This Final Report from the Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships (PDF) summarizes eight months of collaboration between the Task Force and the Harvey Mudd community. We are sincerely grateful to everyone who contributed through surveys, zoom forums, office hours, emails, and conversations. 

Thank you for your time and thoughtful engagement.

Kind regards from The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships.

The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships

Students

Avani Anne ’25
Ivan Dudiak ’26
McKenna McMurray ’26
Michael Mumo ’28
Sadhvi Narayanan ’27
Alina Scholz ’25
Aabhas Senapati ’27
Steven Zhang ’28

Alumni

Mo Kyn ’24
Kathy French ’97, President, Alumni Association Board of Governors (AABOG)

Staff

Shannon Braun, Director of Career Services
Colleen Coxe, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Research and Projects

Faculty

Zach Dodds, Professor of Computer Science and Leonhard-Johnson-Rae Chair of Computer Science
Erika Dyson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Willard W. Keith Jr. Fellow in the Humanities
Karl Haushalter, Seeley W. Mudd Professor of Chemistry and Biology and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Co-chair of the Task Force
Sarah Kavassalis, Assistant Professor of Climate and Chemistry
Leah Mendelson, Associate Professor of Engineering
Talithia Williams, Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Clinic Director, Co-chair of the Task Force

Trustees

Doo Chung ’11, Member, Board of Trustees
Michael Schubmehl ’02, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships is writing with an update. Before doing so, we recognize that many members of our community have been severely impacted by the wildfires and winds affecting Southern California. We offer our concern, support and strong hopes for your well-being during this incredibly challenging event.

Short version of update

The Final Task Force report will be released in late January and will incorporate feedback from the HMC community on the Second Interim Report, which was released in November, 2024.

Long version of update

Process and Schedule Update

The Task Force thanks the members of the HMC community for their feedback on the Second Interim Report and for their continued engagement with our process. 

• Over winter break, the Task Force has been refining and revising the draft recommendations.
• The final Task Force report will be shared with the HMC community, including the ÎÞÓÇÊÓƵ Board of Trustees and President Harriet Nembhard prior to the Board’s January 2025 meeting.
• The purpose of this email is to give the community an update on how the Task Force’s final recommendations will be made, what we have heard in response to the Second Interim Report, and how we are incorporating community feedback on the draft recommendations.

Feedback Theme 1: Reactions to the Chapter on Defense and Dissent

• We thank the HMC community for their passionate and thoughtful feedback and continued discussion of the ideas, arguments, and recommendations presented in this chapter. Consistent with the survey results presented in the First Interim Report, a binary decision does not reflect the broad ethical convictions or aspirations of the HMC community. 
• While many themes and arguments in this chapter will remain similar in the final recommendation, we hope the community will thoughtfully review the revised version, which attempts to clarify arguments that the Task Force has heard from the community and respond to questions received during the feedback period.

Feedback Theme 2: Workload and Bureaucracy

• The Task Force heard significant concerns from community members about the faculty and staff workload needed to enact the draft recommendations. The Clinic Directors would need to participate in almost all of these new initiatives and committee structures, adding substantially to the workload of the role. 
• We also heard concerns about the prescriptiveness of some of the structures proposed, such as committees and advisory boards. Our final recommendations encourage departments to build structures that better align with department goals and existing operating practices. 
• There were also recommendations where it was unclear to the community about who would take on some of the roles and tasks recommended; we attempt to clarify this in the Final Report.

The role of the Ethics Advisory Committee, as described in the Second Interim Report, was particularly nebulous. 

• Some community members expressed concern about what would happen if there was a lack of community buy-in for the committee, while others were concerned about the committee’s scope and ability to be responsive and supportive to the community. 
• Our final recommendations propose new ethical structures, building on existing practices, to address clarity and workload concerns.

Feedback Theme 3: Faculty Agency over Curriculum

• At HMC, the faculty have ownership over the curriculum and the academic departments have ownership over their senior capstone programs. The draft recommendations made many proposals the faculty will need to evaluate and refine before adopting. 
• Community members also noted some disconnect between draft recommendations and departments’ learning outcomes for their capstone programs, such as the importance of working with external partners. In addition to curricular agency, feedback to the Task Force emphasized that departments also require financial agency to run their capstone programs in ways that align with their department’s learning objectives.

