Agendas AY 2018/2019


April 16, 2019

Tuesday April 16, 2019, 3:30 to 5:00 PM, Old Main Chapel

1. Chair鈥檚 remarks 鈥 Stephen Mojzsis (begin at 330)
Welcoming remarks and acknowledgement of Janice Jeffryes, Standing and ad-hoc Committee Chairs and members, all ASC representatives, Task Force Chairs and members, SAC Chair and members, ex-officio members from BFA and CMCI, Student Government representatives. Special meeting of the 欧美口爆视频 Boulder Faculty Senate to discuss the announcement of Mark Kennedy as finalist for the position of president of the University of 欧美口爆视频 system: Old Main Chapel on Wednesday, April 17th from 4-5:30 pm. Attendance limited exclusively to faculty.

2. Election for ASC Chair 鈥 Barbara Buttenfield (335)
Call to order, nomination, platform and call for a paper ballot vote. Only ASC members may vote.

3. Dean鈥檚 remarks - James White (345)
Course fees. College restructuring. Future of the Interim Dean and Associate Deans.

4. Regular Business (355)

4a. Reports from the Chairs of ASC Standing Committees (2-3 minutes each, consult handouts)
Curriculum, Diversity, Grievance, Personnel, Planning, Online Education & Information Technology, Budget. [The ASC Budget Committee has put forward the position that the current allocation of the campus general funds to the Arts and Sciences College is inequitable.]

4b. Task Force on Instructors. Rolf Norgaard & Jenny Knight (420). Motion for endorsement. Recommendation to establish a Task Force to implement recommendations. Vote (by hand, or written ballot).

4c. Task Force on Strategic Plan Implementation. Michaele Ferguson & Elaine Paul (435) Motion for endorsement. Recommendation to establish a Task Force to implement recommendations. Vote (by hand, or written ballot).

5. Outcomes of the Votes on Chair, and Endorsements (450)
Closing remarks.
Adjourn (500)


March 19, 2019

Tuesday March 19, 2019, 3:30 to 5:00 PM, UMC 247

Chair鈥檚 remarks 鈥 Stephen Mojzsis (begin at 330; end at: 332)
Welcome.

3. Dean鈥檚 remarks - James White (332) Implementing the results of our Task Forces鈥 reports. Comments on the Provost鈥檚 considerations on College restructuring. How is the College鈥檚 Strategic Plan - which includes Faculty, Staff and Students - part of this discussion? What is the status of the course fees? Any path forward?

4. Regular Business

4e. ad hoc committee on Sports Injuries (David Grant) (340). Outcomes and recommendations of this Task Force (in your e-packets).

4a. Task Force on Instructors. Rolf Norgaard (345). Outcomes and recommendations of the Task Force (in your e-packets).

4b. Faculty Advisory Committee (415)
Faculty Advisory Committee for the AAC is currently being formed.

4c. Task Force on Strategic Plan Implementation. Michaele Ferguson & Elaine Paul and committee members (420) Outcomes and recommendations of the Task Force (in your e-packets).

4d. Budget report. (Tricia Rankin) (450)
ASC has invited Anne Schmiesing and Carla Ho-a to our end-of-semester meeting at Old Main. What are specific things we wish to know about from Financial Futures? What of issues of transparency?

5. Council invited to be heard
Time permitting
Adjourn (500)

February 19, 2019

Tuesday February 19, 2019, 3:30 to 5:00 PM, UMC 247


Chair鈥檚 remarks 鈥 Stephen Mojzsis (330)
Welcome. Updates on the Faculty Vote on our By-Laws; Qualtrics Survey of ASC representatives; Online education documents in your packets; visitors today: CRC graduate committee representatives, Jason Shelton (recruiting), CMCI, SAC, BFA, UGGS, Student government; nominations being accepted for our April election for ASC Chair. ASC Excom recommendations for a Faculty Advising Board to the Academic Advising Center; Government shutdown averted (barely); DACA students remain in limbo again.

