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University Faculty Senate

Approved October 5, 2006.

September 28, 2006 Minutes
 
	

Indiana State University
Faculty Senate 2005-06

CAAC#3

 

      Members Present: SAMy Anderson, S. Kiger, D. Malooley, M. Miller, M. Murphy, R. Peters, D. Worley, C. Yaw

      Student members: D. Kendrick

      Ex-officio: B. McLaren, S. Powers, A. Rider, K. Schmid, S. Thomas

      Executive Committee Liaison: J. Hughes

Absent: J. Maxwell

Guests:

 

SAMy Anderson called the meeting to order at 2:00 PM.

 

1.  Minutes #2, (9-21-06), were presented and approved as amended, 6-0-1, (Worley/Kiger ).

 

2.  A motion to approve the proposal from Women’s Studies for revision of the Minor degree in Women’s Studies Program was made and passed, 7-0-0, (Worley/Yaw).

 

3.  A motion to approve the proposal from Art for elimination of the Art Education Minor degree was made and passed, 7-0-0, (Kiger/Worley).

 

4.  A motion to approve the proposal from Health, Safety, and Environmental Health Sciences for revision of the BS degree in Safety Management was made, (Worley/Kiger). Following discussion, a motion to table the proposal was made and passed, 7-0-0, (Malooley/Worley).

 

5.  A motion to approve the Liberal Studies prefix, LBST, was made and passed, 8-0-0, (Kiger/Peters).

 

6. Program Prioritization: M. Murphy stated that the final report was sent to the Provost. After the Provost reads and discusses the report, he will then make the necessary decisions and recommendations.  These will be sent to the Senate Executive Committee who will, in turn, send it forward to CAAC and Grad Council for examination to assure all proper procedures have been followed.  The General Education Program will continue to be evaluated and changes recommended.  There is a need to provide a rich high quality GE Program while concurrently assuring the focus and unity needed for efficient offering of the Program.  The CAAC will analyze the need for a General Education evaluation/revision committee or the utilization of the GE Council for this purpose. Quality, size, scope, and overall contribution are all prime aspects requiring evaluation and refinement in this day of economic realization.

 

7.  PPARC Report. M. Murphy reported that much of the discussion centered upon the distribution of the surplus funds. The general sense is that serious consideration must be given to the lowest salary group, the support staff.

 

8.  UAAC Report. . UAAC is working on the establishment of an Academic Advisement Improvement Team..

 

9.  Senate Executive Committee Report. . The EC is in agreement with PPARC that the Support Staff must be given high priority.  Any surplus funds should be applied to the adjunct pool. They also agree that the Program Prioritization Report should be received and sent forward to CAAC and Grad Council to assure no discrepancies or errors have been made.  The real bulk of the work for CAAC will occur following the completion of course/program modifications requests as they come forward.

 

10.  Gen Ed Report. None.

 

11.  SGA Report.  D. Kendrick reported that the SGA is working on community involvement.  They are also actively going out to their former high schools in recruiting efforts..

 

12.  Alliance Report. . None.

 

13.  Chairperson's Report. . Discussion on just what should the role of CAAC and Grad Council in consideration of on-line offering of courses.  Possible a combined group form the two committees could be formed to examine such offerings in an effort to establish standards of delivery, quality, etc.  K. Schmid added that the North Central has standards of good practice for distance courses.  If ISU follows these, it will assist us in the creation of the next NCA report as we make clear reference to adherence to those standards.  She also noted that the ICHE must authorize any program desiring to offer over 50% of courses delivered using the distance modality.  Perhaps it would be a good time to have an ex-officio member of CAAC from CIRT to help assure the quality and standards for distance offerings.  SAMy will contact Ken Janz and Melissa Hughes.

 

14.  Old Business. . None.

 

15.  New Business. . Bob Guell will be invited to discuss the present status of the University 101 course.

 

16.  The committee adjourned at 3:01 PM.

 

 

The next scheduled meeting will be Thursday, October 5, 2006 at 2:00 PM in Myers Tech TC 101E.

 

Respectfully Submitted

David J. Malooley, Secretary

 

 

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