Academic Council Meeting Agenda and Minutes, January 7, 1974

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2 WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS COMMUNICATION Date: January 2, 1974 To: From: Members of the Academic Council John Treacy, Pecretary, ~teering Committee Subject: Agenda of the Academic Council Meeting, Monday, January 7, The January meeting of the Academic Council is scheduled for Monday, January 7, 1974, in Room 401, Fawcett Hall, at 3:10 P.M. The agenda is as follows: I. Call to order. II. III. IV. Approval of Minutes of December 3, 1973, meeting. Feport of the President. Report of Pteering Committee. V. Reports of fltanding Committees: A. Curriculum B. Faculty Affairs C. Library D. Ptudent Affairs VI. Old Business: A. Approval of the Proposed Academic Calendar B. Recommendations on O. B.R. Personnel Management Document. VII. VIII. New Business: Adjournment.

3 ACADEMIC COUNCIL January 7, 1974 Minutes I. The regular monthly meeting for the academic year was called to order by Chairman Pro tem Provost Spiegel at 3:15 P.M. II. The Minutes of the December 3, 1973, meeting w ere approved by voice vote. (On January , M r. Hess brought out the need for a correction on Page 4, paragraph 3, under Library Committee, which should read - "... the book budget has been approved, with a cut-off date for ordering of April 15, " ) EH. Report of the President, Chairman Pro tem Provost Spiegel reporting. Dr. Spiegel advised the Council that President K egerreis Is in Columbus, conferring with the controlling board on the release of the $150, 000 planning money for the first medical building. Biological Science Building #2. With the release of these funds, the architectural firm will complete the plans on which they are presently working. These w ill be put out for bid and if bids are received within the monetary limit, then it w ill be necessary to go back to the Board of Regents for the releabe of the two and a half m illion to complete the E rst building, Ws are stii! going on the assumption that the school is a "fact". The search for a dean for the medical college continues, with an anticipated choice to be made late this month. A t that time an offer w ill be made to the candidate. The dean w ill not be expected to join the administrative staff full time until later in the year, but will be hired and available on a part-time basis. Medical schools seem to remain a political issue between the legislature and the Board of Regents; the University w ill continue to be as open about developments as it has been. Both President K egerreis and provost Spiegel are available for any questions. The second item brought out concerned educational television, channel 16 In particular. About a year and a half ago, the Ohio Television Commission virtually ordered the University to form a consortium agreement with Central State and Miami. No details were ever worked out; it was not definite whether this would involve only channel 16, or if channel 14 at Miami would be involved, and in general the matter was not pursued until recently. Dr. Tettemer, our new television man, felt the time was right in Washington to apply for a substantial equipment grant, amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars. It was impossible to make such an application without the development of the consortium, the details of which have been worked out, with finalization expected within possibly weeks. Presently it appears that both channels 14 and 16 w ill be in the consortium.

4 Academic Council Minutes January 7, 1974 Page Two The last item was a reminder that budgets are being prepared. Review at the University level w ill be begun in the next six weeks, and it has been necessary to turn down some new faculty requests. It does not appear at this time that we w ill have to revise the present budget under which we are operating. Enrollment for the,winter quarter was better than might have been expected; no crisis situation exists, although there is room for improvement. Renovations of M illett Hall. Dr. Spiegel reporting. Bids are again out for renovations. It was determined that the original allocation of space to the students' eating area was inadequate. The alternative decided upon was that the faculty dining room w ill be delayed for approximately two years, or until the firs t one and a half medical school buildings are up. A t that time enough space will open up in Oelman to move Publications there and space w ill then be available for the faculty dining room. Should the medical school building progress more rapidly, the faculty dining room w ill become a reality sooner, since the kitchen facilities will already be there. R eport of the Steering Committee, M r. Frits reporting. A reminder was given that meetings are held the third Wednesday of every month, and items for consideration should be submitted by Tuesday of that week, or early that Wednesday morning; some matters are brought too late for consideration. The next meeting is scheduled for January 16th. A reminder also that the faculty will meet on February 12th, when a full faculty must be present to consider a constitutional amendment. Professor McStallworth brought to the attention of the Committee the active part students have had in passing petitions for support of the medical schools and it is suggested that faculty members might have part In passing, or signing petitions, in an effort to decrease some of the negative feelings that have been met. Reports of the Standing Committees; A. Curriculum Committee, Mr. Larkins reporting. A reminder was given of the course changes approved, under memo dated December 19th; also mentioned was the Academic Calendar for to be considered under Old Business, The Committee placed before the Council two motions, to be reviewed and voted upon at the February Council meeting:

