GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
| March 8 , 2001 | |
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| PRESENT: | Paul Adogamhe, Mohammad Ahmadi, Ray Baus, William Blankenau, Scott Bradley, Randy Busse, Myung-Hee Chung, Will Drago, Dianne Jones, E. Andrew Kapp (for Alvaro Taveira), Phil Makurat (for Pat Shaw), Pete Mesner, Lanny Neider, Brenda O'Beirne, Manuel Ossers, Bambi Statz, Shirley Stekel (for Paul Rybski), Scott Swanson, and Roy Weatherwax. |
| ABSENT: | *Marshall Anderson, Wade Dazey, Edward Drexler, Robin Farrell, Zoreh Ghavamshahidi, Steven Karges, Fredrik'a Lambert, Rick Lombard, Dan McGuire, John Patterson, *David Porter, Elizabeth Shadel, Tony Truog, and *Chuck Zastrow. |
| GUESTS: | None. |
*Previously notified.
The meeting was called to order at 2:20 p.m. by Richard Lee. Manuel Ossers moved, and Bambi Statz seconded, to approve the minutes of the December 2000, meeting. The motion carried.
Announcements
- Overall for the spring 2001 term, graduate enrollment is up 50 FTE. A breakdown of the FTE per program area will be presented at the next Graduate Council meeting. Richard indicated that EM21 places a greater emphasis on the non-traditional student population and that programs, in turn, must put more emphasis on developing programs to attract that population.
- For information purposes, a demographic profile of all graduate students applying to Whitewater from spring 1999 through spring 2001 was presented.
Business Items
Mohammad Ahmadi moved to approve the Procedures for Graduate Certificate Programs. Phil Makurat seconded the motion. Richard Lee indicated that this type of program would become increasingly in demand by non-traditional students. Will Drago questioned the reasoning behind item 3, the requirement that students wishing to pursue approved graduate certificate programs must apply for admission to such programs before one-half of the required credits are completed. He also questioned item 4, the requirement that students will be required to meet the same requirements as those defined for degree seeking students. Bambi Statz wanted it clarified that these certificate programs are not intended to replace any certification or degree programs presently in place. There was also consensus from the group that, when the Graduate Council considers a certificate program proposal, the pros and cons be clearly articulated as to why each certificate will be offered. There was also discussion as to why there is an 18-credit maximum. The group also wanted an additional general policy requirement added that states that admission to a degree program subsequent to completing a certificate program would rely on criterion for submission to a degree program.
Since it appears there are several revisions to be made to the policies and procedures for graduate certificate programs, Bambi Statz, seconded by Manuel Ossers, moved to table this item until the next meeting. John Stone will incorporate these suggestions and revisions into a revised document for the next Graduate Council meeting.
There being no additional graduate school business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m. on a Statz/Makurat motion.
Respectfully submitted,
Sally Lange
Secretary