Academic Deans Council Minutes : February 21, 2018

Abstract

Ms. Fuhrman and Ms. Flick led a discussion about the need for faculty to have access to a program to collect data on scholarship, faculty activities, strategic planning, grants, web profiles, accreditation, and chair's evaluations on a continual basis. At the time, information was limited to once a year. WCBA had been using Digital Measures with success. Associate Provost Ball stated he submitted a proposal to purchase Digital Measure from the Strategic Investment Funding. Dr. Ball stated that faculty and staff should have received an email invitation to attend a training session for uAchieve. Anyone using DARS was to register for a training session. Associate Provost Pintar distributed the chairperson evaluation schedule and the chairperson performance evaluation, and she opened the floor for comments. Dr. Pintar stated the University was ready to launch the student complaint system, but the launch had to be pushed back because of concerns raised by the faculty union. Dr. Becker explained there are three topics to Penguin Think: Innovation, Difference, and Sustainability. Dr. Becker asked the deans to email either Ms. Eisnaugle or herself with topics and experts in the area who they could contact. Quest was to be held on April 3. Mr. Hripko pointed out that the language in the YSU-OEA contract on Research Professorships was very broad. He wanted the deans to review the process and to provide input about how this process should be framed going forward. Provost Abraham stated that due to the removal of workload from the faculty contract, he was seeking several deans to help him frame what workload should look like. Provost Abraham gave a quick review of the updated academic calendars following input from Student Government and the Academic Senate. Part-time evaluations went out. Dr. Ball distributed a flyer on the CourseLeaf system. YSU alumnus Jacob Schriber-Briggs was accepted into both Columbia and Harvard. Spring workload reports were sent out and a call for budget reallocations and allocation requests was to be sent during the next couple of weeks. AVP Hripko stated he would be soliciting URC grants as soon as the email is written.