UCCC AGENDA Quorum: 12 Date: March 19, 2014 Meeting 12:30-2:30 p.m. Recorder: Gina Neugebauer Call to Order Minutes Old Business - Tabled Action - All review Presenter: Action: Type: Reason for Tabling Despain Academic Minor: Portuguese Studies New Minor Course completion relies on the UNC Language Assembly. Response: UNC- GA has approved the consortium. Courses will come in as TR and FL 295 is placeholder in the curriculum. Consent Agenda - All members should preview the consent agenda actions Presenter: Action: Type: Despain PSY 430 Biological Psychology Rev: Pre-reqs- add PSY 200 Despain PSY 307 Industrial & Organizational Psychology Rev: Remove Jr/Sr Standing from Pre- req/Restr Stmnt Despain B.A. Psychology (16PSYCHBA) Rev: Remove PSY 220; add free elective Auerbach PHI 415/515 Life Science Ethics Drop Course Auerbach PHI 445/545 Philosophy of Biology Drop Course Auerbach REL 484 Myth and History in Religious Biography Drop Course Presenter: Reviewers: Action: Type: Auerbach All B.A./B.S. Philosophy and Concentrations Revision (16PHILBA, 16PHILBS) Despain All LPS 320 Research Methodology for the Public Sector New Course Instructional Format Subcom.-Short meeting immediately following for final review of formats for recommendation to full committee. Subcommittee Members : Warren, Merrill, Nowel, Marcus, Swanson, Koch Announcements/Other Business Approval of UCCC March 5, 2014 Minutes Major Actions - Courses and Curricula Location: Witherspoon Center 201 (2nd floor) Welcome, Guest Introduction and Remarks - Chair, Robert Warren Remarks from Dr. Barbara Kirby, Associate Vice Provost (AVP) Academic Programs and Services
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UCCC AGENDA Quorum: 12
Date: March 19, 2014 Meeting 12:30-2:30 p.m. Recorder: Gina Neugebauer
Call to Order
Minutes
Old Business - Tabled Action - All review
Presenter: Action: Type: Reason for Tabling
Despain Academic Minor: Portuguese Studies New Minor
Course completion relies on the UNC
Language Assembly. Response: UNC-
GA has approved the consortium.
Courses will come in as TR and FL
295 is placeholder in the curriculum.
Consent Agenda - All members should preview the consent agenda actions
1. Describe the nature and purpose of the proposed interinstitutional arrangement.
The proposed UNC Language Assembly provides the universities in the UNC system with a professional
platform aimed at facilitating the sharing of faculty and instructional resources to enhance-foreign language
instruction and to support the various foreign and classical language and studies programs in North Carolina. The
primary goal of the Language Assembly is to facilitate the sharing of undergraduate courses in foreign languages
and cultural studies among all UNC institutions through distributed education technologies and/or other options, as
they become feasible. The Language Assembly incorporates the work of the existing foreign language consortia
and supports the creation of additional language consortia. The Language Assembly serves as an organizational
structure to support faculty scholarship and professional development for seeking grants and funds, such as for
training faculty in the use of distance education technologies. The Language Assembly promotes foreign language
instruction in North Carolina’s secondary schools by providing high school students access to accelerated courses.
The Language Assembly seeks to provide students and citizens of North Carolina with a wide array of global
languages to enhance their academic and professional skills, and to help North Carolina achieve a leadership in the
global community.
The proposed Language Assembly is not designed as a degree-awarding body. Participation in the
Language Assembly is designed to enhance the variety and depth of course offerings by providing access to
innovative distance learning courses and other non-traditional options. In some cases, the Language
Assembly may encourage the creation of new degree programs based on shared resources within the
Assembly. The Language Assembly will develop and maintain a central course exchange which will allow
students to enroll in a wide array of language and cultural studies courses offered by member institutions.
Students will have a seamless enrollment process through this portal, without having to transfer courses or
pay tuition at another institution. The faculty teaching courses offered through the portal will have all
participating students, regardless of home institution, listed on their class rolls and will receive the
appropriate student credit hour equivalents.
2. Provide the name, location, and a description of the governance of the contracting
organizations (or those, which will form the Consortium) with information
concerning the accredited status of all parties involved.
The governing structure of the UNC Language Assembly is primarily geared toward facilitating the
sharing and distribution of foreign language and cultural studies courses to UNC campuses across the state
using a variety of distance learning technologies and other nontraditional pedagogies (e.g., study abroad,
living/learning communities). Although all full-time faculty members teaching courses in the curriculum of
language programs within the UNC System are members of the Faculty Assembly, the main voting body,
the Faculty Assembly Board, consists of a representative (usually the chair/head of the unit teaching
foreign languages) from each administratively organized foreign language program. The Board will elect a
Language Assembly Executive Committee which works with an elected chair and is responsible for
conducting the business of the Language Assembly and for maintaining communication within the
Assembly and with the UNC General Administration. The Assembly Chair is chosen by majority vote of
the Board. The Board also chooses an Assembly Secretary.
