DRAFT Agenda for 11/18 Congress Meeting, K127, 3:00 Pm

Agenda for 11/18 Faculty Congress Meeting, K127, 3:00 pm

I. Approval of minutes from October meeting

II. Chair’s Report:

a. Progress of proposals for faculty/staff development fund b. Results of Surveys c. Manoa Faculty Senate's Resolution on Common Course Numbering  Motion: the Executive Committee moves that Congress issue the following statement: “The UHH Faculty Congress is in support of articulation of General Education courses, but it is opposed to system- wide mandates for common syllabi and course names.”

III. Program Review Delay

Motion: The Executive Committee moves to accept the suggestion made by CAS Dean Randy Hirokawa at the recent Accreditation Steering Committee Meeting—a suggestion later supported by Accreditation Liaison April Scazzola—to ask department chairs to abandon Program Review for AY2011-2012.

Motion: The Executive Committee moves to ask Congress to issue the following funding request: “Since an effective reform of Program Review guidelines necessitates adequate training (per recommendations from the Chairs of GE and Assessment in their last report), the Congress feels that $11,000 of the funds from the accreditation budget currently marked carry out Program Review for fiscal year 2011-2012 be allocated towards sending key members of the Assessment and GE committees to the WASC Assessment and Program Review training workshops in February 2012.”

IV. Committee Reports* *Please note that Committee Reports are for informational purposes only. For further clarification, suggestions, and/or airing of personal anecdotes , please see the relevant committee chair outside of the Congress meeting.

Assessment Support: Seri Luangphinith

Academic Policy: Aaron Jacobs

Admissions: Julie Adrian

Budget: Norm Stahl

Curriculum Review: Mike Shintaku General Education: Todd Belt

V. EMIT Report Jim Beets

VI. Graduate Council Report Aaron Jacobs

VII. Research Council Report: Jim Beets

VIII. Reconvening of the Campus Sexual Assault Policy Task Force: Luoluo Hong

IX. Congress Informal Research Presentations: Mark Panek

X. Budget Information Sessions Sponsored by Congress: Jim Beets