1. Call to Order - Dean Marshall Goodman called the meeting of the Letters and Science Faculty to order at 3:30 p.m. in BUS N146.
   1. Announcements - Dean Goodman announced what he saw as the College's priorities for the current year. They include:
      
      • Student "Centeredness" - this will be reflected in the support of:
        
        • peer mentoring,
          
        • honors,
          
        • investing in quality undergraduate research,
          
        • developing new programs in which students have strong interest;
          

      • Maintaining Enhanced Graduate Programs - priorities will include:
        
        • dealing with the travel problem,
          
        • on-going discussions with the Graduate School over the problem the College has with matching grants, especially in the humanities,
          
        • resolution of issues pending with Ph.D. Programs, i.e. Urban History and Africology proposals, Geosciences vote to eliminate that Ph.D. program, restructuring of Geography;
          

      • Diversifying Resources, i.e. establishing new markets; the College will move slowly in this arena because assessment is necessary at each step;

      • Defining the Meaning and Significance of a Liberal Arts Education
        
        • an interviewer for Milwaukee Magazine asked the dean for insight into demise of the liberal arts. The dean challenged that perception, and the final article gave a very different slant on liberal arts studies than that with which the reporter had approached the subject.
        • education in the liberal arts is becoming increasingly important in the current job market as demands for more interdisciplinary sets of skills and knowledge increase,
        • we play a core role at the university, and we need to get out our message more visibly and forcefully.

   2. Question Period (10 minutes maximum) - Dean Goodman solicited questions from faculty members.
      B. Fetter: In response to Dean Goodman's final comments, we should emphasize the quality of our instruction. Can we get data that show how well we're doing?
      C. Schuster: We have data showing that the Freshman Seminar Program makes a difference. Recent studies in the College show that retention increases when students take a Freshman Seminar in their first semester. Although the impact diminishes in the second semester, there still is an impact.
      G. McBride: We should put the Milwaukee Magazine article on the web, and attractive copies should be printed and sent to departments to make available to their students. What are the two degrees in which students at our two-year campuses, as you mentioned, expressed an interest in having developed in cooperation with UWM?
      M. Goodman: They are a BA in Liberal Studies (NOT general studies) and the BA in Global Studies (in which they can get a mixture of international studies and business)

2. Automatic Consent Business
   
   1. Minutes of April 14, 1999 - Dean Goodman noted that the final page of the annual report of the Russian and East European Studies (Fac. Doc. #517) was inadvertently omitted from the minutes of the previous meeting; it will be circulated in its entirety with these minutes. He asked if there were other corrections to the minutes of April 14, 1999. There were none, and the minutes were approved as amended. Minutes can be viewed on the L&S web page at www.uwm.edu/letsci/committees/).

   2. Annual Reports - There were no objections to the following reports; they are recorded as accepted.
      Honors Program Committee, 1998-1999, 518
      Course and Curriculum Committee, 1998-1999, 519
      Center for Latin American Studies Faculty Advisory Comm, 1998-1999, 520

3. Old Business - There was no old business before the faculty.
   

4. New Business
   
   1. Dean Goodman asked for a motion to approve Fac. Doc. #521, a proposal for an entitlement to plan a Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies. The motion was made by Professor Donald Pienkos and seconded by Professor Mohsen Bahmani. The discussion is summarized as follows:
      J. Merrick: Will we have to hire more foreign language teachers?
      R. Meadows: That is yet to be determined. The curriculum has not been developed, though we anticipate the requirement of four years of language.
      unknown: How many languages will be taught; will there be a lot of faculty in general hired for the program; how will transfer students be handled; how can students fit in a full four years of language?
      R. Meadows: All those issues will be addressed in the process of preparing the implementation plan.
      J. Moore: What is the link between BAGS and the DIN being supported in the Governor's budget (which includes $850,000 for new faculty lines).
      

      Dean Goodman stepped down from chairing the meeting in order to answer questions; Professor Charles Schuster assumed the chair.

