Meeting
Summary Notes
January 15,
2003
Conference
Call
Members
Present
Mary
Kay Tetreault, Portland State University, Chair
Jim
Arnold, Oregon University System
Michele
Sandlin, Oregon State University
Harris Shelton, Eastern Oregon University
Karen
Sprague, University of Oregon
Glenda
Tepper, Clackamas Community College
Elaine
Yandle-Roth, Community Colleges and Workforce Development
Mary
Kay Tetreault called the meeting to order at 9:04 a.m. and Jim Arnold confirmed
those participating in the call.
1.
Announcements and Suggestions for the Agenda
No
announcements or suggestions were offered.
2.
Minutes of the December 18, 2002, Meeting
The minutes of the December 2002 meeting
were discussed. Karen Sprague suggested that the meeting record be modified to more
accurately reflect the status of proposed “fixes” for the AA/OT, namely that the
fixes were not necessarily discussed, proposed or endorsed by the JBAC at the December
meeting, but were, rather, the result of discussions at other meetings by the
JBAC and the Student Transfer Committee. Arnold accepted agreed-upon language
and stated that the December minutes would be immediately modified to reflect
the group’s wishes. [Note: Corrected minutes were posted to the web later in
the morning of January 15, 2003.]
3.
Report from the December 19, 2002, Academic Council Meeting
Arnold
reported that the OUS Academic Council participated in yet another spirited
discussion about the merits of the proposed AS/OT-Bus, as
endorsed by the Statewide Business Chairs and University Deans group as well as
the community colleges’ Council of Academic Administrators. The outcome of the
discussion was “acceptance” of the proposal (after minor modifications were
suggested; the revised version is available at http://www.ous.edu/aca/ASOT-Bus-Dec02.pdf)
and the Council consented to have it forwarded for approval by the State Board
of Education, which will make it the second agreed-upon statewide transfer
degree.
Since
the Academic Council meeting, Arnold has initiated contact with each of the
business schools/programs for approval of the listed prerequisites on page 3 of
the degree proposal. Additionally, he has started drafting the docket write-up
to be considered by the Board of Education, presumably sometime this spring.
Tetreault
noted that the provosts responded positively to the message that the degree
offering is one desired by students and that it could give some of them an
advantage in terms of their employment goals.
Harris
Shelton inquired as to the process for keeping the university prerequisites
section up-to-date, and Arnold responded that that issue had been thoroughly discussed.
At least once a year, it is anticipated that the Statewide Business Chairs and
University Deans will review the degree requirements, and any changes from the universities
will be reflected in the (up-to-the-minute) degree guidelines document appearing
on the JBAC website. Email notification would be made to the community colleges
when substantive university changes have been made.
4.
EDI Implementation
Sandlin reported that there has not
been much movement on the statewide EDI implementation initiative since her
last report to the group. There is an “informal team” in the state addressing
implementation, with representatives from both OUS and community college
campuses. The team made presentations to community colleges and independent
colleges/universities in November regarding the initiative. There is also coordination
with the Department of Education, but there is a new tech person there so not
much progress has been made. The primary players so far have been Oregon State
University, Portland State University, University of Oregon, and so some
extent, Portland Community College. There appears a “wait and see” approach to
further work until after the January 28th election, though the OUS
campuses are still talking with their community college partners, as well as
high schools, about proceeding.
Yandle-Roth
reported that she and Arnold had met to make some modifications to the workplan
following the feedback from the last JBAC meeting. There is now an “activities
to do” column, as well as a “status” column to allow us to see where we’re at
and how we’ve done. Additionally, some language was changed to make the verbs
more consistent, as well as some other minor changes. Is this version
responsive to the requests made by the group last time? Yes, it seems to be.
6. Suggestions for February Agenda and Other Items
Tetreault
requested that an item be include on the February agenda addressing the
production of the JBAC minutes from month to month. Arnold noted that he had
the following items: discussion of the data report; a presentation on the “general
education requirements dilemma” by Andy Duncan; the transfer degree policy
options document requested at the December JBAC meeting; and a first look at a
draft of a proposal for an AS/OT in computer science. Yandle-Roth noted that
the Student Transfer Committee report should be on the agenda.
Sandlin asked
about her assignment to provide documents relating to the generic AS/OT and Arnold
replied that he would like them in time for distribution to the Student
Transfer Committee members prior to the January 29th meeting.
Sandlin also
noted that if various viable AS/OT degrees in disciplinary areas evolve, then
the need for a generic AS/OT may be obviated.
7. Meeting Schedule and Adjourn
The
next meeting will be held at Oregon State University in February. The meeting
was adjourned at 9:40 a.m.
The remaining meetings for
the year are as follows:
February 19,
2003 10:00 - 2:00 at OSU
March 19, 2003 9:00 - 11:00 Conference
Call
April 16, 2003 9:00 - 11:00 Conference
Call
May 14, 2003 9:00 - 11:00 Conference
Call
June 11, 2003 10:00 - 2:00 at OIT Metro
Prepared by Jim
Arnold
OUS Academic Affairs
January 15, 2003
http://www.ous.edu/aca/1-15-03.htm