THE FUTURE IS NOW Expanding academic offerings to stand out in a competitive world n early 2024, Lycoming College’s board of trustees made a commitment to expand the College’s academic offerings. Later that summer, a working group was created to begin the process of recommending new academic programs for consideration. The working group, co-chaired by Sandra Kingery, Ph.D., and Philip Sprunger, Ph.D., interim and former provost and dean of the faculty respectively, surveyed the faculty for ideas and researched each of the potential new programs. An outside consultant, Gray Decision Intelligence (Gray DI), was hired to ensure that the College had all the necessary information to make data-informed decisions. At the end of the summer, Gray DI facilitated a two-day workshop that nearly 50 faculty and staff, representing every academic program and division of the College, were invited to attend. “The academic programs that were recommended through that process became the springboard for the creation of new working groups that were charged with delving into the details of each of the potential new programs,” said Kingery. “Our guiding principle throughout this process has been to select academic programs that would increase our enrollment, strengthen our academic reputation even further, and bolster Lycoming’s commitment to academic excellence.” 10 LYCOMING COLLEGE 2025 FALL MAGAZINE
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