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Agenda Digest

Rebecca Kneedler called the meeting to order at 9:05 a.m. In attendance were Jahan Ramazani, Dan Larson, Susan McKinnon, Michael Smith, Sharon Utz, Janet Horne, Miles Townsend, Pat Werhane, Michael Williams, Peter Low.

Peter Low, Vice President and Provost, handed out two draft documents for the Executive Council's review and comments. One document was "Program Review," and the other document was "Review of Complaints Alleging Serious Misconduct by Faculty Members."

Mr. Low said the Program Review document is being developed in response to discussions that began with the University's Self-Study. The program review schedule will be a rotating schedule under which all undergraduate programs and their cognate graduate programs will undergo alternating full and interim reviews every five years. Mr. Low and the Council discussed the document and some areas of concern. Mr. Low said he found the discussion useful, and he invited comments/suggestions via e-mail. It was decided that discussion of the Program Review document will be continued at a future Executive Council meeting.

Mr. Low gave some background on the document dealing with faculty misconduct. The document is being developed because the University has no formal process in place that deals with a member of the University community filing a complaint with the head of the unit in which the faculty member is employed alleging serious misconduct by a faculty member. This document outlines the procedures for filing such a complaint. This document will be discussed in detail at a future Executive Council meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 11:50 a.m.

Submitted by Susan McKinnon, Secretary to the Faculty Senate