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NEASC Steering Committee Meeting
March 11, 2008
Meeting Minutes
Present: C. Lovitt, P. Lemma, A. Alling, T. Craine, L.
Wilder, R. Cernock, K. Kollar
Description Section Update—C. Lovitt
C. Lovitt began the meeting with an overview of where the
committee stands with regard to the Description section. C.
Lovitt stated that he and P. Lemma have completed the rewrite of
one of the descriptions, and they are all ready to be put on the
web for public viewing. Once the Description is posted, C.
Lovitt will ask P. Lemma and K. Kollar to go through the
document and indicate any link or document that is referenced.
Once this has been done, P. Lemma and K. Kollar will see that
all links and documents are acquired and saved to the NEASC
database.
Appraisal Section Update:
C. Lovitt reported that four of the eleven standards have
submitted their appraisal sections, and P. Lemma is working to
obtain commitments from the remaining standards for when they
will submit their appraisals. A handout was provided,
indicating those who have already contacted P. Lemma regarding
the appraisal. C. Lovitt asked that chairs let P. Lemma know
when they will be submitting their sections.
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T. Craine (Standard 1):
T. Craine announced that Standard 1 will have a meeting on March
12 to discuss the appraisal section, and he will let P. Lemma
know when the committee will submit their section.
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A. Alling (Standard 3):
A. Alling reported that her committee is in the process of
paring down their appraisal, and they should be submitting a
final version to C. Lovitt within a week. A. Alling added that
she is working on eliminating redundancy in her section as well,
however, the document may still need to be cut down. C. Lovitt
added that the entire description will have to be pared down as
well as redundancies eliminated.
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L. Wilder (Standard 9):
L. Wilder stated that, due to the nature of Standard 9, the
appraisal section will be a lot shorter than the description
section. C. Lovitt noted that, because the appraisal will
mainly be a list of strengths and weaknesses, that they
should be shorter in length.
Appraisal Attributions—P. Lemma
P. Lemma discussed the issue that was raised at the previous
Steering Committee meeting, regarding whether or not to
attribute information within the appraisal section to a specific
individual. After the last meeting, P. Lemma contacted Louis
Zak about this issue. Louis Zak suggested the following:
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When referring to someone who is well-known and easily
recognized (i.e.: the President or Chancellor), then simply
refer to that specific individual. Likewise, use discretion so
that only what is appropriate is being referenced back to these
people.
2.
For others, rather than stating the person’s name, simply state
their position and /or status at the university to make the
reference less specific to that individual (i.e.: “A faculty
member said…”, or “One freshman said…”).
Projection Section and Enabling Activities from Strategic
Plan—C. Lovitt
C. Lovitt asked P. Lemma to provide the Steering Committee with
the most recent revision of the Strategic Plan’s enabling
activities. P. Lemma confirmed that she sent this to the
chairs. C. Lovitt stated that, because these enabling
activities identify specific initiatives that the University is
committing itself to take, it might be helpful to try to align
the NEASC projection as much as possible to these initiatives.
R. Cernock asked if there was a timeline for acceptance and
publication of these goals. C. Lovitt responded that B. Hosch
is in the process of developing a website that includes all of
this information, and there seems to be general acceptance that
this is the accepted Strategic Plan. P. Lemma asked if it would
be appropriate to mention in the self-study that this revision
for the Strategic Plan has been approved. T. Craine responded
that the last UPBC report affirms that it is. C. Lovitt added
that, according to the UPBC, this is the approved Strategic
Plan, and we need to say that it is in our report. T. Craine
suggested that the UPBC be advised to provide a motion
concerning this approval, so that no one will question the
validity of this Strategic Plan. R. Cernock mentioned that G.
Crundwell may be adding more objectives to the Plan as well. C.
Lovitt stated that clarification will have to be made as well as
changes submitted by the UPBC to the President.
R. Cernock asked C. Lovitt if all enabling activities would have
to be discussed in the Projection, regardless of whether or not
they correspond to the particular standard. C. Lovitt replied
that there may be items that need to be projected that are not
covered in the Strategic Plan, and, if so, these items may need
to be added to the Strategic Plan. C. Lovitt added that all
enabling activities do not need to be discussed.
President Meservey’s March 31, 2008 Visit to Campus—P. Lemma
A detailed agenda of President Patricia Meservey’s visit was
handed out. P. Lemma asked the chairs to notify her if they
will not be on campus for the March 31 visit. A. Alling noted
that she would not be on campus that day, and she asked P. Lemma
to take her name off of the agenda. Per T. Craine’s suggestion,
A. Alling offered to ask R. Balducci to represent Standard 3 for
President Meservey’s visit. C. Lovitt said that this might be a
nice touch, but that A. Alling should contact President Miller
regarding this issue. P. Lemma highlighted some of the items on
the agenda, and she mentioned that the Steering Committee will
meet with President Meservey over lunch. C. McDavid will be
e-mailing the chairs regarding lunch choices.
Third Town Meeting—C. Lovitt
With regards to the third Town meeting, C. Lovitt stated that
the appraisal sections should be posted on the NEASC website
prior to the meeting date. This way, the campus community can
have a chance to review the section and provide feedback for the
Projection section. C. Lovitt added that the meeting should
take place in late April or early May. P. Lemma noted that May
is a very busy time, and it might be difficult to get
participants. T. Craine suggested the meeting be on April 29th
or 30th.
Final Remarks—C. Lovitt
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C. Lovitt stated that the Self-Study Guide (provided by
NEASC) has been uploaded onto CCSU’s NEASC website. He added
that it could be a useful reference tool.
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C. Lovitt stated that the committee will have an entire draft of
the Self-Study before school lets out this summer.
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C. Lovitt commented on the overall status of the Self-Study, and
he feels that the University is ahead of the game. The links
are being done, the document room exists, and writing is being
done.
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Once the entire Self-Study is complete, C. Lovitt will begin the
editing process.
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