Academic Planning Task Force

Minutes of February 4

1. Strategic Planning On-Line (SPOL): ultimately everyone will have access; Academic Plan will appear under Standards.

2. Working Group Reports:

A. Goal 1: Quality Instruction (Chair Jeff Ray reporting): group has met; nearly finished with quality instruction, applied learning, professional development, haven't gotten to method of assessment yet

B. Goal 2: Comprehensive University (Chair Alan Gabrielli reporting):

committee needs to review the draft again before it is entered into SPOL

C. Goal 3: Funding (Committee Members Tom Ball and Sandra Vasa- Sideris reporting): draft has been submitted; on-going conversation has begun about better contact with and building relationships with alumni; need targeted sources for targeted needs, an approach that is deep rather than broad-based

D. Goal 4: Student, Community Needs (Chair Han Reichgelt reporting):

Draft from Nov. 27 is in SPOL; still awaiting formatting guidance

3. Announcements / Other Business

A. Education concentrations in existing degree programs (Math, Chem, Physics, Bio) are moving forward

B. Engineering (Civil / Mechanical / Electrical): consultant has been hired to do the viability study for evening engineering education; collaborative approach with bachelors here, masters at GA Tech; previous collaborations (i.e. with KSU on STEM and Construction Engineering with GA Tech) helped lay the groundwork; there's industry support for a nuclear concentration and for the program overall

C. Political Science proposal will go before the Senate on Feb. 12; it's on-line at: http://www.spsu.edu/sis

D. ETC construction should begin in October; renovation of I will begin when the bonds are issued