Academic Council Minutes

July 16, 2004

Present: Haffley, Green, Cass, L. Henry, Stroman, Sciame-Giesecke, Calhoon, Stachacz, Pati, Kintzele, Roales
Guest: Hawkins

1. An information commons will begin in the Library in August. It will start with 24 computers.
2. CTE funds have been committed for Student Activities/development/service learning projects. Amy Sadler has been hired and funding for internships for not-for-profit organizations will allow six internships per semester to be granted next year. Sarah Hawkins described the program and asked the Academic Council members to explain the program to faculty and encourage them to encourage student participation. She asked the criteria for granting credit for internships be sent to Julie Diesman. The non-profit agencies will select the students from the list of applicants. The job descriptions supplied by the non-profit agencies will be sent to the deans/chairpersons so they can evaluate whether any college credit will be granted for the internship. This will be done in advance so the students will know whether college credit will be available before they apply. The deans/chairpersons will also provide a list of learning outcomes. We will discuss the progress of the program sometime next January.
3. V.C. Green encouraged the deans/chairpersons to nominate faculty for distinguished teaching awards and also to identify possible FACET nominees. The nominations are due by October 15, 2004.
4. We began the process of identifying goals for Academic Council by listing unit goals. We then suggested some common goals which we all support. The list will be refined and strategies for achieving these goals will be developed at future meetings.

Goals

Continuing Education

1. Increase market share of adult students
2. Continue and expand ACCEL program
3. Foster new corporate relationships (economic development)

Business

1. Increase visibility and enrollment
2. Enhance student learning
3. Build intellectual capital

– Pati shared the Business Strategic Plan with Carmel.

Education

1. Increase enrollment in graduate program. (Also all graduate programs goal)
2. General Education review
3. Start BS in Early Childhood program and gain accreditation for all Education programs

Nursing

1. Establish structures for systematic analysis for accreditation of nursing program
2. Deliver 2nd year of MSN program and seek next first year cohort
3. Continue and mature economic development efforts

Arts & Sciences

1. General Education Assessment
2. Assessment of freshman year
3. Recruitment and enrollment of new students
4. Develop new programs and address problem of salary compression

University Division/AA

1. Assessment of new student orientation
2. Assess and modify processes for special needs students
3. Recruit more minority faculty/students
4. Reallocate duties/responsibilities of University Division staff

Library

1. Enhance information literacy access curriculum
2. Better integration with IT
3. Greater efficiency in workflow

Academic Affairs

1. Increase four year graduation rate to 36%
2. Increase student success in Mathematics

Possible General Goals

1. Assessment/improve General Education and majors
2. Access to success - more students enrolled and a greater percentage graduated.
3. New program development and increase community for students

Announcement:
The EMA conference on October 21 & 22 will address the improvement of recruitment of minorities.