Feedback Theme 4: Biggest Opportunities

• The Task Force heard from community members that an Ombuds has the potential to broadly support the College, though some community members were concerned about the recommended scope of the Ombuds’ oversight. 
• We also heard strong and broad support for re-envisioning the Office of Career Services (OCS), though some were concerned about prioritizing new OCS programs versus other recommendations made by the Task Force.
• While Clinic fees will remain a significant source of revenue, successful fundraising for new, additional resources will give Clinic Directors greater flexibility to set program size, fee structures and manage capstone budgets. 

Going Forward

The draft recommendations in the Second Interim Report were an opportunity to collect feedback and learn how the community envisions moving forward. The revisions and simplifications to the recommendations to be shared in the Task Force’s Final Report aim to address community feedback, identify the highest impact opportunities, and identify some of the resources needed to bring these recommendations to fruition. 

• Consistent with ÎÞÓÇÊÓƵ’s shared governance structures, any of these final recommendations will still need to be advanced, refined and adopted by the respective owners of the program within the HMC community following the Task Force’s conclusion. 
• While there will be some recommendations which can have progress in the near term, building new structures and generating new resources will take time. The implementation timeline must also honor the respective processes of the entity with ownership of each aspect of college governance. This is a nontrivial amount of work, thought, and effort, and we thank the HMC community for considering it.

• The is now available
• Feedback on the second interim report will be used to help refine the draft recommendations in preparation for the final report that will be published in late January
• You can share your comments on the second interim report using the  (must be signed in to HMC account, but email address is not collected) or emailing your comments and suggestions to the Task Force any time at taskforce_ccp-l@g.hmc.edu.
• In addition, we are pleased to announce that office hours are now available (see list below). During these times you can speak directly with members of the Task Force to share your feedback and ask any questions you may have

The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships

Students

Avani Anne ’25
Ivan Dudiak ’26
McKenna McMurray ’26
Michael Mumo ’28
Sadhvi Narayanan ’27
Alina Scholz ’25
Aabhas Senapati ’27
Steven Zhang ’28

Alumni

Mo Kyn ’24
Kathy French ’97, President, Alumni Association Board of Governors (AABOG)

Staff

Shannon Braun, Director of Career Services
Colleen Coxe, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Research and Projects

Faculty

Zach Dodds, Professor of Computer Science and Leonhard-Johnson-Rae Chair of Computer Science
Erika Dyson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Willard W. Keith Jr. Fellow in the Humanities
Karl Haushalter, Seeley W. Mudd Professor of Chemistry and Biology and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Co-chair of the Task Force
Sarah Kavassalis, Assistant Professor of Climate and Chemistry
Leah Mendelson, Associate Professor of Engineering
Talithia Williams, Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Clinic Director, Co-chair of the Task Force

Trustees

Doo Chung ’11, Member, Board of Trustees
Michael Schubmehl ’02, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

The outlines draft recommendations for enhancing HMC’s Clinic Program and Institutional partnerships, based on stakeholder input and alignment with HMC’s Strategic Plan. These draft recommendations are (as some of us have said in Writ 001) “drafty.” In other words, they are the result of our best efforts to analyze, interpret, and communicate the input we have received and to create actionable recommendations from this input. However, the recommendations are very much works in progress. We appreciate your careful attention to them as you read through the report, and look forward to hearing your feedback either via email at taskforce_ccp-l@g.hmc.edu or at one of the office hours to be scheduled. 

We will further refine the list of recommendations based on community input and a final set of recommendations will be released to the HMC Community and Board of Trustees in January 2025.

