hINUTES OF TaE ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COM}iITTEE MEETING
April 11, 1977
~embersPresentsEdgar~Hakojarvi, Khawaja, QuinbY:t Shuster, Skarote:t
Vogel, and'Yia naki (on behalf of Dr. Scriven)
Guest:
Previous
~'linutes:
:r-~USoB  
Accompanying:
Labor Studies
Technologys
Dean Paraska
Minutes of April 4, 1977, were unanimously approved
without any changes.
The committee was informed that U.C$C. has circulated
the new coUrses included in this program. The Com 
mittee should be in position to act upon this proposal
on April 18, 1977.
Dean Paraska outlined a detailed account of the back 
groundh~storyof this proposale' He informed the
committee that the o1io Board of Regents has approved
the concept of two-year programs in labor studies for
six universities, inciuding Y.SU. 1his approval was
obtained with great deal of difficulty. He also in 
formed the committee that Kent State is planning to
offer courses in this area to attract potential Y.S.U.
s·tudents. As such, it is important that we es·tablish
this program as soon as possible. He mentioned that.
Ken"t State is no·t one of those six universities for
which such a program has been approved.
In response to DeanYo~ciak·smemo of 4/6/77 to the
committee, Dean Paraska observed that the program as
proposed is no·t too res"tric"tive because it allows room
for electives which may broaden ·the scope of the
program. He alsopo~n~edout that·the courses list
by Dean Yozwiak are either too general (labor history)
or require many prerequistes$ making them unsuitable
for a tuo-year program.
Dean Paraska expressed concern that the program is
being unnecessarily delayed and that "the committee
actions might be causing such a delay. He mentioned
that while it is possible for hi f to ask~~.Lyden
(member, Y.S.U. Board of Trustees) to intervene
through the Presice t in order to e dite this
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proposa, eW~.• suc anaC~1on.He
was informed by the committee that even though the
proposal was received during the Spring break (3/18/77)
the proposal was considered at the first meeting of
this quarter (3/28/77) and that the commdttee bas
been fOllowing a 90nsistent policy om all new-program
proposals by requiring input form U.C.C. about the
status of net·coursesfo~these proposals before
taking a final action on the.m. Such a course of
action did not cause U.C.C. to postpone action on
new courses for the~roS.B - Accompanying proposal
as it did in the case of this proposal. It wassug~
gested that perhaps DoC.C. shoula reexamine its position
on Labor Studies courses. It~asalso pointed out to
Dean Pcr:casJ{a "that t..he departments and facul'cy most
directly involved in the area of labor studies were
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not consulted in the development of this program
proposal; as a result questions have been raised
that need to be examined by'the Academic Affairs
commit.tee.
In answering other related questions Dean Paraska
observed -that:
1. The program will be strictly a 2-year and
not a 2 + 2. "me 2~2 type, does not meet
needs of the clientele.
2. 'The program will be administered from the
office of the Dean of CAST and it may be
housed '0 a depar'bment if need arises.
3. Dr., Swan has been designated as theco~din­
ator for this program.
4. The Regent's qui~inesrequire that for all
technical instruction in two-year programs
the faculty must have at least 5 years of
practical experience in the field••
5. He would supply the committee with copies
of labor studies programs at other Ohio
universities for comparison.
Thecoro~itteemembers indicated that Dr. Robinson
of O.C.C. be contacted and that the position of the
Academic Affairs Committee be e>..--plained to him" It
was also suggested that ,Dr. Robinson be invited to
attend the next meeting.n~emembersa~soindicated
that there is no reason to change the statement de 
veloped on 4/4/77 outlining the committee position
on this proposal. -
The next meeting will be held at 10100 a.ma on
Nonday, April 18. 1977, the Dean's Conference Room
in ESB. The agenda will include the Mus. B - Ac 
companying and A.A.S. - Labor Studies Technology.
Respectfully submitted.
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Ikram h'bawaja