Oakland University Senate
Fourth Meeting
Thursday, 18 February 1993
3:10 p.m.
Oakland Room, Oakland center
AGENDA
Respectfully submitted by Ronald M. Horwitz for the Steering Committee.
A. Old Business
None
B. New Business
1. Motion from the University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction and the Steering Committee to establish a new standing committee of the Senate (Mr. Grossman):
MOVED that the Senate establish a University Committee on Assessment with charge and membership as follows:
Charge:
1. To coordinate and advise on the planning and implementation of assessment by academic units;
2 . To prepare an overall University Assessment Plan which meets the requirements of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and to consult with the staff of that Association, as appropriate, to insure that the Plan and its implementation continue to meet Association standards;
3 . To advise and cooperate with the General Education Committee in planning and carrying out assessment of the University's general education programs;
4. To advise the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction, and the Graduate Council on the findings of the assessment program and their implications for specific program reviews and for maintaining and improving the quality of undergraduate and graduate instruction in general; and
5 . To report to the University Senate and the Assemblies of the organized faculties on the findings of the assessment program and their implications for maintaining and improving the quality of undergraduate and graduate curricula and instruction at the University.
Membership:
Three faculty members from the College and one from each School, appointed to staggered two-year terms by the Senate upon nomination of the Steering Committee, which shall designate one of these as chair; one student designated by the University Student Congress; the Vice President for Academic Affairs (or designee); and one Oakland University alumnus(a) designated by the Alumni Board on nomination of the Director of Alumni Relations.
First reading: Debatable, amendable, but not eligible for final vote at this meeting.
Comment: For the past three years, an ad hoc University Assessment Committee (chaired by Professor Steven Miller), acting as a subcommittee of.UCUI, has been coordinating the university's assessment efforts. As this activity will be an important ongoing concern of all academic units UCUI now recommends that a permanent Senate committee be established to oversee assessment activities.
2. Motion from the University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction to establish a university-wide system of baccalaureate program reviews (Ms. Otto):
MOVED that the Senate approve a university-wide system of baccalaureate program reviews as detailed on the attached statement on UNIVERSITY-WIDE BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM REVIEWS.
First reading: Debatable, amendable, but not eligible for final vote at this meeting.
Comment: UCUI, whose charge includes responsibility "to ensure review of all undergraduate programs in timely fashion and report findings to the University Senate," endorses this policy statement, which utilizes a format already extant in the College of Arts and Sciences. It parallels the system currently used for campus-wide review of all graduate programs.
C. Good and Welfare
Private Resolutions
D. Information Items
1. Report from the Campus Development and Environment Committee concerning recommended changes in the university's smoking policy (Mr. Brieger)
2. Progress reports on vice presidential and decanal searches (Mr. Dahlgren)
3. Steering Committee establishment of ad hoc committees on the Honors College and International Center (Mr. Edgerton)
4. UCUI recommendations on transcript representations of repeated courses (Mr. Dahlgren)