      M. Goodman: We asked that the request in the budget be restored to $1.3 million. We submitted the DIN asking that the campus match whatever the legislature and governor will provide. The DIN is for an overall international initiative of which faculty positions for BAGS are a large part. The chancellor is committed to providing the match. The request for funds for BAGS in the Milwaukee Idea proposal is the request for the match.
      J. Moore: How specifically have the faculty lines in the proposal been defined?
      M. Goodman: They are earmarked only for Business and L&S. Beyond that, for L&S, no decisions have been made. Salaries for Business faculty are estimated at $75-80K; for L&S at $60K. The State is providing the resources for these positions; none are coming from reallocation.
      G. McBride: Where will the BAGS program be lodged?
      M. Goodman: The model for this arrangement is MHRLR. Both units grant the degree. Currently, plans call for the Center for International Studies, which has a cross-campus charge, to administer the program. The MPA faculty members are discussing a similar arrangement between L&S and Business for the MPA degree.
      unknown: Is this timetable realistic? All approvals will not be secured by fall.
      M. Goodman: Timetables are developed at the start of the planning process; they often are revised as the document moves forward. We will make the adjustments when it is necessary to do so. For now, we want to show positive movement in pursuing the goal of globalization since this is a large part of what is behind legislative support of our initiatives.
      J. Moore: How will we measure success? Will student credit hours be the primary measure?
      M. Goodman: FTE is one way to measure success. We do expect to see UWM become a destination campus for certain kinds of students. But we also expect that this new program will help to create synergy across campus units. We almost certainly will draw students to UWM, some of whom will begin in the BAGS program but who then will change to other majors. We do not anticipate that this program will draw students from current majors. On the contrary, we believe that it will attract students to the campus to pursue other majors because those students will be able to work with faculty members actively engaged in global issues, whether or not the students are in the BAGS program.
      R. Moore: As a member of the APCC, I would like to ask for responses to questions raised by that committee when it did a preliminary review of the proposal. Will this degree kill the International Studies Major?
      M. Goodman: No; in fact we expect that the International Studies Major may be one of the largest beneficiaries. As indicated previously, we anticipate attracting students who want to work with faculty engaged in global issues regardless of majors. International Studies Majors are likely to be the largest part of this group of new students. In addition, students who enter BAGS and then decide they do not really want to pursue the very special purpose of this degree are more likely to enter the ISM than any other major.
      P. Petro: The purposes of BAGS and ISM are completely different. There is strong campus support for strengthening ISM with which the College Administration agrees. Along with developing BAGS as a program that will work cooperatively with ISM, there will be links to the area studies programs, many of which crosscut schools and colleges; those programs also should benefit from the approval of BAGS.
      R. Moore: Why is this not duplicative of programs at other campuses, e.g. Madison's?
      M. Goodman: Madison's program is a five-year program structured like a layer cake. Students take X number of L&S credits and Y number of Business credits. It resembles taking an ISM major and simply adding on more business and foreign language, just putting together a collection of existing disciplinary courses. Thus, Madison's program is not truly interdisciplinary in the way that BAGS will be. BAGS will be more like a marble cake. There will be new courses developed that are offered jointly by faculty members in L&S and Business. BAGS will be something really unique.
      C. Kroncke: The success of the Business School started in the 1950's when it brought in as teachers more outsiders engaged in business careers to meet the more mathematical needs of the career at that time. The times have changed, and the current need in business education is to infuse the training of leaders and managers with the new global outlook. This applies to leaders and managers in many other professions as well.

      Dean Goodman resumed the chair of the meeting.

      D. Pienkos: As the faculty coordinator of the ISM, I believe it is important for me to underscore that the ISM is in solid shape and that it will continue as a significant interdisciplinary major serving our UWM students. Our International Studies program currently has over 100 majors, a very sizable and dedicated faculty, and strong linkages with our College's area studies certificate programs. The BAGS program offers a wonderful and new opportunity for collaboration between our two schools and I strongly support its approval.

      As there were no more questions and comments, the vote was taken. The request for an entitlement to plan the BAGS Program was approved unanimously.

5. Adjournment- The meeting was adjourned at 4:33 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,


Connie Jo
Special Assistant to the Dean
Secretary to the L&S Faculty