MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC AFFAIRS 10-14-99

The October 14, 1999, meeting of the Council on Academic Affairs was held at 2:00 p.m. in the Arcola/Tuscola Room.

Members present: Dr. Abebe, Dr. Addison, Dr. Bock, Mr. Brinkmeyer, Dr. Cosbey, Mr. Davenport, Dr. T. Mason, Dr. Methven, Dr. Obia, Dr. Owen, Ms. Riley, Dr. Shonk, Dr. Wohlstein.

Staff present: Ms. Herrington-Perry, Academic Affairs.

Staff absent: Mrs. Rawlings, Academic Affairs.

Guests Present: L. Leal, E. Vanderbilt, A. Baharlou, M. Layette, W. Weber, M. A. Hanner, B. Kuykendall, J. Lewis, C. Tozer, B. Gage, F. McCormick, D. Ringuette, A. Shelton, J. Kammerling, L. Green, M. Wohlrabe, R. Wandling, D. Barker, D. Kidwell, N. Isacson, F. Lewis, J. Sterling, G. Aylesworth, Dean Johnson, Assoc. Dean Lynch, S. Canfield.

I. Minutes.

The Minutes of October 7, 1999, were approved as published.

II. Correspondence.

    1. Request for Executive Action from Dr. Anita Shelton, Department of History, regarding HIS 2500, 8/23/99.

    2. Request for Executive Action from Associate Dean Lynch, College of Arts and Humanities, regarding ENG 4903, 10/7/99.

    3. Academic Waiver Report from the Lumpkin College of Business and Applied Sciences for September 1999.

III. Review of General Education, 98-59.

The following items were discussed:

Language - No discussion.

Senior Seminar - Discussion of moving it to three hours.

Transfer Issues - An issue of writing the transfer section to more clearly communicate what we mean was raised.

Implementation Issues

-Members of the Academic Assistance Center were invited to identify potential problems in implementation. No major problems were identified.

-Need to identify exactly what "transfer student" means.

-A discussion of how to proceed with General Education modifications was held.

The meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. Doug Bock, Acting Recording Secretary.

All Council Minutes and Agenda are available on the Web at http://www.eiu.edu/~eiucaa.

 

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEXT MEETING

October 21, 1999 at 2 p.m.

Arcola/Tuscola Room of the MLK Union

 

Agenda: 98-59 Review of General Education

EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S REPORT

The following item was approved by Executive Action to become effective Spring 2000.

FCS 3750 - Independent Study in Family and Consumer Sciences -- change (Arr.-Arr.-3) to (1-0-1) or (2-0-2) or (3-0-3).