Academic Council Minutes, March 16, 2005

 I  Guest 

--Sandra Heinold was present to discuss efforts to instruct students in avoiding plagiarism and to share materials developed on that subject by the Academic Center.  The discussion led to another one on testing and the ongoing effort to deal with the different sorts of proctoring needed, particularly given the realities of different sites and electronic delivery. 

II. Minutes 

--Approved as presented. 

III. General Agenda 

• Data Collection

--Elois Kraatz was present to discuss articulation with the AAT (Assoc. of Arts in Teaching) offered by Houston Community College.  Discussion was wide ranging but came down to recognizing the realities of transfer and need to accommodate it insofar as possible, as serving the interest of students and our own programs.  It was noted that the state mandated core curriculum and field of study curricula were replacing 2+2’s, which do not serve well when they must serve several different institutions. 

• Instructional Technology/Online Issues and Updates

--A question was raised about whether the FACT (Faculty Advisory Committee on Technology) was continuing to meet.

--It was noted that IT was supposed to issue instructions again on how to access the P drive from home or other off-campus location.

--A further question was whether policy had officially changed on the reassignment of replaced computer, since those were previously reassigned within the unit.  In other words, who controls the unit’s inventory? 

·        Fort Bend Issues and Updates

--The provost noted that recommendations on restructuring had been taken up by the Provosts’ Council.

IV. Specific Agenda

• Faculty Development Requests and Reports

--Approved a research grant ($430) for Dr. Linda Hayes to conduct an organizational leadership research with the main hypothesis being an individual’s perceptions of organizational situations are influenced by that individual’s commitment to the organization.

--Approved a development grant for conference presentation ($847) to Dr. Barba Patton, to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2005 Annual Meeting, in Anaheim, CA, in April.

--Approved a development grant for conference presentation ($800) to Dr. T. T. Rajan Selvarajan, to the International Workshop on Human Resources Management, in Seville, Spain, in May.

--Approved a development grant for conference presentation ($1,000) to Dr. Ziad Swaidan, to the International Academy of Business Disciplines, Pittsburg, PA, in April.

--Accepted grant funded conference travel reports from Drs. Vera Adamchik, Luh Yu Ren (2), David Satava, and David Summers.

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