Carolyn A. Haynes

Biographical Information

Carolyn Haynes, Ph.D. oversees undergraduate curricular processes and coordinates all major strategic academic initiatives including Boldly Creative, Academic Program Evaluation, Improvement and Prioritization, Miami Academic Incubator Program, and MiamiRISE. She also serves as Miami’s representative with the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s academic initiatives (e.g., Ohio Transfer 36, Transfer Assurance Guides, Guaranteed Pathways, and Affordability and Efficiency Reporting). She is the Accreditation Liaison Officer with the Higher Learning Commission and oversees Miami’s accreditation processes. Additionally, she coordinates undergraduate academic program and course approval, assessment of student learning outcomes processes, the Department Planning & Improvement (DPI) process (formerly known as academic program review), undergraduate academic policy, review of departmental and divisional governance documents, and development of postsecondary academic partnerships (articulation and transfer agreements). She also chairs the Academic Space Utilization Subcommittee, serves on the Space Utilization Group, and serves on the Athletic Appeals Committee; and finally, she coordinates the updating of the Provost’s website.  Reporting lines include the Office of Liberal Education,and the Howe Center for Writing Excellence.