Date: 03 Mar 2004 From: arrangementer@diku.dk Subject: [arrangementer] Specialeforsvar REENGINEERING A UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT M.Sc. thesis defense by Christopher D. Curry Onsdag den 10. marts 2004, kl: 15:00-17:00 i Lille UP1 Considerable contemporary research in Denmark looks upon dropout as a problem and seeks to identify the underlying cause. Dropout is inevitable if our education is to continue with no initial aptitude test. Some reports advice educational institutions to focus on social integration among students and teachers. The focus in this thesis is the key processes at the Computing Department at the University of Copenhagen. Our education rests on many structural assumptions which have to be broken before real performance improvements are possible. The idea of a one-for-all education has to be abandoned. Students are different and have different preferences when it comes to learning, and they must be treated individually. The scope of this project was to investigate the role of information technology in reengineering and come with a strategy which could improve the output and actual study time of bachelors and masters. After an initial selection of the intake, the target is: 95% leave our department with a degree and 90% do it within the prescribed time. My approach is to reengineer our processes; starting all over. The strategy includes a brand new design which encompasses a new selection of students, a fan of new teaching services based on application on the theory of psychological types in teaching and use of information technology to enable change of processes. The step from strategy to new operational processes is tremendous. Hence, the strategy has yet to prove its viability, but results from application of psychological types in education in places such as Stanford University and Aalborg University has proven efficient. Examination: Stig Skelboe, DIKU. Censors: Jens Clausen, DTU and Jørgen Bansler, DTU. _______________________________________________ arrangementer mailing list (arrangementer@diku.dk) Change your subscription? Send mail to arrangementer-request@diku.dk with subject 'help' or use http://miming.diku.dk/mailman/listinfo/arrangementer (Web access available from inside DIKUs LAN only)