<p>College FAC – March 15, 2016</p><p>Erickson Hall Room 507. 1:30- 3:00PM</p><p>Committee Members Present: Roger Baldwin, Dean Bob Floden, Dan Gould, Matt Koehler, Kim Maier, Rajiv Ranganathan, Gail Richmond, BetsAnn Smith, Maria Teresa Tatto.</p><p>1. Minutes from Feb 9, 2016 meeting approved. </p><p>2. Dean Search Procedures Document approved with minor edits</p><p> a. Dan Gould to work with Associate Provost Curry and will send out final draft version to COEFAC members</p><p>3. Dean Floden's report and comments.</p><p> a. Update on Faculty Searches</p><p> a.i. K-12 Education: 2 offers made – 1 rejected, 1 accepted</p><p> a.ii. KIN: 1 offer made – 1 accepted</p><p> a.iii. Global Impact Initiative – Approval to post position on STEM Education</p><p> b. Punya Mishra will be taking a faculty position at ASU in Fall 2016</p><p> c. Emphasis Areas</p><p> c.i. Urban Education</p><p> c.i.1. Met with University Advancement office to seek opportunities for Corporate Funding in the Detroit area</p><p> c.i.2. Pursuing a 3-way partnership with Univ of Michigan and Wayne State to work with MDE to create a center to store and manage data on Michigan students and teachers c.ii. Global Education</p><p> c.ii.1. Continuing work with Indonesia </p><p> c.iii. STEM Education</p><p> c.iii.1. CREATE now includes Engineering Education as well as Science and Math</p><p> c.iii.2. Mark Urban-Lurain moving to College of Education</p><p> c.iv. Well-being</p><p> c.iv.1. Hire of Nick Myers in KIN – focus on how to measure well being</p><p> c.iv.2. Possible targeted opportunity hire in KIN could be in this area</p><p> c.v. Intellectual Disabilities</p><p> c.v.1. Focus on Assistive Technologies and measuring outcomes</p><p> c.vi. Emerging priority on Early Childhood Education</p><p> c.vi.1. Met with MSU Extension to discuss possibilities</p><p> c.vi.2. Cross-disciplinary meeting to be held on this topic by VPRGS</p><p> d. Dean Floden is setting up meetings with faculty of color in an effort to understand how to improve an accepting and supportive culture for faculty of color.</p><p> e. Dean Floden expects request from Central Administration regarding funding for specific areas. Current list includes requesting funding for:</p><p> e.i. CREATE</p><p> e.ii. Position in KIN e.iii. Staff to work on online MS and online presence e.iv. Support for upcoming recommendations from student success task force</p><p> e.v. Summer scholar program e.vi. Transition for Confucius Institute e.vii. Education Data setup</p><p> f. US News &World Report rankings – College of Ed rankings look very good and are very similar to last year</p><p>4. College By-laws</p><p> a. A periodic review of college by-laws revealed several areas we were out of compliance with University guidelines that have changed in recent years</p><p> b. COEFAC will consult with Michael Sedlak in college regarding possible changes</p><p> c. It is hoped that we can put this issue on agenda for Spring faculty meeting, followed by electronic vote</p><p>5. Associate Provost Terry Curry met with COEFAC and talked about search procedures, including options for how the Provost and the College might respond to an expression of interest to serve beyond 2017 by Dean Floden.</p><p>3:00 PM Meeting Adjourned</p>