The Assembly’s major function is to coordinate foreign language and cultural studies courses and to
encourage the development of language consortia as well as to increase the diversity and access to foreign
language courses throughout the UNC System. To that end, it may develop or change procedures governing
the distribution of appropriate courses through the Exchange. The Assembly Board will work with General
Administration and the constituent universities to seek solutions inherent in course sharing such as non-
synchronized academic calendars, residency requirement restrictions, learning outcomes, assessment and
evaluation requirements, and technical assistance.
A secondary function of the Board is to appoint committees to pursue special curriculum projects, grants,
workshops, community outreach, and student advising as important professional functions the Assembly.
3. Provide the rationale for entering into the contract or the Consortium and an
assessment of need.
The formation of an inter-institutional Language Assembly was initiated from by a gathering of UNC
deans under whose authority language departments and degree programs reside. In light of the recent and
continuing fiscal crisis and budget cuts, smaller programs, which nonetheless fulfill major strategic
university goals, are in danger of elimination. The deans, recognizing the value to our students, our
university, our state and the nation of a citizenry capable of thriving in a global society, charged the
assembled chairs in May 2011 to make foreign language instruction viable and on a fiscally responsible
foundation insofar as possible across the UNC System.
The goals of the proposed inter-institutional UNC Language Assembly focus on the maintenance and
strengthening of current foreign language programs and the expansion of the diversity and availability of
world languages by emphasizing the development of e-learning, course sharing technologies, and other
nontraditional pedagogies to (1) increase the curricular offerings for existing programs, and (2) pool faculty
resources to broaden the diversity of world languages at all institutions.
4. Provide a timetable for implementation of the contract/Consortium. The UNC Language Assembly has been planning and building coalitions since May 2011. The Bylaws were
drafted in November 2012 and the language portal is being developed with the target of being operational for
enrollment for Fall 2013. Other alternative pedagogies are not yet under development, but would be explored and,
if appropriate, adopted after successful establishment and evaluation of the language portal.
5. Describe administrative oversight over the quality of programs/services offered
through the contract/Consortium.
The Bylaws call for the creation of an Assessment Committee which will develop an evaluation and
program assessment structure for use throughout the system. It may include student surveys, peer
observations, and other assessment tools to implement multiple evaluation measures of the achievement of
the Assembly’s goals and the operations of the Exchange site. The Language Assembly will promote
opportunities for professional development of participating faculty to strengthen and enhance the program
and its course offerings. Together with the UNC General Administration, the Language Assembly will
conduct a self-study and review its operations in a pilot study covering the academic years 2013-2014 &
2014-2015.
6. Identify resources required to support the conditions of the contract/Consortium
(financial resources, library/learning resources, physical facilities, and equipment).
Exchange courses are listed on the UNC ONLINE website. Students pay tuition at their home institution,
regardless of the institution delivering the course. Exchange of tuition funds between participating
institutions is not initially anticipated. [An extra course fee might be charged by the providing institution in
accordance with UNC policy on extra course fees.] The participating campuses provide the distance
learning classrooms, the course sharing software, and other existing technical systems for course delivery.
7. Attach any charter or bylaws and a copy of the contract for programs/services or
the consortial arrangement statement.
The University of North Carolina Language Assembly
Bylaws We hereby constitute the present assembly of chairs/heads as a system-wide collective voice for the
languages, charged with fostering cooperation, collaboration, and the sharing of information and resources
across institutional boundaries. – Resolution passed May 19, 2011
Purpose
Recognizing that the transformation of higher education is shaped by ongoing fiscal
constraints, globalization, and emerging technological innovations, the UNC Language
Assembly will serve the UNC System and the State of North Carolina by supporting the
foreign language programs at the constituent institutions and by seeking to offer a wide
diversity of foreign language choices to the students at all the UNC campuses. In this
endeavor, the UNC Language Assembly also recognizes the primacy of the missions of
the individual language programs at the various constituent universities. The UNC
Language Assembly will advise General Administration and the individual campus
administrations on issues concerning coordination of degree programs and ensuring
access to critical languages. The UNC Language Assembly will assist in the
establishment of consortia where appropriate and facilitate the sharing of language
classes across the system. The UNC Language Assembly, in coordination with General
Administration, will establish guidelines for quality control for system-wide programs.
Membership
All foreign language faculty at an institution of the University of North Carolina System
are to be considered members of the UNC Language Assembly unless they express in
writing a desire to be excluded. Likewise, all members of a recognized language
consortium are members as well. These may have expertise in other disciplines and
departments other than language departments. Through their designated representatives,
individual members can present issues and action items for consideration by the
Assembly.
Governance
One representative from each language department or department responsible for
language instruction will serve as a voting member of the Language Assembly Board.
