Minutes of the Meeting
The minutes of the November 19, 2001 meeting were approved.

Candidates for Degrees
The candidates for degrees for the May and August 2002 commencement were approved pending completion of all requirements.

Report of the Graduate Faculty Nominating Committee
The committee circulated the list of nominees for open positions to be filled on the Graduate Council, Doctoral Faculty Selection Committee and Secretary to the Graduate Faculty.
 

Graduate Council nominees for 2003-04

Shiying Zhao, Math/Natural Sciences
Zuleyma Tang-Martinez, Math/Natural Sciences
Eduardo Silva, Social Sciences
Alice Hall, Fine Arts
Cody Ding, Education
Sandra Lindquist, Nursing
Carol Peck
 

Doctoral Faculty Selection Committee nominees for 2003-04

Jean Bachman, Nursing
Kailash Joshi, Business
Carl Bassi, Optometry
Louis Lankford, Fine Arts
Fred Willman, Fine Arts
Jeanne Zarucchi, Humanities
Scot Danforth, Education
 

Secretary to the Graduate Faculty, 2003-04

Gwen Turner, Education

Report from the Graduate Council
Proposed changes to the Graduate Faculty Rules and Regulations:

Due to the establishment of the new College of Fine Arts, it is necessary to review the committee membership of the Doctoral Faculty Selection Committee. Graduate Council proposed that the membership be changed as follows:
 
 

	Current	Proposed
Social Sciences	3 members	3 members
Physical Sciences/Math	2 members	3 members
Humanities	2 members	2 members
College of Fine Arts	---	2 members
College of Education	2 members	2 members
College of Business	2 members	2 members
College of Nursing	1 member	1 member
School of Optometry	1 member	1 member
TOTAL:	13 members	16 members

Dr. Keefer wanted it known he is a member of the Rules and Regulations Committee and was not notified of this request for a change. Dr. Arshadi so noted it and mentioned that the chair of the committee made the report to the Graduate Council and it was thought that the committee as a whole had reviewed the request. He did note that there was a short turn around time to get a proposal to Council and onto the Graduate Faculty.

The Council proposed keeping the Social Science membership at 3, adding 1 member to the Physical Sciences/Math sector (which should be called Natural Sciences/Math), and adding 2 members to the new College of Fine Arts to denote the diversity of disciplines in that newly created college.

Questions arose as to why there is a difference in the configuration of the Graduate Council and the Doctoral Faculty Selection Committee. Dr. Keefer noted that the Graduate Council distribution is representative of each area and the number of faculty shouldn't be the way to determine it's membership. By leaving the number of the committee membership the same, it would reflect the new discipline, but not the number of graduate faculty. Dr. Spaner concurs with the representation for doctoral faculty only. Graduate Council is based on this. Dr. Levin noted Doctoral Faculty membership has been seen by UM system as a way to judge quality of the department's faculty. Dr. Arshadi noted that the newly proposed Ph.D. in Regional and Metropolitan Studies has an interdisciplinary component which would need doctoral faculty from all disciplines.

The Graduate Faculty voted on the original Graduate Council proposal to increase the Doctoral Faculty Selection Committee membership from 13 to 16 by increasing Natural Sciences/Math by one representative, reducing Humanities by 1 representative and adding 2 new representatives for the College of Fine Arts. The Graduate Faculty voted unanimously to reject the Council's recommendation.

Dr. Arshadi proposed that the number of the Doctoral Faculty Selection Committee remain at 13, reduce the Social Sciences representation by 1, reduce the Humanities representation by 1, and add 2 representatives from the College of Fine Arts. This representation would allow for a reduction of a Communication representative from Social Sciences and a Music and Art representative from Humanities. Matthew Keefer seconded Dr. Arshadi's motion with a caveat that Council look at other criteria (programs, number of faculty, enrollment numbers) when looking at the make up of the committee.

Dr. Spaner moved to table discussion until Council reviews all aspects of this issue. The vote to table discussion failed (3 yes - 9 no)

The initial motion which was seconded to keep the membership at 13 by deleting one member from social sciences and one member from the Humanities, and adding 2 members for the College of Fine Arts. Dr Keefer again added that Council should be advised that review all aspects (Graduate enrollment; number of graduate faculty; whether or not the unit has a graduate program) be included in its discussion of committee make-up. The motion was approved (12 yes - 2 no).
 
 

	Current	Proposed - Adopted
Social Sciences	3 members	2 members
Physical Science and Math	2 members	2 members
Humanities	2 members	1 member
College of Fine Arts	---	2 members
College of Education	2 members	2 members
College of Business	2 members	2 members
College of Nursing	1 member	1 member
School of Optometry	1 member	1 member
TOTAL	13	13

REVISION TO SECTION 9.10

Revision to items approved at the Fall Graduate Faculty meeting regarding an omission from section 9.10 in the rules and regulations. The sentence "Included in this number is the committee chair who must be a member of the doctoral faculty" was incorrectly omitted by last year's rules and regulations committee and should have remained in the regulations. The committee recommends approval of the revised wording for section 9.10 as follows:

"The Dissertation Committee will consist of no fewer than four members of the UM-St. Louis graduate faculty appointed by the Graduate Dean upon the recommendation of the unit, except that units may replace, with the Graduate Dean's permission, one of the members of the graduate faculty by a recognized scholar or professional. Included in this number is the committee chair who must be a member of the doctoral faculty. One member of the committee must be a member of the UM-St. Louis graduate faculty from outside the unit. This individual cannot be considered the outside member if he or she holds a joint appointment in the unit. The committee is proposed by the unit using the Appointment of Dissertation Committee form. Changes in its composition must be approved by the Graduate Dean using the same form."

The change was approved unanimously.

Dr. Peter Stevens would like to propose to next year's Graduate Council that they review section 9.10 which states "One member of the committee must be a member of the UM-St. Louis graduate faculty from outside the unit." Why is there a need for an outside member? The Graduate Dean will follow up on this with the Rules and Regulations committee when they convene in September.
 

Dean's Report

Council approved a number of new degree programs, certificate programs and 2+3 programs this past semester. They will be voted on by the Senate later this afternoon. Among them are proposals for a 2 + 3 B.A./ M.A. in Sociology, Economics, and Philosophy. The number of credit hours at the Master's level will not be reduced but the bachelor's and master's will be awarded at the same time. Council also approved:

Graduate Certificate in International Research
Graduate Certificate in Program Evaluation
Graduate Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Graduate Certificate in School Psychology
Graduate Certificate in the Teaching of Writing
M.Ed. new emphasis area in Community Counseling
MBA emphasis area in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Education Specialist in School Psychology
Education Specialist in Marriage, Couple, and Family Counseling/Therapy
Ph.D. in Metropolitan and Regional Studies

The Winter 2002 enrollment is 2516 compared with the Winter 2001 enrollment of 2250 for an increase of 11%. Arts and Sciences increased by 18%, Business had an increase of 26%; Education decreased by 4%; Nursing was down by 7% and Physiological Optics' enrollment increased by1 student.

It is anticipated that 294 Master's degree students and 18 doctoral students will graduate this May compared to 239 Master's degree students and 10 doctoral students last May.

The Graduate School will continue to cover tuition for its GTAs and GRAs. We should be solvent through 2004-05 when it is expected that most of the GRAs will have their tuition covered by their grants.

There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 2:25 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Mary Ellen Heckel for
Gwen Turner
Secretary to the Graduate Faculty