5 A ca d em ic Council Minutes January 7, 1974 P a r e T h re e 1. That the 30-day w aitin g p eriod in our cu rren t operating proced u res be considered thirty w orking days instead of th irty calendar days, in relation to the R egistrar entering a course in the course inventory. 2. That the grade o f " X " be given when a student fa ils to com plete a course fo r which he is re g is te r e d and fo r w hich the grad e o f " I " cannot be given, the 'X being computed as zero points in the grade point average. M r. Larkins also brought to the Council two new m ajor proposals, to be consid ered under New B usiness, at w hich tim e he would ask that ru les be suspended that action m ight be taken by the C ouncil in o rd e r to allow these m a jo rs to appear in the catalog. B. Faculty A ffa irs Com m ittee, M r. Swanson reporting. Th ere was only general discussion at the Decem ber 10th m eeting since conflictin g m eetings preven ted a ll except th ree m em bers fro m attending. Th e next m eeting is scheduled fo r this week, January 9th. C. Library Com m ittee, M r. Hess reporting. In terview s a re being conducted fo r an A ssista n t Dean and variou s other m em bers o f the technical sta ff; presum ably s e r v ic e w ill im p rove when these positions a re fille d. M odification o f the procedures to put books on r e s e r v e w ill be im plem en ted by the sp rin g q u a rter; books taken to the L ib r a r y w ill be p rocessed b e fo re those sim ply listed on paper, being taken care of im m ediately. Th e L ib ra ry C om m ittee w ill be rep resen ted on the com m ittee being s e t up by the P r o v o s t to study the allocation o f lib r a r y acquisition funds to the variou s c o lle g e s. N ext m eeting o f the C om m ittee w ill be on the 29th o f January i f anyone would c a r e to subm it item s fo r re v ie w. D. Student A ffa irs Com m ittee, M r. Hemsky reporting. Nom inated and appointed J e r r y M e lk e as C hairm an o f the Sub-com m ittee on Student Publications. O ld Business: A. Approval o f the Proposed Academ ic Calendar

6 M r. Haughey was recognized and Introduced M r. Don W ilson, student representative to the Calendar Com m ittee. M r. W ilson offered to the Council three alternative plans to the Proposed A ca dem ic Calendar; plans #2 and #3 elim inated the Presidents Day (holiday), February 17, in order to lengthen the spring break, while all three plans had that aim. D iscussion points centered on: 1. fitting mass registration into the proposed calendars 2. longer winter break due to energy crisis 3. relation of summer quarter to public school calendars 4. number o f persons affected by la te r sum m er qu arter com pared to number benefiting from alternative calendar 5. the relationship o f the loss o f even one cla ss day when looking at evening courses which may m eet only one tim e a week M r. F r itz m oved that Council amend the m otion as proposed by the Curriculum Council to A lternative Calendar #1, T h is m otion to amend w as seconded and passed by vo ice vote; th erefo re opened to discussion. M r. Wade supported alternative #1 in that it offered the full amount o f class tim e. M r. F r itz pointed out the need to include in a ltern ative #1 those dates selected fo r G eneral Faculty m eetings (N ovem ber 12, 1974; F eb ru a ry 26, 1975; M ay 8, 1975). M r. Sachs indicated support o f a ltern ative #1 in respon se to student d e s ire fo r a definite break between winter and spring quarters. D r. Spiegel ca lled fo r a vote on the amendment o f the proposed calendar to that o f alternative plan #1. M otion fo r the amendment carried ; Dr. Spiegel then asked fo r vote on the P r o posed Academ ic Calendar as amended. T h e m otion w as seconded; m otion w as c a r r ie d by v o ic e vote although th ere w ere opposing votes. Copy of the adopted A cadem ic Calendar , Addendum A to the Minutes.

