Minutes of the Committee on Academic Planning
for September 27, 2002

Call to Order:
The Committee was called to order at 1:30pm by Timothy Fossum, Chair. Present in addition were Walter Felt, Michele Gee, Eugene Goodman, Joann Goodyear, Eugene Goodman, and David Holmes, members.

1. Position Authorization Requests
PARs for the School of Business and Technology were reviewed, with the understanding that economic development DIN funding was targeted specifically to support a position in MIS. The Committee agreed to recommend authorization of the requests in Accounting, MIS, and Computer Science, in that order, subject to funding.

The Committee then reviewed PARs for the College of Arts and Sciences. Members first took up the request from the Department
of Communication. There was some discussion about whether a permanent faculty line should be considered to replace faculty
who have release time outside the department. Additional questions were raised about how much need there is for the
proposed position to support department internship activities. The Committee then looked at the PARs from the Department of
Mathematics, noting that requests for positions that would build strengths in mathematics education may be viewed more favorably
by the Committee.

The Committee agreed to postpone consideration of PARs for Criminal Justice until the conclusion of its upcoming five-year
program review.

Among the remaining PARs, the following were given an initial go-ahead, pending a final review by the Committee:
Art (Ceramics and Graphic Design), Theater, History, and HPEA (Fitness).

2. Ajournment
The meeting concluded at 3:00pm and agreed to meet again Friday, October 11, at noon.