PRESENT: Sylvia Peña, Marilyn Dyer, Edna Claus, Betsy Boze, Farhat Iftekharuddin, Jim Holt, John Ronnau, Delayne Hudspeth, Victor Fuhro, Jon Steingass, Pat Wade, Rene Villarreal, Raymond Rodrigues- Presiding

Dual Credit: General discussion about the DRAFT agreement with BISD relative to part 6.b.1 Faculty Selection, Supervision, & Evaluation.  The academic deans will be meeting with Pat Wade next week to propose changes to the VPAA on this section and any others that relate to academic responsibilities.  That proposal will be used for presentation at the Deans/Chairs meeting scheduled for Friday, Sept. 8.

HOOP 6.2.2: This revised policy presented by John was approved by the council per Betsy’s changes Other policy revisions were not addressed: 7.3.5; 7.3.6; 7.3.1

Scheduling: Rene presented  difficulties and recommended solutions encountered with room scheduling at the beginning of this Fall semester. General areas covered:
? Fewer cancellations mean fewer open rooms which means less flexibility
? Peak times- MWF 9-11; TTh 9:25-12
? U-courses created double scheduling; need work-around procedure
? Rene will create set procedures/guidelines for scheduling
? Recommendation: Rene can say NO to Deans when room capabilities won’t allow section master request
? Room scheduling prioritization based on historical analysis
? Need peak time cross-trained or part-time employees
? Need more classes w/ technology capabilities (North & South)s or technology carts
? Need to consider fire code violations relative to room capacities
? Fall 2000: 859 sections scheduled into 64 GP classrooms

Academic Advising: Eli advised the group that a recurring problem  at registration time, especially arena, is the student that needs one more course to qualify for Financial Aid.  Some students will sign up for anything.

General Discussion:
? 1st day class roster didn’t reflect true enrollment.
? Arena is too close to 1st class day.
? Adds/Drops process is becoming another arena.
? Deans/Chairs workshop on Sept 8 will address  problem discussed in Deans Council. Dr. Rivas will address group on Enrollment Management. Dr. Moore will be addressing Deans/Chairs in the future about Partnership revenue flows in a later deans/chairs workshop.
? Graduate Student Fair- Oct 25
? Graduation Association Dinner- Sept 5