Loyola University Chicago

Members Present: Matthew Brooks, Janice Rasheed (Chair), Patti Jung, John Makowski, Alanah Fitch, Kari Hamende, Matthew Willms, John Pelissero, Samuel Attoh, Donna Halinski

Members Absent: Linda Paskiewicz, Jack Wall

The meeting called to order at 4:05 p.m.

I. Introduction of new AAUPC members and guests

-  Committee members introduced themselves and welcomed Dean Samuel Attoh to the committee (accepting Dean Isiaah Crawford’s role).

-  Guest speakers speaking for their academic units’ proposals respectively include Michael Kaufman, School of Law, Sarah Gabel, Theatre Department, Mary Dominiack, School of Nursing, Ida Androwich, School of Nursing.

II. Approval of minutes—March 2, 2007, and volunteer to take minutes

- Amendments:

1) Dean Samuel Attoh has accepted Dean Isiaah Crawford’s role. 
2) Donna Halinski was not at the last meeting.
3) Sally Fell elected not to serve on the committee.

-  MOTION (Jung, Millms):  To approve the March 2, 2007, meeting minutes with these three amendments.

All in favor:  8
Against:  0
Unanimous

-  Kari Hamende volunteers to take minutes for each committee meeting.

III. Proposal: School of Law, curriculum changes (4:10 p.m.)

-   Law School guest Michael Kaufman explained that this proposal does not present a significant change to the School’s current curriculum.  It presents more elective opportunities through more guided choices earlier on in the studies and more choice in upper division courses.

-   When asked if the content would be reduced, Kaufman responded no and that students would gain more exposure rather than less.

-   If the intention is to free up time for students, it seems as though the opposite happens.  Kaufman responded that after the first year, the credit hours stay the same.

-   There was a question regarding the “Business Organization” proposal section on pg. 10/11 on whether or not the faculty voted yes:

Ultimately, the Law School committee voted on whether to keep the existing requirement.  The vote was 1 in favor, 2 opposed, with the rest abstaining.  Given the closeness of the vote and the large number of abstentions, the committee decided that the issue should be presented to the faculty without a formal committee recommendation.

Kaufman responded that yes, the committee voted not to recommend the elimination of it.

-  When asked about this curriculum’s implementation term and how students would be effected, Kaufman responded that for current students, there would be a period of transition.  All incoming students entering for the Fall 2007 term would benefit from these changes.

-  Pelissero advised for the Law School curriculum committee to review the document for information the School would like to remain with them. 

-  After Kaufman was dismissed, there was discussion.

-   It appears to free up more time, but it still does not allow students to make more elective choices.

-   Generally, all graduate students entering Law school understand they will have a full load their first year.

-   The Chair moves for the committee to vote.

All in favor:  6
Against:      0
Abstentions:  1

IV.  Proposal: CAS, new minor—Dance (4:30 p.m.)

-   It was noted that the Faculty Affairs UPC will review this proposal next Friday for its tenure content.  The Academic Affairs UPC’s jurisdiction over this proposal includes its academic curriculum.  The Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees will review the proposal for its organizational component.

-  he AAUPC roles include:

* market, external and internal * student attraction * cost * curriculum, learning outcomes (knowledge, discourse, values, experience) * undergraduate core * research skills development * complete program feasibility * graduate programs, research, ethics * Jesuit mission reflection * support for other academic units *  plans for implementation * time frame for implementation * resources * expected revenue for first three years *

-  Because AAUPC members had only a few days to review the 33-page proposal, Theatre Department guest Sarah Gabel offered an introduction and overview at this meeting, with the understanding that this proposal will be deferred to our next meeting in April for further consideration .

·   The proposed organization presents a Department of Fine Arts, which Gabel said is similar to a small Fine & Performing Arts School.  The administrative structure includes a chair and directors.  It was important for their directors to maintain their individual identities and so is reflected in the proposed structure.

·   Currently, Theatre has 2 tenured faculty, approximately 170 majors and 130 majors.

·   The new structure would allow for a desired arts administration major.

·   The directors would serve as an advising group to the chair.

·   Proposed changes would not effect current majors.

·   There are 8 full time faculty in Theatre, 9 full time faculty in Fine Arts, and 0 full time faculty in Dance.

·   This proposed Dept. of Fine Arts is comparable to other schools who begin with approximately 300 majors.  The larger programs would have 800-1,000 majors.

·   The smaller schools they looked at did not have administrative/operative procedures, but Gabel said this proposed Dept. would.

·   Currently, there are three part time Dance faculty.

·   When asked how art education would benefit their students, Gabel responded that internships and mentorships would enhance their students’ experience.  The Raven Theatre is in the neighborhood.  Also, local schools and their art programs invite Loyola art students to intern with their students.

·   An example of a cross-listed course might be “The Artist as Activist.”

·   When asked if the current music program connects with Madonna Della Strada Choirs, Gabel responded that University Ministry students can currently register for academic credit.  Also, currently there is a search underway for a Music Director in University Ministry.  It is planned that the Music Director would be connected with this proposed Dept.

·   It was recommended that Gabel consider Theology connections with cross courses, such as Liturgical Dance.  Gabel appreciated the invitation.

·   When asked about the process among the three existing Theatre Dept. units by which this document evolved, Gabel responded that the faculty voted 18-4-1.  The planning took place over a period of 18 months.  Gabel received feedback from Dean Crawford along the way.  Currently, they are not large enough to be a division or school, but there exist a wealth of resources they can share.

·   Concerns among existing Theatre units included losing academic identity and losing resources (will one program lose resources to another?).  It was agreed among the faculty that as a starting point, individual departments would stay, knowing future monies might be dispursed in different ways. 

