ࡱ> ` ubjbj 1m&j j j j j j j ~ &n&n&n8^n|n~ o(o"oooppp$Uh$j yppyy$j j oo9ׂׂׂyj oj oׂyׂׂB0j j ֩oo kZ&nYr$O0@M1BMH֩Mj ֩(pAsׂutv ppp$$sdpppyyyy~ ~ ~ 3=$1~ ~ ~ =~ ~ ~ j j j j j j  WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY Regular Meeting of the FACULTY SENATE Tuesday, 12 April 2005 4:00 p.m. Capitol Rooms - University Union A C T I O N M I N U T E S MEMBERS PRESENT: Ms. Allen, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Blankenship, Mr. Brice, Mr. Callister, Mr. DeVolder, Mr. Durkin, Mr. Espahbodi, Ms. Jelatis, Ms. Livingston-Webber, Ms. Mahoney, Ms. McCain, Mr. Radlo, Ms. Shouse, Ms. Thomas, Mr. Thompson, Ms. Wolf, Ms. Young Ex-officio: Karen Mann, Parliamentarian; Joseph Rallo, Provost MEMBERS ABSENT: Mr. Adkins, Mr. Erdmann, Mr. Meegan GUESTS: Jaawan Aarington, Barb Baily, Lori Baker-Sperry, Ken Clontz, Randall Faust, Kevin Hall, W. Buzz Hoon, James Huesmann, Martin Maskarinec, Nathan Miczo, Abdul-Rasheed NaAllah, Richard Ness, Kathy Neumann, Rusty Orwig, Steve Rock, Dave Rohall, Bonnie Sonnek, Pam Terry, Therese Trotochaud I. Consideration of Minutes 29 March 2005 APPROVED AS DISTRIBUTED II. Announcements Approvals from the President and Provost Approvals from the President a. Policy on Administrative Admits Approvals from the Provost Requests for New Courses i. AT 411, Athletic Training Professional Preparation, 1 s.h. ii. AT 420, Internship, 12 s.h. COMM 377, Nonverbal Communication, 3 s.h. KIN 292, Palpatory Anatomy, 2 s.h. KIN 293, Manual Muscle Testing, 2 s.h. PSY 360, Research Practicum, 1 s.h. (repeatable to 2 s.h.) SOC 430, Sociology of Womens Health, 3 s.h. SOC 472, Medical Sociology, 3 s.h. b. Request for Change in Major i. Kinesiology Athletic Training B. Provosts Report Provost Rallo told senators that if they had read the article in a recent 鶹 Courier regarding 鶹s free speech zone, his intention was to convey that 鶹 is a free speech campus, and as long as free speech activities do not go beyond reasonable bounds, they are allowable. The Provost stated there are eight solid candidates for the position of Vice President for Advancement and Public Services. He expects that reference checks will be completed by the end of April with the finalists brought to campus in May. Provost Rallo congratulated Senator Jeanette Thomas on a great distinguished faculty lecture presentation. C. SGA Report Jaawan Aarington reported that the Student Government Association is currently in the process of revising its Constitution. SGA has also elected a new President (Chad Aden), Vice President (Bridget Early), and BOT representative (Chris Thomas), as well as five senators at-large. SGA is expected to confirm the appointment of Scott McFarland as Speaker of the Senate at tonights meeting. Other Announcements Nominating petitions are sought to fill two vacancies on the University Personnel Committee this fall. One tenured full professor each is sought from the College of Education and Human Services and the College of Fine Arts and Communication. Chairperson Blankenship told senators that the Executive Committee would be following up with the deans of these colleges to try to obtain one or more nominees. John Stierman was appointed to fill the vacancy for Resource Professionals on UPC. Vice Presidents will give public presentations on the Academic Master Plans for their areas beginning at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 19 in the Capitol Rooms. 鶹 Libraries will sponsor a 鶹 Author Recognition Reception from 4:00-6:00 p.m. Thursday, April 14 in the Malpass Library Garden Lounge. More information on the reception, which is intended to honor and recognize everyone in the University who has published during calendar year 2004, can be obtained from Senator Marcy Allen at the Malpass Library. The UPI website ( HYPERLINK "http://www.upilocal4100.org" www.upilocal4100.org) includes an automatic email letter that can be generated to legislators expressing concern about pension funding. The chapter UPI website ( HYPERLINK "http://www.wiu.edu/UPI" www.wiu.edu/UPI) also offers sample letters and phone scripts. Chairperson Blankenship stated that he may prepare a draft letter to be brought to the floor of the Senate for discussion at the final meeting of the year. He stated that many Illinois institutions are sending eletters regarding the pension funding issue, and Chairperson Blankenship plans to discuss 鶹s recent forum discussion, Pensions, SURS, and You, when he attends the Council on Illinois University Senates meeting on April 18. Senator Thompson pointed out that there is currently no legislation nor a pending bill that would reduce pension funding it was only mentioned in Governor Blagojevichs