COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
200 Bricker Hall
April 15, 2015
3:00 - 5:00 PM
MINUTES
Attendance
Faculty:
Dr. Heather Allen (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Dr. Mollie Blackburn (Teaching and Learning)
Dr. John Buford (Physical Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences)
Dr. Jill Bystydzienski (Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies)
Dr. Susan Hadley (Dance)
Dr. Blaine Lilly (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
Dr. James Rathman (Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
Dr. Celia Wills (Nursing)
Dr. Henry Zerby (Animal Sciences)
Students:
Ms. Elena Chung (CGS, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering)
Mr. Eugene Holowacz (CGS, Human Development and Family Science)
Mr. Asim Hussain (Inter-Professional Council, Pharmacy)
Ms. Marnie Janson (USG, Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Mr. Sam Whipple (USG, Political Science and Economics)
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Administrator:
Dr. W. Randy Smith (Academic Affairs), Vice Chair
Guests:
Ms. Cynthia Fiedler (Office of the University Registrar)
Dr. Steven Fink (College of Arts and Sciences)
Dr. Timothy Gerber (University Senate)
Dr. Jill Hampshire (Undergraduate Admissions)
Dr. Alan Kalish (University Center for the Advancement of Teaching)
Ms. Sarah Odum (College of Education and Human Ecology)
Ms. Jen Simmons (Office of Distance Education and eLearning)
Dr. Bernadette Vankeerbergen (College of Arts and Sciences)
Dr. Bryan Warnick (College of Education and Human Ecology)
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The meeting came to order at 3:08 PM.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 4, 2015 MEETING
Rathman asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the meeting of March 4, 2015; Blackburn
moved for approval, it was seconded by Lilly and carried with all in favor.
REPORT FROM THE CHAIR—JIM RATHMAN
Rathman reported that the Board of Trustees approved two proposals at its April 10 meeting: a
Master of Sport Coaching and a Master of Learning Technology from the College of Education
and Human Ecology.
He noted that this would be the last meeting of the semester for CAA and that the last meeting
for the University Senate is April 23. Two additional meetings of CAA will be scheduled over
the summer.
REPORT FROM THE VICE-CHAIR—W. RANDY SMITH
Smith reported that he had put together a group of the Associate Deans for Curriculum to address
the extent to which Ohio State offers certificates. Many academic units want to offer certificates
in ways that the University can’t implement at the moment. A report will be coming forward to
CAA in the coming months.
Between February 1 and April 30, eight external review teams will have visited Ohio State to
review the following: the College of Law; the University Center for the Advancement of
Teaching; Educational Studies; Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering; the Agricultural
Technical Institute (ATI); Forestry; and the Glenn College of Public Affairs.
The ATI visit, conducted by a team from the Higher Learning Commission, was follow up to a
request by the University to subsume ATI into the University and the College of Food,
Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences for the purpose of accreditation.
Smith and members of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Office of Distance Education
and eLearning recently met to put together a one-pager that describes what Dual Enrollment is at
Ohio State. This document will be presented at a future CAA meeting.
Smith also put together a Reaccreditation Coordinating Committee to prepare for Ohio State’s
Reaffirmation of Accreditation by its accrediting body, the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).
The committee will meet monthly. The HLC team will visit in March of 2017.
He also announced a leadership change in the Office of Academic Misconduct. Kathy Corl is
stepping down and we are in the process of selecting two individuals to run that office.
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President Drake has identified teaching as a major initiative and the Office of Academic Affairs
has been charged to work on improving teaching. Smith and Vice Provost Jennifer Cowley have
been assigned to this initiative and a Teaching Summit is being planned for May that will involve
approximately 50 faculty members.
Smith noted that this is the last meeting for several CAA members whose terms are ending. He
went onto acknowledge the meaningful work of faculty members Heather Allen, Mollie
Blackburn, and Eric MacGilvray; and student members Marnie Janson, Elena Chung, and Asim
Hussain. The University Senate Office is working to appointment new members.
PRESENTATION: ENROLLMENT PLAN UPDATE—DOLAN EVANOVICH, VICEPRESIDENT-STRATEGIC ENROLLMENT PLAN; GAIL STEPHENOFF, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR—STRATEGIC ENROLLMENT PLANNING AND ANALYSIS
Evanovich began by saying that this is the first draft of the enrollment plan that will govern the
University for the next five years. The title of the plan is a direct result of President Drake’s
Investiture Speech: Access, Affordability and Excellence.
