March 2008 Agenda Items

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 26, 2008 BOR Basement Conference Room Agenda

10:00 am - 12:00 pm - Joint Meeting with the Education Deans and the Arts & Sciences Deans
	1.	Recruitment & Retention of Teachers in Areas of Shortage

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Lunch

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm - Joint Meeting with Student Affairs Council
	2.	Disruptive Students
	3.	Reasonable Accommodations

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm - Academic Affairs Council Meeting
	4.	February 2008 Minutes

	5.	Consent Agenda Items
		A.	Program Modifications
			1)	South Dakota State University
			2)	Dakota State University
			3)	University of South Dakota
			4)	Black Hills State University
			5)	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
		B.	Course Modifications
			1)	South Dakota State University
			2)	Black Hills State University
			3)	University of South Dakota
			4)	Dakota State University
			5)	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology

	6.	New Program Requests
		A.	Intent to Plan Requests
			1)	SDSMT - MS in Physics
			2)	SDSMT - MS in Science and Technology
			3)	USD - PhD in the History of Musical Instruments

	7.	Policy Revision and Development
		A.	BOR Policy Revisions
			1)	BOR 2:9 Academic Appeals
			2)	BOR 2:3 Admission
		B.	MOCC Issues (Trudy)
			1)	No report.
		C.	D2L / Global News
		D.	VSA / Proficiency Exam
		E.	Course Approval Process as Part of a New Program Proposal
		F.	HPER Common Course Review (PT)
		G.	CAAP Testing & Retesting Window Issues (PT)