With gratitude for your time and consideration, 

The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships

Students

Avani Anne ’25
Ivan Dudiak ’26
McKenna McMurray ’26
Michael Mumo ’28
Sadhvi Narayanan ’27
Alina Scholz ’25
Aabhas Senapati ’27
Steven Zhang ’28

Alumni

Mo Kyn ’24
Kathy French ’97, President, Alumni Association Board of Governors (AABOG)

Staff

Shannon Braun, Director of Career Services
Colleen Coxe, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Research and Projects

Faculty

Zach Dodds, Professor of Computer Science and Leonhard-Johnson-Rae Chair of Computer Science
Erika Dyson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Willard W. Keith Jr. Fellow in the Humanities
Karl Haushalter, Seeley W. Mudd Professor of Chemistry and Biology and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Co-chair of the Task Force
Sarah Kavassalis, Assistant Professor of Climate and Chemistry
Leah Mendelson, Associate Professor of Engineering
Talithia Williams, Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Clinic Director, Co-chair of the Task Force

Trustees

Doo Chung ’11, Member, Board of Trustees
Michael Schubmehl ’02, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships sends you greetings and is writing with the regular biweekly update of the Task Force’s activities:

• We thank you for your continued patience as work on the second interim report progresses. We anticipate that the report will be finalized within the next 1-2 weeks. We appreciate the grace extended by the community with regards to this schedule change from our original target date.
• Once the report is released, there will be opportunities for all stakeholder groups to share their input including through an online form, office hours (schedule TBA), and community meetings (schedule TBA). This week, we will be hosting discussions with the faculty and alumni, and more events will be announced soon.
• Information about the Task Force and the work already completed is available at the Task Force website.
• You can email comments and suggestions to the Task Force any time at taskforce_ccp-l@g.hmc.edu.

Kind regards from The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships.

The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships

Students

Avani Anne ’25
Ivan Dudiak ’26
McKenna McMurray ’26
Michael Mumo ’28
Sadhvi Narayanan ’27
Alina Scholz ’25
Aabhas Senapati ’27
Steven Zhang ’28

Alumni

Mo Kyn ’24
Kathy French ’97, President, Alumni Association Board of Governors (AABOG)

Staff

Shannon Braun, Director of Career Services
Colleen Coxe, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Research and Projects

Faculty

Zach Dodds, Professor of Computer Science and Leonhard-Johnson-Rae Chair of Computer Science
Erika Dyson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Willard W. Keith Jr. Fellow in the Humanities
Karl Haushalter, Seeley W. Mudd Professor of Chemistry and Biology and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Co-chair of the Task Force
Sarah Kavassalis, Assistant Professor of Climate and Chemistry
Leah Mendelson, Associate Professor of Engineering
Talithia Williams, Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Clinic Director, Co-chair of the Task Force

Trustees

Doo Chung ’11, Member, Board of Trustees
Michael Schubmehl ’02, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

We recognize that these past few weeks have been an incredibly challenging time for all of us, and our hearts are with each and every one of you. We understand the weight of grief and uncertainty that many of you may be carrying and we want you to know that you are not alone.

As we continue to process and heal, we’d like to share a few important updates from the Task Force:

• The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships will be releasing the second interim report during the week of Nov. 18.
• The second interim report will consist of a series of draft recommendations on which the HMC community can provide feedback.
• Opportunities for sharing your input on the second interim report will include an online form, office hours (schedule TBA), and stakeholder meetings (schedule TBA).
• Information about the Task Force and the work already completed is available on the Task Force website.
• You can email comments and suggestions to the Task Force any time at taskforce_ccp-l@g.hmc.edu.

Kind regards from The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships.

The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships

Students

Avani Anne ’25
Ivan Dudiak ’26
McKenna McMurray ’26
Michael Mumo ’28
Sadhvi Narayanan ’27
Alina Scholz ’25
Aabhas Senapati ’27
Steven Zhang ’28

Alumni

Mo Kyn ’24
Kathy French ’97, President, Alumni Association Board of Governors (AABOG)

Staff

Shannon Braun, Director of Career Services
Colleen Coxe, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Research and Projects

