Members Absent: J. LeFlore, M. Thomas, W. Silky, S. Fettes, T. Lewis, D. Baer, W. Opello, M. Kanick, J. Turbeville, T. Barnhart, B. Randolph, K. Bisbee, E. Basualdo

Meeting was called to order at 3:10 PM.

I. Approval of Agenda

There were some changes made to the agenda before it was approved. Under Unfinished Business #2 was removed and will be dealt with at another meeting. Under New Business #3 was moved to #1, and #1 was moved to #2. The agenda was then approved unanimously.

II. Approval of FA minutes for November 19 and December 3, 2001

Both sets of minutes were approved unanimously.

III. FA Chair's report - D. King

D. King began by reminding everyone about the Faculty Assembly meeting on Monday, 25th, 3-4:30 PM followed by a General Faculty Meeting, 4:30-5:45 PM. Both meetings are important and everyone should try to attend.

The Presidential Review Committee has nearly finished their report so it then can be sent to Chancellor King. There will be a campus visit by the review team in mid to late April.

Most Faculty Assembly Councils have reviewed the relevant sections of the Middle States Report and forwarded their comments to Doug Deal. The Middle States team will be visiting the campus April 7th-10th.

The General Education 2000 Assessment Plan has been divided into four parts that will each be voted on separately. However, the fourth part will not be voted on yet, it needs to be reviewed by Priorities and Planning, and the Board of General Education.

Assemblyman Ed Sullivan visited the campus last week; he is trying to organize opposition to the governor's proposal to cut TAP awards this year. A letter writing campaign has begun. UUP will provide form letters or you can hand write your own letter. This campaign is being sponsored by NYPIRG.

IV. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces

A. Computing Services Council met on February 13th and discussed the computing and networking systems section of the Middle States document. Suggested changes were forwarded to Doug Deal.

B. Campus Concept Committee met on February 18th and reviewed Cannon Architects design plan to make sure it was consistent with what the committee had asked for regarding the new Campus Center.

C. Academic Policies Council met February 15th and approved some changes to the Economics Major. They also reviewed a section of the Middle States Report and shared their comments with Doug Deal. Finally, they reviewed and approved a change to the Women's Studies Major and Minor. They decided to drop History 202 from the list of WST electives; this course is no longer focused on women's studies issues.

D. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee met on February 6th and approved the following courses: ART 360 - Far Eastern Calligraphy and the Human Body; GLS 300 - Issues in the Global Economy; GLS 301 - Issues in Global Culture.

E. Priorities and Planning met on January 30th, February 8th and 15th. They discussed the General Education 2000 Assessment Plan and approved Parts 1, 2, and 3. Part 4 (Resources) was rejected and referred back to the General Education Board for revision.

F. The History department's American historians, met February 15th and drafted a revision of the American history assessment plan as part of the General Education 2000 Assessment Plan.

G. The Task Force on Academic Quality met on February 15th and had a report from the Academic Standards Sub Committee. They discussed some policy issues that have arisen in their examination of the academic policies section of the college catalogue. The Sub Committee will continue to meet and there will be an archive and possibly a website for people to review the reports from TFAQ. They plan to meet again March 8th.

H. Student Services Council met February 14th and discussed the Middle States document. Suggested changes were forwarded to Doug Deal.

I. Personnel Policies Council met February 7th and discussed the Middle States draft. Their comments were directed to Doug Deal.

V. Unfinished Business

1. Vacancies on FA Councils

There are still vacancies on FA Councils (APC and P+PC), please continue to solicit nominations.

VI. New Business

1. Proposed changes in Chemistry BA and BS degree program

The Chemistry BA Major and Chemistry BA Education were both passed unanimously. Also, the Chemistry BS track 1 and 3 were both passed unanimously (distributed with the FA minutes of Feb. 4, 2002).

Following an overview by Doug Deal and considerable discussion, Part 1 of the General Education Assessment Plan passed with a vote of 27 approved 0 opposed, and 3 abstentions. Part 2 passed with a vote of 26 approved, 0 opposed, and 4 abstentions. And finally, Part 3 was passed with a vote of 22 approved, 0 opposed, and 5 abstentions. Part IV dealing with resources was rejected by Priorities and Planning and referred to the General Education Board for further study (see attached report).

The meeting was adjourned at 5 PM.