Deans Council Minutes

September 12, 2001

NOTE: At times, issues of confidentiality may require that some items discussed in meetings be excluded from these minutes.

Present: Bill Barnes, Dick Aynsley, Joel Fowler, Alan Gabrielli, Mike Murphy, Sandy Pfeiffer, Dawn Ramsey, Judy Waits

GUEST: Ron Koger

1. Transfer Articulation Day: Koger described the transfer articulation day on September 28, to which we’ll invite academic vp’s from two-year and four-year institutions. Pfeiffer will speak briefly on reorganization and school structure. School deans will talk five minutes each on programs and majors. Ramsey will discuss the certificate programs. Program heads are encouraged to attend and eat lunch with the guests.

2. Orientation: Koger asked about the date of orientation for fall 2002. He’d like to have it on Monday, since nothing is scheduled for Tuesday before classes start on Wednesday. The deans agreed to the proposal.

3. Advising: The group discussed the need for improved advising for entering freshmen to increase retention. Koger, Gabrielli, and Fowler will prepare an informal proposal on advising for freshmen and present it to the council.

4. Catalog: The next catalog will be for one year, will combine undergrad and grad information, and will apply to Fall 2002 through Summer 2003. Fowler will ask Hamrick to include deans in correspondence with program heads concerning catalog information.

5. Commencement: Koger presented a proposal for summer commencement. Deans asked the Senior Staff to reconsider for a variety of reasons. Pfeiffer will present the deans’ views to the Senior Staff.

6. Salary Equity: The new grant writer, Joyce Brown, is meeting with John Henderson and others to prepare criteria for a request for proposals (RFP) to send to firms that perform compensation studies. The guidelines will consider ranges for positions with respect to the market, and recommended salaries for individuals.

7. Staff Evaluations: The deans are to inform staff members in writing that the program heads will be (a) performing and annual evaluations of staff and (b) giving raise recommendations concerning staff members to the deans.

8. New Faculty Positions: The council discussed all positions to be requested for next year. By this Friday, the deans are to send Pfeiffer a memo with their rationale and proposed salaries for the positions.