University College Committee
Minutes of the October 24, 2007 Meeting
[Approved Nov. 28, 2007]

Present: L. McSweeney (Chair), B. Bradford, E. Langran, B. Torff, R. Rodrigues, Dean Wilson (exofficio).
1.    Meeting called to order at 12:07 PM.
2.    The committee thanked Dean Wilson for providing us with lunch.
3.    Minutes for the September 27th meeting were unanimously approved.
4.    New business:
a.    Procedures for building the course schedule were reviewed first.
i.    Prof. Rodrigues voiced a concern that the program chairs were not always “in the loop” when courses were to be offered online.
ii.    Dean Wilson indicated that each faculty has to sign a form indicating that they discussed their UC course offerings with their program chair.  This informal process allows departments to be aware of what is being offered through the UC.
iii.    Prof. Rodrigues suggested that the process might more effectively inform the program chairs if it was formalized.
iv.    Dean Wilson reminded us that separate departmental approval of online versions of existing courses was disallowed by the AVP.  She suggested that what is needed is a periodic review process for both online and classroom-based courses to assure that each program’s offerings are consistent with their intentions.
v.    Several suggested revisions to the Procedures were made.  The revised document will be reviewed in the next meeting.
b.    The review of the UC governance document began.
i.    Prof. Torff asked for clarification of the proposed review of the UC governance document.
ii.    Dean Wilson indicated that the governance document is dated and does not reflect the breadth of UC responsibilities.  In our update of the old governance document, the Journal of Record has been provided as an archive of the early discussion for development of the old governance document not as established policy.  The Handbook is the university’s policy book.
iii.    A number of differences were identified between current UC operations and the old governance document:
1.    Certificate programs
2.    Study Abroad program
3.    International Student Committee
4.    UC graduate programs.
5.    UC needs an improved assessment process.
6.    UC needs a procedure to develop new programs.
5.    Next meeting is November 28th 12:00 – 1:00 PM.
6.    Meeting adjourned at 1:00 PM.

Respectfully submitted,
Bruce Bradford