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Graduate Council Minutes

January 19, 2012

MEMBERS PRESENT

Voting:            Professors M.S. Bradley-Engen, T.P. Cronan, A.J. Dowdle, A.E. Ellstrand, P.M. Hewitt, V.H. Hunt, M.D. Richardson, F.M. Scheide, P.R. Selvam, T.G. Shields, J.D. Wiersma; Ms. Emilija Djurdjevic; Ms. Tamara St. Marthe

Non-Voting:     Professors P.R. Koski, M. Limayem, M.T. Miller

MEMBERS ABSENT

Voting:            Professor R.M. Costrell

Non-Voting:     Professors C.H. Adams, L.J. Robertson, J.R. Young; Ms. S.L. Theiss

SECRETARY     Ms. T. M. Fisher

GUESTS            Professors G. Denny, L. Myers, R. Sabherwal

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

  1. Minutes for the December 15, 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.php).
  2. Professor Koski reported that the Academic Appeals Committee heard two cases since the last Council meeting.
  3. New Business:
    1. Professor G. Denny presented a proposal to create a graduate certificate (post-master's) in Educational Psychology (Attachments A,B). Following discussion, the proposal will go next to the Faculty Senate, Board of Trustees (BOT) and Arkansas Department of Higher Education (ADHE).
    2. Professor L. Myers presented a proposal to modify the requirements for the Ph.D. degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Accounting (Attachment C). Following discussion, the proposal was approved and will go next to the Faculty Senate.
    3. Professor M. Limayem presented a proposal to create a new location (Panama City, Panama) for the Managerial MBA degree. Following discussion and some editorial changes, the proposal was approved and will go next to the Faculty Senate, BOT, and ADHE (Attachments D,E,F).
    4. Professor P. Cronan presented a proposal to create a graduate certificate in Enterprise Systems (ISESGC) in the Department of Information Systems (Attachments G, H). Following discussion, the proposal was approved and will go next to the Faculty Senate, BOT and ADHE.
  4. The Council approved this motion by a vote of 12 in favor and two opposed: The college graduate faculty representatives of the Graduate Council are empowered to recommend graduate faculty status for incoming tenure-track/tenured faculty on behalf of the Graduate Council without the necessity for the whole Council approval of the recommendations. The list of recommendations will be presented as an information item at the next Council meeting. Graduate faculty approval for non-tenure-track faculty will continue to require full Council approval.
  5. The Council members considered a recommendation to eliminate dual enrolled 4000 level classes and will discuss this issue with their constituencies.
  6. The Council approved the course change report from the University Course and Programs Committee, contained in Attachment I.
  7. The Council approved the graduate faculty recommendations listed in Attachment J.
  8. The Council discussed the requirement that graduate-level classes have a minimum enrollment of five students.

There being no other business, the Council adjourned at 3:41 p.m.

Submitted by:                                                      Approved by:

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