GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES


May 10 , 2001
PRESENT: Paul Adogamhe, William Blankenau, Randy Busse, Will Drago, Edward Drexler, Pete Mesner, Brenda O'Beirne, Manuel Ossers, John Patterson, Patricia Shaw, Bambi Statz, Scott Swanson, Alvaro Taveira, Tony Truog, and Chuck Zastrow.
ABSENT: Mohammad Ahmadi, *Marshall Anderson, Ray Baus, Scott Bradley, Myung-Hee Chung, Wade Dazey, Robin Farrell, *Zoreh Ghavamshahidi,  *Dianne Jones, Steven Karges, Fredrik'a Lambert, Rick Lombard, Dan McGuire,  Lanny Neider, *David Porter, Paul Rybski, Elizabeth Shadel, and Roy Weatherwax.
GUESTS: John Stone.


*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 March 8, 2001, meeting.   The motion carried.


Announcements

  1. Dick Telfer’s office has announced that the Business Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Music Education, and Management Computer Systems graduate programs are up for audit and review in 2001-2002.  Special Education was the only program reviewed this year; however, recommendations on the program are not yet available pending completion of a face-to-face meeting with the chair and graduate program faculty.
  2. The print version of the Graduate Catalog will cease as of the 2002-2004 edition and the on-line version will become the binding catalog.  The printing and mailing costs have become too prohibitive.    In place of the print version, folders for individual programs containing an application for graduate school, a summary of graduate policies, and marketing-oriented information will be available to students.  It is estimated that this will reduce the current mail costs by two-thirds.

Information Only Items

Tony Truog moved to approved item A & B. Randy Busse seconded the motion which was unanimously approved. They included:

  1. Changes in Title (information only) 220-460/660 From: Principles of Vocational Education To: Principles of Career and Technical Education
  2. Changes in Title (information only) 220-461/661 From: Organization and Administration of Vocational Programs To: Organization and Administration of Cooperative Education Programs

Business Items

Tony Truog moved to approve the draft of the Curricular Policies and Procedures for Post-Baccalaureate and Post-Master’s Certificate Programs. Manuel Ossers seconded the motion. John Stone explained that these policies and procedures were developed based on a document from the Council of Graduate Schools. John noted that there should be one correction under item (1) under the General Policy Requirements – that being that a graduate certificate program must require a student to complete no less than 9, rather than 12, graduate credits, and require no more than 18 graduate credits. Alvaro Taveira moved, and Will Drago seconded, to approve the change from 12 to 9 credits. Motion carried. Randy Busse noted that he had discussed with his department the implications of a certificate program in his area. Their thought was that it would undermine the integrity of their program. Will Drago indicated that he thought certificate programs would target a different market and would be a natural fit that could only help our existing programs. John Patterson pointed out that certificate programs could benefit those departments such as his Geography/Geology Department, that don’t have the resources to offer a full masters degree. Bambi Statz requested that the word licensure be inserted in (1) E. after the word degree in the section titled Curricular Approval Process for New Graduate Certificate Programs. The statement would then read: a discussion of the extent to which the curriculum overlaps with the curriculum of existing degree/licensure programs. The final change, also requested by Bambi Statz, was in item (4) of the Curricular Approval Process to change it to read The Graduate Council will consider all graduate certificate program proposals for academic and vocational merit, taking into consideration any potential impact on existing degree and/or licensure programs. After further discussion, the Policies and Procedures, as amended, were approved.

With no other business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 3:05 p.m. on a Taveira/Patterson motion.

Respectfully submitted,
Sally Lange
Secretary