Not enough nominations received to fill Academic Senate positions, management minor program approved
The Central Michigan University Academic Senate approved a new management minor program, after persuasion from students and faculty.
The minor will be offered as part of the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree.
In other business, the Academic Senate did not receive enough nominations to vote to fill four Senate officer positions as scheduled, including Senate chair elect, Senate secretary, two faculty Senate executive board positions and a student-held Senate executive board position.
Senate will vote on these positions when enough nominations are received, said Jim McDonald, Senate Chair and associate professor of teacher education and professional development.
The Academic Senate also did not receive enough nominations to fill positions on the outstanding research and creative activity committee. It needs one faculty member from each college to serve a one-year term. The vote will be held at the end of the contract.
Interim Vice Provost of Academic Affairs Claudia Douglass presented results of the collegiate learning assessment test administered to students in 2005-09.
The CLA testing was a three-phase study that selected students to finish a three-part exam that included analytical writing, critiquing arguments and identifying credible information from different sources. Douglass was pleased with the results.
Phase one was given to freshmen in the fall of 2005. CMU placed among the highest in the nation, compared with the other 35 colleges that participated in the report by the Council for Aid to Education.
Phase two of the testing was administered to juniors in spring 2007 and phase three was administered to graduating seniors in spring 2009.
Douglass said students were paid either 30 or 50 dollars to complete each phase of the test. The students were selected through the Registrar’s office.
The CLA report is posted in its entirety online.