Faculty

Zach Dodds, Professor of Computer Science and Leonhard-Johnson-Rae Chair of Computer Science
Erika Dyson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Willard W. Keith Jr. Fellow in the Humanities
Karl Haushalter, Seeley W. Mudd Professor of Chemistry and Biology and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Co-chair of the Task Force
Sarah Kavassalis, Assistant Professor of Climate and Chemistry
Leah Mendelson, Associate Professor of Engineering
Talithia Williams, Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Clinic Director, Co-chair of the Task Force

Trustees

Doo Chung ’11, Member, Board of Trustees
Michael Schubmehl ’02, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

• The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships is analyzing the feedback from the community stakeholder meetings and office hours following the September release of the .
• We are developing recommendations that will appear in draft form in the second interim report, currently scheduled for mid-November release.
• Information about the Task Force and the work already completed is available at the Task Force website.
• You can email comments and suggestions to the Task Force at taskforce_ccp-l@g.hmc.edu.

Warm regards from The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships.

The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships

Students

Avani Anne ’25
Ivan Dudiak ’26
McKenna McMurray ’26
Michael Mumo ’28
Sadhvi Narayanan ’27
Alina Scholz ’25
Aabhas Senapati ’27
Steven Zhang ’28

Alumni

Mo Kyn ’24
Kathy French ’97, President, Alumni Association Board of Governors (AABOG)

Staff

Shannon Braun, Director of Career Services
Colleen Coxe, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Research and Projects

Faculty

Zach Dodds, Professor of Computer Science and Leonhard-Johnson-Rae Chair of Computer Science
Erika Dyson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Willard W. Keith Jr. Fellow in the Humanities
Karl Haushalter, Seeley W. Mudd Professor of Chemistry and Biology and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Co-chair of the Task Force
Sarah Kavassalis, Assistant Professor of Climate and Chemistry
Leah Mendelson, Associate Professor of Engineering
Talithia Williams, Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Clinic Director, Co-chair of the Task Force

Trustees

Doo Chung ’11, Member, Board of Trustees
Michael Schubmehl ’02, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

• Since releasing the first interim report on Sep 16, the Task Force has actively collected community input from 11 stakeholder meetings, 12 office hours, an anonymous feedback form, and the Task Force email.
• Here are links to an from the stakeholder meetings, of the summary presentation portion of a stakeholder meeting, and the .
• In the next phase of the Task Force’s work, we will be preparing draft recommendations to share in the second interim report later this fall.
• Now is the right time to share via email (taskforce_ccp-l@g.hmc.edu) or the any additional feedback that would help the Task Force in developing our draft recommendations.

Warm regards from The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships.

The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships

Students

Avani Anne ’25
Ivan Dudiak ’26
McKenna McMurray ’26
Michael Mumo ’28
Sadhvi Narayanan ’27
Alina Scholz ’25
Aabhas Senapati ’27
Steven Zhang ’28

Alumni

Mo Kyn ’24
Kathy French ’97, President, Alumni Association Board of Governors (AABOG)

Staff

Shannon Braun, Director of Career Services
Colleen Coxe, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Research and Projects

Faculty

Zach Dodds, Professor of Computer Science and Leonhard-Johnson-Rae Chair of Computer Science
Erika Dyson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Willard W. Keith Jr. Fellow in the Humanities
Karl Haushalter, Seeley W. Mudd Professor of Chemistry and Biology and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Co-chair of the Task Force
Sarah Kavassalis, Assistant Professor of Climate and Chemistry
Leah Mendelson, Associate Professor of Engineering
Talithia Williams, Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Clinic Director, Co-chair of the Task Force

Trustees

Doo Chung ’11, Member, Board of Trustees
Michael Schubmehl ’02, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Today the Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships is releasing the scheduled for the fall.

The Task Force values your input as we continue our work. To discuss the first interim report and to provide your feedback, please attend one or more of the following:

• Scheduled presentations and moderated group discussions listed on the Events page 
• Scheduled office hours listed on the Office Hours page

Thank you everyone for your engagement in this important conversation. More information about the Task Force can on this website, and messages for the Task Force can be sent to taskforce_ccp-l@g.hmc.edu.

