September 2, 2014 Academic Council Agenda

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, September 2, 2014,  from 10:30-11:45 a.m. in THC 305.  Please review the agenda below and the cited materials in advance of the meeting.

Approval of minutes from the April 15, 2014 meeting.

Discussion Agenda:

1.    UR Scholarship Repository (Lucretia McCulley)

2.    Budget for 2014-2015

3.    Contingent Faculty Reform Initiative Update ( Dr. Vincent Wang)

4.    Program-based Budget (PBB) Requests ( Dr. Vincent Wang)

5.     New Course Proposal Process- ( Dr. Malcolm Hill)

6.    Budget Concerns from Academic Council members

•permissible use of discretionary funds ( Dr. Walt Stevenson, Classics)
•professional travel budgets ( Dr. Bill Ross, Math and CS)

Emerging Discussion Items: 
•Merit Review Process
•Humanities Initiative