MINUTES

ACADEMIC COUNCIL

September 10, 2001

South Campus

Present: Bill Worpenberg, Sherry Stout, Karen Newby, Ric Shrubb,

Dr. Cronan (presiding)

The following topics were discussed:

• Schedules for winter and spring – Dr. Cronan distributed drafts of the winter and spring schedules, along with the term-by-term schedule of courses to be offered for each program on each campus. He asked for review by the end of the month. He indicated that schedules for 2002-2003 should be completed by the end of the fall term.

• Summer schedule - Dr. Cronan will distribute a draft summer schedule for 2002. He indicated that the guideline for running classes in the summer will need to be ten (10) from now on. Last summer almost half the classes had fewer than ten (10) and the revenues from the classes from summer school were much lower than from the preceding summer.

• Staffing - Dr. Cronan indicated that Rosemary would only be working about a half a day per week after September and that the winter and spring scheduling will need to be done by deans, so everyone was advised to start early on the staffing.

• Orientation week activities - Each activity was reviewed.

• Meeting dates for 2001-2002 - The following meeting dates for 2001-2002 are all at 2 p.m. on the following dates and locations:

September 27 Central

October 25 Fayette

November 29 North

January 25 South

February 22 Central

March 22 Fayette

April 26 North

May 24 South

June 28 Central

• The advising handbook was reviewed (S.Stout).

• Having “meet the Dean/Director” nights for adjunct faculty was discussed (Dr. Cronan).

• The process for review of credit for Life Experience was discussed (K. Newby).

The meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m.

Submitted by,

Ernest Cronan