Task Forces
The following task forces are launched and currently active. More will be added as the integration process progresses.
Task Force Updates
Current updates from the active Integration Task Forces.
Workforce Strategies – August 2026
A new Regulatory Training Working Group launched in August to evaluate training requirements, reciprocity and alignment. Subgroups will include Content, POI Assignment and POI Identification. Existing Working Groups progress with their work including:
- Onboarding Working Group – Conducting refined comparison of each step of onboarding process at each campus and incorporating best practices from other UT System institutions.
- Benefits and Leave Plan Working Groups – Both groups continue work analyzing and comparing data for the respective programs offered.
- Wellness Working Group – Compiled Wellness plan recommendations and will present to Stakeholder Advisory Committee.
- Learning & Development Working Group – Continue to explore technology platforms and review leadership programs to determine future recommendations.
- Staff Compensation Working Group – Gathering initial recommendation for integration and segmentation.
Enterprise Risk Management – August 2026
- Cross Campus Incident Escalation Working Group – Submitted final deliverables and recommendations for work to be operationalized by functional areas.
- Mandatory Reporting Working Group – Finalizing survey of reporting contacts across the university to assess requirements for merged university reporting to federal, state and UT System agencies.
Academic, Student, and Faculty Affairs – August 2026
The Career Education Working Group, Curriculum Development and Delivery Working Group, Faculty Development and Cross Appointments Working Group, Experiential Learning Working Group, and Libraries and Collections Working Group (Phase 2) have finalized and submitted their expected artifacts to the ASFA Task Force co-chairs. Pending any additional feedback from the co-chairs, the work of these groups is complete.
Workforce Strategies – May 2026
- Onboarding Working Group – Refined scope to prioritize staff onboarding, with POI onboarding to follow.
- Staff Compensation Working Group – Identified owners for each topic across campuses. Co-leads identifying subgroups to form and members to assign to each so they may divide inventory topics among subgroups to begin working on comparative analysis.
Enterprise Risk Management – May 2026
- Cross Campus Incident Escalation Working Group – Finalizing group chat structures for leaders and timely warning flowchart. Comparing systems for alert notifications.
- Compliance Working Group – This working group is sunsetting and deliverables transferred to Compliance functional integration work or operations.
Academic, Student, and Faculty Affairs – May 2026
The Academic and Program Advising/Student Support Working Group, Admissions/Recruitment Decision Working Group, Faculty Advisory Bodies Working Group and Student Government Discovery Group have finalized and submitted their expected artifacts to the ASFA Task Force co-chairs for review. Pending any additional feedback from the co-chairs, the work of these groups is complete. The remaining ASFA working groups are finalizing their recommendations and expected deliverables for submission in the coming weeks.
Current updates from the active FIT Divisions.