budget speech so there is a need to ask legislators to not introduce this legislation and to solve the funding problems in some other way. In response to a question about an Executive Committee discussion regarding the multicultural forum that mentioned the possibility of adding three additional hours of multicultural requirements to Gen Ed, Chairperson Blankenship responded that this was discussed only as a possible future course of action identified at the forum but that there is no action tied to the suggestion at this time. He stated that if there was to be serious discussion of this possibility, Faculty Senate would ask CGE to investigate the ramifications and make a recommendation. Campus Technological Issues and Initiatives (James Huesmann, Dean of Libraries and Assistant Provost for Computing and Information Technologies) Assistant Provost Huesmann distributed a chart identifying printer costs for consumables and repairs from the student computer fee account for FY 00 through February 2005. He explained that paper costs dropped significantly in FY 03 (from $76,135 to $61,859.50) when the University went to forced duplex printing in all labs, but expenses jumped back up to $85,488 in FY 04 and are increasing dramatically so far in FY 05, with $77,655 spent as of February 28. Assistant Provost Huesmann stated that what has been done at other universities to reduce costs is a free enterprise approach: the student computing fee allows a certain number of pages to be printed per student each semester, and after that students are charged a small amount per copy. He explained that the only way such a login system is operable is for students to sign in when they enter the computer labs, and 鶹 hopes to be able to implement such a system in all of its labs by the end of the summer at which time discussions can begin with SGA as to possible approaches for containing the rising costs. Assistant Provost Huesmann pointed out that a login system would also ensure that only 鶹 students, who are paying the computing fee, are the ones using the computing labs, which is currently impossible to assure. Senator Thompson stated that the fee charged at Louisiana State University when he was there was only enough to pay for paper, toners, and replacement printers and was not intended to make a profit from the student fees. Assistant Provost Huesmann stated the SGA Council on Student Information Technology (CSIT) has asked for any proposal to also go through them. In response to a question, he stated that no new administrative costs should be associated with implementing a sign-in program at the computer labs as students would login just as they do for their 鶹 email accounts. SGA representative Jaawan Aarington stated he volunteered to try out the login system in Stipes and had to change his email password in order to enter the system. Assistant Provost Huesmann stated that these sorts of problems are being identified and fixed through the use of volunteer control groups. When asked if there was any consideration of buying spyware for the University, Assistant Provost Huesmann responded this was recently approved by CSIT and a request for purchase is being prepared for a site license for a spyware package that will be available to students and employees. Regarding changes to the Library set to occur in summer 2005, Assistant Provost Huesmann explained that 鶹s Library system is part of a consortium of 66 university libraries to which the University pays $55,000 per year. The consortium is providing its members with three new pieces of software this summer at no additional charge: a link resolver to aide in searches; a federated search engine, which Assistant Provost Huesmann stated will act as a sort of google for the Library; and a digital library component which will allow expansion of the thousands of scanned images already available through the Library. Election of Officers Senators whose terms expire in fall 2005 Bacon, Blankenship, Callister, Durkin, Espahbodi, Mahoney, and Radlo were asked to leave the table and senators whose terms begin in fall 2005 Clontz, Hall, Miczo, Ness, Orwig, Rock, Sonnek took their seats to vote for officers and Committee on Committees representatives. a. Chairperson Motion: To nominate Steve Rock as Chair (Thompson) There were no further nominations. Steve Rock was elected by acclamation. b. Vice Chair Motion: To nominate Dennis DeVolder as Vice Chair (Shouse) There were no further nominations. Dennis DeVolder was elected by acclamation. c. Secretary Motion: To nominate Bill Thompson as Secretary (Allen) Motion: To nominate Ken Clontz as Secretary (DeVolder) Motion: To nominate Jean Wolf as Secretary (Livingston-Webber) There were no further nominations. Jean Wolf was elected Secretary by secret ballot. Election of Committee on Committees a. College of Arts and Sciences Motion: To nominate Joan Livingston Webber (Young) There were no further nominations. Joan Livingston-Webber was elected by acclamation. b. College of Business and Technology Motion: To nominate Kevin Hall (Rock) There were no further nominations. Kevin Hall was elected by acclamation. c. College of Education and Human Services Motion: To nominate Ken Clontz (Orwig) There were no further nominations. Ken Clontz was elected by acclamation. d. College of Fine Arts and Communication Motion: To nominate Richard Ness (McCain) There were no further nominations. Richard Ness was elected by acclamation. Chair of Committee on Committees Motion: To nominate Joan Livingston-Webber for CoC Chair (Young) There were no further nominations. Joan Livingston-Webber was elected Chair by acclamation. III. Reports of Committees and Councils A. Council on Curricular Programs and Instruction (W. Buzz Hoon, Chair) Requests for New Courses a. AAS 445, Critical Issues in the Education of African Americans, 3 s.h. AAS 445 APPROVED b. CH 400, Grant Writing, 3 s.h. Change: Remove corporations from the Catalog Description. CH 400 APPROVED WITH CHANGE c. CS 440, Ethics in Information Technology, 3 s.h. CS 440 APPROVED d. ENG 482, Life Writing, 3 s.h. In response to a question as to whether there will be enough retirees for Life Writing students to interview over time, Therese Trotochaud responded the course will be taught every other year and there are plans to expand it beyond retirement centers into the community. Senator Thompson stated the Library is writing a grant this summer that would help fund further life writing with hopes to collect the manuscripts and interviews and create an archive of them. ENG 482 APPROVED SOC 272, Individual and Society, 3 s.h. Change: Change of to between so that the Catalog Description reads, This course explores sociological theories and research on the relationship between the individual and society. SOC 272 APPROVED WITH CHANGE Request for New Degree Program a. Bachelor of Music NEW DEGREE PROGRAM APPROVED Council on General Education (Lori Baker-Sperry, Chair) Request for Inclusion in General Education a. SOC 272, Individual and Society, 3 s.h. GEN ED INCLUSION APPROVED Committee on Committees (Darlene Young, Chair) Annual Report SENATE COUNCILS: COUNCIL ON ADMISSION, GRADUATION AND ACADEMIC STANDARDS Gayle Mericle, LEJA replacing Kenneth Clontz 08 E&HS Byoung Lee, CS replacing Martin Maskarinec 08 B&T Tara Westerhold, Econ replacing Steve Rock 08 B&T COUNCIL ON CAMPUS PLANNING AND USAGE Ioana Sirbu, Math replacing Tom Bridge 08 At-large Marcus Olson, Theatre replacing Sharon Evans 08 FA&C COUNCIL ON CURRICULAR PROGRAMS AND INSTRUCTION Binto George, CS replacing Carolyn Blackinton 08 At-large Katherine Winters, Art replacing W. Buzz Hoon 08 FA&C Tim Waldrop, Art replacing Lisa Miczo 08 FA&C Alla Melkumian, Econ replacing Tara Westerhold 06 B&T COUNCIL ON GENERAL EDUCATION Amy Carr, Phil/Rel replacing Virginia Boynton 08 Humanities VACANT replacing John Chisholm 08 Math/NS K. ODonnell-Brown, Eng replacing Cheryl Bailey 08 Basic Skills Dean Zoerink, RPTA replacing Sue Tellefson 08 Human Well Being COUNCIL ON INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Susan Creasey, DFMH replacing Stan Cunningham 08 E&HS WRITING INSTRUCTION IN THE DISCIPLINES COMMITTEE Cecil Tarrant, IMDS replacing Ray MacDermott 08 B&T Katherine Pawelko, RPTA replacing Cecelia Benelli 08 E&HS UNIVERSITY COUNCILS: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND EQUITY COUNCIL Richard Hendriksen, Couns Ed replacing Sara Simonson 08 At-large Linda Meloy, SPED replacing Carolyn Ward 08 鶹QC BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY ADVISORY COUNCIL Steve Rock, Econ replacing Judi Dallinger 09 Member Kathy Neumann, CS replacing Steve Rock 09 Alternate CAMPUS PROGRAMMING COUNCIL Cynthia Struthers, IIRA replacing Vaman Rao 08 At-large COUNCIL ON TALENT GRANT AND TUITION WAIVERS Michael Ericson, Music replacing Pearlie Strother-Adams 08 At-large UNIVERSITY HONORS COUNCIL Marjorie Allison, Eng replacing Mark Boley 08 A&S David Haugen, Phil/Rel replacing Catherine Moore 08 A&S James McQuillan, CS replacing In Lee 08 B&T Christine Lloyd, Econ replacing Stephen Axley 08 B&T UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES: ANTI-HARASSMENT EDUCATION COMMITTEE VACANT new position 08 At-large BOT/BA ADVISORY BOARD Ralph Dirksen, Eng Tech replacing Marcia Lucas 08 B&T Ivan Jimenez-Williams, FL replacing John Simmons 08 A&S Karen Zellman, SW replacing Dennis