University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of Letters and Science
2000-2001
Academic Planning Committee
Meeting: Wednesday, January 17, 2001, 2:00 p.m.
Holton Hall 241
Minutes No. 5
| Present: |
Swarnjit Arora, Margaret Atherton, Gerald Bergtrom, Alice Gillam, Mark Harris, Renee Meyers, Erl Olfe (ex officio), David Schultz, Mark Schwartz |
| Excused: |
Ellie Miller |
- Call to Order - The Chair, Mark Schwartz, called the meeting to order at 2:01 p.m. in Holton 241.
- Automatic Consent
- Minutes #4 (December 11, 2000) were approved as submitted.
- Procedural Matters - None
- Old Business
- School of Journalism and Mass Communication - postponed
- New Business
- Issues Facing the College in Light of Dean Goodman's Resignation
- Recommendation to the Provost for an Interim Dean
- Discussion of the Committee's Input into the Search Process for a Permanent Dean
There was a general discussion of all new business items. Mark Schwartz gave a brief background on his reasons for calling the meeting to discuss these issues. The Provost had requested the Committee's input. Gerry Bergtrom asked how search committees general are structured. Mark indicated that the Provost told the University Committee that there would be 6 faculty members (two from each division), 2 staff representatives, a University Committee representative, community people, and students. The Chair of the search committee must come from outside the College. Swarnjit Arora suggested that the L&S APC should have a representative, in addition to the 6 faculty identified above, because the members of APC are most familiar with issues facing the College. Mark Harris suggested that the APC should provide input concerning specific things the members want in a candidate, possibly through a revision of the mission statement or by developing a candidate profile. [Connie Jo distributed copies of the L&S mission statement.] Mark Harris also suggested that APC ask to meet with the final group of candidates.
Mark Schwartz reported that the University Committee had endorsed Richard Meadows as the Acting Dean. He led discussion on whether or not the APC could come to a consensus on a single candidate to recommend for the acting position. After considerable discussion of the role of an acting dean and who might be most knowledgeable, it was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to endorse Richard Meadows for appointment as acting dean and to express the Committee's view that the acting dean should be one of the other associate deans, if Richard Meadows is not willing to accept the appointment,
It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to recommend to the Provost that he designate an APC member to be on the search committee as an additional member.
It was moved, seconded, and approved unanimously to recommend to the Provost that all finalists for the permanent dean's position meet with the L&S APC during the candidates' on-campus visits.
There was some discussion of the possibility of raising the topic of criteria for selecting a dean at the February faculty meeting. The members of the committee agreed to meet again soon [the chair will identify a meeting time next week] to discuss such criteria.
- Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 3:19 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Connie Jo
Special Assistant to the Dean
Secretary to the L&S Faculty
Distribution: Dean Marshall Goodman
Associate Deans Meadows, O'Bryan, Schuster, Van Wynsberghe
Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger, Olfe
Special Assistant to the Dean Jo
Secretary of the University
minutes #5.apc
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