SAC Summary, October 18, 2012, Audio, 9:30am to 12:30pm
I.
Review of September 26 SAC summary – no comments
II.
Volunteer to set November 15 SAC agenda – Dana in Turkey October 25 – November 13 –
Susan Henrichs will set the November agenda.
III.
New Programs - http://www.alaska.edu/research/sac/new-programs/ - some UAF program
deletions pending, UAA may have one program deletion, UAS AS degree proposal possible.
IV.
Old Business
A. Revised 10.02 Academic Administrative Organization - attachment – Best advice from UA SW is
to keep the orange units in regulation because units therein often use this status for budget
decisions. The “C” label could be attached to these indicating that a Chancellor is empowered to
move or delete (no additions) a unit. Each MAU should recheck whether items can and should
be eliminated from regulation.
a. Delete UAS Ketchikan Metlakatla/Craig Student Services
b. Delete UAS Ketchikan Klawok Center
c. Delete “The existing policy is too cumbersome…” statement on page 2.
d. Mark Myers will decide which research centers to include in regulations.
e. Dana will draft a process statement and action request for creation of new centers
f. Corrections send to Susan Henrichs
B. eLearning update – in the works – Gwen Gruenig will send draft versions
C. Dual credit policies and practices - Saichi Oba – delayed until December and meet with SSC and
SALT to discuss this and tuition issues. We need to discuss early college courses as to whether
these are college courses or not and distinguish tech-prep from dual credit. Send copy of all
three dual enrollment policies to SAC. A common dual enrollment policy and practice is desired.
All dual credit policies are in the BOR September reference materials at
http://www.alaska.edu/files/bor/120927Ref13_Dual_Credit_Policies_Practices.pdf
D. Faculty Alliance Proposal related to the following:
a. Alignment of placement cut scores across MAUs and the expiration date for such scores
–Alliance will send out current table of all cut scores – and math will discuss – including
expiration period. General support for common placement scores across system – even
though what counts as collegiate and preparatory may differ at the MAUs.
b. Alignment of general education requirements; uniformity, transferability, and intended
learning outcomes – Robert in contact with AACU about a proposed meeting in January
2nd weekend – he sent a broad stroke budget proposal to Dana.
E. BOR December meeting
a. Motions
i. UAA Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences including Health Educator Track,
Pre-professional Track, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Pharmacy Baker
ii. UAS Associated of Applied Science (AAS) in Law Enforcement – Caulfield
iii. UAF MAT Biology deletion - Henrichs
b. eLearning update – Thomas/Gruenig
c. Research presentation – Myers (coordinates), Wisniewski, and Sousa
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d. Presentation on metrics to coincide with SDI themes (including UA programs
contributing most student credit hours – AGB graph) – Gruenig and Thomas
e. Report on Alaska Teacher Education Consortium – Caulfield
f. Unmanned aircraft center proposal UAF - Myers
IV.
New Business
A. Differential tuition for units that have unusually high faculty salaries – Susan Henrichs - delayed
until December and meet with SSC/SALT to discuss this and other tuition issues. UAF SOM and
SEM have suggested higher tuition because faculty salaries in those units are substantially
higher than other programs; their graduates have good employment. Nonresident surcharge
will also be addressed in this discussion. Saichi will send out a list of questions to MAUs to
gather perspectives in advance (include program specific tuition issue).
B. UAA proposal for Japanese Center (approved) and Ethics Center (approved) – Baker
Some hope for further UAF-UAA collaboration on Japanese Center.
Mining Group will reach conclusion of center proposal from UAA and from UAF (name change).
Logistics missing from UAA mining center proposal; Myers suggested a single center.
C. BOR request for a common format for program review reports -volunteer to propose a common
format? delayed until December. Bear Baker will propose the common format for December
meeting.
D. BOR policy and University regulation review - attachments
a. 10.06 Academic Program Review – Susan Henrichs and Dana Thomas – discussion of
common and coordinated assessment for general education/related instruction. Cathy
will bring a proposal for common general ed assessment ideas for December meeting.
Section on coordinating assessment and reporting on assessment will not be deleted.
Other revisions are noted in revised version of 10.06.
b. 10.04 Academic Programs – Susan Henrichs and Karl Kowalski – separate section on
eLearning is needed and many of the requirements need revision. Other changes will be
noted in the revised 10.04. Have Karl come to November meeting to address eLearning
policy suggestions.
E. WICHE State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement – Caulfield – attachment – run by General
Counsel – who is Alaska’s WICHE rep? Dana will talk with them directly about this.
F. November SAC meeting items
a. Fred Villa would like SAC to review the UA 5-year Career and Technical Education Plan
V.
Information items
A. Reminder – Help get feedback from governance on SDI themes, bullets and questions (priorities,
MAU specific versus UA wide issues, etc.) to Paula Donson by November 30
B. Reminder - Negotiations with UNAC and ACCFT- Input to be sent to Rhonda Oomsrjooms@alaska.edu
V.
Your issues/ideas
Alliance – faculty considering recommending a faculty regent
Should the research presentation be to the full board? AS&A only – Dana will discuss with
Regent Powers
Rick provided a Fisheries, Seafood and Maritime Initiative update. A small set of commonly
accepted proposals forwarded for FY14 budget consideration. However, industry sees a
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need for a broader more comprehensive plan. To date the process has been insightful and
useful and is looking at what will work across UA system.
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