Bowman 08 E&HS Sharon Evans, Comm replacing Charlotte Megginson 08 FA&C BUREAU OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS Sandra Watkins, Educ Ldr replacing In Lee 08 At-large John Mindeman, Music replacing Janice King 08 At-large COMPUTING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE Anna Valeva, Math replacing Bradley Dilger 06 A&S Martin Maskarinec, CS replacing Robert Lawton 06 B&T Richard Thurman, ITT replacing Donna McCaw 06 E&HS John Cooper, Music replacing Richard Ness 06 FA&C Jeanne Stierman, Library replacing Hunt Dunlap 06 Library DISTINGUISHED FACULTY LECTURER COMMITTEE K.N. Thimmaiah, Chem replacing Lisa Wen 08 A&S Marti Barclay, DFMH replacing Jean Wolf 08 E&HS EXTENDED STUDIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE Yeong-kwun Kim, CS replacing Martin Coe 08 At-large Don Powers, C&I replacing Igolima Amachree 08 At-large FACULTY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE Binto George, CS replacing Rafael Obregon 08 B&T Jennifer Allen, LEJA replacing Carolyn Ward 08 E&HS FRINGE BENEFITS COMMITTEE Ray MacDermott, Econ replacing Frank Goudy 08 At-large COMMITTEE ON HONORARY DOCTORATE Lori Kanauss, DFMH replacing Fred Isele 08 E&HS Farideh Dehkordi-Vakil, IMDS replacing Dimitri Andrianacos 08 B&T Bill Thompson, Library replacing Sean Meegan 08 FAC SEN INDIVIDUAL STUDIES DEGREE PROGRAM Tracy Cruise, Psych replacing Chris Lantz 08 At-large JUDICIAL BOARD S. Joy-Newman, Coun Ctr replacing Terry Campbell 08 At-large Phyllis Rippey, Pol Sci replacing Kristine Kelly 08 At-large RADIATION SAFETY COMMITTEE Hal Marchand, CHHSM replacing Fetene Gebrewold 08 At-large TRAFFIC AND PARKING COMMITTEE Don Johnson, Mktg/Fin replacing Jennifer Allen 08 At-large PARKING AND TRAFFIC APPEALS COMMITTEE Susan Czechowski, Art replacing Bill Howard 08 Alternate WESTERN COURIER PUBLICATION BOARD Mark Butzow, Eng replacing Vaman Rao 08 At-large 鶹 TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD Renee Polubinsky, Kines replacing Jon Jones 08 At-large SGA COUNCILS: COUNCIL ON STUDENT ACTIVITIES FUNDS Penny Rigg, Eng replacing Jon Dugle 08 At-large COUNCIL ON STUDENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Brian Clark, Library replacing Brian Clark 06 At-large Joseph Schmitz, Comm replacing Joseph Schmitz 06 At-large Robert Lawton, IMDS replacing Robert Lawton 07 At-large Larry Andrew, IMDS replacing Larry Andrew 07 At-large Valerie Smead, Psych replacing Gordon Pettit 08 At-large Rita Kaul, DFMH new position 08 At-large OTHER COMMITTEES: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE DEANS COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE Matt Blankenship, Psych replacing Matt Blankenship 06 FAC SEN Bonnie Sonnek, Eng replacing Janice Welsch 06 FAC SEN Kenneth Clontz, LEJA replacing John Hemmingway 06 FAC SEN Committee on Provost and Presidential Performance (Members: Senators Mark Callister and Julie Mahoney, Co-Chairs; Kevin Bacon; Joan Livingston-Webber; Bill Thompson) Survey Results Senator Callister reported that both the President and Provost had received copies of their reports, as well as the full comments that were submitted with their respective surveys. He thanked the Committee members and the Faculty Senate Recording Secretary for their efforts, and Chairperson Blankenship complimented the Committee on their preparation of the Executive Summary. Senator Callister pointed out that 242 responses were received of the 620 surveys distributed, a 39 percent response rate, which is the same rate as last years Presidential survey response. He added the statistical results show less variance between responses than last year. One senator remarked that the survey results seem to reflect reactions to the individual in the position rather than to the survey questions, but Senator Livingston-Webber responded that the questions were taken directly from each persons job descriptions and there is no way to prevent some persons from being unable to separate a person from the job that they are to perform. Committee member Senator Thompson pointed out that when search committees write job descriptions for certain positions, they should keep in mind that they are effectively writing the instrument that will be used to evaluate those positions. NO OBJECTIONS The summary reports will now be sent to the members of the Board of Trustees and then posted to the Faculty Senate webpage. IV. Old Business A. Plus-Minus Grading 1. CAGAS Report on Plus-Minus Grading System CAGAS Chair Steve Rock told senators that the Council two meetings ago voted on which plus-minus system to support but the vote ended in a tie. The Council did vote to eliminate System A, which would have included a