. The university’s worldwide curriculum, best instructional practices,and a variety of academic support materials and development opportunities are produced and managed bystaff and faculty based in the Maryland offices of the School of Undergraduate Studies and the Graduate Schoolof Management and Technology.1.5 Academic Administration and Contacts for FacultyUMUC is a large and complex organization. Navigating the institution and its various offices and resources maypresent a challenge for a new faculty member. A number of support services will be covered in this handbookJanuary 2011 www.asia.umuc.edu 3