ࡱ> VXU` 2bjbjss ;N)%J J J J J J J ^ 8<,^ q4,22"TTT///3333333$5h8N4J /////4J J TT+4/J TJ T3/3(hJ J )T& 2Cp&)3A40q46)S8kS8 ))S8J * ///////44SX///q4////^ ^ ^ $ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ J J J J J J  UNIVERSITY-WIDE GRADUATE COMMITTEE Minutes February 21, 2006 PRESENT: Amadu Ayebo, Parker Boerner, Susan Boser, Karen Brown, Chris Hindman, David LaPorte, James Lenze, David Myers, James Myers, David Piper, Ramesh Soni, Casey Weaver, Kustim Wibowo, Michael T. Williamson EXCUSED: Nancy Yost, Nashat Zuraikat ABSENT: Mark Campbell Dr. David LaPorte called the meeting to order at 3:25 p.m. On a Lenze/Boerner motion the agenda was APPROVED as submitted On a Boerner/Lenze motion the February 14, 2006 minutes were APPROVED as submitted. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dr. LaPorte reminded everyone that Senate is next week. Dr. Williamson had no announcements. Dr. David Myers announced that the next meeting, March 7, 2006, will be held at Oakroom B in Foster Dining Hall. He also distributed the following: New Course proposal COUN 737 Advanced Counseling Theory; (Specific Theoretical Approach); assigned to subcommittee #1 (Susan Boser, Amadue Ayebo, Nashat Zuraikat and Chris Hindman). Proposal of a new Graduate Certificate of Recognition in Geographic Information Science (GIS) and Geospatial Techniques; assigned to subcommittee #2 (Karen Brown, Nancy Yost, Wenfan Yan and Mark Campbell)- 2/21/06 Dr. Ramesh Soni had two announcements: In the near future there will be a reception for the graduate co-coordinators and the graduate committee will be invited. April 4, 2006 will be the Undergraduate Scholars Conference; so far there are 102 abstracts submissions.. NEW BUSINESS: Graduate Distance Education Review Form: GSR 615 Elements of Research; after lengthy discussion on a J. Myers/Weaver motion (4 opposed) this was APPROVED 2/21/06 BUSINESS IN PROGRESS: A) PROGRAMS/CURRICULAR MATTERS Minor Course Revision, Course Renumbering Political Science Department distributed 9/13/05; some discussion with concerns on the clarity of the document, on a Boser/Yost motion to send back and ask proposer to update and address the dual-listing issue and resubmit, and the committee will quickly act on it 9/20/05; no discussion 9/27/05; no discussion 10/11/05; no discussion 10/18/05; some discussion 11/8/05; no discussion 11/15/05; no discussion 11/22/05; no discussion 11/29/05; no discussion 1/24/06; no discussion 2/7/06; no discussion 2/14/06; no discussion 2/21/06 EDEX: Comprehensive Exam vs. Portfolio Elimination of Comprehensive Exams replaced by Student Portfolios distributed and assigned to subcommittee #3 (Lenze, Piper and Graduate Student) 9/13/05; no discussion 9/20/05; subcommittee made their report, much discussion, the subcommittee will finalize their report and send to the co-chairs 9/27/05; report sent to proposer 10/11/05; no discussion 10/18/05; no discussion 11/8/05; no discussion 11/15/05; no discussion 11/22/05; no discussion 11/29/05; no discussion 1/24/06; no discussion 2/7/06; no discussion 2/14/06; no discussion 2/21/06 English Language Communication Proficiency Requirement for Degree Candidacy in M.B.A. and M.Ed. Programs in ECOBIT; much discussion and a report will be sent out to the proposers regarding questions the committee has 11/8/05; report was sent to proposers on 11/15/05; no discussion 11/22/05; no discussion 11/29/05; no discussion 1/24/05; no discussion 2/7/06; no discussion 2/14/06; no discussion 2/21/06 New Course Proposal for GEOG 675 Spatial Analysis Techniques, assigned to subcommittee #4 (James Myers, Parker Boerner and Kustim Wibowo) 2/14/06; subcommittee gave their report; after some discussion a letter will be sent to the proposer with minor changes requested 2/21/06 BUSINESS IN PROGRESS: B) POLICY ISSUES Internal Transfer Policy assigned to ad hoc committee (Soni, Piper, D. Myers) 9/13/05; no discussion 9/20/05; no discussion 9/27/05; no discussion 10/11/05; no discussion 10/18/05; no discussion 11/8/05; no