Office of Academic Affairs


Minutes of Academic Affairs Council - January 8, 1996
Conference Room 101, Administration


Members Present: Duane C. Anderson, Pamla Armstrong, Bob Feighner, Kurt Jackson, Linda Mitchusson, Kenneth Moore, Bill Osborne, Jack Paschall, Chuck Perry, Ray Quiett, Shirley Talley, Nancy Thomason, Bruce Weems

Members Absent: Ed Brackett, Tim Green

Others Present: Todd Essary, Holly Sewell

Recorder: Sue Milner

Dr. Anderson, vice president for academic affairs, called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. Minutes from the previous meeting held on December 12, 1995, were approved as distributed. Dr. Anderson welcomed Dr. Linda Mitchusson, Dean, School of Business, to the council.

I. STUDENT RECRUITMENT--TODD ESSARY

Mr. Essary distributed packets for student recruitment and explained the procedure for contacting students. A memo included in the packet should be completed and returned to him by January 19. The Student Services office will provide a telephone script for departments contacting students. The prospective student forms are to be completed when the student is contacted.

II. VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AGENDA

      1. The Assessment Policy for Concurrent Students created a situation where concurrent students who made a D would not be eligible to enroll at a university after graduation. A new policy will separate retention and admission policies for these students and allow students to apply for admission without regard to their retention status.
      2. A group representing journalism in Oklahoma high schools approached the Regents to request that journalism courses be counted in the 15 credit core in Oklahoma high schools, effective 1997. The request was not recommended.
      3. The Assessment Committee distributed a draft of their annual report for fall 1994. One item noted was that one-third of all beginning freshmen are required to take at least one remedial course; math is the primary remedial course that must be taken. This data is comparable to the national survey.
            • College Core Articulation Committee. Their report went to the Regents and Legislature in early December. There are a number of problems of which 2000 and 3000 level courses in the two-year and four-year colleges is one.
            Rank promotion dossiers are due March 1.
            Non-instructional Contribution forms are due January 18.
            Reappointment recommendations for non-tenured faculty are due January 24.
            Tenure portfolios are due February 2 (none will be accepted after 5:00 p.m.).
            Course syllabi for spring are due February 2 (may submit those not taught in fall).
            The February meeting for AAC is moved to Monday, Feb. 5 at 1:30 p.m.
            Budget requests are due February 16 instead of February 9.
            Interscholastic Meet is February 13.
      III. UNIT REPORTS
      IV. OLD BUSINESS V. BUDGET, 1996-97 VI. ADJOURN There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:15 p.m. The next meeting is schedule for February 5 at 1:30 p.m.

      Duane C. Anderson
      Vice President for Academic Affairs