ࡱ> .0-%` bjbjNN 0,, (  @@@@@@@@s u u u u u u $ h @@@@@ @@ @:@@s @s  W @4 ^^iz# s 0 + ,  W W @@@@@@@ @@@ @@@@d Minutes for CEPP meeting of April 20, 2009 In attendance: Dan Nathan (Chair), Erica Bastress-Dukehart, Terry Diggory, Susan Kress, Rik Scarce, Bob Turner, Claire Solomon 10, and Kyle Nichols Minutes for the April 13 meeting were approved. The CEPP retreat will be held on May 7, from noon to 3:30 in the test kitchen. Erica requested that continuing CEPP members send her their fall schedules to identify a meeting time. Erica also noted that Bob Turner, although in London during the fall, will still be on CEPP. Bob Turner gave a brief progress report of the Curriculum Committee-CEPP subcommittee on course caps. Among the topics that he covered were: The subcommittee has met twice. The subcommittee is almost done compiling a survey of Department Chairs rationale for course caps. A survey of other colleges shows that most schools have informal agreements for course caps rather than strict policies. The committee discussed whether CEPP should be involved in defining course caps or whether it is best left to the administration. A few CEPP members felt strongly that since pedagogy is commonly used as a justification for lower caps, it is indeed educational policy and it is CEPPs business. CEPP discussed how it could inform the budget planning and priority process. The VPAA provided an outline of items that would benefit from CEPPs input. Discussion focused on how the College should proceed given a constrained budget. Topics covered were: attempting to identify what was essential to, or different about, Skidmore, how can we position the College to be stronger in the future, and how do we proceed in identifying places to save (e.g., cut everything a little or identify areas for major cuts?). Nothing specific was identified; CEPP members agreed to identify their top four and bottom four priorities for the next meeting. CEPP had a brief discussion regarding online courses. Two aspects of online credit were identified: 1) accepting online credit from other institutions and 2) delivering online courses for our residential students. CEPP members discussed the benefits and liabilities of online education. The meeting was adjourned at 10 a.m. Respectfully submitted by Kyle Nichols.   hr\h.N6 h h.Nh.N+,A   :Z[8^8gd.N & Fgd.N & Fgd.Ngd.N$a$gd.N.:p.N/ =!"#$% @@@ _NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH DAD Default Paragraph FontRiR  Table Normal4 l4a (k(No List+,A:Z[0h000 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0 0X0X0X0X0X0   UfCI,4tX2808^8`0o(. ^`hH. pLp^p`LhH. @ @ ^@ `hH. ^`hH. L^`LhH. ^`hH. ^`hH. PLP^P`LhH.4tVn        .N@w `@UnknownGz Times New Roman5Symbol3& z Arial"qhv#&v#&K_K_ 242qHP)?_21DRAFT - Minutes for CEPP meeting of March 2, 2009knichols Skidmore User Oh+'0   8D d p |4DRAFT - Minutes for CEPP meeting of March 2, 2009 knichols Normal.dotSkidmore User2Microsoft Office Word@@,M@,MK_՜.+,0( hp  91' 2DRAFT - Minutes for CEPP meeting of March 2, 2009 Title  !"#$&'()*+,/Root Entry FEji1Data  1TableWordDocument0SummaryInformation(DocumentSummaryInformation8%CompObjq  FMicrosoft Office Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89q