Eastern Michigan University

COE COUNCIL MEETING
November 10, 2004

2 p.m.
Porter Building, 301B

MINUTES OF MEETING

Attendance:   M. Kinney-Sedgwick (TED), R. Martusewicz (TED), K. Carney (SPED), S. Ginsberg (SPED), L. Parks (SPED), N. Maylone (TED), D. Choudhuri (LC), P. Smith (SPED), A. Starko (COE), M. Bretting (COE), G. Harder (COE), J. Tracy (LC), L. Rocklage (SPED), D. Bennion (TED)

 1. Call to Order - The meeting was called to order at 2:02 pm by M. Kinney-Sedgwick.  

2. Approval of the minutes of October 27, 2004, 2004

The minutes of the meeting were approved

4. Reports of Committees       

a) Reports from Standing Committees

i) Basic Programs: No report

ii) Advanced Programs: No report

iii) Professional and Affiliated Programs: No report

iv) Personnel Committee: no report

v) Planning and Finance Committee: No report

b) Reports from other Colleges or University Groups

i) Faculty Council –  No report

ii) Graduate Council - No report

iii) Strategic Planning Process - The Finance and Planning committee meets weekly on Mondays at 3:30 and the process is well underway to develop strategic goals for the COE. (M. Bretting)

iv) Continuing Education Advisory Council- No report

v) EMU Research Advisory Council - No report

vi) COE Resource Development Board – No report

vii) COE Human Subjects/Research Advisory Committee - No report

viii) COE Student Advisory Committee - No report

ix) Ad hoc Diversity Committee - No report

x) Ad hoc Porter Chair Advisory Committee –Joyce Epstein will be meeting with interested faculty in a Fireside Chat on 11/18/04 (J. Tracy)

xi) Ad hoc COE Alumni Hall of Fame Committee – no report

xii) Ad hoc Education Students Data Assessment Committee – No report

xiii) Other COE Groups – The President’s Commission for instructional Delivery has three members from the COE serving on it (J. Tracy).

xiv) COE Department or Offices – no report

xv) Porter Building Status - The Technology Advisory Group had been reinstated with representation from Departments (M. Bretting).

xvi) NCATE/State status - Physics and Secondary Integrated Science have prepared their rejoinders. Political Science, Economics, and Sociology are in progress and have not yet received approval. (A. Starko)

c) Dean's Report – News from the Michigan’s Dean’s Council: focus groups giving feedback on changes in the certification code. Enrollment is down across the university but also in the COE, though this dip is after record highs for the COE. The Interim Provost has invited all members of College Councils to meet on Thursday, November 18th morning. There is still no progress and little word of the status of the COE Dean’s Search. A proposal was made to send a follow up letter to the Chair of the Search Committee cc’d to the Provost enquiring for details of progress form the COE Council (M. Kinney-Sedgwick).

5. Old Business

a) Proposal to revise governance system for professional education

Tabled

6. New Business:

a) Discussion Item: Procedures for input: budget, president.

Discussion regarding being prepared for future budget cuts and shortfall, and the pros and cons of then having such cuts implemented because of preparation. Suggestion to constitute a COE Finance Committee with representation from Departments that would hold an open meeting.

b) Discussion Item: Inquiry in an era of tight budgets

Report on themes arising from Faculty discussion groups held by the Dean. Suggestion to forward the report to the Strategic Planning process for their use in developing goals.

8. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 3:45 p.m.

Next Meeting: Wednesday, December 8, 2004, 2 pm, 301B/C Porter