Minutes from the meeting of the Macaulay College Council November 13, 2013
Present: Ann Kirschner, Mary Pearl, Joseph Ugoretz, Dara Byrne, Naomi Braine, Katherine Lavender, Peter Marcotullio, Emaad Khwaja, Alex Reichl, Prabal De, Roni Natov, Steve Monte, Richard Blot, Owen Gutfreund, Tom Koutavas, David Rosenberg, Darren Staloff, Gillian Stewart, and Michael Tal.
(unofficial notes)
Actions and Decisions:
- Agreement to meet once a semester; next meeting to be held Thursday, March 6, 2013, from 6-8pm at Macaulay Honors College.
- Three subcommittees were created: Governance, Appointments, and Curriculum. By laws also include an Admissions Committee, but that Committee is dormant for the immediate future.
- Joseph Ugoretz will chair the Governance and Appointments committees, and Mary Pearl will chair the Curriculum Committee. These committees will set their own agendas and meeting schedules. Their scope and composition are listed below. Any Macaulay College Council member can attend any committee meeting, although not as a voting member:
- Governance Committee: Ugoretz, Kirschner, Byrne, Braine, Lavender, Marcotulio. Scope: Review of by-laws in order to set them into efficient operation; suggest revisions/additions.
Current issues: desirability of staggered terms for continuity; term length; limit on consecutive terms? Implementing staggered terms – 3 cohorts of 5 each given 1,2 or 3-year terms.Ugoretz will call the next meeting. - Appointments Committee: Ugoretz, Khwaja, Reichl, De, Natov, Monte, Blot. Scope: Review/recommend seminar faculty, both new and returning, develop plans for faculty development and recruitment.
Current issues: Seminar 3 faculty recruitment; implementation of “Science Forward” syllabus in new sections. Candidates for distinguished lecturer and visiting faculty. Ugoretz will call the next meeting.
- Governance Committee: Ugoretz, Kirschner, Byrne, Braine, Lavender, Marcotulio. Scope: Review of by-laws in order to set them into efficient operation; suggest revisions/additions.
c. Curriculum Committee: Pearl, Blot, Gutfreund, Koutavas, Reichl, Rosenberg, Staloff, Stewart, Tal. Scope: Review/recommend upper level seminars and other Macaulay courses; review/recommend changes to existing courses.
Current issues: Review of Courses for Spring 2015; working definition of an honors course; placement of Hertog courses in Pathways; study abroad course content and integration with seminar content; new upper division courses in language, pluralism and diversity, and fine arts; course evaluation process; review Honors requirements across the campuses with a view to greater parity.
The curriculum committee will meet the third Friday of each month during fall and spring terms.
The meeting was adjourned.
