Month: November 2019

The Student Technology Fee is designed to provide funds for improving existing technology related operations and acquiring new technology that substantially benefits students or student success and is used by the students of Baruch College.

The fee may be used for:

• Implementing or upgrading of instructional computer labs
• Acquiring or upgrading accessible technology
• Implementing or upgrading student-serving computer labs
• Improving and implementing student services
• Faculty development of new or improved courseware
• Electronic information resources in the library
• Personnel for installation and maintenance of computer services
• Upgrading instructional spaces to support technology-assisted learning
• Acquiring technology tools to support college-sponsored student activities
• Expand student access to current and emerging technology
• Purchase of Enterprise Solutions

The Student Technology Committee utilizes a variety of methods to obtain information from students and faculty about how the fee may be used to improve the technology environment at the College.  The Committee also assesses the outcome of projects funded by the fee and seeks student input about funding priorities.

Below are links to formal assessment documents.

Technology Loan Service Desk in Newman Library (2017) – This document reports the results of a survey of student satisfaction with the service and identifies requested improvements that were achieved with subsequent funding.

Survey of Baruch Faculty regarding Educational Technology (2019) – This survey was conducted by the Committee on Educational Technology of the General Faculty.  The document reports on the technology currently used by faculty and resources that are needed for student learning.   An accompanying planning document identifies the steps that are being taken to address the needs.

The Student Technology Fee Committee considers requests to fund new projects during the fall semester so that its review is completed in time to develop a plan for the following fiscal year.  The amount of funding available for new projects depends on the amount of funding commitments to necessary continuing expenses (e.g., lab staffing, software renewals) and whether the College projects an increase in revenue from the fee.

To be eligible for funding a request must:

• Be consistent with the purpose of the Student Technology Fee
• Have measurable goals and a method of assessing that the goals have been met at the end of the funding year.
• Spend all funds in the fiscal year in which they are allocated in the technology fee plan.  Funds allocated to a project that are unspent by June 30 will not be carried over for that project into the next fiscal year.
• Comply with CUNY policies and procedures, including procurement requirements, information security, and computer use policies.
• Support the goals of the College’s Strategic Plan or the recommendations of the President’s Task Force for the Future.

Submit requests during the OPEN submission period using the Student Technology Fee Request Form.

The submission period is currently CLOSED.

Each year the Student Technology Fee Committee prepares a plan for allocating the fee in the next fiscal year.  The plan is developed during December – February based on the Committee’s review of ongoing projects and new requests.  The plan is reviewed by the President’s Cabinet before it is submitted to the University. Once the plan is approved it is posted publicly. Below are the approved plans to date.

• 2021-2022
• 2020-2021
• 2019-2020
• 2018-2019
• 2017-2018
• 2016-2017
• 2015-2016
• 2014-2015
• 2013-2014
• 2012-2013
• 2011-2012
• 2010-2011
• 2009-2010
• 2008-2009
• 2007-2008
• 2006-2007
• 2005-2006
• 2004-2005
• 2003-2004
• 2002-2003

Membership

The membership of the College’s Student Technology Fee Committee is determined by the President of the College. Currently, the membership consists of the following roles.

Voting Members

• Chair – appointed by the President of the College
• Faculty Representatives – There are 3 faculty representatives who are elected by the Baruch College Faculty Senate.
• Student representatives – There are 5 student representatives.  Four are selected by Undergraduate Student Government and one is selected by the Graduate Student Assembly.
• Administrator of a Student Services Department who is approved by the President’s Cabinet

Non-Voting Members (who serve as advisors to the Committee)

• Technology Lead from the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs
• Technology Lead from the Weissman School of Arts & Sciences
• Technology Lead from the Zicklin School of Business
• Technology Lead from the Baruch Computing & Technology Center
• Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

Current Roster of Members (2021-2022)

Voting Members

• Chair: Arthur Downing, Vice President for Information Services & Dean of the Library
• Faculty Representatives:
  • • • Albert Croker, Professor, Paul H. Crook department of Information Systems and Statistics
      • Terrence F. Martell, Saxe Distinguished Professor of Finance
      • Dan Stefanica, Professor, Mathematics
• Student Representatives:
  • • • Humas Ali, Undergraduate Student Representative
      • Shokhrukh Dustmurodov, Undergraduate Student Representative
      • Parmjeet Kaur, Undergraduate Student Representative
      • Ricky Ke, Undergraduate Student Representative
      • Aris Suchinroj, Graduate Student Representative (Alternate = Mohammad Raham)
• Administrator of a Student Services Department: Damali Smith Tolson, Director of Student Life

Non-Voting Members

• • Technology Lead from the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs: Jonathan Alarcon
  • Technology Lead from the Weissman School of Arts & Sciences: Danilo Cayas
  • Technology Lead from the Zicklin School of Business: Glova Smith
  • Technology Lead from the Baruch Computing & Technology Center: Michael Richichi, Assistant Vice President for IT & Deputy CIO
  • Director of Center for Teaching and Learning, Allison Lehr Samuels