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Minnesota State Colleges and Universities: Board of Trustees

March 17, 2004 - 1:00 p.m.
Board Meeting Agenda

Wells Fargo Place
Fourth Floor, Board Room
30 East Seventh Street
Saint Paul, Minnesota

  1. Call to Order
  2. Chair's Report: Jim A. Luoma
    1. Minutes of Board of Trustees Meeting of January 22, 2004
    2. Draft Minutes of Executive Committee Meeting of March 3, 2004
  3. Trustee Reports
  4. Chancellor's Comments: James McCormick
  5. Joint Council of Student Associations
    1. Minnesota State College Student Association
    2. Minnesota State University Student Association
  6. Minnesota State Colleges and Universities' Bargaining Units
    1. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
    2. Minnesota Association of Professional Employees
    3. Minnesota State College Faculty
    4. Minnesota State University Association of Administrative and Service Faculty
    5. Inter Faculty Organization
  7. Consent Agenda
    All matters listed under Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. Any trustee may request that an item or items be removed from the Consent Agenda for independent consideration.
    1. Real Property Acquisition
    2. FY 2005 Revenue Fund Fees and Spending Plans (Second Reading)
    3. Appointment to Academic Rank
  8. Board Standing Committee Reports
    1. Finance/Facilities Policy Committee Andrew Boss, Chair
      1. Finance/Facilities Division Update
      2. Emergency Preparedness Planning
      3. Administrative Systems Study Report
      4. Summary of Purchasing Practices
    2. Advancement Committee, Cheryl Dickson, Chair
      1. Advancement Update
      2. Association of Community College Trustees National Legislative Summit Report
      3. 2004 Legislative Session
      4. Development Update
      5. Board Meetings on College and University Campuses
    3. Human Resources Policy Committee, Ivan Dusek, Chair
      1. Human Resources Update
      2. Presentation on Compensation Philosophy
      3. Proposed Policy 1B.3, Sexual Violence Policy, and Proposed Procedure 1B.3.1, Sexual Violence Procedure (First Reading)
      4. *Appointment of President of Normandale Community College
    4. Technology Committee, Lew Moran, Chair
      1. Information Technology Update
      2. 2004 Information Technology Awards
      3. Integrated Statewide Records System (ISRS) 2010 Update
      4. Business Practices Alignment Committee Update
      5. Desire2Learn Update
    5. Educational Policy Committee, Will Antell, Chair
      1. Academic and Student Affairs Update
      2. *Proposed Amendment to Policy 3.17 Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates; 3.21 Undergraduate Credit Transfer; and 3.25 Degree Granting Authority, (Second Reading)
      3. * Proposed Amendment to Policy 2.9 Financial Aid Satisfactory Progress (Second Reading)
      4. 2010 Planning for Innovation
      5. P-16 Related Issues:
        1. Developmental Education Update; Quality Counts; Report Card Update
        2. Regions Change; Whose Region is it Anyway?
    6. Joint Educational Policy and Technology Committees, Will Antell and Lew Moran, Co-Chairs
      1. Minnesota Online Fiscal Update
  9. **Requests by Individuals to Address the Board; Procedures to address the board are defined below.
  10. Other Business
  11. Adjournment

*Denotes Action Item

**Requests to address the Board must be submitted in writing to staff. Request forms are available at the board meeting (additional materials are placed on a table located near the entrance of the meeting room). If you wish to address an agenda item, clearly identify the item on your request form. If you have any questions, please ask a staff member for assistance.

***All handouts to the Board must be submitted in advance of the meeting.

Special Accommodations

Special accommodations for a disability (e.g. wheelchair accessibility, interpreter, audiotape, or large print material), are available upon advance requests. Please contact Inge Chapin at (612) 282-5518, or fax your request to (612) 297-3312.

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