Meeting Summary Notes
June 12, 2002
Conference Call
Members
Present
Dave
Phillips, Clatsop Community College, Chair
Jim
Arnold, Oregon University System
Craig Bell, Portland Community College
Ken Gilson, Western Oregon University
Michele
Sandlin, Oregon State University
Mary
Kay Tetreault, Portland State University
Mark
Wahlers, Concordia University
Elaine
Yandle-Roth, Community Colleges and Workforce Development
Dave
Phillips called the meeting to order at 10:08 a.m.
1.
Introductions, Announcements and Suggestions for the Agenda
Jim Arnold called the roll of members.
There were no announcements or suggestions for the agenda.
2.
Minutes of the May 15, 2002, Meeting
The minutes of the May 2002 meeting
were approved as submitted.
3.
Data Sharing with OICA Institutions
Elaine Yandle-Roth reported that a
conference call took place on June 10, 2002, with herself, Jim Arnold, Mickie
Bush (Concordia University), and Marilyn Kolodziejczyk (CCWD) participating. The
subject of discussion was the JBAC workplan item that states: “Explore
data-sharing efforts with members of the Oregon Independent Colleges
Association in order to implement a tracking system (e.g., performance, persistence)
for students who transfer to those campuses.” Essentially, this speaks to the proposed
development of a data-sharing initiative such as the one that currently exists
between OUS and the community colleges and has led to valuable information
regarding student performance and persistence after they transfer to a public baccalaureate-granting
institution. This small group agreed that starting such a project would be
possible. Bush agreed to discuss this with Gary Andeen, Executive Director of
the Oregon Independent Colleges Association (OICA), as the OICA office would be
the likely central repository for data from the independent campuses. After collection
by OICA, data would then be forwarded to Kolodziejczyk at OCCURS. Kolodziejczyk
and Bush discussed specific data elements that would be required to initiate a
test project. Bush agreed to keep the small group apprised of progress,
especially after she consults with Andeen. In sum, the success of this effort
will depend on OICA efforts to centralize data collection with the independent
colleges and universities.
4.
Report from the June 5, 2002, Student Transfer Committee Meeting
Phillips reported on the activities of
the Student Transfer Committee (STC) from last week. (Complete meeting notes
are available online at http://www.ous.edu/aca/6-5-02.htm,
so only a brief summary is recorded here.) Along with good attendance by
regular STC members, guests were on hand to discuss special topics.
Holly Zanville and Michael Dalton from
the Chancellor’s Office joined the meeting by phone to describe the
Education-Arts & Sciences Summit meeting, held on April 25, 2002, in Salem.
STC members agreed that a large challenge remains regarding how to get
information “out there” to students about the complexities of pursuing an
educational path that leads to teacher licensure.
Joan Ryan of Clackamas Community
College was present in person to discuss the progress on the proposed
AS/OT-Bus, as addressed by the Statewide Business Chairs/Deans group on May 10,
2002, at a meeting at Linn-Benton Community College. The outcome of that
meeting was the appointment of a task force, led by Jim Arnold, charged with
taking up where the large group left off and trying to work through some of the
remaining issues, such as the math and business-specific requirements where no “compromise”
agreement was reached.
Michele Sandlin, JBAC member and STC
guest, presented a proposal regarding a “generic” AS/OT. With the labor-intense
nature of developing discipline-specific associate’s degrees for transfer, Oregon
State University proposes that the STC consider a more general approach,
similar to the one OSU has used with community colleges in Washington and
Hawaii. Phillips agreed to take this idea to the Council of Instructional Administrators
meeting in July, while Dana Young (Blue Mountain Community College) agreed to
take the idea to the community colleges student services administrators meeting
this summer, as well.
Additionally, Yandle-Roth presented her
office’s review of the AA/OT requirements, as reported at the April JBAC meeting. Much of the discussion
generated at STC revolved around the issue of the communications requirement:
should Sp111 be THE required course to satisfy the Oral Communication/Rhetoric
portion of the General Requirements? STC members agreed to go back and review
the rationale, at their campuses, regarding the inclusion of speech courses other
than 111.
Another STC meeting was scheduled for
October 23, 2002, at OIT Metro.
5.
JBAC Membership Update and Next Year’s Meeting Schedule
Yandle-Roth reminded everyone that as
of July 1, 2002, JBAC will be operating under new guidelines and a new membership
structure. A key feature of the membership change is the elimination of campus
presidents and the assignment of JBAC Chair duties to chief academic officers. Phillips
has agreed to stay on for the community colleges, through 2004. Liz Goulard
will remain through 2003, as will Craig Bell. For the admission/registrar position
(community colleges), Glenda Tepper has been nominated. Mark Wahlers will
remain the OICA representative through 2002. The ODE representative is as yet
un-named.
For OUS, Arnold reported that Tetreault
will extend her term for one more year, through 2003, and chair the group next
year. The other OUS positions have yet to be named, though the Chancellor is
expected to make new appointments soon.
The group indicated that Wednesday’s continue
to be acceptable for meeting days; either the 2nd or 3rd Wednesday
of the month will do. Arnold indicated that he will develop a proposal for a
schedule for next year and distribute to members once the final membership has
been established. The schedule will call for three in-person meetings and other
meetings by conference call, as that pattern appears to have worked acceptably
this year.
Arnold noted that the workplan has been revised,
with the addition of “b” portion to item number 5 that states: “Support and
promote the development and use of electronic means for the interchange of educational
records and information between Oregon University System campuses, Oregon
Community Colleges, and Oregon Independent Colleges and Universities.”
No other changes (or progress) are
noted for the workplan since the discussion last month.
Arnold
indicated that, over the summer, he will be preparing the annual report, for
review by the group at the September meeting. The report will likely be
delivered at the November 2002 meeting of the Joint Boards.
7. Adjournment
The
meeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m.
Prepared by Jim
Arnold
OUS Academic Affairs
June 13, 2002
http://www.ous.edu/aca/6-12-02.html