Minutes of the Committee on Academic Planning
for October 1, 2001

The Committee on Academic Planning met on Monday October 1 at 2:15 PM in Greenquist 344A. Present were Tim Fossum, Joann Goodyear, Gene Goodman, David Holmes, Susan Takata, and Gary Wood (convener). Michele Gee was excused.

I. Election of Chair

Gary Wood was nominated to serve as chair of the committee and was elected by a unanimous vote.

II. Regular Meeting Time

Committee members indicated that Monday afternoons at 2:00 would be an acceptable meeting time. The next meeting was scheduled for Monday October 15 at 2:00 PM in Greenquist 344A. The committee will meet approximately every two weeks until the agenda warrants less frequent meetings.

III. Program Reviews

The History and Music program reviews have been recorded by the Provost's office as completed; however, the program review materials have not been reviewed by this committee. CAP will review these materials at the next meeting. The chair will make sure that the Provost's office is aware of the role of CAP in the program review process.

The following program reviews are in progress from previous years. The appropriate chairs and directors will be asked to complete their reviews by the end of the current semester.

Biological Sciences, Computer Science, Engineering, Humanities, Interdisciplinary Studies, International Studies

The following program reviews are to be completed by the end of the spring semester.

Business including the MBA program, Communication, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Psychology

IV. Certificate Programs

A. Procedure.

The procedure for proposing and reviewing new certificate programs was
distributed and reviewed. The committee agreed that the proposal should
be modified to include the following statement.

After final approval, certificate programs will be included in the
normal program review process.

The modified procedure will be forwarded to the University Committee for
comments and possible senate action.

B. Gerontology proposal.

Copies of the proposal for a certificate program in Gerontology were
distributed. The proposal will be reviewed at the next meeting.
VI. Role of CAP, University Committee and Faculty Senate in Academic Planning Issues

A. Teacher Education.

At the request of the University Committee, CAP discussed the role of this committee and of the Teacher Education department in planning and implementing changes in the Teacher Education program. The discussion was prompted by CAP's decision to recommend approval of education-related positions in the Biological Sciences department and the Music department ahead of those from the Teacher Education department and by the recent grant from the Johnson Foundation to carry out teacher education planning. There is concern that a redirection of resources from the Teacher
Education department to other departments is occurring without appropriate input from the teacher Education faculty and that future planning will take place without input from the Teacher Education faculty or the appropriate faculty governance groups. There was general agreement that the administration, faculty governance groups and the Teacher Education faculty need to work together on this issue. Gene Goodman informed the committee that the Chancellor intends to establish a planning committee which will be charged with using the grant to study alternative teacher
education models. He will recommend that a CAP member or designee and at least one member of the Teacher Education faculty be included on the planning committee. The CAP chair will draft a memo to the University
Committee chair outlining our concerns in this matter.

B. Facilities Planning

The chair noted that the charge to the Facilities Planning Committee (FPC) includes the phrase, ...working in conjunction with Academic Planning... Because CAP currently has no representation on the FPC and because facilities planning can have a major impact on academic planning, the CAP chair will contact the FPC chair and request that a CAP member be included on the FPC. Tim Fossum indicated his willingness to serve in that position.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:20 PM

Submitted by,
Gary M. Wood