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MATERIAL SUPPORTING THE AGENDA VOLUME XXXIXa This volume contains the Material Supporting the Agenda furnished to each member of the Board of Regents prior to the meetings held on October 11, 1991 December 5, 1991 The material is divided according to the standing committees and the meetings that were held and is color coded as follows: White paper - for documentation of all items that were presented before the deadline date. Blue paper - all items submitted to the Executive Session and distributed only to the Regents, Chan cellor and Executive Vice Chancellors of the System. Yellow paper - emergency items distributed at the meeting. Material distributed at the meeting as additional documentation is not included in the bound volume, because sometimes there is an unusual amount and other times some people get copies and some do not get copies. If the Executive Secretary was fur nished a copy, then that material goes into the appropriate sub ject file. ---------- No. 4 Material Supporting the Agenda of the Board of Regents The University of Texas System Meeting No.:----857 Date: _ _;O~c::..::t::::o:!:::bo:;er~l:.::lc.L,_l~9~9~1'-- Location: _ __:A~r:..:l:.::i:!!.ng::Lt~o::,:;n~,_.::;:Te:::_:x~a~s~- BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM CALENDAR Place: Conference Room 4, Third Floor E. E. Davis Hall The University of Texas at Arlington 703 Monroe Arlington, Texas Host Institution: The University of Texas at Arlington Friday, October 11, 1991 10:00 a.m. Convene in Open Session with recess to Executive Session as per the agenda See Pages B of R 1 - 13, Items A - Q Telephone Numbers President Nedderman's Office (817) 273-2101 Loews.Anatole Hotel 2201 Stemmons Freeway (214) 748-1200 Offices of the President ~ Conference Room #I ' TELEPHONE ---· .... •1-,--1.. -·' Conference Room #2 --- Elevators REGENTS' SECRETARIAL OFFICE ------.·· Conference Room #3 EXECUTIVE SESSION ·----- Graduate School Conference Room #4 Offices BOARD OF , REGENTS' / MEETING -----· ' Sponsored Projects Offices D~ II II)) Lb-~~[~Jn=wro•;;;;;__ _ ___!l\ - D/FW HIHPORT !635! tr !183! §I FORT WORTH ARLINGTON ~ QD1J[]) !360! C§ 8 l§J TO = = ...= I NTERSTRTE 30 ...= ...= TO ~ FORT DALLAS WORTH ...: ~ = "' ...= ...= .......= = ... u= The Uniuersity of TeHas MITCH ELL ST. at PARK ROW OR. Rrlington INTERSTATE 20 Meeting of the Board AGENDA FOR MEETING OF BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM Date: Friday, October 11, 1991 Time: 10:00 a.m. Convene in Open Session with recess to Executive Session as per the agenda Place: Conference Room 4 (Open Session) and Conference Room 3 (Executive Session), Third Floor, E. E. Davis Hall, U. T. Arlington A. CALL TO ORDER B. WELCOME BY PRESIDENT NEDDERMAN C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING HELD AUGUST 8, 1991 D. SPECIAL ITEM U. T. System: Request for Permission for Individuals to Serve on the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission [Regents' Rules and Regulations, Part One, Chapter III, Section 13, Subsections 13.(10) and 13.(11)].-- RECOMMENDATION The Chancellor recommends that approval be given for the following U. T. System personnel to serve on the Inter state Oil and Gas Compact Commission as requested by Governor Ann Richards: a. Ms. Susan Bradshaw, Senior Attorney Office of General Counsel b. Mr. Lanvil Gilbert, Title Attorney Office of General Counsel c. Mr. Jack M. Howard, Lands Analyst Office of General Counsel d. Mr. Linward Shivers, Senior Attorney Office of General Counsel It is further recommended that the U. T. Board of Regents find that: (1) the holding of this membership by these individuals is of benefit to the State of Texas and (2) there is no conflict between the positions these individuals hold at U. T. System and their membership on the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. B of R - 1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission is a vol untary organization of oil and gas producing states designated to promote and encourage the conservation of oil and gas. The Commission's members serve without remuneration for a term to continue at the pleasure of the Governor. This recommendation is in accordance with approval requirements for positions of honor, trust, or profit provided in Article 6252-9a of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, and Part One, Chapter III, Section 13, Sub sections 13.(10) and 13.