I.  General Agenda 

• Data Collection and PeopleSoft

--Liz Branch provided a draft document on proposed positions needed to backfill for relevant staff as they train for and implement the new student records system.

• Information Technology

--Joe Ferguson indicated that faculty were being shifted to Outlook and that the entire conversion, less a few exceptions, should be done by mid July.

--Mary Natividad explained a situation in which students may use WebCT for non-course purposes.  She noted that Chari Norgard has a provision on her syllabus indicating that such use may be grounds for withdrawal.  All agreed that a similar policy needs to be communicated to all online students.

• Fort Bend Issues

--The provost indicated that a new director for Cinco Ranch should be name shortly, since the three finalists were visiting the center last week.

II.  Specific Agenda 

• Student Appeals

--The appeal of a student to be admitted despite three suspensions at a prior institution was approved, given that the student was in good standing and was completing an AA degree at that institution.

--The appeal of a student for waiver of the TASP was denied, in that the institution has no authority to make such waivers.

• Faculty Development Grants

--Approved the request of Dr. Yong Glasure for submission and printing fees ($70) to the Southwestern Journal of Economics.

--Approved the request of Dr. Nora Hutto for a travel grant ($1,100) to present at the National Professors of Educational Administration, in Burlington, VT, in August.

--Approved early the request of Dr. Diane Prince for a travel grant ($404) to serve as a panel discussant at the Texas Center for Educational Technology's 8th Annual Teaching and Learning Symposium, in San Antonio, TX, in June.

--Approved the request of Dr. David Satava for a submission fee ($50) to the Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Economics.

• Other

--The institutional policy on instructors' withdrawal of student was discussed.  No changes were recommended.  However, it was recommended that faculty be encouraged to consult with the dean when contemplating a withdrawal that could become contentious.

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6/24/02