Research Advisory Committee (RAC)
Purpose
Strategic alignment and input towards partnered decision-making on recommendations related to usage of technology to support needs of research. The Research Advisory Committee (RAC) looks at how IT can support research at UT Arlington. This committee discusses models that enhance UT Arlington’s ability to pursue and support research excellence. They consider how the university can use technology to make research more effective for its faculty and students. RAC creates initiatives that address needed improvements and additions to the technologies available in the research environment.Meets: Monthly
Members
Members are appointed for two years of service, with half being appointed each year
Appointed
- Vice President (or AVP) for Research Representative (Chair)
- Five representatives from school/colleges, chosen by Dean’s Council
- Two faculty representatives
- OIT AVP Technology Infrastructure or Director of Enterprise Operations and Systems
Non-Voting
- Chairs of Appropriate Communities of Practice
Roles
- Strategic alignment and partnered decision-making on recommendations related to usage of technology to support needs of research
- Gather input from Communities of Practice and general academic community on projects that promote research excellence through the utilization of information technology
- If a Community of Practice does not exist on a particular technology of interest for the RAC, create a project-specific sub-committee to research. Examples include innovative technologies that have interest and promise.
- Based on requests for IT services, the RAC will prioritize requests and make a recommendation to the ITGC based on satisfaction of university strategic missions and goals related to research.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a Committee Charter
- Each Advisory Committee chair will submit a report about its activities and issues to the ITGC.
- Filter through requests and collect additional information as necessary to weigh the value and importance to UT Arlington. Decline requests that have less value
- Prioritize most valuable requests based on satisfaction of university strategic goals related to research and make recommendations to the IT Governance Committee
Authority
- Request input from research community on ideas where IT can best support needs of research projects
- Decline requests that have less value to the University
- Prioritize and recommend valuable requests to ITGC
Management of Disputes
If topics should arise that cannot be resolved within the RAC organization, the topic will be elevated to the ITGC who will work towards resolution.