Meeting Agendas

Minutes

Topics and Actions

President reported on real estate issues for the School of Social Welfare and the new Health and Science Building. Committee Reports: Administrative Committee (elected Senate Officers); Mellon Project Special Committee on the GER (approved resolution recommending that the position of Associate Dean for General Education be created and located in the School of Arts & Sciences); Committee on Academic Freedom (presented report on Film and Media's Special Public Relations Seminar, MEDP 299.48 with timeline of events, Appendix II, and response to report, Appendix III).

Committee Reports: Mellon Project Special Committee to Review GER (presented report “The Evolution of General Education at Hunter-Stage 1); the Senate endorsed the resolution being submitted to the CUNY Board of Trustees calling for the Reestablishment of the School of Nursing at Hunter College as an Independent School within Hunter College.

President reported on current budget negotiations in Albany and current college initiatives underway. Committee Reports: Mellon Project Special Committee to Review the GER (presented draft statement outlining the goals for the GER as preamble to the Purposes of GER Program); Committee on Academic Freedom (presented revised Procedures for Adjudicating an Academic Freedom Complaint for discussion).

Committee Reports: Mellon Project Special Committee to Review GER (continued discussion of the report); Committee on Academic Freedom (presented “Procedures for Adjudicating an Academic Freedom Complaint.”).

Meeting was not formally convened due to a lack of quorum. Informal discussion took place on the Mellon Project Special Committee to Review the General Education Requirement report, titled “How We Care for the Curriculum at Hunter College.”

President reported that the college is now a Joint Doctoral Degree granting institution with the Graduate Center for Doctors in Public Health, and Biology, Physics, Chemistry and Biochemistry. Senate moved into a Committee of the Whole to have a discussion on the Middle States Self-Study.

President reported on the Task Force on Hunter College Libraries with Prof. Berny, Chair of the Task Force. The Senate approved the recommendations of the Task Force by voice vote.

Committee Reports: Administrative Committee (created Mellon Project Special Committee to Review the General Education Requirement); GCSC & GARC (approved establishment of “Y” grade for graduate level courses); UARC (presented progress report on transfer issues, academic integrity procedures, plus/minus grading system and Manhattan Hunter High School for Science).

President reported on the CUNY Master Plan and a need to have a discussion of it with the Senate and involve the whole campus community in the process. Committee Reports: Nominating Committee (filled committee vacancies); Master Plan Committee (reported on library renovation, new Health and Sciences Complex, and proposed new building for the School of Social Work).

President Rabb and senior staff presented the 2007-2008 Performance Goals, Appendix II.