September 2014 Agenda Items

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL Thursday, September 4, 2014 South Dakota Board of Regents Pierre, SD Board Conference Room - 2nd Floor 8:30am-4:30 p.m. CST Conference Line: 866-410-8397 PW: 6228778364

Tentative Agenda Download ZIP file of all items

1.	Agenda - Additions, Changes, and Approval

2.	Minutes
	A.	April 2014
	B.	May 2014
	C.	June 2014

3.	Consent Agenda Items
	A.	Program Modifications
		1)	University of South Dakota

	B.	Course Modifications
		1)	South Dakota State University

4.	New Programs
	A.	New Program Requests
		1)	Northern State University

	B.	New Certificate Requests
		1)	No report

	C.	New Site Requests
		1)	Northern State University

	D.	Intent to Plan Requests
		1)	South Dakota State University
			a.	BFA in Architecture
			b.	BFA in Graphic Design
			c.	BFA in Interior Design
			d.	BFA in Studio Art
			e.	BLA in Landscape Architecture
			f.	MS in Agricultural Education
		2)	Collaboration - BHSU, NSU, SDSU, & USD

	E.	Summary of Pending and in-Progress Requests

5.	Policy Revision and Development
	A.	Common Core / Smarter Balance Issues
	B.	Planning Session Item on General Education
	C.	BOR Policy Revisions
		1)	BOR Policy 2:1 – External Review of Graduate Programs
		2)	BOR Policy 2:5 – Transfer of Credit
		3)	BOR Policy 2:7 – Baccalaureate General Education Curriculum
		4)	BOR Policy 2:26 – Associate Degree General Education Requirements
		5)	BOR Policy 2:29 – Definition of Credits and Related Institutional Requirements
		6)	BOR Policy 2:10 – Summer Suspensions
	D.	Dual Credit – Reduced Tuition Program
	E.	E-Resource Expansion
		1)	E-Resource Expansion
		2)	eText Pilot Update
	F.	System Placement Guidelines
	G.	Credit by Examination
		1)	Advanced Placement Guidelines
		2)	CLEP Guidelines
		3)	DANTES Score Updates
	H.	NSF ADVANCE Program Solicitation New PLAN Track
	I.	Office of STEM Partnerships Update
	J.	Risk Management Graduate Programs
	K.	Request to Seek Accreditation – SDSU
	L.	Institutional Research Reports
		1)	DSTEP-ACT Alignment
		2)	Earnings of Liberal Arts Majors
		3)	Graduate Production in SDWINS Targeted Fields
		4)	Regional ACT Score Report Preferences
	M.	Dashboard Review – October 2014
	N.	State Authorization & SARA Agreement
	O.	Title IX Training for Faculty
	P.	Proposed AAC Meeting Calendar for 2015
	Q.	AAC Retreat Agenda Items
	R.	Institutional Program and Accreditation Review
		1)	Program Review Reports – DSU & SDSU
		2)	SDSU Program Accreditation Outcome
	S.	Cooperative Agreement – NSU
	T.	Articulation Agreements – SDSU