Academic Minutes 4-23-2014

Senators: Zawasky, Eagan,Garcia, Bretel, Kidd, Succi, Oliver, Walker,

1.Meeting with the Provost

-Only Zawaski went, Maynard did not

-Readership Program: increase online subscriptions, reduce USA today, give away subscriptions to students , a more inclusive and more general program

-Senator Garcia will look into more options and suggestions for the Provost

2. University College Gen Eds

-UC will be providing us with the updated booklets of academic offering for the next year

-Survey is ready, the Provost wants to revised

3. Ombud

-For the meeting with the provost, who is interested in going to put some pressure on the provost to recreate the Ombud?

4. Teacher Evaluations

-The Provost is looking into making the teacher evaluations online in-class. Student bring laptops to class

-Maybe an App

-Include “Professor Evaluations” in the academic rights flyer

-Stricter policy to enforce/ improve professor skills based on evaluations

-Incentive issue

-More based/related questions to the class

-What questions best access the professor teaching methods?

-Who picks the questions? Company or the School? Professors?

Others:

-Brian’s Flyers has better connect, thu Jake’s Flyer id more aesthetic pleasing

-What is the process to put a professor on probation or fired him/her? Ethan

-Regulations for professional development, teaching skills workshops, etc.