Joint
Strategic Planning Committee
Thursday, November 1, 2007
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
President’s Conference Room,
Green Hall
Attendance: Robert Carothers, Peter
Alfonso, Bob Beagle, Bob Weygand, Jim Miller, Celest Martin, Laura
Beauvais, Barbara Costello, Dana Kovarsky, Joanne DiBello, Domingo
Morel, Abu Bakr, Ann Morrissey. Guests: Fran Cohen and Cliff Katz.
Proposed Change in Structure of
Meetings: On behalf of the Faculty Senate Executive
Committee, Senate Chair Miller proposed the following changes to the
structure of JSPC Meetings: 1) limiting the time of meetings to
one hour; 2) concentrating on one or two major issues; 3) receiving
reports in advance of the meetings with a short time allotted for
questions.
It was agreed to try to follow
the new procedure. Vice President Beagle said that he would send
everyone a copy of his report on fundraising and branding rather than
go into details at the meeting.
NEASC Accreditation Team Exit
interview: President Carothers explained that the
draft of the Team’s written report should arrive sometime after the
first of the year.
Copies of Dean Cohen’s notes
from the exit interview of the NEASC Accreditation Team were
distributed, along with URI’s results of the 2007 National Study of
Student Engagement (NSSE).
Following discussion, it was
agreed that based on the NEASC notes and the NSSE results, the JSPC
should form subcommittees on the following general areas: 1) access, 2)
engagement and 3) financing.
The Executive Committee agreed
to work with Ms. Morrissey on drafting charges to and possible members
for each of the subcommittees.
Next Meeting’s Agenda:
Following discussion, it was agreed that the subcommittees would be the
main items for JSPC consideration on November 29.
The meeting adjourned at 10:15
a.m.