Warm regards from The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships

The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships

Students

Avani Anne ’25
Ivan Dudiak ’26
McKenna McMurray ’26
Michael Mumo ’28
Sadhvi Narayanan ’27
Alina Scholz ’25
Aabhas Senapati ’27
Steven Zhang ’28

Alumni

Mo Kyn ’24
Kathy French ’97, President, Alumni Association Board of Governors (AABOG)

Staff

Shannon Braun, Director of Career Services
Colleen Coxe, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Research and Projects

Faculty

Zach Dodds, Professor of Computer Science and Leonhard-Johnson-Rae Chair of Computer Science
Erika Dyson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Willard W. Keith Jr. Fellow in the Humanities
Karl Haushalter, Seeley W. Mudd Professor of Chemistry and Biology and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Co-chair of the Task Force
Sarah Kavassalis, Assistant Professor of Climate and Chemistry
Leah Mendelson, Associate Professor of Engineering
Talithia Williams, Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Clinic Director, Co-chair of the Task Force

Trustees

Doo Chung ’11, Member, Board of Trustees
Michael Schubmehl ’02, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees

Short Version

• The Task Force will release its first interim report the week of Sept. 16. 
• To discuss the report and provide your feedback, please attend one of the scheduled meetings.
• Office hours will be added soon.

Long Version

The Task Force aims to bring the HMC community together to discuss and shape the future of the Clinic program and corporate partnerships. Composed of diverse College stakeholders, the Task Force is committed to understanding these programs comprehensively in order to suggest possible improvements and address concerns. The Task Force is pleased to welcome Michael Mumo (’28) and Steven Zhang (’28) as student representatives from the first-year class. 

The first interim report, to be released the week of Sept. 16, will share the data collected so far, including historical records, peer comparisons and survey results. The report marks the start of developing strategic recommendations, which will evolve through community input and collaboration. We invite the HMC community to suggest additional ideas and to provide feedback on the initial interpretations of this data during the Fall Community Events listed below. The final report, due in January, will offer a comprehensive vision for enhancing clinic and corporate partnerships, informed by ongoing community discussion. Implementing this vision will involve cooperation across the College’s staff, faculty, administration, alumni and trustees.

To discuss the report and provide your feedback to the Task Force, please attend one of the scheduled meetings listed on the Events page. At these sessions, there will be a brief presentation of the major findings in the interim report and an opportunity for moderated, small group discussion to provide feedback to the Task Force. In addition to the scheduled meetings, the Task Force will soon be posting a list of available office hours to speak with Task Force members. Task Force representatives will also meet this month with the New Faculty Lunch Group, Faculty Executive Committee (FEC), Department Chairs Committee (DCC), President’s Cabinet, Board of Trustees (BoT) and Alumni Association Board of Governors (AABOG).

More information about the Task Force can be found on this website, and messages for the Task Force can be sent to taskforce_ccp-l@g.hmc.edu.

Warm regards from The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships

The Task Force on Clinic and Corporate Partnerships

Students

Avani Anne ’25
Ivan Dudiak ’26
McKenna McMurray ’26
Michael Mumo ’28
Sadhvi Narayanan ’27
Alina Scholz ’25
Aabhas Senapati ’27
Steven Zhang ’28

Alumni

Mo Kyn ’24
Kathy French ’97, President, Alumni Association Board of Governors (AABOG)

Staff

Shannon Braun, Director of Career Services
Colleen Coxe, Assistant Vice President for Sponsored Research and Projects

Faculty

Zach Dodds, Professor of Computer Science and Leonhard-Johnson-Rae Chair of Computer Science
Erika Dyson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Willard W. Keith Jr. Fellow in the Humanities
Karl Haushalter, Seeley W. Mudd Professor of Chemistry and Biology and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Co-chair of the Task Force
Sarah Kavassalis, Assistant Professor of Climate and Chemistry
Leah Mendelson, Associate Professor of Engineering
Talithia Williams, Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Clinic Director, Co-chair of the Task Force

Trustees

Doo Chung ’11, Member, Board of Trustees
Michael Schubmehl ’02, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees