Oakland University Senate
Thursday, June 3, 1982
128, 129, 130
Oakland Center
3:00 p.m.
AGENDA
Respectfully submitted by Keith R. Kleckner for the Steering Committee.
A. Old Business:
1. Motion from the Steering Committee concerning the role and mission statement (Mr. Miller; Ms. Scherer). Item B.I. from the agenda of June 2, 1982.
MOVED that in developing from the recommendation submitted by the Committee on Academic Mission and Priorities a role and mission statement for Oakland University the President take cognizance of the following issues raised during the recent open hearing on the subject conducted by the Academic Policy and Planning Committee:
a. A rhetorical balance should be struck in the discussion of research and scholarship to bring it into balance with the discussion of teaching mission and public service,
b. the notion of educational leadership might be incorporated into the discussion of the teaching mission and public service responsibilities of the institution,
c. a clarification might be made as to whether Oakland University is primarily a commuter or a regional institution,
d. some remarks on admission standards might be desirable,
e. a definition of the term "desirable size" in reference to certain programs should be given,
f. a discussion of the nature of the Liberal Arts core of the curriculum is desirable, and
g. a clarification should be given on the relationship between research-scholarship and the instructional mission of the institution.
2. Motion from the APPC concerning general education (Mr. Coppola; Ms. Scherer). Item B.2. from the agenda of June. 2, 1982.
MOVED that the Academic Policy and Planning Committee's recommendations regarding general education found in the CAMP Report be adopted; to wit:
a. That a very high priority be assigned to insure that sufficient resources be made available to provide a strong component of General Education which would be common to every undergraduate program at Oakland University,
b. that this component constitute at least thirty-six credits of every baccalaureate degree, and
c. that a University-wide committee be charged to administer the program in General Education;
(1) The primary responsibility of such a committee will be to approve and maintain a pool of courses that may be used to satisfy the requirement;
(2) it is likely that the initial pool will closely resemble, but will not be restricted to, the current one that exists in the College of Arts and Sciences;
(3) inclusion of courses from the professional schools in this pool is to be encouraged;
(4) those courses offered by the Department of Rhetoric to satisfy the writing proficiency requirement would be part of the pool so that the thirty-six credits could include this work;
(5) only courses approved for the pool could be used to satisfy the requirement, and no courses in the pool would be excluded from a study merely because they are required within the major program.
d. that the following responsibilities would be included in the committee's charge:
(1) To define areas via groups of courses and set distributional requirements over these areas,
(2) to invite and consider approval of additional courses for the pool from the Schools and the College,
(3) to monitor the program and to recommend to the College or appropriate Schools the offering or development of courses needed to strengthen the program,
(4) to consider the exclusion of certain courses in the pool from students of particular programs at the request of the sponsors of that program, and
(5) to consider exceptions for specific programs to the General Education requirements.
3. Motion from the Steering Committee concerning specific program proposals from the CAMP Report (Mr. Akers; Ms. Boulos). Item B.3. from the agenda of June 2, 1982.
MOVED that the Senate forward to the President for his consideration the written materials presented to the APPC in conjunction with their conduct of the open hearings on issues related to the recommendations of the Committee on Academic Mission and Priorities.
4.Special motion concerning implementation of the CAMP Report (Mr. Russell; Mr. Christina).
MOVED that the Senate request the President when considering CAMP recommendations concerning program reductions and/or eliminations to follow the appropriate general recommendations of the CAMP Report�specifically the recommendations in Section VII, subsections 4 and 13.
B. New Business:
None
C. Good and Welfare:
Private Resolutions
D. Information Items:
None
E. President's Remarks:
ADDITIONS TO SENATE AGENDA
June 3, 1982
A. Old Business:
1. Motion from the Steering Committee concerning the role and mission statement (Mr. Miller; Ms. Scherer). Item B.I. from the agenda of June 2, 1982.
a. Main Motion
(as before)
b. Amendment (Messrs. Russell and Gregory)
Delete section c. from the main motion.
c. Amendment (Mr. Gregory and Ms. Briggs-Bunting)
Delete section e. from the main motion.