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Governance Minutes ArchiveJanuary 20, 1993
MINUTES VPI&SU COMMISSION ON GRADUATE STUDIES AND POLICIES 20 JANUARY, 1993 3:30 P.M. 206 SANDY HALL Present: Drs. Boyle, Chaloux, Clough, Eaton, Eustis, Eyre, A. Haney, L. Haney, LaBerge, McCoy, Mitchiner, Orcutt, B. Smith, Snoke, Sporakowski, Stout, Wokutch, G. Holtzman (for N. Tideman), Mr. Ken Kahn, Mr. Timothy Schell, Mr. Jay Comeaux, Ms. Joy Poindexter, Mr. E. Tuthill Absent with notification: John Aughenbaugh, J. Johnson, M. Johnson, Tideman Absent: Burch-Brown, O'Brien, Stewart Visitors: Marvin Foushee - Registrar's Office Representative Susan Trulove - Spectrum Representative 1. ANNOUNCEMENTS- Dr. Sporakowski stated that February 15 is the due date for the Cunningham and Commonwealth Fellows Scholarship applications. Peter Eyre has stepped down as chair of the Graduate Student Relations committee and Reginald Mitchiner has been appointed to assume that chairmanship. Arthur Snoke stated that the Faculty Senate met on 1/19/93 and passed a resolution in support of a resolution passed by the University of Virginia which was in favor of President Casteen's letter regarding the SCHEV announcements that they should be teaching our students for less pay and all resource increases and there is to be a general faculty meeting on January 27th 5:00pm with the place to be announced to hope- fully support this resolution. 2. INFORMATIONAL HANDOUTS Several items were handed out, they will be discussed at the Feb- ruary 3 meeting. 3. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA - Approved as modified. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF 18 NOVEMBER 1992 - The minutes were approved as amended. 5. COMMITTEE REPORTS Graduate Research Policies and Programs - Dr. Wayne Clough pre- sented the report and outlined the issues related to wage vs. assistantship employment during summer school including the university view, the faculty view and the student view. He presented a proposal solution which had both short term and long term aspects. In the short term he (the committee) suggested that (1) GPA (SGRA's) be more widely used in the summer, (2) that departments look to offset summer tuition with greater use of ISF $ for summer. (3) Some of the over- head received by colleges and departments be directed to summer sup- port. In the long term the committee suggested that efforts be made to increase state and endowment support for graduate tuition support. The report was received but not approved by the commission. Course and Program Criteria - Dr. Orcutt gave the minutes for the December 9 Course and Program Criteria Committee Meeting. The first item, College of Veterinary Medicine combined professional/ graduate degree credit was approved. Second, Agricultural Economics name change was delayed for a separate meeting, which was held December 16 regarding this item. These are discussed in the second set of Course and Program Criteria Minutes following these minutes. Third, new course request - UAP 4244 - Non-profit Organization and Management was approved. Fourth, new course request - UAP 4714 - Economics and Fi- nancing of State and Local Government was approved. Fifth, revision of course proposal guidelines was a discussion item, that Marvin Foushee brought to the Course and Program Criteria Committee Meeting. Sixth, Course & Program Criteria Committee Responsibilities was also a discussion item. This handout was added to the minutes. The Commit- tee is to think about it until the next meeting. It was suggested that this may be part of the Committee Annual Report. Dr. Orcutt continued with the minutes for the Course and Program Criteria Committee, December 16. This was a separate meeting held to discuss the proposed name change of Agricultural Economics to Agricul- tural and Applied Economic. Drs. Ioannides (Head of Economics), Myers (Head of Agricultural Economics, and Batie (former Interim Head of Agricultural Economics) were invited to present their respective views for or against the pro- posed name change requested by the Department of Agricultural Econom- ics. Based on their input it appeared that there was potential for the negotiation of a name change that would be mutually agreeable to the two departments. Therefore, the committee passed a motion that encouraged both department to attempt reaching an agreement relative to this issue and that if an impasse is reached the committee would act on the original name change requested by Agricultural Economics. Should an agreement be reached regarding the name change the new pro- posal would have to be resubmitted through the governance system. This action reflects the philosophical view of CPCC that the best resolution to such problems should lie in the hands of those closest to the issues and would be best resolved at that level rather than by committee. Graduate Appeals - Dr. Reginald Mitchiner gave the report on Pro- posed Graduate Academic Appeals Procedure. After a lengthy dis- cussion, it was decided that the Proposed Graduate Academic Appeals Procedures would be taken back to the committee for further consider- ation and revisions. 6. NEW BUSINESS Dr. Sporakowski stated that he would like nominees or volunteers for a Nominations Committee to select candidates for the new Chair for the CGS&P. 7. ADJOURNMENT - 5:12 p.m. Respectfully submitted, John L. Eaton Secretary
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