Agenda
Board of Regents
Academic and Student Affairs Committee
Monday, December 1, 2008; *2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Room 109 Butrovich Building
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska
*Times for meetings are subject to modification within the December 1-2, 2008 timeframe.
Committee Members:
Patricia Jacobson, Committee Chair
Cynthia Henry, Committee Vice Chair
William Andrews
I.
Call to Order
II.
Adoption of Agenda
Erik Drygas
Carl Marrs
Mary K. Hughes, Board Chair
MOTION
"The Academic and Student Affairs Committee adopts the agenda as
presented.
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VII.
Call to Order
Adoption of Agenda
Full Board Consent Agenda
A.
Approval of Revisions to Regents' Policy 10.02.040.D –
Academic Unit Establishment, Major Revision, and
Elimination
Ongoing Issues
A.
Status Report on Health Programs
B.
Status Report on SB 241
C.
Report on Title III
D.
Update on Student Services
E.
Report from the Vice President for Academic Affairs
New Business
Future Agenda Items
Adjourn
This motion is effective December 1, 2008."
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Fairbanks, Alaska
III.
Full Board Consent Agenda
A.
Approval of Revisions to Regents' Policy 10.02.040.D – Academic Unit
Establishment, Major Revision, and Elimination
The President recommends that:
MOTION
"The Academic and Student Affairs Committee recommends that the
Board of Regents revise Regents' Policy 10.02.040.D – Academic Unit
Establishment, Major Revision, and Elimination, as presented. This
motion is effective December 1, 2008."
RATIONALE/RECOMMENDATION
In 2006, the Board of Regents approved a list of the major academic units
at the University of Alaska that must be approved, revised, or deleted by
the Board of Regents. At the same time, a list was created in University
Regulation that must be approved, revised, or deleted by the president of
the university.
A unit at the University of Alaska Southeast was approved in error. Policy
should state that one of its schools is "School of Education" rather than
"Center for Teacher Education". The revision to policy will correct this
error.
IV.
Ongoing Issues
A.
Status Report on Health Programs
Karen Perdue, Associate Vice President for Health Programs, will give an
update on the status of health programs throughout the University of
Alaska system.
B.
Status Report on SB 241
Reference 5
Melissa Hill, Director of K-12 Outreach Operations, will present a status
report on SB 241.
C.
Report on Title III
Martha Stewart, Director of Federal Relations, Jennie Carroll, UAF Acting
Vice Chancellor for Rural, Community and Native Education, and Jeff
Johnston, Director of the Sitka Campus, will report on Title III.
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Academic and Student Affairs Committee
December 1, 2008
Fairbanks, Alaska
Director Stewart will present information on two aspects of Title III of the
Higher Education Act. A brief history and Congressional intent of the
Alaska Native Serving Institution portion of Title III will be discussed. In
addition, how the program was designed, what campuses are eligible, the
sister programs in the Dept of Agriculture, NSF, and Housing and Urban
Development, average funding levels and the future of the program will be
discussed. New language in Title III creates a new program called Nontribal Native Serving Institutions and Director Stewart will discuss
eligibility for that program.
Vice Chancellor Carroll and Director Johnston will discuss program
implementation for Title III.
D.
Update on Student Services
Reference 6
Saichi Oba, Associate Vice President for Student and Enrollment Services,
will provide an update on textbook costs at UA.
In addition, he and Martha Stewart, Director, Federal Relations, will also
provide a brief on the re-authorized Higher Education Opportunity Act
(HEOA) a federal law signed by President Bush in August 2008. The law,
432 pages in length is sweeping in both scope and impact on the higher
education landscape. A 10-page analysis by the American Council on
Education is provided, see Reference 6.
E.
Report from the Vice President for Academic Affairs
Vice President Julius will update committee members on projects and
issues of interest including academic master planning.
V.
New Business
VI.
Future Agenda Items
VII.
Adjourn
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