COUNCIL OF DEANS

June 28, 2000

The Council of Deans met in regular session at 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 28, 2000, in the Provost's Conference Room. John Mosbo presided, and the following council members were present: Kathleen Atkins, Sam Buchanan, Bob Everding, Joe Horton, Maurice Lee, Elaine McNiece, and Sally Roden. Jimmy Ishee represented Neil Hattlestad, and Ron Toll was represented by Steve Addison.

The COD minutes of June 21 were approved as circulated.

Mosbo asked the deans to consider whether they should give faculty members the opportunity to follow the proposed outline when preparing their dossiers for lecturer/clinical instructor/laboratory instructor advancement. Following discussion, the COD voted 6-yes, 1-no, and 2-abstentions to provide the proposed outline to faculty. Mosbo will take the matter under advisement.

Mosbo called for discussion of the withdrawal policy. Several issues and questions were raised. Roden will gather additional information and discussion will continue at a future meeting.

Mosbo distributed student residence data prepared by Roger Lewis showing enrollments broken down by on-campus, off-campus, and selected cities. Discussion followed.

Dean Reports

Lee announced that Dr. Joe Delap, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, is now on campus.

Atkins informed the deans of a second Pathwise Training session scheduled for September 12-13, 2000. She asked the deans to encourage attendance for the professional education faculty who did not participate in the May session.

Everding reported on a recent request for allocation of a graduate assistantship and asked the deans for input. Discussion followed.

Roden reported that the three-day instructional technology workshop was underway and the faculty involved are very enthusiastic. She asked the deans to ensure that all four-year graduation plans are submitted and are accurate.

Mosbo (1) asked the deans whether the chairs were in favor of a proposed process for submission of grades, and following discussion the COD determined that a change did not need to be made at this time; (2) distributed copies of the on-line calendar web pages and suggested that events of college- or university-wide interest should be submitted; (3) reminded the deans that Gordon McCray will be on campus this afternoon, tomorrow, and Friday to conduct instructional technology workshops and encouraged them to visit a workshop; (4) announced that Buchanan will coordinate academic technologies and asked that the deans inform him of departmental or college initiatives in that area; (5) discussed the recent decision by the Department of Finance and Administration to deny UCA's request to award merit bonuses to classified staff; (6) distributed up-to-date enrollment printouts for fall and stressed the importance of making sure that classes are available for students who have not yet registered.

Following a motion by Horton and second by Everding, the meeting adjourned at 10:50 a.m.

cd