AGENDA

College of Education Council
January 26, 2005
Room 301B, Porter Building
2:00 p.m.

1. Call to Order.

Establishment of a Quorum. (There are 10 voting members; six voting members constitute a quorum.).

2. Approval of the minutes of January 12, 2005. These may be found at http://www.emich.edu/coe/governance/COECouncil/minutes/011205m.html

COE Council agenda and minutes, 1992 forward, may be found at http://www.emich.edu/coe/governance/COECouncil/index.html

4. Reports of Committees

A. Reports from Standing Committees

i. Basic Programs Committee.

Approved changes in Business and Technology education. The approval came with a comment that there were concerns regarding not taking CURR 305, lack of content in marketing, and the relationship to state requirements. Materials are available at

http://www.emich.edu/coe/prg_changes/business/

ii. Advanced Programs Committee

No report

iii. Professional and Affiliated Programs Committee

Approval of COSC 562 Information Retrieval and Recommendation

iv. Personnel Committee

No report.

v. Planning and Finance Committee

Nor report.

vi. Diversity Committee

No report

5. Reports from other College or University Groups

A. Faculty Council

B. Graduate Council

C.  Strategic Planning Process

D. Continuing Education Advisory Council

E. EMU Research Advisory Council

F. COE Resource Development Board

G. COE Student Advisory Committee

I. ad hoc Porter Chair Advisory Committee

J. ad hoc Education Alumni Hall of Fame Committee

K.  ad hoc Education Students Data Assessment Committee

L. Other COE Groups

M. COE Departments or Offices

N. Porter Building status

O. NCATE/State status. 

P.  Dean’s report

Budget

Program Review Status

Office of Urban Education

Searches/Diversity

6. Old business

A. Proposal to revise the governance system for professional education. 

7. New business

A. Discussion Item: Inquiry in an era of tight budgets

8. Adjournment.

Next meeting February 9, 2005--2:00 p.m., Porter 301B, or as otherwise set by the Council.