1. Budget and Academic Support Committee – Phillip Clay : Chair Clay reported on the following items:
  2. Budget and Academic Support Committee – Phillip Clay : Chair Clay reported on the following items:
  3. At their meeting, the committee discussed the classroom survey. They have developed a classroom inventory checklist which includes wireless access, projectors, classroom- and facility-related concerns and environmental concerns. The IT Department will be reviewing the checklist before it is finalized. The checklist will be used to improve scheduling and the classroom environment. The committee hopes to have the survey finalized next week.
  4. E-textbooks: various members of the committee felt like the new system is now working. They have set up a time to meet with Ms. Jones to discuss PD opportunities.
  5. The committee had five questions about the instructional budget which were sent to Mr. Rowley. We're still waiting on the instructional budget – what it looked like in the past and what it will look like going forward.
  6. The committee is hoping to speak to University President Brown about his views on academic enhancement, i.e. anything that will improve learning.
  7. A Senator asked, was attention given to the question of indirect cost recovery? Clay replied that the committee is meeting with Mr. Derrick Gilmore, Deputy Provost about this issue. Moffett noted that the University Ombudsman, Wilfred Reilly, is also working on this issue.
  8. Faculty Ombudsman Report : Ombudsman Wilfred Reilly being absent, no report was made.
  9. Other Business
  10. A Senator stated that he has received for the fifth time a request for SLO's on a different form. He asked, why are we required to give this information yet again? Lauren Graves, Director of Institutional Effectiveness, replied that there was a template sent to all the chairs and deans; what is needed for SACS is the measurement tool, the criteria for success, and the use of results. The templates are to be uploaded into the AA SharePoint. She added that this information was due on 11/15, and Academic Affairs is missing quite a few submissions.
  11. A Senator noted that the situation with the graduate students' applications has not changed; he still has not seen any applications. Schneller replied that Academic Affairs has pulled the applications that have come in and sent them to the appropriate department. Vice Provost Stashia Emanuel added that they are going into the [graduate application?] account and having each department house their own information. Part of the issue, she explained, is that they are receiving GRE's and other exam scores and prospective students are listing programs like "astrophysics," which KSU doesn't have, so they're having to go in and figure out which department to send those applications to. She stated that she has been going to in the graduate account and sending out applications to departments. She requested that graduate faculty email her if they have students who they know have applied or sent letters of interest, and she will look for those materials. She will send the incomplete files—which have just the applications—to the departments so they can reach out to the students. Yates added, the person we hired to help with graduate admissions has now gone to undergraduate admissions. A Senator pointed out that each prospective graduate student has an application, the fee, the scores, and any correspondence between the university and that prospective student. How can all that material be organized in the current structure? Emmanuel replied that she will work with Provost Yates to ensure that each application goes to the prospective program. Yates pointed out that the Board Of Regents eliminated the graduate program before he joined the administration. He added that we need to figure out how to make this change work within the departments. He stated that he will willingly meet with anyone to facilitate a conversation about making this happen. He will call a meeting with all the graduate programs—a working meeting to solve this issue once and for all.
  12. 11. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 4:02pm.
  13. Minutes respectfully submitted by Helen Smith, Faculty Senate Secretary