discussion 11/15/05; no discussion 11/22/05; no discussion 11/29/05; lengthy discussion, will continue at future meeting 1/24/06; no discussion 2/7/06; some discussion with the proposal to be sent out in email for a decision to be made at next meeting 2/14/06; on a Boser/Piper motion this policy was accepted; on a friendly amendment there will be some minor changes made; committee will look at this at the next meeting 2/21/06 Cooperative Agreements - discussed 3/18/03; discussed 3/25/03; discussed 4/15/03; discussed on hold Dr. Chambers 9/16/03 (Chambers/Kostelnik/Bieger); no discussion 9/30/03; no discussion 10/14/03; no discussion 10/21/03; discussed committee will work on adopting policy standards to be incorporated into the Graduate Committee Handbook 10/28/03; discussed 11/11/03; no discussion 11/18/03 or 11/25/03; discussed and committee will work on policy 1/20/04; will wait until Dr. Linzeys return to continue options 2/10/04; no discussion 2/17/04, 2/24/04, 3/16/04, 3/23/04; no discussion, a meeting was scheduled on 4/14/04 to discussion future Cooperative Agreements 4/13/04; no discussion 12/14/04; no discussion - 1/18/05; no discussion 1/25/05; no discussion 2/8/05; no discussion 2/15/05; no discussion 2/22/05; no discussion 3/15/05; no discussion 3/22/05; there was a meeting with Mark S., Mark P., Dr. Chambers, Dr. David Myers, Dr. James Myers, Dr. Soni about gathering information to come up with a clarified policy 4/5/05; no discussion 4/12/05; no discussion 4/19/05; assigned ad hoc committee (LaPorte, Williamson, D. Myers, Boser) 9/13/05; no discussion 9/20/05; no discussion 9/27/05; no discussion 10/11/05; no discussion 10/18/05; committee was asked to read David Myers report 11/8/05; report to be sent out electronically for everyone to read for the next meeting 11/15/05; lengthy discussion regarding Dr. David Myers report 11/22/05; lengthy discussion; there will be a working document for next meeting 11/29/05; no discussion 1/24/06; no discussion 2/7/06; will discuss at next meeting 2/14/06; no discussion 2/21/06 Graduate Distance Education Review Form; Co-chairs will set up a meeting with Rob and John Henry about the Graduate Distance Education Review Form - 11/23/04; no discussion - 11/30/04; no discussion 12/14/04; there has been and will be more discussions with John Henry about this form 1/18/05; some discussion 1/25/05; no discussion 2/8/05; no discussion 2/15/05; no discussion 2/22/05; no discussion 3/15/05; D. Chambers will modify the form and bring back to the committee; then take to APSCUF 3/22/05; no discussion 4/5/05; no discussion 4/12/05; no discussion 4/19/05; draft procedures to prepare an existing course for distance education format and draft revision of graduate distance education review form were sent to the committee via email attachment on 9/9/05; no discussion 9/13/05; no discussion 9/20/05; no discussion 9/27/05; no discussion 10/11/05; brief discussion 10/18/05; no discussion - 11/8/05; lengthy discussion 11/15/05; brief discussion 11/22/05; no discussion 11/29/05; no discussion 1/24/06; no discussion 2/7/06; no discussion 2/14/06; no discussion 2/21/06 Handbook Revisions; discussed 3/25/03; pending Dr. Linzey 9/16/03; discussed and Drs. Ferro, Dandeneau and Williamson volunteered to assist, 9/30/03; discussed 10/14/03; discussed and subcommittee is waiting for suggestions 10/21/03; suggestions are to be sent to subcommittee; 10/28/03; only a few suggestions have been sent to the subcommittee 11/11/03; no discussion 11/18/03 or 11/25/03; Dr. Linzey has turned this over to Dr. Soni and he will oversee the change process by incorporating suggestions and sending committee members one chapter at a time for consideration 1/20/04; Dr. Soni is working on this item 2/10/04; no discussion 2/17/04, 2/24/04, 3/16/04, 3/23/04, 4/6/04, 4/13/04. Revision of 1st chapter distributed on 10/12/04; discussed 11/9/04. Chapter 4: Certificate of Recognition - discussed inadequacies of policies in place 11/11/03; no discussion 11/18/03 