Agenda
Meeting of the Faculty Council
November 16, 2012, 10:30 p.m., Dean’s Conference Room, Pafford
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of the meeting of October 19, 2012 (see FC web site)
AMNNOUNCEMENTS
Update on the COSS strategic planning process
Update on program elimination process
Update on PWLA courses
NEW BUSINESS
Schedule of Faculty Council meetings for the Spring semester
A. ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE (Dillon, Hunt, Marden)
A. 1. Proposal: to approve course and program modifications (see FC web site)
A. 2. Proposal: to establish a COSS “College for a Day”
A. 3. Proposal: to establish an Associate (A.S.) Degree in “Applied Social Science”
A. 4. Proposal: to change pre-requisites for special topics and independent studies
B. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (Caress, Hunter, Moon)
B. 1. Proposal: to establish procedures for awarding of Faculty Research Grants
B. 2. Proposal: to establish policies for COSS’ Studies in the Social Sciences
B. 3. Proposal: to formulate policy regarding non-tenure track faculty
B. 4. Proposal: to codify changes in the Policies and Procedures regarding:
a. Promotion & Tenure Committee
b. workload for supersized courses
c. periodic evaluation of department chairs
d. periodic evaluation of dean
C. PLANNING COMMITTEE (Aanstoos, Jenks, Yates)
C. 1. Proposal: to endorse the COSS strategic plan (see FC web site)
C. 2. Proposal: to establish a COSS budget item for book purchases as a faculty benefit
C. 3. Proposal: to recommend that COSS support “Fair Trade” practices