2011Oct

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL RETREAT October 13-14, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011(following the BOR meeting)
10:30 am	Discussion of IdEA with Dale Pietrzak (MUC Conference Room 211)

	Lunch on your own (or lunch with RAC to discuss IP policy)

2:00 pm	Convene at Broom Tree Retreat and Conference Center, Irene SD ( www.broom-tree.org )

	1.	Summer Bridge Programming
		reports by NSU, SDSU, and USD
		identification and discussion of barriers to effective implementation
	2.	Placement / Remediation
	3.	Discussion of "policy audit" conducted by Dennis Jones, NCHEMS

5:00 pm	Adjourn for the day

5:45 pm	Dinner at Center

Friday, October 14, 2011
7:30 am	Continental Breakfast / Morning Meeting

	4.	System Strategic Goals/Gap Analyses
		programmatic
		diversity of student body - system goals
	5.	120 Credit Hours to Degree
		timeline
		implementation plans and strategies
		establishing guidelines to request exceptions
	6.	Discussion of West River MAC (Copy of Agreement)
	7.	General Education - course taking patterns
	8.	Other

Noon	Lunch/Adjourn

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South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

South Dakota School for the Blind & Visually Impaired