7 B. Recommendations on O.B.R. Personnel Management Document. M r. T re a c y reg re tfu lly acknowledged lack o f copies o f the re p o rt and o ffe re d a motion "that the Council accept the rep ort developed by the ad hoc review com m itte e ", stating that when the m otion w as b e fo re the C ou ncil, M r. Schrickel, as Chairman of the group, would outline the contents of the report. D r. S p iegel pointed out that acceptance o f the re p o r t by the Council would not n ecessa rily m eet the needs o f the U n iversity at the tim e o f the next m eetin g o f the Task F o r c e ; approval o f the re p o rt w as actually needed, w ith its contained recom m endations. M r. T re a c y a greed to a la te r amendm ent o f his m otion fo r acceptance o f the ad hoc re v ie w com m ittee's recom m endations; the m otion was seconded, and M r. Schrickel o ffe re d his outline o f the re p o rt, ela b o ra tin g on a ll points. (See Addendum B to the M inutes.) M r. T re a c y com m ended the com m ittee on the trem endous jo b they had done in the review and recom m endations made in rela tio n to this document. He expressed the feeling that it stressed centralization and mentioned the possibility of a situation developing w here a person m ight be h ired to m ake decisions but would actually have all decisions made fo r him by a centralized bureau. M r. Rfbbier brought out that he perceived in his perusal o f the document a low ering o f the professional integrity of all those within the U niversity. M r. F r itz o ffe re d two altern atives to M r. T r e a c y 's m otion fo r acceptance o f the rep ort: the ca llin g o f a sp ecial academ ic m eetin g to en dorse the re p o r t o f the ad hoc review co m m ittee's recom m endations o r the blind endorsem ent o f the r e p o rt by the Council at this tim e. He fu rth er ex p ressed h im se lf as being in fa vo r o f the la tter by m ovin g to amend M r. T r e a c y 's m otion to "en d orse the r e p o rt as the o ffic ia l position of the W rig h t State U n iv e rs ity 's A ca d em ic C ou ncil", fn support o f this he pointed out that the report would be of value in the challenging of this document by U niversity adm inistrators. The m otion to am end w as seconded; in discu ssion there w as fu rth er support fo r the endorsem ent of the report by m em bers of the Council. The motion to amend was put to vote, and carried. D r. S p iegel then d irected voting on the m otion to en dorse the recom m endations contained in the r e p o r t o f the ad hoc r e v ie w co m m ittee; the m otion w as c a rrie d by voice vote without opposition.

