2008-2009 Academic Senate Academic Affairs Committee
Issues Pending

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Document Number	Subject	Status	Remove From Committee List?	Committee to Complete By:	Forwarded from Committee for Senate/Faculty Caucus Agenda of:
NA	Academic Planning Committee Member Selection	Pending Annually/Completed for 2008-2009
	ANNUALLY: Chairperson of the Academic Affairs Committee to annually select one Academic Affairs Committee Faculty Member to serve on the Academic Planning Committee.
NA	Academic Plan	Pending Annually
	ANNUALLY: Academic Plan to be presented to the Academic Senate as an Advisory Item annually.
NA	UCC Annual Report	Pending Annually
	An annual report on the general activities of University Curriculum Committee was first requested by Senate Chairperson Lane Crothers in October 2005. Report is to be forwarded annually to the Academic Affairs Committee as an advisory item.
04.28.08.01	University Curriculum Committee Annual Report	Pending			NA
	From Carlyn Morenus, 2007-08 University Curriculum Committee Chairperson: University Curriculum Committee Annual Report. Report not distributed to Executive Committee as it was received just prior to the Executive Committee’s final meeting (04/28/09) of the academic year. Report to be distributed to the 2008-09 Academic Affairs Committee.
01.20.06.02	Winter Break Interim Courses	Pending			NA
	Per the Senate Executive Committee discussion of 2/27/06, the Academic Affairs Committee should consider the feasibility of, and interest in, and offerings of interim classes during winter breaks. Update: No action on this item was reported by committee during 2007-08 academic year.
10.16.06.01	Student Recruitment and Retention: Native American Student Recruitment and Retention Issues	Follow Up Required?			Distributed to Senate as Reference Document for Presentation on 1/23/08
	From Susan Kalter, Administrative Affairs Committee Chairperson: E-mail communication regarding concerns about Native American recruitment and retention. The Executive Committee referred the issue to the 2006-07Academic Affairs Committee on 10/30/06.
12.18.07.01	Student Recruitment and Retention: Native American Student Issues and Recommendations	Follow Up Required?			Distributed to Senate as Reference Document for Presentation on 1/23/08
	From Susan Kalter, 2007-08 Senate Executive Committee Member: Recommendations for improving Native-American student experience at ISU. Briefly discussed by the Senate Executive Committee on 1/14/08. Referred to 2007-08 Academic Affairs Committee.
01.15.08.01	Student Recruitment and Retention Presentation -Document 1: Changing Demographics of Higher Education Students – Slide Presentation Excerpts from Jon Rosenthal	Follow Up Required?			Distributed to Senate for Presentation on 1/23/08
01.23.08.01	Student Recruitment and Retention Presentation -Document 2: Programs Supporting the Recruitment and Retention of Students from Underrepresented Groups Presentation Document from Jon Rosenthal	Follow Up Required?			Distributed to Senate for Presentation on 1/23/08
NA	Student Recruitment and Retention Presentation: Native American Student Recruitment Issues Presented by Ann Haugo	Follow Up Required?			Senate Presentation on 1/23/08
	During the committee reports at the Senate meeting of 11/7/07, Frank Waterstraat, 2007-08 Academic Affairs Committee Chairperson, recommended that Jon Rosenthal, Office of Enrollment Management and Academic Services, and his team, which included Molly Arnold and Shane McCreary, present information to the Senate about Native American student recruitment and other student recruitment and retention issues.
	On 1/23/08, Jon Rosenthal, Enrollment Management and Academic Services, gave a presentation to the Academic Senate on “The Changing Demographics of Higher Education Students” and “Programs Supporting the Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Students”. Additionally, a presentation was provided to the Senate by Ann Haugo, Theatre Faculty Member, on Native American student recruitment and retention issues. Susan Kalter’s e-mail communication regarding concerns about Native American recruitment and retention (Document 10.16.06.01) and her recommendations for improving the Native-American student experience at ISU (Document 12.18.07.01) were distributed to the Senate as reference documents for the presentations.
