Deans Council Meeting Minutes
March 1, 2018
Attendance: B. Barnett, E. Williams, E. Petkus, S. Hangen, E. Saiff, E. Siecke, A. Lorenz, S. Perry and C. Romano
Invited Guests:M. Dunn, P. Campbell
AAC&U Webinar – A. Lorenz proposed a webinar for deans as well as members of Enrollment Management entitled – The Future of Liberal Education. The Webinar will take place March 29 at 1 or 2 pm. The Provost suggested that conveners also be invited.
DWF – C. Romano reviewed a report from Enrollment Management covering trends, best practices and data analysis. The report focused on gateway courses, first-time students,retention pitfalls and classes that have a 50% or higher attrition rate. Each dean will be sent retention numbers for their particular school.
Center for Reading and Writing – E. Williams reported thatin academic year 2018-19 the Center will have a professional staff person on board at all times. They are also trying to have more electronic materials available to students andwill be putting forward a survey in the near future to determine actual needs of students.
Internship Proposal
Michele Dunnpresented on the cooperative education program. Currently students can take a 4 or 2 credit co-op. There is a proposal that was brought to ARC to put forward an internship with 0 or 1 credit.This can create a problem with tracking student success and various liability issues. The Provost noted we do not have a policy for this process.
The Provost did not approve of the proposal presented to ARC and recommended to keep the co-op process that exists until such time that a policy is created and approved.
A policy that describes the co-op process will need to be created in the near future.
Peter Campbell and FLC/LLC stated that The Living Learning Community is now being known as the First Year Learning Communitywith an updated website.
P. Campbell introduced new first year community themes for Fall 2018 to line up with student interest groups.
Registering for these courses will be in place for the end of March.
P. Campbell will create 2 slides that deans can use during recruitment and orientation when referring to the FLC program.
Budget implications and targets must be sent to the Provost by March 28.
Other Business
Review of Deans’ List and Middle States dinner plans.
Next DC meeting will be held during the week of spring break and deans must bring forward requests for temporary replacements of lines.