Institutional Planning Committee
Minutes of June 14, 2000 Meeting
Present: Joe Brown, Mike Crowe, Chuck Ferguson, Charles Backes, Ruth Stonestreet, John Oliver, Russ Mast, Louis Levy, Mike Meacham
Charles Backes, Chairperson, called the meeting to order at 1:35 pm.
A motion to approve the minutes and attachment to the minutes from the last meeting was made by Levy and seconded by Ferguson. Motion APPROVED.
John Oliver stated that the document for the proposed Program Review Plan would be presented to the Faculty Senate on 6/15/00. It has been written with the assistance of a committee selected from various programs within the university. The document begins with Section IV because Sections I through III are systems policies. The focus of the review is on programs, not units and is program defined.
As of July 1, 2000, Dr. Levy will choose programs for review. Dr. Oliver will meet with Dr. Levy after the Faculty Senate meets on 6/15/00 to discuss the review process.
Dr. Levy commended the work of the Program Review Committee. He stated that the document is viewed as a formative document.
A short discussion ensued regarding how departments, programs and/or units would be chosen for review. It was suggested that some programs perceived to be having difficulties be reviewed first. Dr. Ferguson suggested some ways to look at the levels of institutional effectiveness during the review process.
A Ferguson/Meacham motion to accept and forward the Academic Program Review to the Faculty Senate for the meeting on 6/15/00 was made. Motion APPROVED.
Dr. Levy commended Dr. Backes commended for his work as Chair of this committee for the past year. He thanked Dr. Backes for his leadership and stated that this committee’s work had added value to this institution.
Dr. Backes thanked the committee for the hard work and the accomplishments made throughout the year.
Dr. Marvin Smith will be the chairperson beginning in August 2000. Recommendations for consideration for next year include looking at the Budget Review Survey early in the year.
Thanks were also given to Drs. Benjamin and Ferguson and Mr. Brown for their commitment to this committee. Best wishes were extended to them in their new endeavors.
Dr. Stonestreet was commended on outstanding job that she did as secretary of the IPC.
The meeting was adjourned at 2:30 PM. Dr. Smith will announce the date of the next meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth H. Stonestreet
Status of Minutes:
Up for approval at the next meeting.