Academic Council Minutes, December 11, 2000

Student Appeal

--Approved the request of a student for an exception to the rule that 30 of the last 36 hours must be from UHV.

Faculty Development Grants

--Approved a request of Dr. Horace Fairlamb for a travel grant ($950) to present at the Southwest Popular Culture Association Conference, in Albuquerque, NM, in March 2001.

--Approved a request of Dr. June Lu for a travel grant ($1,090) to present at the 2001 Southwest Decision Sciences Institute Conference, in New Orleans, LA, in February/March 2001.

--Approved a request of Dr. Harold Smith for a research grant ($193) to conduct research for a book on Minnie Fisher Cunningham at the University of Texas Center for American History in Austin.

--Accepted a travel grant report from Dr. Mel Damodaran.

Other Items

Summer Sabbatical

--Discussed two requests for summer research grant (summer sabbatical). Since a regular sabbatical was also requested, postponed decision on the summer research grant till the faculty committee has made its recommendation on the regular sabbatical request.

Enrollment Data Needs

--MaryAnn Rivera and Trudy Wortham were present to consider how best to respond to enrollment data needs discussed at the last meeting of the council. They will prepare a draft format and share it with the deans.

Scheduling of ITV Rooms

--Discussed whether ITV rooms on campus need to be assigned for priority scheduling to each school. Since Education schedules in the 400-700 slot and Arts and Sciences and Business Administration schedules in the 700-1000 slot and since a fourth ITV room will be available in January, campus scheduling was considered less a problem than Fort Bend, where four institutions compete for the available rooms.

Reports on Meetings

--The provost reported on recent meetings in Houston with the CampusNet Steering Committee, Provosts' Council, and Sugar Land staff. A task force is working on policy to address articulation of courses among UHS institutions. Also, proctoring is an increasing demand and creates issues of staffing and space.

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