3. Dean鈥檚 remarks - James White (332) Comments and perspectives on Academic Futures? Dean is chairing committee on interdisciplinary work. What was the outcome of the Deans鈥 meeting on January 22 on 鈥済rowth enrollment model鈥? What occurred at the Provost鈥檚 meeting with the Reorganization Committee on Friday 2.15?

4. Regular Business (340)

4a. Online Education committee report. Vilja Hulden (340 ) presentation of recommendations and discussion of these recommendations. (Note: should we consider regularizing summer semester?)

4b. Faculty Advisory Committee, ad hoc or separate of ASC for the AAC? David Stock (4 00 ) Excom opinion: Input of faculty and the staff in the AAC to ask them to consider what kind of advisory board they want/need.

4c. Activities of the ASC鈥檚 Strategic Plan Task Force. Michaele Ferguson & Elaine Paul (405) presentation of membership and schedule.

4d. ASC鈥檚 Instructors Task Force update (ca. Mar. 1). (415) Report from Rolf Norgaard

4e. Budget report. Andy Cowell (for Tricia Rankin) (417)
From Jim White: https://www.howcollegesspendmoney.com/ expenditures on administrator vs. instructional. Are we 鈥渙ut of line with our peers?鈥 **FOR MARCH< ANN SCHMIESING AND CARLO HO-A will visit ASC TO DIS欧美口爆视频SS ACADEMIC FUTURES. Main issue for Budget Cmte at the moment is grad student fees 鈥 we support review/studying them. Discussion.

4f. Be sure to attend the Provost Open Forum in March (4 25 )
The Provost has announced that he will hold Open Forums. Students, faculty, and staff are invited and encouraged to attend, to ask questions, and to engage in dialogue regarding the activities of the Division of Academic Affairs at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder.
For the College of A&S cohort, our open forum will be on Monday, March 4th in Old Main Chapel from 9:00 to 10:00 am. We should be sure to have as many representatives of the ASC attend this meeting. From our reading of the timing, this will coincide with announcements about the College reorganization.

5. New Business (43 (430)

5a. INVITED: Committee on Rights and Compensation (CRC) (430)
BFA have voted to support the CRC petition on waiving graduate student fees. We as the faculty governance body of the College of Arts & Sciences should decide how we respond to the CRC petition.

5b. INVITED: Jason Shelton, College of Arts & Sciences, Director of Recruitment, Office of Academic Affairs (450)
Introductions; What is your role in the College?
How do you see the unfolding of the College reorganization in the context of your duties?
What synergies can be created between their offices and the ASC that would increase efficacy across the College? What are 鈥淐ollege Labs鈥?

