Educational Policies and
Planning Committee
Meeting Minutes
February 13, 2009
2:00pm-4:00pm Brewster
B-104
I.
Call
to Order
II.
The
following persons were present:
Committee
Members:
Rose
Allen, Sandra Warren, George Kasperak, Janice Lewis, Jim Chandler, David Conde,
Dana Murphy, Margaret Bauer
Ex-officio
members: Linner Griffin
Guests
and presenters: Dave Edgell, Joe Fridger, Dan Schigler, Ron Mitchellson,
Sharon Bland
III.
Minutes
The
minutes from the 9 January 2009 were approved.
IV. Discussion and Review Items
a. Renaming
“BSBA in Management Accounting” to “BSBA in Accounting”.
Dan Schigler presenting for the College of Business. Kasperak moved approval, Allen seconded. The
motion was approved.
b. Request
for Authorization to Establish a New Degree Program: MS in Sustainable Tourism. Dave Edgell, Joe Fridger, Ron Mitchellson
presenting.
Most of the discussion regarding this
program centered on resources. The committee felt that allocation issues needed
to be addressed. Concerns such as assistantships and tuition remissions were
brought up. The presenters indicated
that a commitment has been made by the Division of Research and Graduate
Studies, but nothing specific has been provided in writing. The committee made
the recommendation that the presenters get a specific commitment in writing.
The committee also made the
recommendation to clarify the program’s connection to UNC Tomorrow. The
committee asked that the year III budget in the Authorization to Establish be
completed.
Kean
moved to approve the authorization to establish with the condition that a
letter of resource support is provided. Lewis
seconded. The motion was approved with one abstention and all others in favor. A
letter of resource support was received by the committee on February 18, 2009.
V.
Open
Discussion
Results
of
Results of 27 February 2009 Faculty
Meeting re: Part V of the Faculty Manual
were discussed. The
VI. SACS
Interim Report- Standard 4.2
The
committee discussed the document and had some minor questions about wording and
information that will be sent back to the assessment committee.