The Academic Planning Committee held nine meetings during the 1998-99 academic year. The meetings were held on September 1, September 23, November 18, December 16, March 24, March 31, April 21, May 19 and June 9.

The Committee considered the following topics:

PAR Recommendations

The committee reviewed the report of the Joint Subcommittee on L&S PAR Response. Members agreed with the recommendations in the report, but concern was expressed over the fact that the subcommittee's report addressed only those programs targeted for elimination and for consolidation. However, the report was endorsed and sent to the dean with a cover letter identifying the actions taken by the APC in addressing the PAR and that focused on the on-going activities of the committee and the College in response to PAR.

The committee discussed program summaries and assessments and decided that the two items should be merged.

The committee members agreed that the APC should discuss the College's array of programs and activities on a regular basis, not because of PAR, but because such discussions are important to the planning process. Members agreed to continue this discussion at the June 9 meeting and also to discuss the process for reviewing sabbatical requests, as well as how reviews of centers and certificate programs might be conducted.

Review of Departmental Assessments

The following Program Assessments were submitted for review:

Africology	Geosciences
Anthropology	Graduate Certificate in Translation
Art History	History
Asian Studies Certificate	International Studies
Biological Sciences	Latino Studies
Biological Aspects of Conservation	Masters in Public Administration
Campus Mediation Center	Mass Communication
Center for Latin America	Mathematical Sciences
Center for Women's Studies	Philosophy
Chemistry	Physics
Communication	Political Science
Comparative Study of Religion	Sociology
Economics	Spanish & Portuguese
French, Italian & Comparative Literature	Urban Studies
Geography

Position Requests

Position requests for new hires for the 2000-2001 academic year were reviewed by division. The number of requests made it impossible to complete the reviews in a single day. The meeting was suspended twice and reconvened on May 5 and May 12. Members of the Committee approved the following recruitment recommendations to the dean:

1. First Priority (not prioritized within the group)
   

   Economics	Labor Econ, Indust Rel/MHRLR director (Full Professor)
   English	Vilas Chair (Full Professor)
   Political Science	U.S. Congress (Full Professor)*

   *if level not approved, Committee recommends recruitment this year at a lower level

2. Second Priority (not prioritized within the group)

   Art History	Asianist Art Historian
   English	Creative Writing
   Geography	Urban/GIS
   Geosciences	Geoscience Education/Mineralogist
   Math Sciences	Applied Mathematics
   Philosophy	Social & Political Philosophy/Philosophy of the Mind
   Spanish & Port	Hispanist

3. Third Priority (not prioritized within the group)

   Anthropology	Applied Anthropology in Contemporary Institutional Settings
   FLL-Linguistics	Chinese*
   History	Nation Building & Market Formation; Early Modern Atlantic
   Physics	Theoretical Physics
   Sociology	International/Comparative Sociology

   *need to retain an individual already on campus in a temporary appointment who is having a positive impact on the program and College

A change in the Committee's charter requires that the Committee's report of recommendations to the dean be released to the general faculty.

Respectfully submitted,

Marc Ethridge
Alice Gillam
Mark Harris
Patricia Kissinger
Pat Mellencamp
Erl Olfe
Leonard Parker
Julio Rodriguez-Luis
Ron Ross
Craig Sandgren
Mark Schwartz, Chair