5. Council invited to be heard
Time permitting
Adjourn (500)

Tuesday January 15, 2019

3:30 to 5:00 PM UMC 247

Chair鈥檚 remarks 鈥 Stephen Mojzsis (330)
Welcome to 2019, and a look forward to ASC activities in the new year.
*We must organize a February FAS Vote: Following our By-Laws, we intend to bring the Staff Advisory Council Chair, BFA Chair and CMCI Chair in as permanent ex-officio non-voting members. By-Laws stipulate that such structural changes require a vote by the FAS, we intend to do this in February 2019. Motions to proceed with these initiatives were passed by the ASC (unanimously) last year, and implementation is currently under discussion by the Executive Committee. Electronic votes are acceptable.
3. Dean鈥檚 remarks - James White (335)
What more information can he share about the Reorganization of the College? We anticipate that the Provost will not have a statement about proposed College Reorganization before February. Dean鈥檚 meeting on January 22 that will raise the topic of the 鈥済rowth enrollment model鈥 viz. CAS and ENG.
4. Business (345)
4a. INVITED: Lily Board AD for Academic Advising and Student Success
Update on the College鈥檚 efforts at enhancing Advising and the Academic Advising Center (AAC). It has been proposed that there be a Faculty Advising Board to the AAC. Discussion.
4b. Update on the College鈥檚 Strategic Plan Task Force. (350)
Membership is currently being recruited. We wish to have a report by this Task Force by our March, 2019 ASC meeting that prioritizes the Strategic Plan and makes recommendations for changes to it.
4c. How shall ASC respond to the petition by the graduate students concerning their fees? (355)
How shall ASC proceed? Do we support the petition? Merely call attention to it? Input needed for suggestions on how ASC proceed (or not). Information from BFA.
4d. Update on the College鈥檚 Budget (400)
Report from ASC Budget Chair Tricia Rankin: A subgroup of the ASC Budget committee met with Dean Ann Schmiesing, and members of the McKinsey firm involved in Financial Futures. Budget Cmte. stressed that things that generated net income for the campus such as increased enrollment might not (and in case of enrollment were not) income generating for A&S due to the way revenue was shared and that therefore some plans campus was making might not be embraced at College level. This goes back to the historicity of the Base Budget (that the College 鈥減ays鈥 a ~60% 鈥渙verhead鈥 to the campus).
Budget committee also stressed that comments about student retention in the College should be attributed to our lack of staff, not a lack of interest. We are largest College and often have fewer staff than much smaller colleges. Similarly asking for our faculty to volunteer in this role must account for the fact that our faculty have less staff support and higher teaching/service loads to begin with.

4e. The Provost has reconvened a steering group to review comments on the College reorganization plan. The reason for doing this is to 鈥溾ook for potential issues the Reorg committee did not consider, as well as to generate good ideas for moving forward with an implementation.鈥
Many people in the College are now waiting to learn more about the College Reorg plan. The Federal shutdown impacts are presently dominating the concerns of faculty. It is noteworthy that the shutdown could very soon affect many researchers and students on campus.
4f. INVITED: Visit to ASC by College of Arts & Sciences AD Hillary Potter, AD Daryl Maeda, and Communications Director Clint Talbot (415)
Introductions; What are your roles in the College?
How do you see the unfolding of the College reorganization in the context of their duties?
What synergies can be created between their offices and the ASC that would increase efficacy across the College?
4g. Be sure to attend the Provost Open Forum in March
The Provost has announced that he will hold Open Forums. Students, faculty, and staff are invited and encouraged to attend, to ask questions, and to engage in dialogue regarding the activities of the Division of Academic Affairs at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder.
For the College of A&S, our open forum will be on Monday, March 4th in Old Main Chapel from 9:00 to 10:00 am. We should be sure to have as many representatives of the ASC attend this meeting. From our reading of the timing, this will coincide with announcements about the College reorganization.
5. Council invited to be heard
Time permitting
Adjourn (500)

December 11, 2018

Tuesday December 11, 2018

3:30 to 5:00 PM

NOTE, DIFFERENT LOCATION: Old Main Chapel

(*NO* snacks and beverages will be provided; paper handouts and electronic materials)

Chair鈥檚 remarks 鈥 Stephen Mojzsis(330)

The purpose of this meeting is multi-fold, first is to welcome our College of Arts & Sciences community (Faculty, Staff and Students), as well as to welcome as special guests our colleagues from Boulder Faculty Assembly, CMCI and other schools and colleges on the Boulder campus, and the Staff Advisory Committee, to discuss the Strategic Plan.

脿 We seek to modify our By-Laws to invite the Staff Advisory Committee chair or a designated representative to attend meetings as a welcomed visitor. Following our By-Laws, we intend to bring the Staff Advisory Council Chair and CMCI in as permanent ex-officio non-voting members sometime next semester by FAS vote.  A motion to proceed with these initiatives was passed by the ASC.

脿 Our end-of-Fall-semester meetings are when we hear brief (3 minute) reports of the activities of our standing committees. It is at the end-of-Spring-semester (April, 2019) that we will hear more detailed reports from our standing and ad-hoc committees on their achievements for the Academic Year 2018-2019.

