MINUTES OF ACADEMIC COUNCIL

MARCH 22, 2002, 2:00 p.m. Central Campus

Present: Bill Worpenberg, Sherry Stout, Ric Shrubb, Dr. Cronan (presiding)

Dr. Cronan reviewed the status of the program review process. A process has been developed, and most of the data needed has been generated for every program for the last five years. This data is being put into binders for each program and will be used as a basis of a written program review. Dr. Cronan and Marsha Snyder will write most of these reviews. Dr. Cronan will be assisted by Karen Newby.

Once the program reviews are written, they will be submitted to program faculty to review and then sent to the Academic Council for review and recommendation. Ten programs are scheduled to be reviewed this spring.

The 2002-2003 schedule is complete. At this point program locations are remaining the same, though there are a few that will need to be looked at carefully next year. These schedules should be made available after the spring term begins.

Planning processes:

Dr. Cronan indicated that each chapter of the Technology Plan was being reviewed by the appropriate committee. He hopes that the TLTR can meet during the spring to review all of these chapters and that the plan can be completed by the end of the spring term. The Administrative Computing chapter will not be complete and is being done by a separate committee. This may have to be added at a later date.

The Strategic Planning Committee has been meeting and generating goals and activities. At the next meeting, more goals and ideas are to be generated. After that time, the plans should start to take shape. Before it is finalized, it will be sent to the entire College community for recommendations and other input. Hopefully, the entire process could be completed by the end of the spring term.

Budget:

Dr. Cronan indicated the status of the budget requests for next year. He emphasized that there will be budget cuts and probably no new positions will be available.

Articulations:

The status of articulations with Wilmington College, NKU, UC, and Shawnee were discussed. These should all be completed shortly.

The meeting adjourned at 3:15 p.m.

Submitted by:

Ernest Cronan