Oakland University Senate

Tenth Meeting
May 3, 1978
3:00 p.m.
128- 130 Oakland Center

AGENDA

Submitted by George T. Matthews, for the Steering Committee

A. Old Business

        none

B. Special Business

1. Motion from the Steering Committee (Mr. Tower)

MOVED THAT THE UNIVERSITY SENATE ENDORSE IN PRINCIPLE THE SET OF RELATED DOCUMENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY PLANNING COMMITTEE AS FOLLOWS:

1. The Role and Mission of Oakland University redraft of the statement dated March, 1978.
2. University Five-Year Goal Statement: 1978 through 1982; redraft of statement dated January, 1978.
3. Summary of the University Planning Document-1978 (1978 through 1993) dated April, 1978.
4. Recommendations from the University Planning Document-1978.

Procedural Motion: debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote at this meeting.

Comments:
1. The Summary has been distributed to all faculty and staff including Senators (3).
2. The Recommendations (4) will be distributed to all Senators.
3. The Role and Goal Statements (1 and 2) will be distributed at the meeting.
4. The Senate is asked to consider endorsement of these planning documents in principle: That is, granted there will always be in any such planning effort some area, some wording, some commission; some omission to which exception may be taken, does the Senate endorse the general thrust of the document and the plan does the Senate endorse the general future shape of the University implied by the document?
5.  Depending upon the will of the Senate, the meeting of May 3 could be recessed to allow further discussion upon a subsequent day (in effect two sessions of a single meeting) if necessary.