脿  ASC seeks to endorse the vision and spirit of the College鈥檚 Strategic Plan (SP). At our October all-hands meeting, we voted to create an SP Implementation Task Force. That Task Force is still being composed.  We would then as a body learn the outcomes of the Task Force鈥檚 findings by our March 2019 all-hands meeting, and vote on Implementation of the SP at our April 2019 meeting (the final meeting of the semester).

After Committee reports, we will have an open discussion and a call for a vote of eligible ASC members for endorsement of the College鈥檚 Strategic Plan.  Keep in mind that the SP is a 鈥渓iving document鈥 and we expect there to be changes arising from on-going discussions and research by the Task Force.

3. Dean鈥檚 remarks - James White (340)

Welcome and encourage attendees to be aware of all of the various visioning initiatives going on with the campus.

4. Business (345)

4a. Reports from the ASC Standing Committees

3-5 minutes each, with handouts describing the operations of the ASC Standing Committees.

4b. A petition by the graduate students concerning fees

4c. Dialogue on the A&S Strategic Plan (400)

Open forum. Comments, questions, and concerns are invited from all participants. Moderated by ASC Chair.

5. Vote to endorse the Vision and Spirit of the Strategic Plan of the College of Arts & Sciences, anticipating changes that would be made to the document before a vote for Implementation is considered (450)

6. Council invited to be heard

Time permitting

Adjourn (500)

 

 

November 13, 2018

Tuesday November 13, 2018, 3:30 to 5:00 PM, NOTE, DIFFERENT LOCATION: Recreation Center Ice Rink Overlook, Large Meeting Room

  • Chair鈥檚 remarks, Stephen Mojzsis (3:30)
    • Updating of the ASC website. Should be repaired by this meeting.
    • Mark your calendars: At our first meeting together of 2019, the ASC in January will hear more about student recruitment and retention. Updates from Hillary Potter, Daryl Maeda, and colleagues. We will invite Clint Talbot to talk about communication.
    • We have our December 11, 2018 all-hands meeting scheduled to take place with the faculty of the College of Arts & Sciences, as well as to discuss and vote on endorsement of the Strategic Plan.
    • How shall we most effectively promote this meeting? Might we consider having the meeting at a location that can accommodate a larger group of people?
    • Change to By-Laws: Staff Advisory Committee 鈥 The ASC Excom requests that our colleagues in SAC be provided Exofficio status at the ASC all-hands meeting. Shall there be a Motion?
    • Diversity Summit November 13 & 14.
    • The campus diversity plan鈥Inclusion, Diversity and Excellence in Academics (IDEA)鈥攊s scheduled to be released by mid-November. There will be a one-month commenting period and Town Hall forum.
  • Dean鈥檚 remarks, James White (3:45)
    • Two things will occupy us in the Spring semester 2019: The College Re-organization, and Instructor Committee Report. Very supportive of the Reorg committee鈥檚 report.
