Social
Change and Development meeting
October
16, 2001
12
noon, CH 233
Present:
Austin, Everingham (minutes), Galt, Kaye, Lockard, Smith, Walter (chair).
Nielsen (excused).
1.
Good things: Nielsen's workshop, funded by the Office of Professional and
Instructional Development, was a great success.
Nielsen
was invited to apply and possibly serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Office of
Lawyer Regulation District 14 Committee. This is the regulatory and disciplinary
arm of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
2.
Minutes of the SCD meeting of 9/21/01 were approved as submitted.
3.
The merit formula statement, "SCD awards 2/3 for satisfactory performance
and 1/3 for merit, both dollar amounts calculated on the basis of percentage of
the individual faculty member's salary," was approved for the upcoming
merit reviews of November 9 and 13, 2001.
4.
The Global Studies curriculum: The major emphasis was modified to include Global
Governance and Citizenship (875-351), formerly International Organizations, as a
required upper-level course. Politics of Developing Areas (778-353) and
International Relations (778-360) were moved the electives list. These changes
need to be posted on the STAR system and included in the 2002-04 catalog.
A
constructive discussion ensued about whether the Global Studies course offerings
were sufficient given the broad scope of global studies that encompasses area
and international studies.
Kaye
raised the possibility of changing the title of global studies to "global
and international studies".
Smith
observed that the contemporary convergence of natural and social forces is
occurring in a way that requires a new approach to understanding globalization.
5.
New Position: The unit considered further the description of a new position that
was circulated previously by Kaye. The discussion focused on
the critical importance of health issues in Northeast Wisconsin and
across the country. For the purposes of the SCD Program Development Plan,
the position is defined as a political economist of health who would offer
general education courses in micro and macro-economics and upper-level courses
in the distribution of and access to health resources.
6.
Learning Experience: The unit rank ordered the following priorities for the
funds now available, 1. (tie) High impact Student Contact, 1. (tie) Citizenship
and Professional Practice, 3. Advising, 4. Competency Based General Education.
The discussion revolved around the practical uses of the funds given the limited
amount and state/regional economic conditions. The unit reached a consensus that
the funds should be used to hire new permanent faculty in order to reduce
faculty-student ratios in general education courses, but not necessarily to
address competency based general education as defined in the Learning Experience
plan.
The meeting adjourned at 1:30 p.m.
Cc Cheryl Grosso, Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Secretary of the Faculty