UAS Faculty Senate Agenda
January 13, 2006
3:00-5:00pm Egan Library 211
Call-in 1-800-689-9401 *5963862*
1. Approval of minutes for December 2, 2005 meeting (attachment 1)
2. Approval of agenda
3. Assembly members' comments
4. Old business
A. Online course evaluations (attachment 4a)
i) Jeff Johnston's presentations
ii) Purpose(s) and objectives
iii) Work plan
B. Curriculum quality assurance
C. Faculty input for SW DE report (attachment 4C)
i) Business models
ii) Best practices
iii) Motivations for adoption of DE
5. New business
A. Proposal for SW discussion of GERs (attachment 5A)
B. Development of a new PBB measure - Outreach Activities
(attachments 5B.1, 5B.2, 5B.3)
C. SW funds
i) $4m in Gov's budget for competitive research (matching funds)
ii) BP/Conoco-Philips (Pres. Profs., AK public policy research, Research & Instructional Initiatives, K-12/University partnerships, DE, Sharing Scholarship, Econ Development/Business partnerships)
6. Reports
A. Senate President
Faculty Alliance:
i) Electronic faculty workload system
ii) BOR Policy - defining Academic Units; creation/elimination
iii) Instructional Designer Job Family
February FAFSA Frenzy (attachments 6A.1, 6A.2)
Governor's proposed budget for UA (attachments 6A.3, 6A.4)
B. Standing Committees
Academic Information Services (attachment 6B)
Undergraduate Curriculum
Graduate Curriculum
Advising, LC, Tutoring
C. Ad Hoc Committees
Distance Education
Textbooks/bookstore (attachments 6C.1, 6C.2, 6C.3, 6C.4)
Tenure-review processes