University of Minnesota, Morris
Campus Assembly Minutes
November 9, 1999

The Campus Assembly met on Tuesday, November 9, 1999, at 4:30 pm in the
Science Auditorium.

I.  Sam Schuman updated the campus on the LaFave house and the search for
a Director of Admissions and Financial Aid.

Schuman said it is premature to take action on the LaFave house because
they are still living there through 1999. The LaFaves and David Johnson
have both mentioned that the house would make an excellent chancellorŐs
residence, but Schuman feels any choices should wait a few months until a
permanent chancellor is selected. He suggested that informal opportunities
for input should take place late winter or early spring. 

Schuman has decided to accept the recommendation of Sandy Olson-Loy and
the search committee and end the search for a new Director of Admissions
and Financial Aid at this time without making an appointment. Despite the
solid efforts of the search committee, it was not possible to create a
strong enough pool of candidates at this time of year. The current staff
are doing an excellent job of recruiting next year's class, with
applications coming in at a rate three times greater than this time last
year. In addition, the consulting firm of Noel Levitz has been retained to
address UMM's enrollment issues. They suggest that spring is a better time
to search for a new director. 

II.  The minutes of the September 20, 1999 meeting were approved as
distributed.

III.  Aida Martinez will replace Shannon Hodges on the Student Services
Committee.  Sharon Van Eps will replace Sara Haugen on the Curriculum
Committee at Haugen's request.

IV.  Pareena Lawrence was elected to replace Paula O'Loughlin on the
Executive Committee during spring semester. The Executive Committee will
select a replacement for Lawrence on the Minority Experience Committee at
their next meeting.  

V.  The Assembly discussed the schedule for approving the Scholars of the
College slate under semesters.  Two Assembly meetings have been set for
spring semester, February 9 and April 6. February 9 is quite early to
expect a slate to be ready (it cuts short the opportunity for faculty to
evaluate students' spring semester work). But April 6 leaves little
revision time before the April 9 printer's deadline. Nic McPhee endorsed
the idea of adding an extra Assembly meeting in March. Roland Guyotte
suggested having the Functions and Awards Committee (FA) distribute
information earlier and take feedback outside of an Assembly
meeting. Peter Whelan, FA chair, noted that in this first year under
semesters, much senior work won't have been presented even by
graduation. The FA will be revising their criteria and distributing it to
the Assembly at the Dec. 6th meeting.  Dian Lopez wondered why Honors Day
can't be moved back and Schuman wondered about honors being presented at
graduation.  Input to the FA can be sent via the funcaward listserv.

VI.  Mike Korth reviewed the following items presented for action by the
Curriculum Committee.

		o Clarification of Foreign Language Requirement
		o Ed 1111 Intro to Deaf Education
		o Computer Science changes incl. new course.
		o Economics changes incl. 4-credit course and major
changes.
		o History deletion and honors.
		o Management major requirements, internship grading.
		o Psychology 1061 prereqs and 1051 honors.
		o Sociology/Anthropology add two honors, GER topics.
		o ElEd and SeEd Directed Student Teaching.

Nic McPhee asked for clarification about a statistics course and Joe
Timmerman explained that students will need both 2501 and 2611
courses.  Roland Guyotte wondered why sign language is not a concurrent or
prerequisite requirement for "Intro to Deaf Education" given the course's
emphasis on learning about the deaf's language. The Curriculum Committee
will investigate the issue, but all items were approved.

VII.  Reports were offered from various campus groups. Eric Klinger noted
that the Chancellor search is progressing nicely with several good
applications being received.  The search committee hopes to bring
candidates to campus after Thanksgiving.

Jim Togeas reported that the NCA Steering Committee will ask the Assembly
to review and possibly approve a summary of conclusions and
recommendations from the Self-Study Report prepared by Tom McRoberts and
staff. If the Assembly endorses the summary, the Self-Study will be
finalized over semester break in preparation for the April 2000 site team
visit.

VIII.  Bert Ahern provided a senate report from the Education Policy
Committee.  They are exploring all-university versus campus policies,
distance learning, and adjustments to the class schedule/calendar under
semesters. Ahern welcomed reactions to the classroom guidelines currently
being drafted. 

IX.  There was no old business.  Under new business, Jim Olson of the
Scholastic Committee passed out material on withdrawal/cancel/add policies
under semesters. He asked the Assembly to consider the information and
permit it to return for action at the Dec. 6 meeting. A lack of policy has
been creating difficulty in the Registrar's Office.  For example, without
a new policy for half-semester courses, students are having to withdraw
(based on the quarter policy) during Week 6 of the semester... before
they've even had a chance to attend the class being dropped (which would
start during Week 7).
	
Roland Guyotte asked if being permitted to withdraw from only one course
mirrors current policy. Olson responded affirmatively. Jeff Ratliff-Crain
asked about refund schedules and Ruth Thielke explained that federal
guidelines determine that.  Simon Chabel asked about changing two-week
windows to three weeks since some semester courses that meet fewer times a
week won't have met 9 times until Week 3.  Olson explained that UMM must
conform to SCEP policy in some areas.  Peh Ng added that if a student
drops a course in the 3rd week of the semester, it becomes too late to add
another course based on the amount of material already covered.  She also
noted, in response to the 4th column on Olson's handout, that an
Intersession policy is currently being drafted.  Tom Turner mentioned the
need for sufficient time to appropriately place foreign language students
and Thielke reminded the Assembly that students always have the petition
process for withdrawing from classes.

Craig Kissock introduced visitng instructor Natalia Kuznetsova of the
Chelyabinsk State Pedagogical University in Russia.

There was no further business and the Assembly adjourned at 5:30 pm.

Rebecca Webb