This plan is being vetted with the Council on Enrollment and Student Progress; the Council of
Deans; Senior Management Council; Senate Fiscal Committee, and the Student Life
Subcommittee. He noted that the Executive Summary for the plan is not fully developed, but
will result from the discussions with the university community. The budget model is also being
built and further discussions with the Senate Fiscal Committee will be taking place.
The presentation focused on the Preamble and Strategic Drivers and Fiscal Foundation of the
Plan:
o Step 1 was a re-envisioning process chaired by Smith, completed in September,
2014, that focused on changed internal and external environments and on
changing modes of instructional delivery.
o Step 2 was a series of individual meetings by the Vice President for Strategic
Enrollment Planning with the 15 college deans and four regional campus deans to
determine their enrollment targets and direction for the next five years. The Dean
of the Graduate School and the Vice President and CIO also had conversations
with the deans in respect to graduate programs and distance education.
o Finally, Step 3 was the effort by members of the Enrollment Planning Committee,
2014-15, which met throughout the spring of 2015 to take the information gleaned
from the first two steps and formulate strategies for responding to the challenges
that emerged from those steps.
o The plan and all of its components need to be aligned with the following
“principles”:
 should reflect, and be aligned with, the university’s five major
designations: public, land-grant, Carnegie Research I, Carnegie Engaged
and urban
 align with the current mission/vision statements of the university
 align with the goals of the University System of Ohio
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address all program levels be developed and implemented with input from
the 15 colleges and six campuses.
 be fiscally responsible.
The plan components need to continue to address quantity and quality, but with
greater elaboration of subcomponents.
The plan needs to demonstrate how enrollment planning is intricately linked to
fiscal matters—revenues (notably, state subsidy and tuition) and costs.
The plan needs to specify the role of colleges and campuses in its development,
implementation and periodic review.
Accordingly, access, affordability and inclusive excellence were identified as the
appropriate drivers.
 Access – There are many pathways to Ohio State and we need to continue
to strengthen them. Real growth will occur in Distance Education.
 Affordability – Immediate increase in the need-based scholarship pool.
 Inclusive Excellence – Everyone benefits from an inclusive environment.
A sound fiscal foundation ensures the viability and durability of the plan and
boosting the percentage of out-of-state students to not more than 35%.
Through its participation in the Gallup-Purdue Index, Ohio State will monitor
students’ post-university success and, so, gauge, the effectiveness of plan.
Council members asked for clarification on the following:
o A need for more and better students is what’s driving the increase to 35% outof-state, not the need for higher tuition – Ohio is losing population and the
pool of students is shrinking – we increasingly have to look outside the state
for students.
o We will be maintaining a 28 ACT composite score, but have a holistic review
process, taking into account rigor, GPA, class rank, and extracurricular
activities. Students have been admitted with a score of 20 and above.
o Growing enrollment in certain disciplines is more expensive and costprohibitive than others and some areas do not want to grow for other reasons –
quality of programs, etc., each college is different.
o Thirty percent switch their major; Retention rates are at 93%
Smith added that in the last 25 years, regardless of leadership, Ohio State has stayed consistent in
the pursuit of the initiatives of enhancing the research profile of the institution and enhancing the
profile of incoming students.
SUBCOMMITTEE B—MOLLIE BLACKBURN, JILL BYSTYDZIENSKI, EUGENE
HOLOWACZ, MARNIE JANSON, BLAINE LILLY
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A Revision to the Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences Program, College
of Pharmacy
Guests: Kathy Kelley, Associate Dean of Curriculum and Assessment; Nicole Kwiek, Assistant
Professor in Pharmacy
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Lilly provided an overview saying that the program began in 1996, and the estimate was 10-20
students per year, but was actually much higher. The intent was to provide a path for students to
pursue careers in pharmaceutical research, but the reality is that majority of students are entering
professional practice programs. The proposed revisions are needed and include the creation of
two tracks: the Healthcare Professions Pathway and the Drug Discovery and Development
Pathway,
A brief discussion followed. Smith noted that this proposal had been reviewed by the
University-Level Advisory Committee on the General Education as some of the proposed
changes were to the GE. He reported that ULAC was supportive. The Associate Dean for Arts
and Sciences, Steve Fink, asked to go on the record that although they recognize the positive
effects for students in the pharmaceutical discipline, Arts and Sciences is not supportive of the
removal of the foreign language requirement - it is not in the students’ interest in terms of the
internationalization of the undergraduate students.
Lilly moved for approval; it was seconded by Buford and carried with all in favor.
