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Time:
3:15 p.m.
Place:
Hulman Memorial Student Union 227
Present:
Chairperson S. Lamb, Vice Chair B. Evans, Secretary C. Hoffman,
B. Frank, A. Halpern, J. Hughes, M. Miller,
T. Mulkey
Absent: S.
Davis
Ex-Officio: R.
English (for Provost Maynard)
Guests: D.
Wright (Student Affairs), V. French (Physics)
I.
Administration Report – R. English
1) Distributed
copies of the latest (2/1/07) Undergraduate Enrollment Report for Fall
07.
Data
comparisons to same date in 2006:
--
Freshmen: applications +2% (+401); admissions +20%
(+421); confirmed -45% (-171)
--
Transfers: applications -17% (-70); admissions
-23% (-36); confirmed -35% (-9)
Discussion followed about the significance of the figures.
Points noted:
-- Many students apply to multiple schools.
-- K. Snider advises that early confirmations have
traditionally not been a good indicator of
final enrollments.
2)
Physics [responding to a prior question]
Provost Report to the Campus (1/30/07) says: "Admission
to [programs recommended for
elimination] are to be suspended at this point…"(p.
3). What is the "point" referred to?
Response: The "point" is 6/1/07 -- the same as the due date
for plans to accommodate
students currently enrolled in programs to
be "phased out."
Question: Are we still accepting students as majors in physics for
Fall 07?
Response: Yes. Current count: first major = 8; second major =
2; minor = 1.
Admissions will continue to accept physics as
a major.
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Question: When and why were discussions of the proposed
articulation agreement in
physics with U. of Evansville suspended?
Response: Will seek clarification from Provost Maynard
EC # 17,
2/6/07
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II.
Chair Report - S. Lamb
Using a little
ratio analysis, suggested by Dr. Bell, we can predict the Fall 07 FTE
enrollment from the
Spring 07
enrollment. Using the average of the ratios from the last four years,
which have been fairly
steady, the
predicted enrollment is 8,621, which is less than 97.6% last year's fall
enrollment. Ratio
analysis
projects that what occurred in the past will occur in the future. This
would be a disaster.
We would be
pressed to pay bills. Dr. Snider has his work cut out for him.
I recall that
Provost Maynard stated that a plan would be announced for utilizing the
savings resulting
from the Program
Prioritization initiative. I would hope that we will be made aware of
the magnitude of
savings from
each program and what plans are being made for the utilization of those
savings.
I have met with
people responsible for some level of coordination of the ISU Web pages.
They informed
me that no WEB
advisory committee currently exists and that they are unaware of a
marketing advisory
committee. Some
of the same issues discussed at today’s meeting were raised by Betsy
Frank,
James Hughes,
and others, with last year’s Executive Committee. Chief among those
issues were the
lack of
navigational ability for potential students to find information about
departmental units. The experts
at today’s
meeting indicated that our web sites definitely are not recruitment
friendly. I do not find the
necessary
emphasis upon the importance of using our web sites as a recruitment
tool that is essential.
Do we not
believe that enrollment is a problem?
III. Fifteen
Minute Open Discussion -- Points / questions raised:
1) Tribune
Star story (2/3) reported that Provost Maynard expects to recoup
$1.5 - $2M from
proposed
changes. How was that figure determined? All information should be
shared with
the
faculty. R. English will inquire of the provost.
2) HHP – The
College will meet to discuss and to take an official vote on the
creation of the
proposed new college.
3) What has
happened to the ITAC subcommittee to improve the ISU web presence?
What
progress has been made? No additional information is available.
4) What
sacrifices is the administration making to recoup funds?
Information
was promised but not yet provided.
5) Funding for
Graduate Students – What changes are being made to address the issues
raised?
--
Regulations have been reworked; we are in line with practices at many
other institutions.
-- Graduate
dean has not yet responded to these issues.
6) Why has the
University Athletics Committee not met? Aren't regular meetings
required by
ISU rules
and NCAA regulations ?
-- The
Committee will be convened.
IV.
Minutes – Minutes #16 (1/30/07): APPROVED (Halpern, Evans 8-0-0)
V. Old Business
- none
EC
# 17, 2/6/07
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VI. New Business
1) Academic
Integrity Policy – (three documents)
D. Wright
was invited to the table and gave a brief overview, noting that these
documents
are the
product of work which started in Fall 05. Much of what is included is
derived
(with
permission) from the Central Michigan University policy.
Considerable discussion and editing followed.
APPROVED
(subject to final editing) for forwarding to the Faculty Senate (Frank,
Evans 8-0-0)
D. Wright
commended Task Force members and others who assisted with development of
the Policy.
2) Affiliate
Faculty Status – proposal from the provost
The Committee
directed that the proposal be forwarded to FAC for consideration
(Hoffman, Mulkey 8-0-0).
3) New
Enrollment Task Force -- Provost request for faculty nominees
The Committee
prepared a list of nominees. S. Lamb will confirm willingness to serve.
4) Nominee to
the nominating committee to select a faculty person to serve on the
Commission for
Higher
Education.
The
Committee selected a nominee (acclamation).
The Committee went
into executive session (Hughes, Halpern 8-0-0).
The Committee came
out of executive session and adjourned at 5:10 p.m. (Frank, Halpern
8-0-0).
Respectfully
submitted,
C. Hoffman,
Secretary
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