Planning Committee for the Combination of the College of Education and the College of Family and Consumer Sciences

Workgroup on Governance
Minutes
April 30, 2004

Present: Jean Anderson, Pat Carlson, Dee Draper, Doug King, John Littrell, Haemoon Oh, Cheryll Reitmeier, Roger Smith

  1. The charge to the committee was read and discussed along with deadlines. Our initial task will be to identify major differences/issues as well as any gaps between the two college documents. A report of our findings is due September 17, 2004. If a combination is approved by the Board of Regents, then the committee will proceed to develop a common governance document by February 15, 2005.

  2. A major difference in terms of the general contents of the two documents relates to the College of Education (COE) including procedural guidelines (e.g., travel forms, office policies) as well as governance information. The College of Family and Consumer Sciences (CFCS) divided governance separate from the procedural/handbook type of information. To deal with this difference, the Committee will focus on governance as it works through the documentation.

  3. We reviewed the "Concept of Shared Governance" sections from both college documents. For the most part, the sections were very similar. A shared aim we agreed should be maintained in a common document was the provision for departments to retain their current procedures. A difference identified in the documents on governance for further review related to the amount of faculty involvement in budget and salary procedures with the COE providing for more faculty involvement than the CFCS.

  4. Miscellaneous suggestions: Policies and procedures should be available to all faculty and administrators electronically. All sections should be dated so revisions are identified.

  5. The Committee agreed to subdivide the work to be done. A representative of each college will be teamed to review the two governance documents for differences in the following categories:

    1. Promotion and Tenure: Cheryll Reitmeier and Roger Smith
    2. Committee Structure: Pat Carlson and Haemoon Oh
    3. Hiring Procedures: Jean Anderson and John Littrell
    4. Areas of non-overlap and miscellaneous differences: Doug King and Dee Draper

  6. Doug King will send each committee member the "cut and paste" parallel format of both documents. He will also send each subcommittee their specific subsections for analysis.

  7. Next Meeting: Progress reports from subcommittees - July 8, 9-10:30, E262 Lagomarcino.