1. Call to Order - Dean Richard Meadows called the meeting to order at 3:37 p.m. in CRT 175.
   1. Announcements - Dean Meadows reported that L&S had done extremely well in the first round of the RGI: L&S submitted about half of the proposals but was awarded over 70% of the total funds available. L&S had contributed about $2 million in 101-4 funding but received about $3.745 million in return. The additional fund does not help reduce the L&S budget deficit, however, because all of it is earmarked for research. The dean indicated that 175 proposals had been submitted for round 2 of the RGI. L&S faculty members were PIs on 88 proposals and co-PIs on another 8.
      
      The campus has submitted a DIN to System asking for $10 million in additional base funding in each of the next three biennia. There are four elements to the DIN request:
      1. $2 million to support RGI;
      2. about $2.5 million for research and instructional faculty members primarily in science and engineering;
      3. about $4 million in additional funds to support graduate students; and
      4. about $1.5 million to support undergraduate research opportunities across campus.
      There appears to be a great deal of support for the DIN at System and in the legislature, but we don't know if it will be in the governor's budget.
      
      The College is in the process of completing an analysis of instructional costs. There has been a lot of "push-back" from departments that feel the dean and associate deans are micromanaging the Schedule of Classes and budget. The dean indicated that this has been necessary if the College is to avoid going further into the red. In an effort to ameliorate this pressure, the College administration is developing a plan that will give departments complete control over their scheduling within specific FTE instructional and student credit hour parameters. This system is expected to be implemented with the upcoming Fall 2007 and Spring 2008 planning.
      
      L&S is actively recruiting for fifteen faculty members. Opening more positions has not been possible because of other demands on the budget, particularly the need to make counter-offers to a number of current members of the faculty. The College spent about $560,000 in funds it did not actually have to make those counter offers. The Provost is offering some one-time help for this expense, but it is minimal because the Provost has only one-half million dollars available. In addition, the College must absorb the entire cost after the first year. This past spring, the College also made some base adjustments to address salary compression problems. There are a number of long-term instructional academic staff members who also are feeling the impact of salary compression. The College is trying to develop a plan for fairly compensating those individuals as well.
      
      
   2. Question Period (10 minutes maximum) - There were no questions for the Dean.
      
      
2. Automatic Consent Business

   A.	Approval of the Minutes of the April 6, 2006 Faculty meeting (on web at www.uwm.edu/letsci/committees/2006/)
   B.	Recommendation for Consideration of Candidates for Degrees and Honors for December, 2006		735
   C.	Annual Reports
   	Academic Planning & Governance Annual Report, 2005-2006		736
   	Academic Policies & Curriculum Committee Annual Report, 2005-2006		737
   	Certificate Program in Ancient Mediterranean Studies Advisory Committee Annual Report, 2005-2006		738
   	Certificate Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Annual Report, 2005-2006		739
   	International Studies Major Annual Report, 2005-2006		740

3. Old Business
   
   
4. New Business

   A.	Recommendation to Establish a Distinct Curricular Area for Chinese Courses - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of a new curricular area in Chinese.		741
   B.	Recommendation to Establish a Distinct Curricular Area for Japanese Courses- It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of a new curricular area in Japanese.		742
   C.	Recommendation to Establish a Distinct Curricular Area for Korean Courses - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of a new curricular area in Korean.		743
   D.	Recommendation to Revise the L&S Approval Matrix - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the revisions to the L&S approval matrix.		744
   E.	Recommendation of the Academic Policies and Curriculum Committee to Revise the Policy Concerning Satisfaction of the L&S English Composition Competency Requirement - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the policy concerning satisfaction of the English Composition competency requirement. The proposal will be sent to the campus APCC.		745
   F.	Recommendation to Revise the Academic Planning and Governance Committee Charter - It was moved, seconded, and approved to recommend to the Dean approval of the revisions to the AP&GC charter.		746
   G.	Recommendation to Approve Global Studies Policies and Procedures - It was moved and seconded to recommend to the Dean approval of the Global Studies Policies and Procedures. Tom O'Bryan asked if his understanding of the assignment of Dean's authority (which he then explained) was accurate. Tracy Buss from the Center for International Education responded that it was. There was no further discussion, and the motion was approved.		747

5. Adjournment - The meeting was adjourned at 4:04 p.m.
   
   
   

Respectfully submitted,

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