This representative will generally be either the chair/head or a representative designated
by the chair/head. The Language Assembly Board will meet at least once each academic
year to consider issues pertaining to the goals of the UNC Language Assembly. Action
and decisions are determined by the majority vote of those voting members present at any
meeting of the Language Assembly Board with a quorum, provided the substance of the
proposed action or motion has been circulated in print or by electronic means in time to
be received by all members at least two weeks prior to the meeting at which action is
proposed. A quorum exists when voting members of 9 of the 16 campuses of the
University of North Carolina System are present. Members of the Language Assembly
Board are responsible for communicating decisions and activities and committee work to
the wider membership through the chairs or heads of the language programs. The Language Assembly Board will elect an Executive Committee to conduct the
ongoing business of the UNC Language Assembly. The Executive Committee will
consist of five members of the Language Assembly Board and the Chair and Secretary
of the UNC Language Assembly. The Executive Committee will determine meeting dates
of the Language Assembly Board, set the agenda, and coordinate the venue. The
Executive Committee will communicate with General Administration through their
designated liaison. The Executive Committee will work with committees, both ad-hoc
and standing, in facilitating their assigned tasks.
Officers
The Chair of the UNC Language Assembly convenes the Executive Committee and the
Language Assembly Board. Together with the Executive Committee, the Chair
establishes the agenda for the Language Assembly Board meetings. The Chair serves as
the spokesperson for the Assembly to General Administration and the individual campus
administrations. The Chair is elected by the Language Assembly Board for a two-year
renewable term, for a maximum of two terms.
The Secretary keeps record of the meetings of the Executive Committee and the
Language Assembly Board. The Secretary maintains the records for the Assembly. The
Secretary also serves as the vice chair in the absence of the Chair. The Secretary is
elected by the Language Assembly Board for a renewable one-year term.
The UNC Language Assembly should encourage administrative recognition and
appropriate support from the home institutions of the officers.
Committees and Consortia
Standing committees are the Curriculum Committee, the Portal Committee, and the
Assessment Committee. Ad-hoc committees may be formed by the Language Assembly
Board at any time.
The Curriculum Committee will consist of three members of the Language Assembly
Board elected by that body and a representative from each established consortium. The
consortium representative will be the consortium coordinator or a campus coordinator for
that consortium appointed by the consortium coordinator. The Curriculum Committee
solicits, selects and communicates the course offerings for the coming year to the
Language Assembly Board and the Portal Committee. It draws from the courses offered
by the consortia and by individual faculty members.
An established Consortium is a group of language or area studies faculty from UNC
institutions who have applied to and have been approved by the UNC General
Administration as participants in an Interinstitutional Arrangement. The Request for
Authorization to Participate in an Interinstitutional Arrangement must have the respective
chancellor’s signature for any campus wishing to participate. As part of the approval
process, the General Administration will consult with the UNC Language Assembly
through the Chair prior to finalizing the creation of the Consortium. The Consortium
Coordinator or equivalent position for each consortium serves on the Language
Assembly’s Curriculum Committee and uses the Language Portal Exchanges in listing its
classes.
The Portal Committee establishes the responsibilities and duties of the “Host
Institution” and the “Home Institution” guiding the sharing of classes through the
language portal which is the UNC ONLINE website. The Portal Committee will interface
with General Administration to assist in updating the Exchanges pages on the UNC
ONLINE website. The members of the Portal Committee are selected from the Language
Assembly membership by the Language Assembly Board and serve a 2-year term. The
Language Assembly Board will also designate the number of members and the chair of
the committee. Non-Language Assembly employees of the UNC system may also be
appointed based on needed technical expertise.
The Assessment Committee is responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the
Language Assembly in achieving its goals. This includes the effectiveness of the
Assembly’s Language Exchange Portal. The membership includes a representative from
each established consortium and 3 additional members of the Language Assembly Board.
The committee may also draw from faculty outside the Board or the Assembly who have
expertise in effective assessment. General Administration may also have a representative
on this committee. The Assessment Committee will serve as a conduit of “best practices”
based on feedback from instructors and on available resources for faculty developing
courses for the Assembly’s Language Exchanges.
Calendar
August The Chair and the Executive Committee select meeting dates for the
coming academic year for the Language Assembly Board; Members of the
Language Assembly Board are confirmed and a directory with contact
information circulated among all Board Members.
November Curriculum Committee solicits course proposals for the next academic
year.
January Curriculum Committee communicates courses planned for the next
academic year to the Portal Committee
May The Assessment Committee issues a report on statistics of the Assembly’s
courses taught in the previous calendar year, including but not limited to
enrollment, participating universities and student population.
May Elections of Chair, Secretary, Executive Committee members.
May Assignment of standing committee members as needed.
Website
In addition to the Language Exchange Portal, the UNC Language Assembly will maintain
a website with the bylaws, current officers and membership of the committees, links to
the affiliated departments, the consortia, and to the Language Exchange Portal, and
information deemed pertinent by the Executive Committee. General Administration is the
appropriate location for the website server, and the Secretary will be responsible for
accuracy of the information and updating.
Teaching Faculty
Faculty teaching courses through the Assembly must be properly vetted by their
institution, meeting all the requirements of teaching faculty at that campus. The faculty
member’s department must provide upon request evidence of the faculty member’s
credentials.
The Bylaws may be amended by the vote of two-thirds of those voting members present at any meeting of the Language Assembly Board, provided the substance of the proposed amendment has been circulated in print or by electronic means in time to be received by all members at least two weeks prior to the meeting at which action is proposed.