Academic 1-31-18

MEETING START TIME: 4:03

ATTENDANCE:

Committee: Chairman Temple, Vice-Chair Morabito, Senator Alquirtas, Senator Benedict, Senator Findlay, Senator Howard, Senator Leach, Senator Murray, Senator Needle, Senator Nelson, Senator Sardinha, Kennedy Tate

Absent:

Non-Committee: CIO Taylor

DISCUSSION:

  • Chairperson Temple’s report:
    • Week full of emails
      • Getting in touch of affordable task force
      • Chairperson King suggested a Flea Market/Yard Sale for books on the quad
      • Affordable task force promotional video – telling your story about personal finance and time in school and the cost of it
        • Getting back to us on when it will be
      • Emailed Faculty Senate about IMP
  • Affordability Survey
    • Bookstore may already have information that we are looking for
    • Make the survey reflect what we actually want to know
    • Unnecessary things we are told to buy
      • Clickers
      • Professional Fees
    • Possibility of having an online survey at the end of the semester asking students if they used the things that students had to pay for
  • Creating a day centered around hearing students’ voices about what college life is like in terms of finances
  • Student run and start-up Businesses
    • Allowing students to start small businesses on campus

Extra:

MEETING ADJOURNMENT TIME: 4:58