Academic Committee Minutes
Thursday, October 23, 2014
10:00am – 12:00pm
220 Van Wormer Hall
TOPIC
SYNOPSIS OF DISCUSSION
ACTION
INTRODUCTIONS
AND REMARKS
In Attendance: Rich Miller, Trevor Smith, Sally Moomaw, Marla Hall,
Janice Denton, Sunny Saelinger, Debra Burgess, Vivek Choudhury,
Diane White, Tracy Herrmann, Regina Sapona, Allen Arthur, Margaret
Hanson, Daniel Langmeyer, Gigi Escoe
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RICH MILLER
Staff: Adrian Hall
Guests: Cady Short-Thompson (UCBA, Dean), Marlene Miner (UCBA,
Associate Dean), Julia Gill (UCBA, Head of Allied Health Department),
Shane Keene (CAHS, Head of Analytical & Diagnostic Sciences
Department)
The Committee welcomed Trevor Smith, our new undergraduate
student representative.
Two new employees will begin at the Provost Office next month. April
Poteet will support the AC and oversee the new programs approval
process. Lori Griffin will support the Graduate School and oversee new
program proposals through the Graduate Council level before passing
over to April.
The OBR plans to fully adopt a new online system, CurricUNET, for
program approvals. This should help keep track of program approvals
submitted electronically. We will gather the required pieces of
information during out new program approval process. Internal forms
and processes eventually would be updated as other pieces of
information become required.
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
The Committee reviewed, and approved the minutes for the
September 11th meeting. Two typos were corrected. Meeting minutes
will be posted to the AC webpage.
UC BLUE ASH
Guest from UC Blue Ash presented the proposal to move the existing
Bachelor of Radiation Science Technology (BRST) to online delivery.
PROPOSAL TO
MOVE BRST
PROGRAM TO
ONLINE
DELIVERY
The program began at UCBA in 2004, and was originally delivered faceto-face. Students in the program have typically completed their
associate’s degree, and are often working full-time. The program is
currently a hybrid, with some online and some in-person classes.
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NKU has a program delivered entirely online, and many students from
Clermont appear to be transferring there. Student feedback has
strongly supported online delivery to accommodate full-time work
schedules. UC’s metro tuition rate should make the program
competitive with NKU’s and allow students to stay here at UC to
complete their bachelor’s online.
UCBA wishes to begin offering the program entirely online starting in
Fall 2015.
The curriculum will change slightly, with four existing courses being
replaced by new ones. Some curriculum revision was necessary in
order to modernize content and for appropriate online delivery. The
GenEd components for the program can be completed with existing
online class offerings.
CAHS will deliver approximately 40% of the instruction. The two
colleges are working out an MOU agreement for exchanges of funds.
The committee asked what might be lost delivering the healthoriented program in an online format as opposed to in-person. UCBA
responded that students in the BRST program are already certified and
practicing in their discipline. The two remaining years of the
baccalaureate program are primarily focused on leadership and
management skills, i.e. becoming an educator. The two baccalaureate
years are not directly related to developing the advanced skills used in
the profession.
The committee asked about financial analysis of the program. UCBA
responded that the College currently subsidizes its existing program,
which enrolls only about 18 students. The program is not currently
generating revenue. UCBA expects to increase revenues and enhance
the financial status of the College by offering the program online and
increasing student enrollment. The population should grow
significantly over time, and gradually rise to hundreds of students.
The committee noted that regional campuses have a different funding
model than other Colleges at the Uptown campus. More specific
funding details will be determined, i.e. an appropriate rate for any
course or program fees. UCBA will need to work this out with its
business administrators, and the Provost Office of Business and
Financial Affairs.
The committee asked if the curriculum included an experiential
learning component. UCBA responded that the program requires one
internship specific to management or education.
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Mel Clark was not able to attend today’s meeting due to a previously
scheduled item. She has sent some questions which have been
addressed, but should discuss further details with UCBA. The program
should be sure to address issues with Mel concerning state licensure
to enroll students residing in other states.
Mel requested that the committee ask whether the program prepares
students for additional licensure. UCBA responded that the program
does not prepare students for licensure. There is a separate clinical
component required before students can sit for a Computed
Tomography (CT) licensure exam. Students who complete the program
might go onto take this licensure exam, but would need further
preparation before doing so.
The guests concluded their presentation, and the committee
proceeded to discussion. Tracy Herrmann excused herself during this
discussion of the UCBA proposal.
The committee commented that this is a very good case where both
Colleges communicated and coordinated with one another before
bringing the proposal to the AC. Rich indicated that each College has
expressed they are happy with this final arrangement.
The planned tuition rate after fees will resemble that of the Uptown
campus amount. It was felt that students in either CAHS or UCBA
taking similar online programs should have the same tuition amount.
Given the complexities of budget models and considerations, we
might consider additional questions on new program forms in the
future.
The Academic Committee unanimously approved UCBA’s proposal to
deliver its existing Bachelor of Radiation Science Technology program
entirely online, provided that UCBA work with Mel Clark and
incorporate her feedback before sending onto the OBR.
PROGRAM
ASSESSMENT
RICH MILLER
The committee reviewed review teams and lists of Program
Assessment Plans (PAP’s) to review. The membership roster will
undergo a couple of changes, specifically with a new Health Center
representative. As Vice Provost for International Affairs, Raj’s travel
schedule has become restrictive, and this might be considered with
the review teams / roster.
We have made an effort to pair undergraduate and graduate
programs together for review by the same team. We have avoided
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having AC members review plans for programs in their own College.
We will email a Word document of the AC review form to more easily
allow for editing/sharing before submitting through the webpage.
AC review teams should plan to have the initial response to each PAP
submitted by the end of the semester. Some PAP’s will need re-review
after feedback is sent to Colleges.
A future phase will be to create an assessment data reporting method
similar to the GenEd capstone survey. This survey would ask programs
what data they had gathered, and what they had done with this
information. The goal would be for a brief survey easy for
departments to complete, but valuable to us for gathering the usages
of assessment data throughout the university for program
improvement. We hope to develop a survey and process this year, and
for data gathering to take place heavily next year.
Some discussion with the Colleges about this data gathering process
should occur with the GenEd assessment meetings being coordinated
by Gigi for undergraduate programs.
Next Meeting:
Thursday, November 13th, 2014
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
220 Van Wormer Hall
Notes: Adrian Hall