·   AAUPC members presented the concern of the lack of a mission statement in the proposal.  A mission statement is important for guiding the curriculum and bringing together different units.  Gabel responded that individual units have their missions, and they aim to promote each other.  It is advised that one way to increase the buy-in is not simply an endorsement of existing individual depts’ missions but may happen when each dept. claims the new sense of shared mission, and this could happen in an annual retreat in August before school starts.  Gabel pointed out the mission on pg. 2:

The mission of the Department of Fine and Performing Arts will be to support and develop these artistic connections and to bring them to campus and Chicago audiences.

-  The Chair moved for the committee to address the Dance Minor proposal.

-  Gabel offered an overview of the proposed Dance Minor.

-  To move through several levels of techniques, e.g., Ballet, Jazz, criticism and theory

-  Consulted the National Association of Schools for Dance B.A. Programs, liberal arts

-  Different cultural dances

-  When asked about the proposed Dance Minor to the Core, Gabel responded that all Level 1 courses are Core courses.

-  In the future, a full time faculty member would be needed for Dance.  Also, a budget is needed accompanists.  When asked about the source for these monies, Gabel responded that Theatre is hopeful that the CAS will offer support.  Currently, they have Work Study students as accompanists, but they will be leaving.  So, part time faculty money will need to be allocated.  The Dean has been supportive from the beginning and he is aware of this document.

-  The committee responded that the financial support needs to be more explicit because we cannot undermine already existing programs.  The committee would like to see something written from the Dean.  Gabel responded that she will contact Dean Crawford.

-  Gabel reported that they currently have enough courses to run the Minor, but they would want room to offer others.

-  When asked about the student interest, Gabel responded that at Level 1, classes are at capacity.

-  The Chair will get back to Prof. Gabel and Dean Crawford as far issues and questions that arose at  this meeting, that need to be clarified regarding this proposal.

-  The AAUP Committee agreed to defer this proposal for further discussion at our April meeting.

V. Proposal: School of Nursing, new 5 year (combined) Program in Health Systems and MBA (5:00 p.m.)

-   Nursing School guest Mary Dominiak provided an overview of the 5 Year BSHSM to MBA Program that would be housed in the Niehoff School of Nursing and in conjunction with the Graduate School of Business.

-  The School of Business has approved this program.

-  The student would achieve an MBA in 5 years.

-  The only difference with this program would be that electives would be filled with business courses (B or better), e.g., if two accounting courses are taken at the undergraduate level    then the others would be waived (pg. 3, Waiver Requirements):

Waiver Requirements for 5 Year BSHSM to MBA Program

A maximum of 5 courses can be waived in the MBA program through this 5 year plan as described below:

-  The interested student would apply and upon acceptance would register in the program in the fall or spring semester of junior year.  Next, the student would take the GMAT, and then enroll in two graduate courses in the senior year.

- Loyola would be a leader in the Chicago area with this program.  Loyola would be  leveraging existing resources in Nursing and Business, Social Work, and the CAS. 

-  Upon approval, students could enroll as early as the Fall 2009 term.

-  Nursing School guest Ida Androwich joined the meeting via teleconferencing from LUMC. 

·  When asked about selective criteria, Androwich responded that those eligible would be undergraduates meeting the GPA requirements for the MBA program, have successful GMAT scores, and will have successfully applied to the graduate program just like the other students. 

·  It was noted that this program would be parallel to the programs in the School of Social Work and the Law School.

·  When asked if the Business School approved this waiver, Androwich responded that parents were approaching them with questions which led them to discuss it with the Graduate School Dean, who approved it.  (-modeled after BBA to MBA program, so this is not a new model- this has been done before and is working.)

·  It was noted that Math 131 is a calculus course and the content of this course is very similar to ISOM 490 in its academic integrity. 

·  When asked for the number of majors currently in the program, Androwich responded 16.

-  Guest speakers were dismissed and the committee discussed the following:

·   There was expressed concern toward the “Grade B or better” standard.

·   The low number of current enrollment in the program was of concern.  How much time would be spent toward movement into MBA? Marketing, advising, etc., takes time…

·   It was noted that students currently in the program share the same concern- how many elective courses would remain?  However, simultaneously, there is the question of how many nursing students would be interested in taking seven business courses?

·   It was noted that Criminal Justice, Political Science, Social Work, and Biology (in School of Ed, hold successful similar programs

·   To be in both schools are very different and would be challenging.  In similar programs one person serves as an advisor liaison.

·   The committee was not presented with data pertaining to the student market nor what opportunities graduating students would pursue with this degree.

·   This proposal will be discussed again at our next meeting in April.

VI.  Adjournment until next AAUPC meeting on April 12th

VII. 

-     The Chair noted the committee has tabled discussion for three proposals and voted to pass one proposal (Law School.)

-     The committee agreed that the Chair would contact the representative guest speakers to return for the next meeting with more information as discussed and noted in the above minutes.

-     MOTION (Brooks, Markowski):  To adjourn.  All were in favor

Meeting adjourned at 5:40 p.m.

 
Revised Agenda - April 12, 2007

1.     Approval of minutes: March 15, 2007 (4:00 SHARP!)
2.     *Proposal: CAS, new Dept. of Fine and Performing Arts (4:05)
3.     *Proposal: CAS, new Minor in Dance (4:25)
4.     Proposal: BSED, Mathematics Education (4:40)
5.     Proposal: Grad School; changes to M.A. degree in English (4:55)
6.     *Proposal: Grad School, new M.S. in Applied Statistics (5:10)
7.     Adjornment