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12/17/08 GRAD 325

Present: Merry Moiseichik (Chair), Fran Hagstrom (Chair-Elect), William McComas (At-Large), Ellen Odell (NURS), Angie Smith-Nix (HPER), Gary Ritter (Ed Reform), Laura Kent (CIED)

Absent: John Pijanowski. (At-Large), Kit Kacirek (RHRC)

Administration Present: Dean Reed Greenwood; Assoc. Dean Barbara Hinton

  1. Merry called the meeting to order.
  2. Agenda approved.
  3. Minutes approved.
  4. Announcements -- None
  5. Dean's Office
    1. A meeting is scheduled for 12/19 with the Chancellor's office to discuss the UAMS satellite. The needs of nursing and communication disorders as two units who may be partly located at the satellite will be discussed. The Dean noted that the pre-nursing program and the undergraduate communication disorders major will continue to be housed on campus.
    2. There has been no word on budget guidelines for 2009.
    3. The college has experienced enrollment growth again this semester, most notably in early childhood, kinesiology and nursing. Faculty growth has not kept pace with this growth in student enrollment.
    4. The assessment plan for the college is now complete. This was handled by Dr. Hinton's office in conjunction with department heads.
    5. The Arkansas Department of Higher Education will be keeping track of the productivity numbers of units. (NOTE: the rolling three year averages for graduation rates were reported in the November, 2008 Council meeting.) While programs that fall below the excepted number of graduates at a particular level (undergraduate, masters, doctoral) may be evaluated, that does not mean they will be in jeopardy. The expense of offering the program as well as the need for graduates of the program will enter into any program change decisions. There could be some consolidation of programs should the need arise.
    6. The dean responded to the Council's request for raise spread information. While he and Associate Dean John Murry had worked on gathering the information, the university's legal department stated that the Dean's Office could not distribute this to the Council as it could be construed to violate the privacy of individuals. In the discussion that followed, it was noted that each faculty and staff person's salary is a matter of public record and available at the library. The Dean affirmed this and stated that members of the council, or any one, could go to the public records to obtain the information. The legal point was that it could not be given out by the Dean's Office. During discussion of salaries, the Dean indicated that in addition to raises salary adjustments were given to faculty who were doing well but due to compression were underpaid. As a result, the percent range of raises could not actually be determined by simply comparing change in salary from 2007 to 2008. Without knowing the raise pool and distribution, Bill McComas questioned the value of continuing to work on the point evaluation document.
  6. Old Business
    1. College Awards
      1. Angie and Gary reported on their work with the Outstanding Faculty Early Career Award. They tried to parallel the current Outstanding Faculty Award. It was decided that tenure-track and non-tenure track faculty in their first three years of employment would be considered for the award. Outstanding performance in research and one other area (e.g., teaching, advising or service) would be considered during evaluation of submitted documents. Individuals can self-nominate or be nominated by their department. This information as well as the kind and amount of documentation to be turned in were discussed. Gary Ritter volunteered to develop a check sheet that would clearly guide submissions.
      2. Due to time, discussion of the Teaching Award was abbreviated. This will be completed in the next Council meeting on January 14, 2009.
      3. The Dean told the Council that the pictures of all award winners now hang in the foyer of the college auditorium for the year following their recognition.
    2. Council work schedule for Spring
      1. The dates for meeting were set in September and are posted on the Council website. The next meeting on the schedule was January 21 but this was changed (by vote in this meeting) to January 14 in order to complete the Awards document as these need to be distributed to faculty by the end of January.
      2. The Dean's Office will be represented at the second meeting of each month while the first meeting of each month will be used by council members to complete old business and work in progress. The meetings are as follows:
        1. January 14 - Full meeting
        2. February 4 - Working meeting for council members
        3. February 18 - Full meeting
        4. March 4 - Working meeting for council members
        5. March 18 - No meeting, Spring Break
        6. April 1 - Working meeting for council members
        7. April 15 - Full meeting
        8. May 6 - Working meeting for council members
    3. Status on point system presentation - no action due to time
    4. Summary of progress on fall semester agenda - no action due to time. Merry indicated that she would give a report on this at the next meeting.
  7. New business - None
  8. Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 3:25 p.m.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Fran Hagstrom, Chair-Elect

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