or 11/25/03; Drs. Linzey and Soni are working on a white paper 1/20/04; Dr Soni has a few more details to complete 2/10/04; no discussion 2/17/04; a handout of Graduate Certificate Programs was distributed 2/24/04; discussed and Dr. LaPorte sent an email to Chairs and Graduate Coordinators requesting their input concerning certificate programs-3/16/04; no discussion-3/23/04, 4/6/04, 4/13/04. Assigned to ad hoc committee 9/14/04 (Chambers, Bharadwaj, Yost, Myers); distributed 11/15/04; much discussion and some more revisions for Chapter 1 12/14/04; discussed and with a few minor changes on a Brown/Ferro motion (passed unanimously) Chapter 1 was APPROVED 1/18/05; no discussion 1/25/05; discussed the urgency to finish Chapter 4 will discuss next meeting 2/8/05; lengthy discussion on Chapter 4 2/15/05; completed Chapter 4, after all revisions are made will examine at the March 15th meeting 2/22/05; some discussion on Chapter 4, on a Bharadwaj/Ferro motion (1 opposed) this was APPROVED and will be sent to Senate 3/15/05; no discussion 3/22/05; no discussion 4/5/05; no discussion 4/12/05; no discussion 4/19/05; chapter 3 and chapter 5 were sent to the committee via email attachment on 9/9/05; no discussion 9/13/05; no discussion 9/20/05; no discussion 9/27/05; no discussion 10/11/05; no discussion 10/18/05; no discussion 11/8/05; no discussion 11/15/05; no discussion 11/22/05; no discussion 11/29/05; no discussion 1/24/06; no discussion 2/7/06; no discussion 2/14/06; no discussion 2/21/06; no discussion 2/21/06 Syllabi of record moratorium; discussion of issue began 11/23/04 with a decision that more information is needed; no discussion - 12/14/04; some discussion 1/18/05; no discussion 1/25/05; no discussion 2/8/05; no discussion 2/15/05; no discussion 2/22/05; no discussion 3/15/05; assigned to ad hoc committee (Lenze, Boser) 3/22/05; no discussion 4/5/05; no discussion 4/12/05; no discussion 4/19/05; ad hoc committee dissolved 9/13/05; no discussion 9/20/05; no discussion 9/27/05; some discussion 10/11/05; no discussion 10/18/05; no discussion 11/8/05; at a meeting it was decided to set this aside until the new provost has been hired 11/15/05; no discussion 11/22/05; no discussion 11/29/05; no discussion 1/24/06; Mark Staszkiewicz and Gail Sechrist attended meeting and discussed their thoughts about this policy; there was a lengthy discussion; ran out of time and could not finish discussion 2/7/06; no discussion 2/14/06; no discussion 2/21/06; no discussion 2/21/06 INACTIVE ITEMS: The meeting was adjourned at 5:00pm     PAGE  PAGE 4 +46;<=>FGTcdq~        * 9 : ; B I V W X i j m ÿǿ߿ϳ߷׷㙿畿h,+h6hj#h3BXh3BX5 ht[5 hu5huhAh3BXh& xhC&hOhih hTh hLh1hFh0]h @ h0]5 hL5 h3BX5 h @58#+=>  : ; W X ) + , < = u v gd'gdJ+ `^``gd& xgd `^``gd6gd @$a$gd @$^`a$gd(N12   ) * + , < = I [ ` t u v N S ^ _ ` ݮݢݪ~h_hvh2hDhQghh6 hcoh hVh:h' hj#hj#hFh$hj# hj#5 h @5 h+""h3BX hek5>*hFhLhhekh1 h15>*h @h5hU1v 1 ` )~gd5u ^ gd & Fgdgd_gd+"" & Fgd:gdQg^gd: & Fgd & Fgdgd6 gd @gd'` t~( #=Wr!"#ப~zvr~nhkh?hIh?]h|hih+hj#hhP&h 0h)}h 0h#Sha0hRSMhw hw5 h5h5u hh6 hh h5hh6 h3e5 h*5hGD7hjL ha0hrh] hXZh?r*"#12JKLtu  gd  & Fgd h^hgdk & FgdCh^hgd & Fgdgd  & Fgdj# hx^hgdj# & Fxgdh^hgd| & Fgd|h^hgdd '9Xq01dnIJKLstu_xy GbKL7нԢТТТ̝𕑕hyM1h1h5hK_h1 hk6hNhCh  hk5 hw5 h5 h5uhhph hkhhIh?]h|hih+hj#h5uhhP&h 0hu67h####$$$$&&U))*$*-*F*q***++#+a+b+t+|+++++,,[,p,,,,,,ÿ~zvrh[=hh1h 0huhF/Jh,_hbNh= h]8 hXS5hV7hXShoH/hoH/H*hoH/h#h?hq_hW h<h< h<5h<h63 hg@H*hg@hkhyM1h+h h1hhIh?]+$$--111111111111122 2 2h]h&`#$ hgdx^`gd@h^hgd1gdgdk & Fgd , -#-=-n------/////0b0|001n11111111111111111111111111222 2 2༸ܸԸ hF0JjhF0JUh0jh0Uhw hk 6h'O9hFh| hk h5h'O9hWh,9h1h[=hh1h 0huhh9/nhhLhIh?]hyM1h+hK_2 2 222222h]h&`#$ 2 2 222222222hwh0h(N0JmHnHu hF0JjhF0JUhF 9 0&P1h:px/ =!"#$% !@@@ NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH Z@Z Heading 1$<@&5CJ KH OJQJ\^JaJ @@@ Heading 2$$@&a$5\DA@D Default Paragraph FontViV  Table Normal :V 44 la (k(No List HH  Balloon TextCJOJQJ^JaJ4 @4 Footer  !.)@. 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