8 M r. T re a c y offere d a m otion that a le tte r of commendation be presented to the m em bers o f the ad hoc review com m ittee on behalf o f the C ouncil. The m otion w as seconded and h eartily c a rrie d by vo ice vo te. M r. T re a c y volunteered as Secretary of the Steering Com m ittee to follow through on this. N ew Business: A. D eficien cy in the m em bership of the C om m ittee on Student Publications was brought to the Council's attention by M r. B ill Roberts. M em bersh ip w as to include three students elected during the sp rin g quarter; only one was elected and that person failed to return to the campus in the fall. In effect the Student Caucus has withdrawn its instrumentality from the Com m ittee. A ls o the C om m ittee did not m eet during the past q u a rter. In actuality, th ere w as no ca rryin g out o f the functions o f guiding, cen sorin g, d irectin g, or validating o f printed m atter. The Council w as asked to re v ie w whether the Student Publications C om m ittee is n ecessary or if another group o f a d ifferen t so rt needs to be form ed. Discussion brought out that the Student Caucus has assum ed the respon sibility o rig in a lly alloca ted to the e le c tiv e three students. Th e m ost recen t revisio n s of guidelines in this area w ere review ed. M r. Hem sky spoke fo r the Student A ffa irs C om m ittee, indicating that the naming o f these three students to the Publications C om m ittee had been on the agenda fo r e a rly fa ll consideration, but that the Student Caucus had not brought names to them fo r consideration. Th e C om m ittee had not, th e refo re, m et, fe e lin g that th ere m ight be problem s develop sim ply because students w ere not rep resented. Discussion brought out that a number of conflicts exists, such as the Publications C om m ittee subm itting its budget to its e lf fo r consideration. M r. R oberts indicated that subm itting students' nam es fo r inclusion in the C om m ittee would not resolve the conflicts at this tim e; this was supported by M r. Haughey. D r. S p iegel fe lt the m atter should be taken under advisem ent; this w ill be done by Dr. Spiegel with M r. F ritz and the Steering Com m ittee. B. M otions presen ted to the Council in m em o o f D ecem ber 12, 1973, origin atin g with J. E. Larkins, Chairman, U niversity Curriculum Com m ittee. M r. Lark in s asked that these m otions be given further consideration, to be tabled until the next monthly m eeting of the Academ ic Council. C. T w o new M a jo r prop osals in m em o o f D ecem ber 12, 1973, origin a tin g w ith J. E. Larkins, Chairman, U niversity Curriculum Com m ittee.

9 M r. Lark in s asked if ru les m ight be suspended to allow fo r action on these two prop osals at this m eeting, thus allow in g tim e fo r th eir inclusion in the catalog. M r. Lark ins m oved to p la ce the P rop osed Speech and H earin g Science M a jor b e fo re the Council. Th is w as seconded. M r. T re a c y m oved that ru les be suspended fo r consideration and action on this proposal. The m ove was seconded. D r. S p iegel indicated a tw o-thirds a ffirm a tiv e vote was n ecessa ry to s e t aside ru le s, and questioned why it was deem ed n ecessary to b rin g the subject to action at this tim e rath er than at the com ing m eeting. M r. Larkins explained the d e sire to have the two new m ajors included in the catalog, which has an upcom ing prin tin g deadline. D r. Spiegel asked for hand voting on suspension of the rules; 13 in favor, 6 opposed. The m otion failed. Recount w as asked; M r. T re a c y w ent on re c o rd as being p resen t but not voting. Hand count showed 13 in favor, G opposed; the motion to suspend rules fo r consid eration o f the Speech and H earing Science M a jor fa ile d and this item was tabled, to be review ed under New Business at the next Council m eeting. M r. Lark in s m oved to place the P rop osed M otion P ictu res M ajor b e fo re the C ouncil. T h is was seconded. M r. F r itz m oved fo r suspension o f ru les fo r consideration o f this M a jo r proposal; this m ove was seconded. Count of hand votes fo r suspension of rules resulted in 14 in favor, 5 opposed. The motion ca rried ; discussion on the M ajor was opened. M r. F r itz q u eried as to the necessity o f having the B oard o f R egents a pproval fo r a new M a jo r; it w as the opinion o f D r. Spiegel and M r. M u rray that it would need to be approved at that le v e l. M r. F r itz expressed the opinion that the M a jor as presently w ritten would not m eet with the Regents approval. M r. T re a c y indicated tee n ecessity o f including in such a request to the Regents a ju stifica tion o f the M a jo r, with inform ation on other schools in the State o f Ohio o ffe rin g such a M a jo r. D r. Spiegel fu rth er a sserted the n ecessity o f showing the presen ce o f student c lie n te le fo r such a M a jo r, w hether additional courses would need to be o ffe r e d, w hether additional facu lty would be needed to im plem ent the M a jo r.

