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Tempe Graduate Council
April 25, 2006
The Tempe Graduate Council met on Tuesday, April 25, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. in Administration B building, Room 286. Graduate College (GC) Associate Dean Filiz Ozel presided.
Also in attendance were Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies Allison; Graduate College Dean Webber; Professors Barrett, Brooks, Christopher, Demaine, Diaz, Koonce, McCarthy, Savenye, Zhou; and student member Meegan.
Excused: Graduate College Deans Dickson and Lindquist; and Professor Thompson.
Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies Maria T. Allison expressed her appreciation and thanked everyone for their service on the Tempe Graduate Council this year and for their commitment to graduate education at ASU as she also noted the significant increase in the number of proposals this semester. Vice Provost Allison shared with Council members that a Graduate Curricular Initiatives Plan is currently being prepared for submission to President Crow and to the University Provost. This plan will outline Strategic Graduate Initiatives and will include short and long term goals for graduate education at ASU. Dean Ozel thanked Council members for their hard work this academic year and spoke to the members about the end-of- year proposal tally in their council packets.
The minutes for the March 28, 2006 meeting were approved.
Three review groups were established to streamline the proposal review process. Group C Council members reviewed the proposal to establish a concentration in Special Education under the Ed.D. degree in Curriculum and Instruction in the Division of Curriculum and Instruction. The unit responded in writing to questions including the Program of Study and advisor approval of coursework. The proposal to establish the Special Education concentration under the Ed.D. degree in Curriculum and Instruction was recommended for approval pending minor revisions.
Group B Council members reviewed the proposal to establish a concentration in Neonatal Nursing under the M.S. in Nursing degree in the College of Nursing. The unit responded in writing to questions including the current Parent-Child concentration curriculum, and training in age and cross-cultural neonatal issues. The proposal to establish the concentration in Neonatal Nursing under the M.S. in Nursing degree was recommended for approval pending minor revisions that included the incorporation of the items in the written response of the unit into the proposal.
Group B Council members also reviewed the proposal to establish a concentration in Nursing Education under the M.S. in Nursing degree in the College of Nursing. The unit responded in writing to questions including required credit hours and clarification of the name of the Nurse Education in Academic Practice and Setting certificate program that was approved in April of 2005. The proposal to establish the concentration in Nursing Education under the M.S. in Nursing degree was recommended for approval pending minor revisions that included the incorporation of the items in the written response of the unit into the proposal.
Group A Council members reviewed the proposal for implementation of a Master of Healthcare Innovation (MHI) degree in the College of Nursing in collaboration with the School of Health Management and Policy within the W.P. Carey School of Business. The unit responded in writing to questions including program justification, hybrid online format, course sequencing, group projects/collaborations, on-campus immersion sessions, mechanisms for assessing benchmarks and projected faculty hiring. The proposal to establish the Master of Healthcare Innovation degree was recommended for approval pending minor revisions that included the incorporation of the items in the written response of the unit into the proposal.
Dean Ozel acknowledged the out-going members of Council for their service in their advisory capacity to GC and then introduced Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies Allison for closing remarks for the academic year. Vice Provost Allison presented each of the out-going members (Ken Brooks, Scott Christopher, Linda Demaine, Marianne McCarthy, Cathryn Meegan, and Lin Zhou) with a GC polo shirt and once again thanked them for their great service to the Graduate College and graduate initiatives university-wide. Dean Ozel and Vice Provost Allison mentioned the need for a special online summer session of Graduate Council to review concentration proposals and council members agreed to review proposals for this special summer session.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p.m.
Submitted by: Denise M. Campbell
The Tempe Graduate Council met on Tuesday, April 25, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. in Administration B building, Room 286. Graduate College (GC) Associate Dean Filiz Ozel presided.
Also in attendance were Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies Allison; Graduate College Dean Webber; Professors Barrett, Brooks, Christopher, Demaine, Diaz, Koonce, McCarthy, Savenye, Zhou; and student member Meegan.
Excused: Graduate College Deans Dickson and Lindquist; and Professor Thompson.
Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies Maria T. Allison expressed her appreciation and thanked everyone for their service on the Tempe Graduate Council this year and for their commitment to graduate education at ASU as she also noted the significant increase in the number of proposals this semester. Vice Provost Allison shared with Council members that a Graduate Curricular Initiatives Plan is currently being prepared for submission to President Crow and to the University Provost. This plan will outline Strategic Graduate Initiatives and will include short and long term goals for graduate education at ASU. Dean Ozel thanked Council members for their hard work this academic year and spoke to the members about the end-of- year proposal tally in their council packets.
The minutes for the March 28, 2006 meeting were approved.
Three review groups were established to streamline the proposal review process. Group C Council members reviewed the proposal to establish a concentration in Special Education under the Ed.D. degree in Curriculum and Instruction in the Division of Curriculum and Instruction. The unit responded in writing to questions including the Program of Study and advisor approval of coursework. The proposal to establish the Special Education concentration under the Ed.D. degree in Curriculum and Instruction was recommended for approval pending minor revisions.
Group B Council members reviewed the proposal to establish a concentration in Neonatal Nursing under the M.S. in Nursing degree in the College of Nursing. The unit responded in writing to questions including the current Parent-Child concentration curriculum, and training in age and cross-cultural neonatal issues. The proposal to establish the concentration in Neonatal Nursing under the M.S. in Nursing degree was recommended for approval pending minor revisions that included the incorporation of the items in the written response of the unit into the proposal.
Group B Council members also reviewed the proposal to establish a concentration in Nursing Education under the M.S. in Nursing degree in the College of Nursing. The unit responded in writing to questions including required credit hours and clarification of the name of the Nurse Education in Academic Practice and Setting certificate program that was approved in April of 2005. The proposal to establish the concentration in Nursing Education under the M.S. in Nursing degree was recommended for approval pending minor revisions that included the incorporation of the items in the written response of the unit into the proposal.
Group A Council members reviewed the proposal for implementation of a Master of Healthcare Innovation (MHI) degree in the College of Nursing in collaboration with the School of Health Management and Policy within the W.P. Carey School of Business. The unit responded in writing to questions including program justification, hybrid online format, course sequencing, group projects/collaborations, on-campus immersion sessions, mechanisms for assessing benchmarks and projected faculty hiring. The proposal to establish the Master of Healthcare Innovation degree was recommended for approval pending minor revisions that included the incorporation of the items in the written response of the unit into the proposal.
Dean Ozel acknowledged the out-going members of Council for their service in their advisory capacity to GC and then introduced Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies Allison for closing remarks for the academic year. Vice Provost Allison presented each of the out-going members (Ken Brooks, Scott Christopher, Linda Demaine, Marianne McCarthy, Cathryn Meegan, and Lin Zhou) with a GC polo shirt and once again thanked them for their great service to the Graduate College and graduate initiatives university-wide. Dean Ozel and Vice Provost Allison mentioned the need for a special online summer session of Graduate Council to review concentration proposals and council members agreed to review proposals for this special summer session.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:40 p.m.
Submitted by: Denise M. Campbell