Members Absent: Tim Bowen, Jenni Creamer, Mandy Elmore,
Adam Ghiloni, Linda Jameison, Scott Harvey, Glenn Hellenga, Brian Swords
Other Attendees: Margaret Burdette, Daniel Harbin, Richard Parker, Paul
Phelps
Length of Meeting: 1 hour
The minutes of the May 8,
2018 meeting were approved as presented.
Daniel Harbin presented the
CNC Academic Program Review. He gave
some background and noted that the program is growing in demand. The review included discussion on the
following:
Key Measures
Enrollment
Graduates
Retainment
Graduates’ salaries
Resources
Faculty
ITC
Part of the Welding Department
New machines
Accessibility & Design
Learning
Strategic Program Planning
Open a program at the Oconee Campus
Expand dual enrollment
Develop plans for meeting the needs of Arthrex
After the Conclusion, Daniel
answered questions and clarified a few points.
Members of the group made some suggestions about program growth.
Announcements:
Chris Marino reported that
work on the Banner project continues, and we hope to have a fully integrated
test system soon.
Mark Dougherty followed up on
Chris’s report to note that the portal and Banner will launch at the same time.
Galen announced that this is
Stacey Frank’s last meeting, and thanked her for her service. Mia Tensely will join the group as the new
Faculty Senate President. He also
reported that Summer FTE is at a 4% increase.
He also reminded the group that Marci Leake, the new AVP for Human
Resources will start on June 4.
Lynn Lewis announced that the
para-medicine program director, David Davies, has started and is located at the
Easley Campus.
Jackie Blakley noted that,
with Meg Allan’s retirement in August, an instructor with possible appointment
to department head position will be posted soon.
Mary Orem reported that PASCAL
has launched South Carolina Affordable Learning (SCALE), a statewide initiative
that seeks to reduce the overall cost of higher education for students by
promoting the use of quality low-cost and no-cost learning materials. The
Affordable Learning Task Force is tasked with assessing current affordable
learning programs in South Carolina and expanding awareness of affordable
learning principles, practices and opportunities through training and
professional development. Faculty interested in this initiative can
contact Mary for further details.
Galen also updated the group
on Cengage. Cengage has a single price
($120) subscription service that would include all course materials. We have workgroup evaluating this
option. The college has about 100
classes that use Cengage products. A
survey was sent to those instructors to gather information on how they use
those products. The survey results will be compiled and reviewed and sent back
out. Considering the business side and
the teaching/learning side, we will have to make a decision in the near
future.
With no further business, the
meeting was adjourned.
Recorded By:
Anne
Bryan
Next Meeting: Tuesday,
June 26, 2018 @ 1:00, in SSC 205
