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President Brown replied that if numbers and data support the creation of a STEM college that could happen, and there is nothing stopping faculty from making that change and moving forward. He also agreed that too much money was paid to The Registry." }, { "id": "p4.3", "order": 3, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 69.12, "t": 601.2, "r": 540.96, "b": 559.44 }, "text": "A non-Senator inquired of the timeline for the new academic organizational chart and President Brown replied that he had inquired of Provost Thomas and she had indicated a reply within 24 hours. He wants to move forward quickly." }, { "id": "p4.4", "order": 4, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 68.88, "t": 549.84, "r": 534.72, "b": 478.56 }, "text": "DOFA Chair Dr. Roosevelt Shelton pointed out that there are no funds for travel. President Brown offered no resolution. The chair asked for clarification regarding budgets for institutional membership dues and President Brown replied if there are not funds for such it is “on the chair” because he had asked for all to be included in a line-item in the President’s budget. The Chair informed he had no input. President Brown said a secretary had put the list together. There was no resolution." }, { "id": "p4.5", "order": 5, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 68.64, "t": 469.68, "r": 542.16, "b": 383.76 }, "text": "Dr. Shelton asked for clarification on President Brown's comments about STEM and Liberal Studies being incongruent. President Brown replied they are not incongruent but rather different. The Chair asked for enlightenment. President Brown explained that while the cost to develop a major in liberal arts is just as expensive as in STEM the output is different. Consideration of degree production FTE cannot be the sole measure. FTE is always higher in English than, for example piano, and the cost of piano is unique and must be treated differently." }, { "id": "p4.6", "order": 6, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 69.84, "t": 374.64, "r": 309.12, "b": 361.92 }, "text": "Senate approved a 3 minute extension for discussion." }, { "id": "p4.7", "order": 7, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 68.4, "t": 352.32, "r": 540.72, "b": 236.64 }, "text": "A Senator asked about the elimination of coordinator positions in the academic reorganizational chart and inaccurate “savings” reported in that category on the chart. President Brown replied there are no changes to current contracts and immediate deletion of coordinator positions was not a board action. He said the board changed academic structure and the submitted chart was a ‘worksheet’ going forward and no more than “toilet paper”. He said that Rayla Smoot, Director of Human Resources, provided a count of the highest volume departments, and the cost of deans depends on the number of graduates/students in each discipline. He said the document was only a worksheet to show the impact on the budget with reinstitution of multiple deans because it was requested by a board member." }, { "id": "p4.8", "order": 8, "type": "text", "bbox": { "l": 68.88, "t": 228.24, "r": 532.8, "b": 156.96 }, "text": "Another non-Senator asked if the intent is to remove funds in the budget for coordinators. President Brown said no. She restated the question of whether this is true for the current year and/or next academic year. There was no resolution, but President Brown said no one's contract for this academic will be changed. 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