    • Value of a Liberal Arts education. It is really important that we do well (advertising, admissions). We seem to recruit for a very different College (or University) than what we are.
    • Understand better the ACO issue. National trend to STEM, but there must be more to it than the national trend.
    • (M51/F49) now, ten years ago (F53/M47). Why this trend?  For example, by a 2-1 margin, women are deciding to go to CSU over 欧美口爆视频.
    • Planning Committee and Advising.
  • Business (3:55)
    • The AF Reorganization Committee鈥檚 report to the Provost (3:55)
      • Handouts and information from Tricia Rankin and Bill Kaempfer.
      • A draft report from this committee was released November 2nd to the Provost, and posted online November 12 here.
      • **How should ASC respond to the recommendations of the Reorganization Committee and of the Provost鈥檚 Office decision on implementation? **
    • Continuing our Dialogue on the A&S Strategic Plan: Endorsement and Implementation (4:20)
      • The ASC seeks to approve the existing SP鈥檚 vision and direction. We recommend to Interim Dean White that an Implementation Committee to be formed. We would then vote on Implementation (not the same as Endorsement) at our December 11 meeting. We look forward to implementation and a timeframe by the end of AY 2018-2019.
      • Feedback from the units in the College has been weak. At the Chairs & Directors meeting on Tuesday November 6, there was lack of clarity on the part of attendees about how well publicized the SP was to the College. Why does the Strategic Plan have Compassion in it?
    • First Year Seminars and Diversity & Inclusiveness, Hillary Potter, Daniel Jones, Erica Ellingson, Juan H. (4:25)
      • Recommendation to the Dean to call for feedback on creating classes that promote diversity and inclusiveness of thought, ethnicity, personal experience, etc. especially in the natural sciences.
    • Presentation on Gender and UMR representation for the college (4:30)
      • We will hear from Deborah Wuttke on the College鈥檚 efforts to enhance Gender and Underrepresented Minority communities on campus.
    • Police presentation, Scott Pribble (4:35)
      • Regarding: The Personal Alarm App at 欧美口爆视频.
      • We would like to have clarity from your office about why this App was removed from the 欧美口爆视频 system.
    • Online education, Vilja Hulden (4:40)
      • An update from the Online Education Committee. What are out peer institutions that do this? Can we send them our questionnaire?
    • Instructor Task Force Update, Rolf Norgaard (4:45)
      • An update to ASC on the composition of this committee, its charge, schedule, and that an early February draft report expected.
      • A key concern of the ITF is that their recommendations will require follow-up and implementation. Shall the ASC consider formation of a Faculty Affairs Committee of the ASC tasked specifically for implementation of the ITF report? Call for a Motion.
  • Council invited to be heard (4:55)
    • Time permitting
  • Adjourn (5:00)

