Deans Council Minutes

September 19, 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

HAND-OUT FROM BOARD OF REGENTS: Ramsey distributed a handout from William R. Bowes, Vice Chancellor for Fiscal Affairs, on the subject of Tuition Policy and Agreements with Corporations, Organizations and Other Entities.

PROGRAM HEAD JOB DESCRIPTION: The group discussed a few changes in the draft of the program head job description, to be discussed at tomorrow’s Academic Leadership Council meeting.

STUDENTS WITH PREVIOUS UNDERGRAD DEGREE: Koger led a discussion on how to handle Core transfer credit for students who already have an undergraduate degree from another accredited college or university. After much discussion, it was decided that Koger would investigate how other institutions deal with the issue. The deans will discuss the topic again at another meeting.

EVALUATION OF DEANS: Pfeiffer led a discussion on options for evaluating deans this year. The deans are to email any suggestions to Pfeiffer by Monday. Whatever form is used, the process will involve collecting information from each school’s faculty and staff.

FACULTY REVIEWS: Deans will consider ways to simplify all the evaluation processes, including graduate faculty status, post-tenure, and pre-tenure reviews. Fowler suggested that for post-tenure review, faculty could use the last five years of the annual evaluation as the packet. Graduate faculty, if not applying for provisional status, also could use the last five years of annual evaluations for their packets. Discussion will continue at a later meeting

FACULTY CONSULTING: General guidelines and history were discussed. Pfeiffer will review the Board policy on consulting, and discussion will continue later. There are no urgent issues in this regard.