COMMITTEE: Academic
Standards Committee
MEETING DATE: September
17, 2007
PERSON PRESIDING: Linda
Wolfe
REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE: Lorenzo,
Pestaner, Richardson, Spalding, Thomas,
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:
Bailey, Griffin, Sprague
OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE: Mark Taggart, Chair of the Faculty
CALLED TO ORDER: 2:00 PM
ACTIONS OF MEETING
Agenda Item: Election of officers
Action
Taken: Nominations were made and
discussed for the offices of Chair, Vice-Chair and Secretary for this
committee. Linda Wolfe was re-elected as
Chair, Nancy Spalding was elected as Vice-Chair, and Mark Richardson was
re-elected as Secretary.
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Agenda Item: Volunteer from our committee
to serve as a representative on the Service Learning committee.
Discussion:
Michael Brown and Linner Griffin, ex-officio members of the Academic Standards
committee, have agreed to again serve our representatives on the Service
Learning committee.
Action Taken:
Approved
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Agenda Item: Volunteer from our committee to serve as a representative on the
Athletics committee.
Discussion: Joseph Thomas has agreed to again serve as
our representative on the Athletics committee.
Action
Taken: Approved
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Agenda Item: Discussion of the next meeting dates
Discussion: After looking at the academic calendar and
the scheduled meeting dates for the Academic Standards committee, the members
agreed that there was a need to find an alternate date for an October meeting
since the normal date (3rd Monday of each month) falls during Fall
Break. Other open dates to consider
include a date in December and January.
The problem with normal January date is that it conflicts with the MLK
holiday.
Action
Taken: The committee agreed to meet on
October 22, 2007 due to the pressing need to discuss issues facing our
committee. It was agreed to determine at
a later date whether the committee will meet in December. The committee agreed to tentatively schedule
a meeting for January 14, 2008.
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Agenda Item: A list of issues that the
Academic Standards committee will need to address during this term.
Discussion:
The list of issues that need to be addressed during this academic year
include:
· Consideration
of courses brought forward for Foundations Credit
· Consideration
of moving SOIS from paper distribution to online (for on-campus courses) and the
results of using the on-line version for Distance Education courses.
· Preparing
for the SACS assessment of Foundations Credit courses
(George Bailey has been working on
this)
· Consideration
of using the CLA exam through discussions with Mike Poteat
Action
Taken: The committee agreed that we will
consider courses for Foundations Credit as they are submitted and can be
scheduled. We will again call Michael
Poteat to discuss the move of SOIS to an on-line version and how this has
worked for DE courses. In preparation
for the upcoming SACS review, we will invite David Weismiller (who has been
appointed by the Chancellor to head the preparations for the SACS review) to
speak with the committee with regard to our role in the preparations. It was agreed to again invite Michael Poteet
to discuss ECU’s possible move toward using the CLA and how that would impact
Foundations courses.
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ADJOURNED: 2:20 p.m.
NEXT MEETING: October
22, 2007 at 2:00 PM (Rawl Annex)
ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: A discussion of our role in the preparations
for ECU’s review by SACS with regard to Core Requirement for General Education
to be led by Dr. David Weismiller.
Additionally, discussion with Michael Poteat of SOIS issues and a
proposal for how the SOIS should be used to evaluate teaching.