Vice Chancellor Genaro Padilla, Co-Chair
Dean Carolyn Porter, Co-Chair
Meeting Minutes
November 30, 1999
Members Present: Present: Co-Chairs Porter and Padilla, Alice Agogino, Robert Brentano, Jen Chang, Barbara Davis, Catherine Koshland, Michael Mascuch, Christina Maslach, Ellen Meltzer, Sonjia Redmond, Kwong-Loi Shun, Mark Tanouye, Ling-Chi Wang. Staff: Gail Kaufman, Cynthia Schrager, Alix Schwartz, Karen Warren
Unable to Attend: Erin Bardin, Aisha Knowles, Angy Stacy
Announcements:
Dean Porter asked Commission members to respond to the e-mail sent by Laura Demir regarding spring scheduling, if they had not already done so. The minutes of the November 22, 1999 CUE meeting were approved.
Business Items:
Dean Porter and VC Padilla announced two goals for this final meeting of the Fall semester:
The following proposals were distributed for review and approval:
Chancellor's Distinguished Faculty Advisor Proposal
VC Padilla stated that the Distinguished Faculty Advisor Proposal is ready to go forward to the Chancellor, who has already responded positively to the idea of the proposal in preliminary discussions. He requested any final input from Commission members to be incorporated in the final draft.
Dean Porter emphasized the importance of gaining the support of the Academic Senate as we move forward with the proposal. She also stressed that the program should be housed in an academic unit, perhaps under the auspices of the proposed Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology or a similar academic unit. Cathy Koshland agreed. Alice Agogino expressed concern over how best to position this proposal in light of other proposals that are also going forward requesting funding.
Discussion ensued regarding some of the issues related to implementing the program, including recruiting students, selecting faculty members and administering the program. VC Padilla suggested that these operational details could be worked through at a subsequent stage of the development of the program and proposed that we move forward immediately with submitting the proposal to the Chancellor. Gail Kaufman will draft one final version for the commission to review prior to sending it forward.
Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology
The Commission then turned its attention to Alice Agogino's proposed Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology. Barbara Davis distributed a handout that raised a number of her concerns about the proposed Center. The ensuing conversation focused on where the center would be housed, what the reporting lines would be, and the pros and cons of a decentralized or centralized model for addressing issues of teaching, learning and technology on the UC Berkeley campus. Davis stressed that the decentralized model has worked well in the past and is integral to Berkeley campus culture. Agogino stated that funders have not responded well to this decentralized model and that the absence of a Center like the one proposed has hurt Berkeley's credibility in applying for key grants.
Following a lively and extended discussion, Co-Chair Porter moved for the commission to vote on the proposal. The final vote was 9 in favor and 2 opposed. Alice Agogino will circulate the final version of the proposal and will forward it to the Chancellor with the Commission's endorsement.
Communication Course Proposal
Given the extensive discussion of the previous two proposals, the Communication Course Proposal was tabled until a future date.
The discussion of issues to be taken up in the Spring semester was also tabled, and will be addressed by the Co-Chairs, together with Sub-Committee Chair Cathy Koshland at a future meeting. Members were invited to give their input to the Co-Chairs regarding their priorities
Meeting was adjourned.
Minutes submitted by:
Karen L. Warren
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