October 23, 2018

Tuesday October 23, 2018, 3:30 to 5:00 PM Location: UMC 247, (snacks and beverages will be provided; no paper handouts, all electronic materials)

  • Chair鈥檚 remarks, Stephen Mojzsis (3:30)
    • In our work in the ASC to represent the interests and ambitions of the Faculty of the College of Arts & Sciences, it is important to reflect on the enormous contributions of our College to the strength of the University. This is what makes our jobs so important, that the talent of our people in the College uniquely enhances the University:
      • Professors of Distinction in the College: Christopher Brader, French and Italian; Janet Jacobs, Women and Gender Studies; Mitch Begelman, APS. 
      • Distinguished Professors: Peter Molnar, Geological Sciences & CIRES; Douglas Seals, Integrative Physiology; Thomas Veblen, Geography; Nathalie Ahn, Biochemistry; Elizabeth Fenn, History; Warren Motte, French & Italian; Roy Parker, Biochemistry.
      • President鈥檚 Teaching Scholar: David Grant, Math.
      • Distinguished Research Lectureship: William Lewis, EBIO & CIRES.
      • Kayden Book Award: Brian Catlos, Religious Studies; Fredy Gonzales, History.
      • Excellence in Leadership and Service: Arturo Aldama, Ethnic Studies; James Green, APS; Matthew McQueen, Integrative Physiology; Karen Ramirez, Miramontes Arts & Sciences Program.
      • BFA Awards in Excellence in Research, Scholarly & Creative Work: Donna Goldstein, Anthropology; David Schneer, History; Katherine Suding, EBIO & INSTAAR; Kenneth Wright, Integrative Physiology; Paul Youngquist, English; Nichole Barger, EBIO; Jeanne Clelland, Math; Andrea Feldman, Program in Writing and Rhetoric; Marcia Yonemoto, History.
      • American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Natalie Ahn, Chemistry & Biochemistry; Henry Kapteyn, Physics .
      • AAAS: Marvin Caruthers, Chemistry & Biochemistry.
      • American Philosophical Society: Paul Kroll, Asian Languages and Civilizations.
      • National Academy of Sciences: Natalie Ahn, Chemistry & Biochemistry; Karolin Luger, Chemistry & Biochemistry.
  • Dean鈥檚 remarks, James White (3:45)
    • What is the timeline for implementation of ASC鈥檚 Strategic Plan? The ASC will meet after Nov. 6. Planning committee has convened to discuss implementation. Recommendations for SP implementation were put together into a spreadsheet (which is in your electronic packet).
    • It is important to prioritize what we are trying to accomplish with the SP.
    • Update on the Instructor鈥檚 Task Force.
    • Thoughts on changes to the calculus of the Base Budget.
    • Looking ahead: Student recruitment and retention; presentation at the December 11, 2018 all-hands/Faculty of A&S meeting. Updates from Hillary Potter, Daryl Maeda, etc. Invite Clint Talbot to talk about communication.
  • Business
    • The College鈥檚 Strategic Plan and its relation to the Campus鈥 Academic Futures document (4:15)
      • Preliminary briefing to the ASC on the general approach of the Academic Futures鈥 Reorganization Committee by Tricia Rankin and Bill Kaempfer. Please see your electronic packet. They will describe the process rather than recommendations (which are still in process). There are obvious implications for shared faculty governance in reorganization. Relationship of this to BFA鈥檚 shared faculty governance viewpoint (which is strong). We expect that a draft report from this committee will be released in early November.
      • **We will openly discuss the direction of ASC, of its goals, leadership, and our role in the implementing the College鈥檚 Strategic Plan and our relationship with the Campus鈥 Academic Futures. How shall ASC respond to 鈥淎cademic Futures鈥? How can the role of ASC be enhanced, following Regents Laws, in our own profession based on AF?**
    • 鈥淚mplementation phase鈥 of the A&S Strategic Plan (4:30)
      • Feedback from the units in the College. Not much heard so far. FEEDBACK NEEDED BY NOVEMBER 6.
    • Curriculum Committee and the First Year Seminars
      • Status of the First Year Seminars and coordination with Curriculum Committee will be provided by Erica Ellingson.
    • Online education: An update from the Online Education Committee. 
      • It was a stated goal by the Executive Committee that by December a Dean鈥檚 Task Force be put together to engage the departments directly in how we best coordinate implementation of online courses in the College.
  • Other business:
    • Why is the 欧美口爆视频 Personal Alarm application no longer supported by 欧美口爆视频?
    • RIO was moved to East Campus, would it not be important for CAS to be involved in decisions made by RIO?
    • Do you know about the ASC鈥檚 new policy for committees鈥 composition in March of each academic year?
    • What is going on with Global Experiences/International Education (GE/IE)? ASC was made aware of a new campus policy. Global Experiences/International Education (GE/IE) has been requesting meetings with A&S faculty, but the purpose of these meetings is unspecified. The email from GE/IE refers to such a policy. This policy is dated in August of this year and says that the Provost approved it. It seems to place research travel involving students under the jurisdiction of the folks in Global Experiences. We at ASC were not made aware of this policy, or of any discussion and/or consultation with faculty that led up to it. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
  • Council invited to be heard (4:55)
    • Time permitting
  • Adjourn (5:00)

September 18, 2018

3:30 to 5:00 PM; Location: UMC 247 (snacks and beverages will be provided; no paper handouts, all electronic materials)

