Per Agenda Item II - Pending Business:
A. No Report.
B. No Report
C. No Report
Bonnice suggested that the Teaching Practicum have a designated meeting time, rather than a TBA, set for the Fall semester in that it was difficult to coordinate student schedules for all that register.
Action: Kathy Burnett is to be notified regarding implementing a set time slot for the Fall Teaching Practicum.
D. Discussion ensued over the wording of the motion proposed for Agenda Item II A of the September 7, 1999 meeting. The motion was reworded and proposed:
Motion: The Theory Development course (LIS6278) and one semester of research
methods (LIS6279) are required of all students. These normally would be
offered in the Fall term. An additional research methods course is
required of all students. Each Academic Program Committee is charged with
assisting the student in the selection of appropriate additional research
methods course(s).
Moved: McClure
Seconded: Chatman
Vote: Passed unanimously
Per Agenda Item III - New Business:
A. 1 & A. 2. Gluck suggested reviewing the admission standards for the School. He suggested the general university standards are insufficient and that further standards could supplement the general standards. He proposed a subcommittee form to review the admission standards.
Action 1: McClure, and Gross will serve on the subcommittee with Gluck as Chair.
Action 2: Davis to provide current admission packets to the subcommittee members.
Action 3: Bonnice to request admission packets from Illinois, Syracuse, Rutgers, and N. Carolina.
A. 3. Discussion ensued regarding the purpose of the publishable paper requirement. Chatman suggested the fact that the student be capable of doing independent research. Summers stressed that papers are acceptable if published outside of our discipline if applicable to our field. The committee as a whole agreed that the publishable paper requirement should be written and submitted during tenure as a doctoral student. Publications prior to admission do not fill the publishable paper requirement for the program.
A. 4. Bonnice reported that the carrel assignment procedure was brought to the Student Services Team. Such team is taking the current procedures under review. Recommendations will be reported back to the Doctoral Team.
B.1. Discussion ensued over the doctoral directive review status. It was suggested that the review process be passed to the dean of the school and considered for review at the upcoming faculty retreat. It was proposed that the review process become part of the assessment of responsibility for the coming year annual evaluation process. Chatman proposed the question of who would assess what is considered research. McClure proposed that each individual assume responsibility of defining research for their area of expertise. Summers suggested this issue lies in the purvey of the Promotion and Tenure team.
Action: Gluck and Chatman (as Promotion and Tenure Team Leader) to discuss with Robbins as Dean.
B. 2 & B. 3: Gluck reported that forms are in the process of being placed on the School website. Notices will be sent to the students who will then be responsible for returning completed forms by a specified date.
Per Agenda Item IV - Announcements:
A. The next meeting will be held October 5, 1999 at 11:00 AM in the Gregory Conference Room.
B. Bonnice reported that a colloquium featuring Dr. Christine Koontz was scheduled for the following day. All faculty were encouraged to attend.
C. Gluck announced that the doctoral students were in the process of forming a student group. Bonnice reported that she and Maatta were in the process of drawing up the by-laws and calls for the first meeting would be made to the advanced list sometime in early October.
Agenda Posted by Laurie Bonnice (laurie@slis-two.lis.fsu.edu) on 10/13/1999 at 12:14:49