UWM College of Letters and Science
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of Letters and Science

2000-2001
Academic Planning Committee
Meeting: Tuesday, June 5, 2001, 2:00 p.m.
Holton Hall 241

Minutes No. 9

Present:   M. Atherton, G. Bergtrom, A. Gillam, M. Harris, R. Meyers, D. Schultz, M. Schwartz
Excused: S. Arora, S. Oliker
Guests: B. Arnold, C. Jo, J. Lanters, W. Mayrl, G.R. Meadows, C. Schuster

  1. Call to Order – The Chair, Mark Schwartz, called the meeting to order at 2:06 p.m. in HLT 341.


  2. Automatic Consent
    1. Minutes #8 (April 11, 2001) were approved as submitted.

  3. Procedural Matters
    1. Election of Chair for 2001-2002 - deferred until the next meeting.

  4. Special Order of Business
    1. Discussion with Interim Dean Richard Meadows - Dean Meadows handed out information on department enrollments, FTE faculty, etc. as well as an update of this year's faculty recruitment. He discussed how the process of considering and prioritizing departmental requests for position was handled in the past. While we should get an infusion of funds for enrollment increases this year, there is a great deal of uncertainty concerning the number of open positions that we will have. The process is complicated by unexpected retirements, spousal hires, the Milwaukee Idea. Dean Meadows indicated that he would appreciate any input the committee members cared to provide.

  5. Old Business
    1. School of Journalism and Mass Communication - postponed
    2. Proposal for a Celtic Studies Center - It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the proposal for a Celtic Studies Center. Several committee members asked questions concerning the administrative structure of the Center. There was a consensus that the faculty co-director's position should be increased from 12.5% to 25%. The motion was amended to include a recommendation that this change be made. The motion was approved as amended.

  6. New Business
    1. Position Requests - Committee members discussed how they wished to proceed in considering the position requests. There were four types of proposals identified: replacement positions, carry-over and PAR positions, new positions, and positions seeking funding through The Milwaukee Idea. It was suggested that future instructions to departments make clear that replacement positions did not necessarily have to be requests for individuals in the same specialty areas as the faculty members who retired. Committee member agreed that they needed the proposals separated into the above groups before they could move forward with their task. Connie Jo agreed to provide a list that indicated which positions fell into each of the groups. She will send out that information to members before the next meeting.

  7. Adjournment - Members agreed to try to set up a meeting for the first week of July. The meeting was adjourned at 3:36 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Connie Jo
Secretary to the L&S Faculty

Distribution: Interim Dean Richard Meadows
Associate Deans Miller, O'Bryan, Schuster, Van Wynsberghe
Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger, Olfe
Special Assistant to the Dean Jo
Secretary of the University

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