12 September 2008
I.
Call to order
Sandra Warren called to order the meeting of the Educational Policies and Planning Committee at 2:00 on 12 September 2008 in RA 142.
II.
The following persons
were present:
Members: Dale Knickerbocker, Janice Lewis, Jim Mitchell, Linda
Kean and Sandra Warren
Ex-officio Members: Linner Griffin, David Conde, George
Kasperek, Jan Tovey
Guests & Presenters: Sharon Bland, John Connelly, Stan
Eakins, , Cynthia Johnson, Diane Kester, Ron Preston, Mike Spurr, Bill Sugar,
John Swope, & Larry White
Excused
Members: Rose Allen, Margaret Bauer, Jim Chandler,
III.
Minutes
The minutes from the 29 August 2008 were approved. (Lewis
moved; Conde seconded; unanimous)
IV.
Announcements
A. Open meeting policy. Sandra
Warren talked with the ECU attorney (Donna Payne) regarding whether the EPPC
could ask presenters to exit the room for discussion/vote among the committee
members regarding the proposals after the materials were presented. The attorney
said that the committee could go into closed session. The committee expects to
receive this approval confirmed in writing shortly. The committee members
agreed that the best procedure was to thank the visitors for their presentation
and ask them to wait outside while discussion occurred and a vote taken. The
presenters would then be invited back in to hear the results from the
committee. (NOTE:
Following this meeting, Ms Payne
sent an email correcting her original guidelines. As a committee of the university
(and given the nature of the EPPC business), EPPC business does not typically
meet the criteria for closed sessions. Likewise, secret balloting is not
permitting, unless public recording of each member's secret ballot and vote is
included in the mintues.)
B. Meeting Calendar. The group
discussed the possibility of adding additional meetings to meet the deadlines
for new academic programs on the calendar and making their way through the
approval process. The committee approved a motion to tentatively schedule an
additional meeting for November 21. (Knickerbocker moved; Mitchell seconded;
unanimous)
C. UNC Tomorrow Phase II Review
of Existing Programs sub-committee. Jan Lewis volunteered to represent
EPPC on this sub-committee to be chaired by Linner Griffin..
D. Business carried over from
2007-2008. The group again reviewed the items carried over from
2007-2008 to be addressed this year. Items included how to shorten the time
period between Notification of Intent to Plan and final campus approval for program
development and revisions of Part V. Section III of the ECU Faculty Manual. The
group decided that the strategies for addressing the timeline would take
substantial discussion and will be addressed first and the revisions second in
the coming meetings.
V. New Business
A.
Guidelines for unit academic program review.
Linner Griffin and Mike Spurr presented the Guidelines for
unit academic program review document that would be coordinated by the office
of academic programs. The document is available on the web for the ECU
community to view. The committee expressed that the document was clear and
helpful.
The report was approved by the committee. (
B.
Presented by Diane Kester and Larry White, interim co-chairs
of the proposed Department of Library Science; Bill Sugar, former interim chair
of the Department of Library Sciences and Instructional Technology; Ron
Preston, chair of the proposed Department of Mathematics, Science, and
Instructional Technology Education; and John Swope, associate dean for the
College of Education.
Sugar gave an overview of the proposal to make Library
Sciences its own department in order to meet accreditation standards.
Knickerbocker asked if there was any concern regarding
curriculum separation. The presenters all agreed that the separation was
amicable and the curriculum split was very clear.
Presenters also indicated that the spilt was cost neutral.
The proposal was approved by the committee.
C.
MAEd in Family and Consumer Sciences.
Presenters Cynthia Johnson and John Connolly. The request
was to take an existing program and make it available via distance education as
well. They already offer the core classes via DE so it is a matter of 3-4
courses being converted to DE.
Questions about enrollment were addressed. The program is
expected to grow overall with some reduction potentially in the number of on
campus students.
The group approved the proposal while also recommending a
through editing of the document. The revised version will be approved by Sharon
Bland prior to forwarding for subsequent approval.
D.
BSBA in Management and BSBA in management Information Systems.
Presented by
The proposals were approved.
VI.
Adjournment
Minutes submitted by: Linda G. Kean