grade of A+. Since neither the full Council nor the three-person CAGAS subcommittee could come to agreement as to which of the remaining systems to recommend, four systems were presented to Faculty Senate with no preference attached to any: System B: A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F System C: A, A/B, B, B/C, C, C/D, D, F System D: A, B+, B, C+, C, D, F Quantitative Numerical System Martin Maskarinec, who served on the CAGAS subcommittee to examine plus-minus grading, presented senators with information on the quantitative numerical system. He explained that since whatever grading system is used must be converted to a numerical system at some point in order to determine GPAs, this would allow for the numerical assignment to be done throughout the process. Senators received in their packets a chart that would show numerical assignments for letter grades; Dr. Maskarinec explained that for those professors who prefer to assign letter grades, they need only use a ruler to find the numerical equivalent of the letter grade they wish to assign and record that number. Although faculty would have 40 gradations of numerical assignments to choose from, he explained that they would not have to use all of these but could explain in their syllabus that a B+ will be reported as 3.3, a B will be reported as 3.0, etc. Dr. Maskarinec pointed out that a quantitative numerical system would also be a way of correcting grade inflation. One senator asked what would be the disadvantage to a quantitative numerical system, and Chairperson Blankenship responded that it may look foreign to faculty who are used to letter grading alone. In response to a question as to which of the four systems would be the least expensive to implement, Chairperson Blankenship responded that any change will not occur until the DBII system is online, and Dr. Maskarinec stated that the quantitative numerical system would be the easiest to convert since changing from a letter grade to a numeric grade in order to calculate GPA requires another look-up table within the system. Humanities faculty expressed the opinion that a non-numerical system would be most beneficial for their curricular needs. Parliamentarian Mann, who also served on the CAGAS subcommittee to examine plus-minus grading, stated that faculty responses to the plus-minus questionnaire showed concern that increasing from four grades to 12 may lead to more appeals, so there would probably be even more concern going from four grades to a possible 40. She also stated that the quantitative numerical system would make clumping of students more likely. Senators pointed out that many classes require a grade of C or better in order to advance. One senator stated that under the current system a student can remain in a program if they do not get a grade of D, so the requirement may have to be reworded to state that students need to receive a grade of at least C- to take into account the new plus-minus system, or it could be reworded to state that students must achieve a 2.0 to advance. A senator asked if any schools offered a system where a C- does not fall below a 2.0 numerically, but Ken Clontz, who was the third member of the CAGAS subcommittee, answered that in most cases the C- is factored as below 2.0, although numerically it can vary. Senator DeVolder stated that one person in his college who is in favor of plus-minus grading suggested that it be used as a quality indicator but not have the plus-minus factored into the GPA, which would satisfy the faculty members who wish to reward quality but would also address the problem of taking a C- below 2.0. Dr. Maskarinec stated it seems that what is needed is to determine what problem the plus-minus system is intended to address, and he concluded it seems that the problem is that grade points do not accurately enough reflect performance. Dr. Maskarinec feels that the quantitative numeric system would address this problem. When asked what system most other schools studied use, Dr. Clontz responded most use System B or System E (the straight A,B,C,D,F system). One person asked what was perceived as a disadvantage of System D, which has no minus grades. Dr. Rock responded that this system was preferred by students in the survey, and it has the least variables of the plus-minus systems, but there was uncertainty regarding assigning a numeric score to the plus grades. A senator also pointed out that it could appear if this system was adopted to be an institutional policy toward grade inflation. Motion: To approve the quantitative system (Thompson/Shouse) MOTION DEFEATED 2 YES 16 NO 1 AB Motion: To approve System B (Brice/Jelatis) One senator pointed out