DEANS’ MEETING AGENDA
AUGUST 11, 2014 - DEPUTY 301A
11 A.M. – 1 P.M. – RETREAT
2 - 4 P.M. – DEANS COUNCIL MTG IF NEEDED
1. Discussion items - retreat
2. Directors – status
Martin
Attachment 1
Martin
Will need to search Women’s studies/gender studies director position this fall.
3. Fall Start-up
Attachment 2
Martin
Reviewed BSU and NTC start up schedules. Jackie is working with Deans offices on new faculty for introductions
at start up.
4. Student led project proposal
Martin
Martin is looking for assistance in how to operationalize this project. Need someone to help organize proposals,
budget, and review requests. Perhaps faculty in director position?
5. Assessment tied to budgeting and planning
Patrick
HLC requires evidence of how budgeting is tied to assessment. For example, equipment funding requires
departments to be up to date. Curriculum proposals? Faculty positions?
6. Course scheduling & setting aside classrooms for specific programs
Patrick / Jeanine
Reviewed classroom availability for large NRSG courses, in or near Bensen. Options included Bridgeman, Sattgast
and AIRC. Reminder that current and future construction projects will require more flexibility to meet all dept
needs.
7. Chair reassigned time in departments in relation to contractual reassigned time
Patrick
Discussion of reassign time for department chairs based on the number of faculty in the department. Need to
move a couple of departments within contractual guidelines for Fall 2015.
8. Carry Forward fund requests
Patrick
Carry forward is being looked at for a number of areas; may need to defend it more strongly than in the past.
For example, current and future construction projects will need some additional funding.
9. Northland CTC initiative
Bob
Follow up included plans to move forward with articulations for BAS degrees in Tech Mgmt and Applied
Engineering and Elem Ed. Deans are contacts for BSU for these areas. Jim Barta agreed to serve as point for the
dual enrollment program. Bob will be point for conversations about low enrollment course sharing. Also discussed
potential collaboration with Custom Training.
10. Institutional Research monthly report / Q & A
Doug Olney
Doug shared information about conditional and regular admitted students and their rates of DFWs earned, plus
retention.
11. Resources for Growth using differential tuition & other revenue
Jeanine / Martin’s request from 7-21-14
Bill Maki
80/20 programs; potential concern that growth in these programs will take revenue away from other programs
without overall enrollment. Reminded of the expectation that new faculty lines will come with new enrollments.
Discussion about ideas to incentivize enrollment growth.
12. Reorganization
Reviewed draft plan and discussed presentation timeline.
1 – 2 P.M. – RETREAT WITH EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM
1. Discussion items
Executive Leadership Team / Council
Conversation about trends at BSU and how to embrace the change; included discussion of credit transfers,
competency based credits, intrusive advising, using the flexibility provided within the contracts and making
decisions with students in mind.