07.30.07.01-Item A/B and UCC Guidelines	Major/Minor Program Deletions – General Recommendations	Pending			NA
	From Susan Kalter, 2006-07 Chairperson of the Administrative Affairs and Budget Committee, 2-Part E-Mail Memo (Noted as Item A and B below): Oral communication to the Executive Committee on 8/20/07. Forwarded to both the Academic Affairs Committee and the Administrative Affairs and Budget Committee. Item A: Prof. Kalter’s e-mail recommended examining the rules for deleting minors because of the proposed deletion of the Ethnic and Cultural Studies Minor (Document 04.04.07.01/Not Enclosed) without consultation with the faculty members participating in this minor. The Executive Committee discussed the issue on 8/20/07 and recommended that the Academic Affairs Committee also look at the rules for eliminating majors, as the rules were the same for both minors and majors. This information was referred to the 2007-08 Academic Affairs Committee. UCC Guidelines: Following the 8/20/07 Exec Committee discussion, the Executive Committee also examined the sections of the University Curriculum Committee Guidelines concerning majors and minors. Those guidelines, which were last approved by the Senate on 10/27/04, were also forwarded to the Academic Affairs Committee for review/revision. Item B: Prof. Kalter’s e-mail also contained information about a Parking Board meeting. This information was referred to the 2007-08 Administrative Affairs and Budget Committee. Update: No action on this item was reported by committee during 2007-08 academic year.
08.22.07.01	Major/Minor Program Deletions – Specific Recommendations				NA
	Professor Kalter submitted specific recommendations to the UCC for changes to its guidelines (Course and Program Proposal Preparation Packet) for “New, Revised or Deleted Program Instructions.” Senator Kalter’s recommendations were forwarded directly to the UCC. Since there has been no report from the UCC on these recommendations, they are being forwarded to the 2008-09 Academic Affairs Committee.
07.27.07.04	Term Paper Sale or Solicitation Policy – Policy on Review Cycle	Pending
	NOTES: Policy on review cycle. Discussed by Executive Committee on 8/20/07. Forwarded to 2007-08 Academic Affairs Committee in August 2007. Update: No action on this item was reported by committee during 2007-08 academic year.
07.27.07.06	Proficiency Exam Policy for Undergraduates – Policy on Review Cycle	Pending
	NOTES: Policy on review cycle. Discussed by Executive Committee on 8/20/07. Forwarded to 2007-08 Academic Affairs Committee in August 2007. Update: No action on this item was reported by committee during 2007-08 academic year.
07.27.07.07	Withdrawal from Course Policy – Policy on Review Cycle	Pending
	Policy on review cycle. Discussed by Executive Committee on 8/20/07. Forwarded to 2007-08 Academic Affairs Committee in August 2007. Update: No action on this item was reported by committee during 2007-08 academic year.
02.11.08.01	General Education Review: E-Mail Communication	Completed/Not Dist. To 08-09 Acad. Affairs Committee	NA	NA	NA
	From Frank Waterstraat/Academic Affairs Committee: E-Mail Communication in Support of Artifact Portfolio for General Education Program Review. Executive Committee Oral Communication on 2/11/08. The Executive Committee requested that the Academic Affairs Committee prepare a Sense of the Senate Resolution in support of the General Education Program review method for the Senate’s consideration.
02.21.08.02	General Education Review: Sense of Senate Resolution - Draft 1	Completed/Not Dist. To 08-09 Acad. Affairs Committee	NA	NA	NA
	From Frank Waterstraat/Academic Affairs Committee: The Sense of the Senate Resolution in Support of the Institutional Artifact Portfolio for the General Education Program Review was prepared by the 2007-08 Academic Affairs Committee. Resolution was distributed to the Executive Committee on 3/17/08. Executive Committee referred the resolution back to the AAC so that all committee members might have input.
03.12.08.01	General Education Review: Sense of Senate Resolution - Draft 2	Completed/Not Dist. To 08-09 Acad. Affairs Committee	NA	NA	Senate Communication/ Endorsement on 3/26/08
	From Frank Waterstraat/Academic Affairs Committee: On 3/17/08, the Executive Committee reviewed the second draft of the Sense of the Senate Resolution in Support of the Institutional Artifact Portfolio for the General Education Program Review from the Academic Affairs Committee. The Executive Committee made minor editorial revisions. Draft 2, as revised by the Executive Committee, was endorsed by the Senate on 3/26/08.
