Research Council Agenda
Monday, October 26, 1998
3:30 PM, 8th Floor Board Room, Andy Holt Tower
- 3:30 Opening remarks—Chair
- 3:35 News on Research Incentive Funds—Walker
- 3:45 Proposal to disseminate this information to all faculty—Chair
- 3:48 Distribution of issues list from last meeting. Brief discussion. What
are the wishes of the Council? -- Jensen
- 3:58 Proposal to recommend several Information Infrastructure advisory
committees. See issues list item I.E7. Proposal to recommend that the
first order of business for the proposed Faculty Senate DII Advisory
Committee is to determine what should be the minimum, centrally
provided, computing and network support for faculty members.—Chair
- 4:15 Discussion of Graduate Student Issues. Council should select
principal Graduate Student issue(s) focus for 1998/99,
- 4:45 Old Business
- New Business
- Proposed Actions of the Chair presented for approval:
- Send Issue I.A to the Infrastructure Committee with instructions to
return with a recommendation brought to Council by November 23 meeting
- Send a request to DII querying issue I.C. Request a report to the Council by the January 25, 1999
meeting.
- Invite Alden Coleman, CAS, to attend the November or January meeting
to respond to Council concerns in I.B
- Send issue IV.A. (how to measure research and creative achievement) to Special Projects Committee
with a preliminary report as soon as possible but no later than the January meeting.
- Send the issue IV.D. to Policies and Procedures Committee to study potential sabbatical-like policies,
to propose methods to educate faculty and departments regarding creative approaches to faculty renewal, to
propose a program of lobbying the Senate and the Central Administration to support such programs.
- Adjourn
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Last updated October 23, 1998.