APC Meeting 19 September 2007—approved minutes

 

Present:           Bickford, Benson, Bowman, Darrow (chair), Duncan, Eggemeier, Jipson, Patterson, Penno, O’Gorman, Saliba

 

Excused:         Diestelkamp, Frasca

 

 

  1. Approval of Minutes from meeting of 12 September.

 

Approved unanimously with no changes.

 

  1. Approval of changes to subcommittee selection process in light of full Senate comments.

 

There was a lively discussion of the recommendations from the Senate meeting on Friday.  The committee agreed that the language added to the instructions to deans satisfied the Senate’s concerns.  Even though there remained reservations about where the demands for a seat on the subcommittee might stop (even using faculty membership to define and limit eligibility), the committee agreed to add a position for a library representative to the subcommittee roster.

 

Several members of the committee raised the question of the relationship between HIR and graduate education.  The dean of the graduate school assured the committee that he was aware of the need to consider overarching learning outcomes for graduate programs as well.

 

  1. Election of Subcommittee chair.

 

After a brief discussion, the chair distributed ballots.  The majority of the committee elected Don Pair to chair the subcommittee.

 

  1. Plans to select subcommittee members next week.

 

The committee asked the chair to remind deans of the weighty expectations of subcommittee membership.

 

The committee also agreed that, should the nominations be available before next Wednesday’s meeting, that the chair should circulate them so that committee members might give them consideration before the meeting.

 

  1. Old Business?

 

The chair announced that November 2 was the only clear Friday at 3:00 during which a meeting of former working group members might be held.  The committee regretted postponing the meeting opportunity until November 2, but also noted that the November 2 date would guarantee that subcommittee representatives could be present to hear suggestions and offers of assistance.   The committee instructed the chair to send out the thank-you letter to former working group members inviting them to participate in the meeting on November 2nd in SJ 231.

 

  1. New Business?

 

None.

 

  1. Motion to adjourn.