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Scenes from Faculty Senate

Joint Strategic Planning Committee

Thursday, November 1, 2007

9:00am - 10:15am

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.