Meeting Minutes
Minutes of the Academic Affairs UPC Meeting
March 22, 2005
Meeting held via bi-campus video-conference
Members Present: Alan Gitelson (chair), Patricia Jung, Fred
Kniss, and Tiffany Ying
Members Excused: Anthony Barbato, Paula DeVoto, Sheila Haas, E.J. Neafsey,
and Emily Preheim
The meeting was called to order by the chair at 2:35 PM.
Fred Kniss moved that we accept the minutes of the January 25, 2005 meeting
as distributed. Tiffany Ying seconded the motion. The minutes were accepted
unanimously.
Dawn Harris presented the proposal for a "Concentration in
Entrepreneurship" from the School of Business Administration and Graduate
School of Business. Discussion followed. It was noted that much interest in
such a concentration has been expressed and that there is considerable room
for Loyola in Chicago's share of this market. Loyola's distinctive niche may
be its emphasis on family-run businesses. Tiffany Ying recommended approval
of the proposal without revision. Fred Kniss seconded her motion. The motion
carried 4-0-0.
There was a preliminary discussion about recent changes in the academic
calendar (in particular the extension of the semester length from fourteen
to fifteen weeks in the spring semester, and possibly to fourteen and a half
weeks in the fall.) Inquiries have been made about who made that decision,
what groups were consulted and the rationale for it etc. Alan Gitelson noted
that the Provost had pointed out in a recent email to David Chinitz that
according to the provisional shared governance charter, the AAUPC should
review and evaluate all proposals for substantive changes in the academic
calendar. So, it was decided that these recent changes in the academic
calendar will be reviewed at our May 10th meeting. Alan Gitelson will issue
a limited number of invitations to administrators, faculty and students to
comment on these changes. Interested parties will send relevant documents
and collect relevant data for the AAUPC.
Finally, the Provost encouraged all members of the AAUPC to share with the
North Central Accreditation team his or her sense of how the shared
governance system is working. By way of preparation, we briefly reviewed of
the work of the AAUPC. There was consensus that launching the revised core
consumed the committee last year and that this year we handled what "bubbled
up" -- mostly routine program reviews - well. Until two months ago, our
meeting agendas were nearly overflowing. We have done a good job not
"overriding" the work of school-level council; we need to remain focused on
policy level matters. This year minutes of our meetings were regularly
posted on the web. Nevertheless, the Provost noted, that he hopes the AAUPC
will become increasingly proactive and engage in some strategic planning
regarding matters of academic policy. For example, the AAUPC might do some
strategic planning regarding graduate education, especially regarding the
expansion of assistantships in general and the policies that might best
direct their allocation. Similarly, the AAUPC might be an appropriate place
for increased faculty participation in the review of proposals regarding
Centers of Excellence.
The Provost moved adjournment. Tiffany Ying seconded the motion. Motion
carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 3:45 PM.