07.21.08.01	General Education: CGE Report and Course Proposal Packet	Pending
	From Sally Parry, Provost’s Designee for Council on General Education: (1) Council on General Education 2007-08 Report; (2) Course Proposal Preparation Packet. Executive Committee discussed on 8/18/08. Forwarded to 2008-09 Academic Affairs Committee for review.
04.14.08.02	Ten-Year Limit on Prerequisite Courses: Sense of the Senate Resolution	Pending	NA	NA	NA
	From Frank Waterstraat/2007-08 Academic Affairs Committee: Proposed Sense of the Senate Resolution for a Ten-Year Limit on Prerequisite Courses. The resolution proposed to limit the time to time years for which a course could count as credit as a prerequisite. On 4/14/08, the Executive Committee returned the resolution to the Academic Affairs Committee. The Executive Committee requested that the AAC present specific policy for consideration, along with the Academic Affairs Committee’s recommendations for revisions to that policy.
09.10.07.01	Dress Code - Marketing Department: Faculty Concern (From Susan Kalter, Senate Secretary)	Pending			NA
09.28.07.01	Dress Code - Marketing Department: Student Concern (From John Wilson, EAF Grad Student)	Pending			NA
10.02.07.03	Dress Code - Marketing Department: Letter and Policies on Marketing Dept. Website	Pending			NA
10.02.07.04	Dress Code - Marketing Department: Response from SGA	Pending			NA
04.18.08.06	Dress Code - Marketing Department: Request from SGA to Senate for Further Investigate the Merits of Dress Code Policy	Pending			NA
09.04.08.01	Dress Code - Marketing Department: Student Feedback Gathered by SGA Senator Mari Ruscitti	Pending			NA
	The requirement of a dress code was first discussed by the Executive Committee on 10/1/07. However, 2007-08 Student Body President Dave Horstein asked that the item be temporarily tabled until the negotiations between SGA and the Marketing Department Chairperson, Dr. Longfellow, were concluded. Negotiations were not successful by the end of the 2007-08 school year. Therefore, on 4/28/08, Student Body President for 2008-09, Ted Mason, asked the Executive Committee to refer the matter to the Academic Affairs Committee to “explore the merit of the dress code and the necessity and validity it has to the educational enhancement of the University.” At the beginning of the fall semester, student leaders felt that the issue of a dress code may no longer be a concern since there were fewer complaints heard from students. On 8/18/08, the Executive Committee asked SGA to investigate further before asking the Executive Committee to remove the item from its agenda. On 9/3/08, Student Senator Mari Ruscitti reported that the majority of students in the Marketing Department were in favor of a dress code. However, the issue of the cost of professional dress was still one of the major complaints. On 9/3/08, the Executive Committee recommended that the issue be referred to the Academic Affairs Committee to further investigate the ramifications of the imposition of a professional dress code for Marketing Department students. Students are required to dress in business attire each day they are in attendance in a Marketing Department class. At total of not more than 10% may be deducted from a student’s grade for not adhering to the professional dress code. This, of course, could be a determining factor in whether or not a student is able to successfully pass a Marketing Department course.
08.29.08.01	Advisors Assessment Committee Formation Recommendation	Pending			NA
	Student Body President Ted Mason proposed the formation of a committee to assess the performance of academic advisors. He reported to the Executive Committee on 9/3/08 the feedback he had received from students about advisors placing students in unnecessary classes and thus delaying graduation, as well as other inaccuracies. The Executive Committee suggested that there may already be a committee which assesses the academic advisors. Such a committee, if already in operation, would be under the auspices of Jonathan Rosenthal/Enrollment Management and Academic Services. Senator Mason asks for the Academic Affairs Committee to provide the Senate with a report from the committee and asks that J. Rosenthal or a member of the committee provide a presentation to the full Senate.
09.08.08.01	Statement on D