SUBCOMMITTEE C—HEATHER ALLEN, JOHN BUFORD, SAMUEL WHIPPLE,
HENRY ZERBY
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Merger of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry and the
Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine
Guest: Mark Parthun, Professor and Interim Chair, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Buford provided the overview saying at one time these departments were a single unit, but split
during a time frame when both were growing rapidly and diverging in focus. At present the
departments have reduce in size with five faculty in Pharmacology and eleven in Molecular and
Cellular Biochemistry. This merger doesn’t change the curriculum or effect students, but creates
a home for faculty who are mostly biomedical researchers in the College of Medicine.
Clarification was sought on promotion and tenure process – faculty would be able to choose to
pick the joint P and T document to be evaluated with or the policy under which you were hired.
Buford moved for approval, it was seconded by Blackburn and carried with all in favor.
SUBCOMMITTEE D—JIM RATHMAN, W. RANDY SMITH
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Revision to the Undergraduate Minors, College of Food, Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences
The College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences has completed a comprehensive
review and revision of all minor degree programs in the College to conform to the new Policy for
Undergraduate Minors at OSU. These include 7 minors offered by the School of Environment
and Natural Resources and 26 minors offered by CFAES. In addition, this proposal also includes
revisions to the Dairy Certificate. Of the 33 total, 12 of the minors plus the Dairy Certificate
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contain significant changes and so approval from CAA is requested for these. These changes
include: reduction in the number of elective courses, creation of new focus areas and reduction or
combination of existing focus areas, modification in set of required courses, and addition of new
core and elective courses. For the Dairy Certificate, restrictions were added and general
information modeled after the new policy for minors. Each of the minors and the Dairy
Certificate have been reviewed and approved by the College Academic Affairs Committee.
Rathman moved for approval; it was seconded by Buford and carried with all in favor.
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Revision to the BSN Dietetics Specialization, College of Education and Human
Ecology
The Department of Human Sciences in The College of Education and Human Ecology proposes
to add a 1-credt hour lab course to the Human Nutrition, Dietetics Specialization program. This
lab will provide a hands-on practical application experience to build on a two-course lecture
series. Subcommittee D moves for approval of the revised specialization program.
This proposal was tabled until concurrence could be sought on the new lab course, Human
Nutrition 5622, Medical Nutrition Therapy Lab 2, a required course.
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GPA Increase for Admission to the Sport Industry Major Leading to the BSED,
College of Education and Human Ecology
The Department of Human Sciences in the College of EHE proposes to increase the major
cumulative grade point average required for admission to the B.S. in Education, Sport Industry
major from 2.5 to 2.75. Due to a decrease from 5 to 2 in the number of tenured faculty in charge
of this program, handling an increasing enrollment is not feasible. The proposed GPA increase
will make admission more competitive and help keep enrollment in the program at a manageable
level. This request has been approved by the College and subcommittee D now moves for
approval of the proposed change in admission to major requirement.
Rathman moved for approval; it was seconded by Hussain and carried with all in favor.
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Revision to the Hospitality Major Leading to the BSHM, College of Education and
Human Ecology
The Department of Human Sciences in the College of EHE proposes the addition of five
additional courses to the list of “major advanced courses” for the B.S. Hospitality Management
major. Students typically take 4 courses from this list, which is divided into two groups. The
additional courses will allow more options for students to take internships and individual studies
with faculty, as well as event and resort-related courses.
Rathman moved for approval; it was seconded by Lilly and carried with all in favor.
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Revision to the Latina/o Studies Undergraduate Minor, College of Arts and Sciences
The Latina/o Studies Program proposes a number of changes to the minor: (1) change in the
name of the minor from “Latino Studies” or “Latino/a Studies” to “Latina/o Studies” to indicate
conscious gender inclusivity; 2) simplify the structure of the minor to make it more
interdisciplinary and less confusing to students; 3) reduce required credit hours from 15 to 12; 4)
increase number of courses that can be counted towards the minor (including SPPO courses
taught in Spanish); 5) add one Spanish language course to list of electives. Concurrence was
sought and received from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
Rathman moved for approval; it was seconded by Blackburn and carried with all in favor.
SELECTION OF THE 2015-2016 CHAIR
Smith explained that traditionally, the current chair goes out to the third-year members of council
to see if they wish to be considered as chair. The third-year members are Henry Zerby and
Blaine Lilly. Zerby is current serving as a department chair and Lilly has agreed to serve as
chair of CAA.
Rathman moved for approval of Lilly as chair; it was seconded by Blackburn and carried with all
in favor.
The Meeting Adjourned at 4:59 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
W. Randy Smith
Melissa A. Newhouse
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