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Graduate Council Minutes


November 17, 2011

MEMBERS PRESENT

Voting:             Professors A.J. Dowdle, A.E. Ellstrand, V.H. Hunt, M.D. Richardson, F.M. Scheide, P.R. Selvam, T.G. Shields; Ms. Tamara St. Marthe

Non-Voting:     Professors P.R. Koski, M. Limayem, J.R. Young; Ms. S.L. Theiss

MEMBERS ABSENT

Voting:             Professors M.S. Bradley-Engen, R. M. Costrell, T.P. Cronan, P.M. Hewitt, T.W. Martin, J.D. Wiersma; one student representative

Non-Voting:     Professors C.H. Adams, M.T. Miller, L.J. Robertson

SECRETARY              Ms. T. M. Fisher

GUESTS                      Professors M. Daugherty, C. Hughes, C. Murphy, J. Paulk, K. Sloan,  C. Wissehr, A. Zajicek

The meeting was called to order at 2:00 p.m. by Chair Patricia Koski

  1. Minutes for the October 20, 2011, Graduate Council meeting stand approved, as no changes were suggested.  (The minutes of the Graduate Council may be found at http://grad.uark.edu/dean/gradcouncil/minutes/index.html). 
  2. Reports from the Academic Appeals Committee, the Teaching Assistant Effectiveness Advisory Committee and the Annual Graduate Student Academic Review Committee were sent earlier by e-mail (Attachment A).  There were no questions about the reports. 
  3. The Council approved the following committee nominations:
    • Calendar Committee – (Note:  Mike Richardson was previously approved for a term 2010-13)
    • University Course and Programs Committee – Terry Martin
    • Library Committee – Frank Scheide
    • University Program Review Committee – Bob Costrell
  4. Old Business:  The proposal to modify the M.Ed. degree in Educational Technology (ETECME), Attachment B, was approved at the October Graduate Council meeting, but held for the approval of accompanying course changes.  With the approval of the courses, this proposal may now
  5. Announcements were made about the following:
    • Name changes for the M.Ed. and Ed.D. degrees in Workforce Development Education to Human Resource and Workforce Development Education, along with a change in the alpha code from WDED to HRWD
    • Change in alpha code for the graduate certificate in Autism Spectrum Disorders from SPEDGC to AUTSGC.
  6. New Business:
    1. Professor M. Daugherty presented a proposal to modify the MAT degree in Childhood Education (CHEDMA) by adding a third option for licensure (Attachment C) and two proposals to modify the MAT degree in Secondary Education (SEEDMA) as described in Attachment D and Attachment E.  All three proposals were approved unanimously and will move to the Faculty Senate. 
    2. Professor C. Hughes presented a proposal to modify the requirements of the M.Ed. degree in Workforce Development Education by specifying that the final exam in HRWD 5433 will serve as the comprehensive exam for the WDED M.Ed. degree, HRWD concentration (Attachment F).  The proposal was approved unanimously and will go next to the Faculty Senate.
    3. Professor A. Zajicek presented a proposal to modify the M.A. degree in Sociology (SOCIMA) by deleting the Rural Sociology concentration, adding a General Sociology concentration and adding a new Criminology concentration, with adjustment in degree requirements (Attachment G, Attachment H, Attachment I and Attachment J).  The proposal was approved unanimously and will go next to Faculty Senate, Board of Trustees, and Arkansas Department of Higher Education.
    4. Professor K. Sloan presented a proposal to modify the foreign language requirement for the Ph.D. degree in History (HISTPH) (Attachment K).  The proposal was approved unanimously and will go next to the Faculty Senate.
    5. A proposal to create a graduate certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis was deferred to the next meeting.
  7. The Council approved a change in the levels of graduate faculty status as described in Attachment L.
  8. Discussion:  The Council considered whether to create a policy which allows a program to dismiss a student from the program, but not the University, for academic integrity violations.  The Council decided to see how the new University Academic Integrity Policy works before taking up this issue at the June 2012 meeting.
  9. The Council approved the course change report from the University Course and Programs Committee, contained in Attachment M.
  10. The Council approved the graduate faculty recommendations listed in Attachment N. 

There being no other business, the Council adjourned at 3:13 p.m.      

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Patricia R. Koski, Chair                                               Todd G. Shields, Dean