that in System B, the letter grade of A has only one variant, A-, whereas B, C, and D all have three variants (B+, B, B-, for example). He pointed out that if you have a consistently excellent student who gets an A-, that student cannot get back up to an A grade, so he would be opposed to any system that gives uneven marks across the letter grades. MOTION APPROVED 9 YES 7 NO 3 AB Chairperson Blankenship pointed out that the votes on plus-minus grading have been divided each time they have come up, both historically and more recently at CAGAS and Faculty Senate. He stated that plus-minus grading utilizing System B will not go into effect until approved by the President and after the new DBII database is operational. V. New Business Lobbying Campaign for Amtrak Funding A senator asked if Governor Blagojevich had officially stated that funding will be cut or if it has just been stated by President Bush. Provost Rallo responded that President Goldfarb and other university presidents are very concerned that funding will be cut at the state level, so they are responding to the belief that elimination of Amtrak funding is close to the truth. He added that nearly half of 鶹 students come from the Chicago area so the loss of the service would seriously affect the University. In regard to a draft letter to legislators prepared by Chairperson Blankenship, Senator Livingston-Webber stated that it may be better to make the greeting more generic than addressing it to specific senators and representatives so that it can be given to lobbyists, the President, etc. to distribute as they wish. Motion: To change the greeting of the letter to read, To Whom It May Concern (Livingston-Webber/DeVolder) Friendly suggestion: To make the greeting of the letter specific when addressing it to individuals and with a general greeting when it is to be distributed to others (Blankenship) MOTION WITH FRIENDLY SUGGESTION APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE A senator suggested that Faculty Senate could sponsor a time when persons could gather to write letters on this subject and post them simultaneously. Chairperson Blankenship stated that a community meeting on the Amtrak funding issue, sponsored by the Macomb/County/ Community Quality of Life Advisory Committee, will be held at 3:00 p.m. Monday, April 18 in the City Hall Community Room. A senator suggested that the letter be sent to the newspapers in Quincy, Peoria, Macomb, and Springfield to be included in Letters to the Editor. Another senator suggested that the letter be posted where persons can print it off and send it themselves, and/or provide a bulleted list that can be used to develop their own letters. Chairperson Blankenship stated that this information can be posted on the Senates webpages along with a link to the State Assembly webpage for addresses. A senator asked if the letter is put on the Senate website if it would look like Faculty Senate was lobbying with public resources. Chairperson Blankenship will ask University Counsel Bruce Biagini this question. He added that other university senates do post these types of appeals and resolutions frequently. Parliamentarian Mann asked if it would be possible for the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs to determine the ethnic status of the cities that are on the Amtrak line so that it might be argued that to eliminate its funding would have a disproportionate impact on minority students. Excellence in Undergraduate Education Implementation Team 1. Status Report Senators discussed a status report submitted by Associate Provost Judi Dallinger on the status of the action items assigned to the Excellence in Undergraduate Education Implementation Team. Chairperson Blankenship told senators he has been thinking about the implementation teams as think tanks. One senator remarked that some of the action items such as reviewing the potential for expanded degree programs and developing internet classes do not seem to be related to attaining excellence but to getting bigger with outreach programs and increasing enrollment, but it was pointed out that the action items were taken directly from the University Strategic Plan. Senator Thompson pointed out that the University of Minnesota, a well respected institution, has a large number of their courses online already and are trying to move more online, so it is possible to be an excellent school and also include a high number of online courses. Motion: To adjourn (Brice/Allen) The Faculty Senate adjourned at 5:55 p.m. Julie Mahoney, Secretary Annette Hamm Faculty Senate Recording Secretary     PAGE  PAGE 11 3ABJKMNSX  ! 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