(11) of the Regents' Rules and Regulations. E. RECESS FOR MEETINGS OF THE STANDING COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEE REPORTS TO THE BOARD The Standing Committees of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System will meet as set forth below to consider recommendations on those matters on the agenda for each Committee listed in the Material Supporting the Agenda. At the conclusion of each Standing Committee meeting, the report of that Commit tee will be formally presented to the Board for con sideration and action. Executive Committee: Chairman Beecherl Vice-Chairman Ramirez, Vice-Chairman Cruikshank MSA Page Ex.C - 1 Business Affairs and Audit Committee: Chairman Loeffler, Regent Cruikshank, Regent Holmes MSA Page BAAC - 1 Academic Affairs Committee: Chairman Barshop Regent Holmes, Regent Ramirez, Regent Temple MSA Page AAC - l Health Affairs Committee: Chairman Ramirez Regent Cruikshank, Regent Moncrief, Regent Temple MSA Page HAC - 1 Facilities Planning and Construction Committee: Chairman Moncrief, Regent Barshop, Regent Cruikshank, Regent Rapoport MSA Page FPCC - l Asset Management Committee: Chairman Cruikshank Regent Beecherl, Regent Loeffler, Regent Rapoport MSA Page AMC - 1 F. RECONVENE AS COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE B of R - 2 G. ITEMS FOR THE RECORD 1. U. T. System: Report on Status of Degree Programs and Academic Organization Requests Approved by the u. T. Board of Regents for Submission to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.-- REPORT Following is a report for the record on the status of degree programs and academic organization requests within the U. T. System which have been approved by the U. T. Board of Regents for submission to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Included are items which have been acted upon by the Coordinating Board since October 31, 1990; were still pending before the Coordinating Board as of September 10, 1991; or have been withdrawn temporarily from Coordinating Board consideration since October 31, 1990. Only three Coordinating Board meetings have occurred since the last report. Full approval for only two programs was given at the January 1991 meeting. At the April and July meetings, the Coordinating Board, as a matter of statewide policy, approved program requests with the specific restriction that implementation be delayed until statewide funding concerns could be resolved. Those items are listed in section b. below. a. Degree Programs Approved by the Coordinating Board for Implementation U. T. Health Science Center - Houston Cooperative M.S. in Nursing Degree with U. T. Pan American in the Lower Rio Grande Valley U. T. Health Science Center - San Antonio Cooperative M.S. in Nursing Degree with U. T. Pan American in the Lower Rio Grande Valley b. Degree Programs Approved by the Coordinating Board with Delayed Implementation U. T. Arlington Jazz Studies Option Under the Bachelor of Music Degree Options in Music/Business, Music/Theatre, Music/Media under Bachelor of Science in Music U. T. Pan American B.B.A. in International Business M.S. in Mathematics u. T. Tyler M.S. in Mathematics U. T. Medical Branch - Galveston Master of Physical Therapy in Allied Health Sciences School B of R - 3 c. Requests Approved by the U. T. Board of Regents and Pending with the Coordinating Board u. T. Arlington M.A. in Anthropology u. T. Austin M.A. and Ph.D. in Molecular Biology Ph.D. in Medieval Studies u. T. El Paso M.S. in Nurse-Midwifery Ph.D. in Psychology U. T. Pan American B.S. in Nursing M.S. in Sociology Separation of Department of Sociology and Social Work into Two Departments u. T. San Antonio M.S. in Management of Technology Ph.D. in Biology U. T. Tyler M.S. in Biology U. T. Southwestern Medical Center - Dallas Reorganization of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences U. T. Health Science Center - Houston Administrative Units and Program Director Title Changes in Allied Health Sciences School Change Division of Orthopaedic Surgery to the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in the School of Medicine Futuristic Accelerated Sequence Track (F.A.S.T.) leading to a M.S. in Nursing Degree in School of Nursing U. T. Health Science Center - San Antonio Administrative Units and Program Director Title Changes in Allied Health Sciences School d. Approved by the U. T. Board of Regents and Yet to be Submitted to the Coordinating Board None e. Requests Approved by the U. T. Board of Regents, Sent to the Coordinating Board and Withdrawn U. T. El Paso M.Ed. in Developmental Education B of R - 4 2. U. T. System: Status Report on Administratively Approved Academic Program Changes.-- REPORT Under U. T. Board of Regents approved guidelines, certain aca demic program changes, "nonsubstantive" by Texas Higher Educa tion Coordinating Board terminology, which are consistent with the U. T. Board of Regents and Coordinating Board approved institutional missions are forwarded by the appropriate Execu tive Vice Chancellor to the Coordinating Board for approval at the staff level, subject to periodic reporting to the U. T. Board of Regents for the record. Following is a report for the record of 24 such nonsubstantive approvals granted by the Coordinating Board for nine (9) U. T. System general academic and health-related component institutions since August 1990. U. T. Arlington (3 items) l. Name of the Institute of Urban Studies changed to the School of Urban and Public Affairs 2. Name of the Department of Philosophy changed to the Department of Philosophy and Humanities 3.