10 Dean Harden, presen t in the audience, asked i f going to the Board o f Regents was necessary, stating that she fe lt other M ajors had been approved as recently as last year without this. D r. Spiegel a sserted he would make inquiries into the n ecessity o f acquiring R egents approval. tt was brought out by M r. Haughey that quite a lengthy discussion on this M ajor was carried out at the Curriculum Com m ittee level, and that if such M ajor proposals w ere req u ired to go b e fo re the B oard o f Regents, som e definite form at fo r submitting the proposals was needed. D r. Spiegel indicated preparin g a proposal fo r presentation to the Regents was not an im p ossib le task, having ju st recen tly gotten approval fo r Human F actors Engin eering, but that it is n ecessa ry to anticipate questions that must be answ ered there b efore they w ill extend th eir approval. The Board expects to know what other schools in the state o ffe r the M a jo r, whether y.ou a re in effe ct com peting with other schools, the number o f students in terested in applying for this M ajor and w hether they a re students who a re sh ifting from som e other a rea or enrolling for the purpose of availing them selves of this M ajor. D iscussion at this point developed around the question as to the d egree involved; would this in esbuncu bo a d egree In L ib e ra l A rts, with or without Uie notation o f M ajor in Motion Pictu res, and at what point in this sequence It becom es nece ssa ry to have Hi gents approval.' Dr. Spiegel again assured m em bers that ho would make inquiries concerning this proposed M ajor. M r. Wade inquired as to the need for this M ajor. D r, B assett, presen t, rep lied that this Is a new and vital art fo rm ; it has had new and successful growth on co lle g e cam puses and, w hile W rig h t State would not be the fir s t to o ffe r an undergraduate M a jo r in M otion P ic tu res, it would be one of the leaders in Ohio. P resen tly there a re 187 students producing som e 588 cred it hours, dem onstrating stron g student in terest. Noted also was that these w ere e le c tiv e and not req u ire d. Subsidy p rogra m s a re no prob lem. T h ere a re also many vocational opportunities a va ilab le to the student who develops motion pictu re sk ills, in education, in industry, in television, in public relations, etc. M r. Wade inquired as to how it would be better fo r those persons now getting these electives together to have a recognized M ajor. D r. B assett explained that certain a re a s, such as B iologica l Science and Business A dm inistration, do not have d ie stru ctu re to o ffe r many hours o f e le c tiv e s, but the student could take advantage o f the entire series offered under the Motion

11 P ictu res M a jo r, thus in creasin g his e le c tiv e hours g re a tly. Opportunities in industry would be greatly widened by this means. This was verified by M r. F r itz. Dean H arden m ade the com m ent that ft appeared n ecessary that in the future when courses began fa llin g in lin e, consideration m ust be given as to w here they w e r e leading - to a new p ro g ra m, a new M a jo r. Th is should be kept in m ind b efore the en tire p rogra m w as tied together w ith the p o ssib ility o f its being r e je cted. D r. S p iegel ex p ressed the thought that the m em bers o f the C urriculum C om m ittee w ere relied upon in this respect. M r. Larkins rep lied to M r. W ade, in respon se to his question, that the C urriculum C ouncil w as unanimous in its a pproval o f the proposed M a jor. Th ey had fe lt it w ell supported and w ell documented, and had endorsed it. M r. Haughey indicated resea rc h on his p a rt had re v e a le d that students in this field could continue in the N.D. E. A. program, with strong possibilities fo r vocational openings. D r. S p iegel then asked fo r vo ice vote on the P rop osed M otion P ic tu re s M a jo r; the motion fo r approval was ca rried without opposition. v m. Adjournm ent m otion w as en tertained, seconded, and the m eetin g w as adjourned at 4:50 P.M. /el