Minutes of the Meeting

March 15, 2002
 

The meeting was called to order by Dr. Nasser Arshadi at 2:05 p.m. Members in attendance were: Kathleen S. Brown, Peggy Ellis, Andrew Glassberg, E. Terrence Jones, Thaddeus Metz, David Rose. Members absent were: Ed Bennett, Shirley Bissen, John Blake, Ronald Dotzel, Yael Even, Tom Eyssell, Clinton Greene, Allison Hoewisch, Kyungho Oh.

Minutes
The minutes of the February 15, 2002 meeting were approved.
 

Committee Reports

Curriculum and Instruction - Peggy Ellis

The C & I Committee recommends approving the following proposals to add courses to the curriculum. These courses are foundational to the graduate majors

ADU ED 418/6418 Assessment in the Adult Classroom
ED TEC 436/6436 Computer-Mediated Communication in Education
ED TEC 437/6437 Distance Learning via Networks and Telecommunications
ED TEC 460/6460 Technology Coordination in Schools
ED PSY 431/6550 Professional Issues in School Psychology
ED PSY 489/6590 School Psychology Practicum
CNS ED 427/6530 Assessment and Case Management in Couple and Family
    Counseling
CNS ED 428/6540 Preventive Interventions with Couples and Families
CNS ED 429/6550 Trends, Problems, and Variations in Couple and Family
    Development
TCH. ED 311/4210 Foundations of Education
SPC ED 301/4301 Special Education Orientation
SPC ED 302/4302 Special Education Process and Performance Assessment
SPC ED 303/4303 Instructional Practices
SPC ED 304/4304 Structure of Teaching and Communication
SPC ED 305/5305 Planning and Managing the Teaching and Learning
SPC ED 306/5306 Research Into Practice
SPC ED 307/5307 The Reflective Practitioner
TCH ED 446/6890 Seminar in Professional Writing for Teachers

The C & I Committee recommends approving the following proposals for changing courses. The Committee feels these changes are educationally sound.

TCH ED 436/6880 Gateway Writing Project -- housekeeping change from SecEd to
    Tch Ed
TCH ED 317/5850 Topics in the Teaching of Writing -- housekeeping change from
    Edu to Tch Ed
ED TEC 340/5340 Selection and Utilization of Educational Multimedia -- change in
    title and description to reflect current focus of educational technology.
ED TEC 301/5301 Introduction to Computers and the Internet in Education -- title and
    description change to reflect current terminology and realities of
    computer capabilities.
ED REM 422/6718 Psycho-Educational Assessment I -- change in title, prerequisites,
    and description t provide learning about test theory though administration and interpretation of standardized tests. Helps meet certification requirements.
ED REM 423/6718 Psycho-Educational Assessment Il -- change in title, prerequisites,
    and description to allow the course to cover material not covered in the first half of the course.
ED PSY 430/6530 Foundation of School Psychology - change in title and description
    to more accurately reflect course content.
ED TEC 404/6404 Seminar -- change in title, hours, prerequisites and description to bring the seminar inline with special topic   seminars in other curricular areas.
ED TEC 415/6415 Teaching and Learning with Technology: Authoring Tools - change in title, prerequisites and description to clarify the goals and meaning of the course and make the prerequisites more appropriate for the course.

Council unanimously approved the committee=s report.

Program Development Committee - Terry Jones

The Graduate Council=s Program Development Committee met February 22, 2002 to review five proposals:

Graduate Certificate in Institutional Research
Graduate Certificate in Program Evaluation
2 + 3 B.A. and M.A. in Sociology
Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice (change in requirements)
Ph.D. in Metropolitan and Regional Studies (three options)

Attending the meeting were Carol Peck, Haim Mano, Mary Stralka, and myself.

The Committee unanimously recommends that the Graduate Council approve #3, #4, and #5.

By a vote of 3 to 1, the Committee recommends that the Graduate Council approve #1 and #2. The concerns about these two proposals were that insufficient information was provided about them. This includes no information about faculty qualifications nor about the approval process utilized before they were sent forward. Although all members of the Committee sympathized with these concerns, it did not want to delay their consideration.

All Committee members urge the Graduate Council and the Graduate Dean to request that those proposing new graduate certificates provide more information than was included in these two proposals so that consideration can be based on all relevant factors.

Dr. Arshadi mentioned that this past year an expedited review of graduate certificates was put into place at the request of the UM Academic Affairs= office. If the courses are already in place, then they can be Apackaged@ to create a graduate certificate program. Once approved at the campus level, the UM system then forwards the certificate form to CBHE as an informational item.

Dr .Jones noted that for graduate certificates the Committee would like to see a short description of the certificate and who the approved faculty are and if they are already on staff. There should be a statement whether or not the courses are already in place. Another suggested there should be a core group of regular, tenure-track faculty who have the expertise and time available to shift to the new degree program.

Dr. Brown noted that the Ed.S. program is basically already in place but under the title>advanced certificate program=.

Dr. Glassberg mentioned that we should revisit what opportunities there are across campus for cooperative offerings.

Council passed a motion to request that the rationale, curriculum and qualifications of faculty be provided for all proposed graduate certificate programs and the specialist programs.

Dr. Arshadi will return the proposals to the departments and ask for additional information.

The committee=s report to approve all five proposals was approved unanimously.

Council asked if it would be necessary to alter the rules and regulations regarding the 2+3 B.A. and M.A. programs to incorporate the role of the Graduate School? Dr. Arshadi said the number of hours required for a graduate degree are not altered. The student would apply to Graduate School in their junior year. They would need to have a 3.00 GPA minimum with at least 107 undergraduate credit hours. They would then be accepted into Graduate School. Questions arose as to when the Graduate Dean would sign off on the student=s admission; what about exceptions - would they be handled at the unit level or the Graduate School level; departments and students need to know how the process will be handled. Will a change in the undergraduate requirements go through approval by the undergraduate college faculty?
 

III. Dean=s Report

The final meeting of the Graduate Council this semester will be on Friday, April 5 at 2:00 pm. The earlier than usual date for the meeting is for the purpose of accommodating the Senate C & I Committee's deadline for the April 23 Senate meeting.

The Doctoral Faculty Selection Committee will meet on Tuesday, April 2 to review initial and reappointment applications to the Doctoral Faculty.

With formation of the new College of Fine Arts and Communication, there will need to be a change in representation on the Graduate Council and Doctoral Faculty Selection Committee. It was suggested that the matter be referred to the Rules and Regulations committee.

The Dean asked that Council review the Strategic Plan and provide any feedback to him. A Council member noted that this was the first time he had heard of a revision to the plan. Dr. Arshadi noted that the committee was reconvened in January to revise the plan based on a critique provided by the System on the original draft. He noted that the Strategic Planning Task Force Committee was made up of faculty, staff, administrators, and external constituencies. The revised Plan was presented to the Budget and Planning committee and later to the System. The Plan is scheduled to be presented to the Board of Curators later in March 2002.

There being no other business the meeting adjourned at 3:10 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
 

David Rose
Vice-Chairperson and Secretary

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