University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
College of Letters and Science
2001-2002
Academic Planning Committee
Meeting: Tuesday, July 2, 2002, 9:00 a.m.
Holton Hall 241
Minutes No. 5
| Present: |
O. M. Aborampah, Swarnjit Arora, Thomas Holme, Renee Meyers, Stacey Oliker |
| Excused: |
Margaret Atherton, Gerald Bergtrom, Patricia Kissinger (ex officio), Erland Olfe (ex officio), David Schultz, Gabrielle Verdier |
| Guests: |
Mark Harris, Connie Jo, Michael Liston, Eleanor Miller, Denise Mueller, Charles Schuster, Caterina Sukup |
- The Co-Chair, Stacey Oliker, called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. in Holton Hall 241.
- Automatic Consent
- Approval of Minutes #5 (July 2, 2002) - The minutes were approved as submitted.
- Procedural Matters - None
- Special Order of Business
- Meet with Associate Deans - Associate Dean Charles Schuster of the Humanities gave a brief summary of departmental needs for the following academic year. He emphasized that Spanish and Portuguese is a priority; the department is in desperate need of a Chair as well as two other positions to fill holes in its academic curriculum. He responded to Committee members' questions concerning the positions needed in the Humanities. He reported that several positions need to be filled for faculty members who are retiring and those who resigned this academic year.
Associate Dean Mark Harris of the Natural Sciences stressed how critical it is to fill the positions in Chemistry, Biological Sciences and Geosciences. The Natural Sciences recently had four resignations and retirements in addition to seventeen carryovers. He explained that much of the departments' funding comes from grants, on which they depend to support their programs. There are high start-up costs when hiring new faculty who are strong researchers. Mark also told the Committee that these departments not only face these high costs, but also deal with the constant issue of limited space. This limits the number of new faculty members in the sciences that can be hired each year.
Associate Dean Eleanor Miller gave a summary of position needs in the Social Sciences. She noted that Urban Studies, which was not included in the Department profiles, has 47 graduate students, approximately 80 percent of whom are supervised by the Sociology Department. She reported that the Journalism and Mass Communication needs are pressing due to a very high increase in enrollments. She listed the departments that currently rely heavily on ad hoc instructors.
The Associate Deans explained how they determine departmental priorities and answered questions concerning how funding is allotted to various departments. Because of the budget crisis, many of the positions requested will not be filled so the focus of this process will be to identify the most critical faculty needs.
- Old Business
- Review of Position Requests - The Committee members agreed to review department position requests and to arrive at the next meeting having selected their 30 top priorities, with at least 8 assigned to each of the three divisions.
- New Business
- Swarnjit Arora raised a question concerning the APC's role in reviewing department proposals for Phase II of the Milwaukee Idea. Members noted that their departments had not been asked for Phase II proposals. Connie Jo stated that she believed the Deans were forwarding some of last years' department priorities that were not accepted by campus administration at that time. Tom Holme stated that department priorities may have changed, particularly in the sciences because of the 9/11 attacks. Stacey will communicate these concerns to the Deans and find out the deadline for Phase II proposals.
- Committee members agreed to hold the next meeting on July 9, 2002 at 9:00 a.m. The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Connie Jo
Special Assistant to the Dean
Secretary to the L&S Faculty
Distribution: Interim Dean G. Richard Meadows
Associate Deans Harris, Miller, O'Bryan, Schuster
Assistant Deans Horstman, Kissinger, Olfe
Secretary of the University
Minutes #5, 2001-02.apc
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