ACADEMIC POLICIES COMMITTEE
MINUTES

Meeting Time: 8:00 am March 6, 2002
Meeting Place: KU 211

Presiding: James Dunne
Senators Present: Biers, Dunne, Hallinan, Hartley, Johnson, Pedrotti, Saliba, Sargent
Ex Officio Member Present: Palermo
Guests: Dandaneau

Handouts: Pat Johnson provided a handout with a draft of the proposed changes to the administrative-responsibilities section of the General Education policy document and some correspondence related to the proposed revision. Dave Biers provided a handout with the charge and membership of the subcommittee formed to possibly update the language in the goals and rationale section of the General Education policy document.

1.     The minutes of the Feb 20, 2002 meeting of the APC were approved after the correction of a couple of dates.

2.     Jim Dunne announced that Linda Hartley had been appointed to the calendar committee. Linda Hartley said that the first meeting of that committee would be in the “next” week. Pat Palermo alerted the APC the fact that the nature of the orientation process was being reviewed and that this issue would probably eventually make its way to the APC.

3.     Status of the subcommittees formed to revise portions of the General Education Policy document.

Pat Johnson provided the APC with a preliminary draft of changes to the administrative-responsibilities section of the GE policy document. The revisions are intended to make clear that the responsibility for implementing the General Education and Competencies programs is to rest with an Associate Dean from the College of Arts and Sciences while oversight of the implementation process rests with an Associate Provost. Pat Johnson indicated that a final draft should be ready, for review by APC members, by the March 20 meeting of the APC the revisions could be brought to the full senate at the April senate meeting.

Dave Biers reported that the subcommittee charged with updating the language in the goals and rationale section of the GE policy document was formed and would meet for the first time later that day. He queried the APC membership as to whether the subcommittee had leeway to add goals or was constrained to revise existing goals. It was agreed that the addition of goals was within the purview of the subcommittee.

4.     Honor/Scholars designations.

Steve Dandaneau explained the plan developed by himself and Tom Westendorf for adding special notations to the diploma indicating that a student had completed the Honor’s program requirements and the John W. Berry Scholar’s program requirements. No new degrees needed to be approved by the APC. The APC and the full senate need only approve the addition of special notations. It was agreed that Tom Westendorf and Steve Dandaneau would be invited to the March 20^th meeting of the APC to discuss the specifics of the notations and to begin to develop the proposal for approving the notations. This proposal would be brought before the full senate at the April meeting.

5. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 am.