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Meeting Notes
September 12, 2016
In Attendance: Norm Goodman, Roy Lacey, Hanna Nekvasil, Leo Bachmair, William Stanley, Dana Haugh, Kane Gillespie, Diane Bello, Richard Gatteau, Jennifer Dellaposta, Ellen Hopkins, Arlene Feldman
- Introductions
- Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting - Motion Accepted
- Agenda for the Year
- SBC Availability Issues
- Tech - difficult learning objectives; core SBCs objectives are not in all the majors
- Difficulty meeting SPK, ESI requirements, especially for those nearing graduation
- Working on developing courses that will satisfy multiple objectives
- Kane - requests suggestions
- Recruitment and Support of Veterans
- How do we ensure we are recruiting, supporting, and maintaining Veterans
- Trigger Warnings and Safe Spaces
- Prompted by LGBT community
- Student life committee asked to look into safe spaces
- Unclear definition of ‘safe spaces’ but generally involves ensuring individuals feel comfortable and respected
- No known university policy for trigger warnings
- Warning students in advance when controversial issues may be broached
- Should faculty use them? Should it be University policy? Are any faculty members already using them? What type of discussion do we want for this?
- Improving Graduation Rates
- Pressure from SUNY Chancellor to increase number of completions from 95,000 to 150,000 in 5 years
- “Degree Works Project”
- Seamless transfers among 64 campuses - increase number of students who have degrees.
- Using certificates and badges; unclear what this actually means/amounts to
- What is the intellectual validity of micro-credentials
- What are departments, at a micro level, doing to increase completion/success rates?
- Who is tracking it? Who is validating it?
- Cross Registration
- Able to take courses at other institutions in order to meet requirements for full-time students
- Residential requirements? Where is the degree awarded from? What are the costs? What institution acquires the tuition?
- Online courses are accepted
- Staff support - is there enough to handle the increased course load?
- What are the problems? How is SUNY addressing them?
- Review of Undergraduate Colleges
- Inspired by a student’s dissertation topic
- Improved the quality of education, however, support has waned for this program - why?
- Ensure there is incentivized participation
- Assessment/review of the program is supported
- Are the names/focuses of the undergraduate colleges still appropriate and relevant?
- Equal participation by academic and student affairs; administrative moral and financial support; faculty buy-in. Dissertation showed that each “leg” was weaker than when the program started.
- Let’s look into it!
- Other Concerns
- Explore the linear relationship students have between college and life-after
- Assess how we are changing and evolving to better support students and their careers
- Invite the Dean to hear his thoughts and ideas on the issues
- Invite the Provost to a meeting to find out about his priorities
- Upper Class Advising
- Dual Degree Programs - assessment and graduation issues
- Closing remarks