Proposed Charge to Instruction,
Curricula and Advising Committee on Expediting the Education of
Military Veterans at All Rutgers University Campuses - submitted by
Senator Nambaramey Dy, as follows:
Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics
(COIA) Update - Robert Barraco, COIA Representative - [See also
Executive Committee Minutes of
October 10, 2014.]:
Response received from Gregory Jackson, President's Chief of Staff, to
Barraco's question regarding Rutgers' position on changes to NCAA
governance:
"I
am writing to update you on Bob’s position on changes to NCAA
governance. He
wrote in support of 50% academics (presidents or FARs) and 50%
practitioners (ADs) to the COIA chair back in July and his position
remains the same. If you have any questions, please let me know."
Continued
Discussion of Managed
Online Programs Agreement between Rutgers University and eCollege.com
[See also Executive Committee Minutes of
November 2013,
March 2014,
September 2014, and
October 10, 2014.]
This issue has been discussed multiple times in the Executive
Committee, and most recently it was suggested that a draft charge may
be forthcoming from the ICAC on this
matter. ICAC Chair Natalie Borisovets has submitted the following
proposed charge:
Charge
S-14## - Selection Process for Software
Packages or
Services of Significant Instructional Impact: Using the most recent
Pearson
contract as a case in point, review the process by which large
contracts that
have the potential to seriously affect curricular or academic areas of
the
University are awarded. How are final bidders selected, and by what
criteria are
choices made? How are specifications determined for components/needs?
How do we
ensure that faculty preferences and pedagogical priorities are included
in the
consideration of such packages?
Committee
on the Near- and Long-Term Impact of Instructional Technology, and Committee
on the Future Academic Structure of the University: At a previous
Executive Committee meeting, President Barchi
said that there would be interim reports from those two committees, and
that the EC could communicate directly with them, perhaps inviting them
to attend an EC meeting. An email was been sent to both committees'
co-chairs asking if interim reports are available, or, if not, when
those reports may be available for the EC to review. Linda Brzustowicz
responded to that email as follows: "We are not scheduled to produce an
interim report until summer 2015."