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2005 HLC Self-Study Steering Committee
Review of June 16, 2004 Meeting

Members Present: Barbara Bushman, John Catau, Bill Cheek, Tom Dicke, Frank Einhellig, Sue George, Tammy Jahnke, Etta Madden, Pete Richardson, Lois, Shufeldt, and Don Simpson

Statement of charge for committees: We reviewed the draft statement that John Catau drafted following our last meeting. Several committee members complimented John on his good work.

Points of discussion:

1. Frank asked if we could place more emphasis on graduate programs. He and Barbara will develop a sentence to insert in the paragraph that begins "Academic majors and minors…"

2. When finalized, the document will be sent to committee chairs by memo from Bill. He will also follow up with each by phone and/or email and offer to meet individually with committees. It was also suggested that we offer workshops for committee chairs and/or their representatives to go through the power point and discuss the process in greater detail. Several thought this would be a good idea.

3. Charges will be sent to committees in August. They will be given a January 1 deadline to submit their reports.

4. Only those committees who are assigned a charge by one of the HLC subcommittees developing charges for the five criteria will be invited to participate.

5. If members have any final comments on the document, they should send them to John before our next meeting. The document will be finalized during that meeting and added to the HLC website.

Review of charges: We reviewed the drafts (committee lists and charges) compiled by the subcommittees assigned to criteria 1, 2, and 4. Changes were suggested to each. It was agreed that the subcommittee members would be responsible for keeping notes on those suggestions (i.e., and that the commentary from this discussion would not be recorded in the minutes).

General discussion items:

1. Committees will be given guidelines regarding the format for their reports, with special focus on length. It was agreed that committees need to keep their reports brief.

2. The following two questions will be asked of each committee. How does the work of your committee support the mission of the University? How does the work of your committee help the University to prepare for the future?

3. Are we overlooking the roles of "centers" in this process? It was observed that centers help us to connect with our constituencies.

During the June 23 meeting, we will review drafts of reports submitted by the HLC subcommittees assigned to criterion 3 and criterion 5.