Academic Deans Council Minutes : November 05, 2008

Abstract

November 7, YSU scheduled a full production of "Madame Butterfly" at Stambaugh Stadium. The Jambar staff traveled to a student publication conference and won the Best in Show prize by the Associated Collegiate Press at its fall 2008 Convention in Kansas City. Marilyn Ward said that when the workload reports were run, it appeared that there were no missing instructors. However, after reviewing the data, it was discovered that when Institutional Research designed the report, if a course had no instructor of the 14th day, it wasn't listed in the report at all. Instructors need to be entered into Banner by the 14th day. Dr. Khawaja stated that he introduced only the concept of college fees to the Board of Trustees at the last Finance and Facilities meeting. He asked the Deans to continue to look at the college fee proposals and modify or refocus them if needed. The Board of Trustees changed the date of partial or complete withdrawal with a full refund from the 14th day to the 18th day of the academic year. The deans prefered the 7th day to the 14th day, because the 7th day would be aligned with the last day for adding a class. The deans worked on the University System of Ohio's Accountability Measures table requested by the state. Dr. Kasvinsky passed out a very rough draft of a supplementary pay policy. The deans were asked their preference of Human Resources sending out emails or individual letters to chairs and faculty to report on their outside consulting. The All Faculty Meeting will be February 26, 2009. Dean Edwards passed out the attachment to share new business from the Academic Standards Committee regarding the language for final approval by the Academic Standards Committee on the GER and a second degree.