COMMITTEE:           Committee on Committees

 MEETING DATE:    Tuesday, February 8, 2011,  3:00 PM

 PERSON PRESIDING:      Catherine Rigsby

 REGULAR MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:     Margaret Bauer, Puri Martinez, Enrique Reyes, Catherine Rigsby, Wendy Sharer

 EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE:    Mark Taggart, Marianna Walker 

 OTHERS IN ATTENDANCE:   Will Banks, George Bailey, Sharon Ballard, Kevin Baxter, Dick Eakin, Barry Elmore, Marsha Ironsmith, Lori Lee, Joseph Thomas, Linda Wolfe.

 

 ACTIONS OF MEETING

Agenda Item 1:  Discussion of possibility of creating a Faculty Senate Honors College Committee

Eakin and Ironsmith shared information about the history, membership, and current charge of the Honors College Faculty Advisory Board. Committee members followed up with questions and responded to concerns expressed by Eakin and Ironsmith.

 

Action Taken:  None. The committee will consider the information provided as it further investigates the possibility of creating a Faculty Senate committee.  

Additional Duties Assigned: Working with the draft charge for the Honors College Faculty Advisory Board that was provided by Eakin and Ironsmith, Taggart will create a draft of a charge for a Faculty Senate Honors College Committee to be discussed at the next Committee on Committees meeting.

 Agenda Item 2:  Discussion of possibility of creating a Faculty Senate Service Learning Committee

Ballard and Elmore shared information about the history, membership, and current duties of the university Service Learning Committee. Committee members followed up with questions and responded to concerns expressed by Ballard and Elmore.

 

Action Taken:   None. The committee will consider the information provided as it further investigates the possibility of creating a Faculty Senate committee.

Additional Duties Assigned: Lee will make the now outdated charge of the University Service Learning Committee available to Ballard and Elmore, who will revise and update it to reflect the current membership and duties of the committee. This update will then be passed along to Rigsby, who will use it to draft a charge for a Faculty Senate Service Learning Committee. This draft will be discussed at the next Committee on Committees meeting.

Agenda Item 3: Discussion of possibility of creating a Faculty Senate Writing Across the Curriculum Committee

Banks  shared information about the history, membership, and current duties of the university Writing Across the Curriculum Committee. Committee members followed up with questions and responded to concerns expressed by Banks.

 

Action Taken:   None. The committee will consider the information provided as it further investigates the possibility of creating a Faculty Senate committee.

Additional Duties Assigned: Lee will make the old charge of the previous Faculty Senate Writing Across the Curriculum Committee available to Sharer, who will work with Banks to draft a charge for a new Faculty Senate Writing Across the Curriculum Committee. This draft will be discussed at the next Committee on Committees meeting.

Agenda Item 4:  Discussion of possible changes to the charges and names of the Academic Standards Committee and the Admission and Retention Policies Committee

Wolfe pointed out several inaccuracies in the current charge of the Academic Standards Committee.

Martinez asked if the Academic Standards Committee might consider a change in name. Sharer explained that the Committee on Committees had discussed such a change because the term “Standards” has caused some confusion of late about which policies and issues should be taken up by Academic Standards Committee and which should be taken up by the Admission and Retention Policies Committee. Sharer pointed out that a good deal of what the Admission and Retention Policies Committee does relates to “standards” (such as determining GPAs for academic advancement, graduation, and degrees with distinction, for instance)

Bailey suggested a new, more accurate name for the Academic Standards Committee:  the Foundations Curriculum and Instructional Effectiveness Committee.

Thomas reviewed changes proposed by the Admission and Retention Policies Committee to that committee’s charge. The Committee on Committees will work on revisions to the Admission and Retention Policies Committee charge at its next meeting.

Actions Taken:   After the members of other committees had left, Bauer moved that the Committee on Committees, pending approval from the Academic Standards Committee, include the proposed name change to the Academic Standards Committee on the February Faculty Senate agenda.   Martinez seconds. Motion carries.

Additional Duties Assigned:  Wolfe and Bailey will revise and update the charge for the Academic Standard Committee and provide a draft for discussion at the next Committee on Committees meeting. Rigsby will follow up to secure approval to put the name change of the Academic Standards Committee on the February Faculty Senate agenda.

Agenda Item 5: Discussion of changes to the charges of several Faculty Senate Committees

Rigsby asked committee members to review minor changes to several committee charges and approve them for inclusion on the February Faculty Senate Agenda.

Action Taken: Martinez moves to approve the changes. Reyes seconds. Motion passes.

Additional Duties Assigned: NA

Meeting adjourned at 5:03 PM.

Respectfully submitted: Wendy Sharer, February 8, 2011