Academic Deans Council Minutes : January 18, 2017

Abstract

Dr. Matanin shared a PowerPoint presentation and distributed handouts describing the new "blended" Early Childhood Education/Early Childhood Intervention Education program now in place. This program will replace the Early Childhood Education program now in place and offers two licensures with an endorsement. Ms. Fuhrman shared a PowerPoint presentation and distributed handouts on the results of the NSSE survey. The following university policies were amended and approved : 3356-10-12 Teaching by staff, 3356-10-22 Part-time faculty teaching excellence award, and 3356-10-12 Excellence awards for department chairs. Scheduling IGNITE was discussed. Provost Abraham reported he would be filling the position of Associate Provost for Academic Administration. Associate Provost Myers reported there were 320 international students enrolled at YSU, a record number. Dean Sanders shared the draft policies on "Guaranteed admission to degree programs upon completion of ELI" and "Admission Deferrals" and entertained questions and comments. Associate Provost Ball stated YSU is looking at vendors for online course evaluations instead of the current system being used. He also noted that he has been working with CourseLeaf for the curriculum management system. The Beeghly College of Education asked to sponsor the Mahoning County High School, which is affiliated with the Mahoning County Educational Services Center. Graduate assistantships were due the end of February. Dean Paul asked about the limitation of part-time teaching hours. More than 1,100 part-time faculty members had their credentials verified. Applications for Centers of Excellence were to be reviewed January 23. Quest was scheduled for April 4 and The Best of Quest on April 6. Associate Vice President Reagle announced the two searches for First-Year Services are complete. The Honors College participated in a food drive and retreat. Dean Blair raised the issue of risk management as it relates to university-sponsored field trips and outreach on campus. Associate Vice President Swegan gave a brief update about enrollment for spring semester. Dean Steelant noted he taught a class during the fall semester and was disappointed that the majority of students in the class had low or no study skills.