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Abdullah Alhurani (Nursing) ASteve Ulrich (PUA, CJ, SW)
Ibukun Amusan (Math & Sci)Changzheng Wang (at large) A
Ken Andries (AFE)
Nancy Capriles (BSS)
Gary Elliott (WYS) EEx Officio Members and Guests
Maheteme Gebremedhin (AFE) AAaron Thompson (President)
Cindy Glass (BSS)Candice Love Jackson (Acting VPAA)
William Graham (EDU) ADeneia Thomas (Assoc. VP)
Robert Griffin (FIAR)Elgie McFayden (Faculty Regent)
Buddhi Gywali (AFE)Kirk Pomper (Interim Dir. Land Grant)
Dantrea Hampton (Library)John Sedlacek (AFE)
Jens Hannemann (Comp Sci) ECynthia Shelton (WYS)
Robert Hebble (Math & Sci)Bekele Tegegne (Library)
Ashok Kumar (at large)Bruce Griffiths (Math & Sci)
Vikas Kumar (AQU)Fariba Bigdeli-Jahed (Math & Sci)
Li Lu (Math & Sci)LeChrista Finn (AFE)
Narayanan Rajendran (at large)John Poole (Pearson)
Reba Rye (at Large)Michlene Healy (Pearson)
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While the university did not get all it had asked for from CPE (i.e., tuition stabilization funds), it did benefit from not having its budget cut like the other public universities, and it had land grant funds matched. The Board has charged the president with getting things done that have not been achieved in the past few years, but he did not specify what those items were.", "reading_order": 3 }, { "page": 2, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 68.64, "t": 415.92, "r": 541.44, "b": 289.92 }, "text": "One senator asked the President about low ACT subscores among first year students. The Senator noted he had some students with a subscore of 10 in English 101. He also noted concern about the exceeding of caps in English 101 courses from 20 to 25. The President responded that a sophisticated metric was deployed to determine students who would likely succeed at the university. He noted this is a triangulation approach that considers not only ACT scores, but also high school grades and other evidence of student motivation (such as leadership roles). He stressed that by itself, the ACT is not sufficient for predicting student success. Nevertheless, students who may be at risk will be closely monitored through intrusive advising and they will be coached on a “learning path” that ensures their progress is charted.", "reading_order": 4 }, { "page": 2, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 68.88, "t": 277.68, "r": 523.2, "b": 249.84 }, "text": "The Faculty Senate Parliamentarian indicated time was up and a motion was passed to extend time for ten minutes.", "reading_order": 5 }, { "page": 2, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 68.4, "t": 236.64, "r": 541.2, "b": 166.8 }, "text": "The President stressed that this year would serve as baseline data for the 2+2 program. 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The VP indicated she would work with appropriate parties to trace where items are in the review process.", "reading_order": 7 }, { "page": 3, "type": "TITLE", "location": { "l": 87.12, "t": 139.68, "r": 332.16, "b": 125.52 }, "text": "7. Michlene Healy, Pearson Higher Education", "reading_order": 8, "level": 3 }, { "page": 3, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 68.88, "t": 112.08, "r": 527.28, "b": 83.76 }, "text": "President Sipes introduced Michlene Healy and John Poole from Pearson who attended the meeting so they could answer questions. Healy reiterated that Pearson is available to help and", "reading_order": 9 } ] }, { "page": 4, "items": [ { "page": 4, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 68.64, "t": 719.52, "r": 524.16, "b": 690.72 }, "text": "that this should be viewed more as a partnership than a typical vendor / customer relationship. She noted that there are plans for discipline-specific reps to come on campus.", "reading_order": 0 }, { "page": 4, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 68.88, "t": 678.72, "r": 535.68, "b": 635.04 }, "text": "If Pearson could not supply a digital copy of one its books, complementary print copies were ordered and could be picked up in the Bookstore. Desk copies for faculty needed to be obtained through the appropriate sales rep.", "reading_order": 1 }, { "page": 4, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 68.88, "t": 623.04, "r": 534.24, "b": 566.64 }, "text": "A guest expressed concern that books might be out of date for his discipline since it was rapidly changing. Ms. Healy noted that faculty could change books each term and the new books were being digitized on an ongoing basis. 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He noted changes that were approved in the organization of the university. He indicated he is the chair of external relations and noted that KSU’s investment portfolio had recently picked up $2.5 million; he made a request to President Thompson to draw down $1 million for a one-time salary stipend to faculty.", "reading_order": 6 }, { "page": 4, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 68.64, "t": 346.8, "r": 541.68, "b": 304.32 }, "text": "Regent McFayden registered his concern about Post-Tenure Review. He noted that faculty put a good deal of energy into it when notified and that this forces them to put other important work on hold. He argued that faculty already go through an annual review.", "reading_order": 7 }, { "page": 4, "type": "TEXT", "location": { "l": 68.88, "t": 291.36, "r": 522.96, "b": 249.12 }, "text": "The Faculty Regent expressed a desire to see the development of an enrollment management plan, but he praised the current administration as the best he has worked with. 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