We have programs that will never make money, but we provide them as a public service. We may prefer to tolerate loss leaders that provide a public good, and we may need to be rolling back tuition to support some programs. Some of our programs may end up being priced out of the range of the people that need them. With respect to the online initiatives, we are going to fully online, but that may not be where the market is actually going. The programs are just being handed to us, but we don't really know whether that makes good sense financially. of Interest from the Provost Connie Book Provost Book solicited feedback from the faculty on several items, including: The revised calendar for the hurricane. While there were and continue to be some issues, the overall consensus was that it was as good as could be hoped for. The new advisement model. We plan to continue requiring students to meet with their adviser to get the advising hold released. There was a suggestion to extend the deadline for closing registration and redeploying/closing low enrollment classes until after grades are out. Some students are waiting until grades are out to determine whether they need to take classes. It was pointed out that three hundred students had not yet registered, and the lack of a registration deadline allows them to delay registering, which creates problems for the faculty in aligning resources with class needs. Faculty wear of the ACU uniform. There has been a proposal to allow faculty to wear the non-dress field uniform. The faculty were generally positive about having the option to wear the ACUs on Mondays and Thursdays. There will be a faculty meeting on November 29 at 11:00 location to be announced. Other Business Joelle Neulander Senators were asked to let the Senate Executive Committee know the names of any new senators by December 6, 2016. That will help expedite the assignment process for the upcoming years. There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 12:00pm.
We have programs that will never make money, but we provide them as a public service. We may prefer to tolerate loss leaders that provide a public good, and we may need to be rolling back tuition to support some programs. Some of our programs may end up being priced out of the range of the people that need them. With respect to the online initiatives, we are going to fully online, but that may not be where the market is actually going. The programs are just being handed to us, but we don't really know whether that makes good sense financially. of Interest from the Provost Connie Book Provost Book solicited feedback from the faculty on several items, including: The revised calendar for the hurricane. While there were and continue to be some issues, the overall consensus was that it was as good as could be hoped for. The new advisement model. We plan to continue requiring students to meet with their adviser to get the advising hold released. There was a suggestion to extend the deadline for closing registration and redeploying/closing low enrollment classes until after grades are out. Some students are waiting until grades are out to determine whether they need to take classes. It was pointed out that three hundred students had not yet registered, and the lack of a registration deadline allows them to delay registering, which creates problems for the faculty in aligning resources with class needs. Faculty wear of the ACU uniform. There has been a proposal to allow faculty to wear the non-dress field uniform. The faculty were generally positive about having the option to wear the ACUs on Mondays and Thursdays. There will be a faculty meeting on November 29 at 11:00 location to be announced. Other Business Joelle Neulander Senators were asked to let the Senate Executive Committee know the names of any new senators by December 6, 2016. That will help expedite the assignment process for the upcoming years. There being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 12:00pm.
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