  • Welcome
  • Chair鈥檚 remarks 鈥 Stephen Mojzsis (3:30)
    • Introductions of ASC Chair, Parliamentarian, Executive Committee members, ASC Coordinator. Looking ahead to the 2018-2019 academic year for the ASC. Sharing the purpose of the ASC with your programs and departments. Reaching out to Student Government, Engineering, Business, Law, Music.
    • The search for a new 欧美口爆视频 President (https://connections.cu.edu/stories/board-regents-has-first-presidential-search-meeting). See who is involved with the search.
    • Academic Futures (/today/2018/09/04/reimagining-our-future-academic-futures-draft-report-posted-your-consideration). Please have a careful read of it.
  • Dean鈥檚 remarks - James White (3:50)
    • New and different ways of engaging new students鈥 in CAS 鈥43 degrees鈥 (invite Daryl Maeda to October meeting); Enrollment update; Course and Program Fees; College鈥檚 Strategic Plan implementation; Academic Futures, including College Restructuring and role of Faculty governance; new Instructors Committee, Budget; Ongoing Search for Assistant Dean for Advancement; New Associate and Assistant Dean hires; Update on the College Restructuring Committee. What is 鈥淔inancial Futures鈥? On the horizon: implementing ideas for recruiting when we put A/D Maeda in place, better advising, and the need for a 欧美口爆视频101.
  • Business carried over from AY 2017-2018
    • Changes made to the By-Laws of the ASC in 2017-2018 (410)
      • Ex-officio status for Chairs of the Boulder Faculty Assembly and CMCI Faculty Council, or their designated representatives. Appointment of Parliamentarian of the ASC. Term limit of ASC Chair now 3 years. Please see: https://artsandsciences.colorado.edu/ascouncil/
    • The College鈥檚 Strategic Plan, the Campus鈥 Academic Futures document (415)
      • How shall the ASC respond to the recently published Academic Futures document? We will openly discuss the direction of ASC, of its goals, leadership, and our role in the implementing the College鈥檚 Strategic Plan and our relationship with the Campus鈥 Academic Futures. How shall ASC respond to 鈥淎cademic Futures鈥? Shall we have the ASC Excom compose a response? How can the role of ASC be enhanced, following Regents Laws, in our own profession based on AF?
    • Update on the 鈥渋mplementation phase鈥 of the A&S Strategic Plan (4:30)
    • Report from Associate Dean David Brown (fmr. Chair, Strategic Planning Cmte; now Assoc. Dean Social Sciences).
      • [After the recent Chairs & Directors meeting, the ASC Excom requests that the Strategic Plan should go to all Chairs and Directors for discussion, deadline for response to the ASC will be Tuesday November 6, 2018. We argue that there should be a delay implementation until the AF reorganization is explained.] Comments welcome.
  • Report from the ASC Executive Committee (4:45)
    • New policy for committees鈥 composition in March of each academic year.
    • David Stock (Chair, Program) is working with Assoc. Dean Maeda on feedback from the ASC departmental representatives on the functioning of the Academic Advising Center.
    • Kristy Tiampo (Chair, Personnel) is providing informational presentations to new chairs, as well as to all departments who request this information for those faculty undergoing tenure and promotion.
    • Tricia Rankin (Chair, Budget committee): looking very closely at the 鈥渂ase budget鈥 frustration that course fees are still not a solved problem. The impact of departments that heavily use course fees (many such depts. are forced to use other funds such as donor monies to make up the deficit and there are no mechanisms for funds).
    • Should AF bring up the subsidy to the campus as a topic for AF? What is 鈥淔inancial Futures鈥?
    • Visiting departments that have been historically underrepresented.
    • Daniel Jones (Chair, Diversity), with Juan Herrero-Senes (Chair, Curriculum) and Erica Ellingson (Assoc. Chair UG education APS; to look at Diversity FYS class proposals and the proposal that some First Year Seminars count for GedEd credit, and how the FYS Advisory Board might help the Curriculum Committee. This impacts our growth enrollment model, student retention, Alternative College Option students, etc.
    • Committee on Instructors: Rolf Norgaard connect with Daniel Jones (Chair, Diversity)
    • Vilja Hulden (Chair, Online education): Goal is that by December a Dean鈥檚 Task Force be put together to engage the departments directly in how we best coordinate implementation of online courses in the College.
    • ASC was made aware of a new campus policy. Global Experiences/International Education (GE/IE) has been requesting meetings with A&S faculty, but the purpose of these meetings is unspecified. The email from GE/IE refers to a policy (in your electronic packet). This policy is dated in August of this year and says that the Provost approved it. It seems to place research travel involving students under the jurisdiction of the folks in Global Experiences. We at ASC were not made aware of this policy, or of any discussion and/or consultation with faculty that led up to it. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
  • Council invited to be heard (4:50)
    • Time permitting
  • Adjourn (5:00)