April 27, 2006

[Note: A proposed revision of a CPC Policy is located at the end of these minutes.]

Present: Judith Anderson (chair), Bob Becker, Sandra Dolby, Hal Evans (substituting for Rick Van Kooten next year), Roger Levesque, Rosemary Lloyd, Al Ruesink (recorder), and Rob Shakespeare.

The meeting convened at 4:18.

Minutes of April 20 were approved as submitted. (Wow, no niggling for the second week in a row!)

We agreed to continue meeting on Thursdays through May, with a special meeting planned on Wednesday, May 3rd to discuss campus building planning with Interim Provost McRobbie.

Transition team leader David Zaret joined us at 4:33. First he briefed us on the dean search. A first round of screening interviews has been completed and the CPC will meet with candidates when they come to campus for the next round of interviews. Conversation then ranged widely over General Ed requirements (to be considered further in the fall), evaluation of the need for a printed schedule of classes, data discrepancies on the number of faculty in some units with release time from teaching, and level of dollar support provided to departments by the College or OVPR (Office of Vice President for Research) to provide course coverage when regular faculty have course releases. David left at 5:01.

At 5:02 we were joined by Tom Gieryn, whose past experiences include work on the campus Capital Priorities Committee, chair of the CPC, and chair of the Planning Committee that drafted a proposal for an Arts and Humanities classroom and office building, which was submitted to Swamy in July, 2005. We had asked him to brief us on some history of building planning for IUB. He noted that three different buildings have been involved: 1) a UITS building that was originally sited near the Ed School on 7th Street and now is to be located just north of 10th Street where there is a parking lot (now called the CIB building--Computation and Information Bldg.) 2) a pod of classrooms that was to go between the main library and Radio and TV, and 3) a Humanities building whose site may have been on 7th Street across from Ernie Pyle Hall. The classroom building seems to have fallen off the priorities list, in part because there is disagreement about the need for more classrooms, especially rooms as large as those planned for this building. The priority of the Humanities building has vanished, with the reason unclear. And the CIB building has gone from being proposed as a project requiring no state funds to being at the top of the list requesting state funds. Tom helped us understand that the Capital Priorities Committee for IUB, chaired by Neil Theobald, is responsible for 1) setting priorities for new construction and for the use of campus R&R funds, and 2) periodically reviewing the campus master plan (by architect firm of John Bell). We plan to consult with current faculty members on the Capital Priorities Committee before meeting with Provost McRobbie on May 3. Our concern is that some major priority decisions may have been made without adequate faculty consultation. Tom left the meeting at 5:53.

Bob Becker announced that this will be his last meeting as a member of the CPC because he will soon be increasing his involvement in the College deanery and would thus have a conflict of interest. His CPC colleagues asked that we record in the minutes "extremely effusive thanks" for the work that he has done with us. That means that we have really appreciated his wisdom, his background knowledge, his thoughtful comments, and his willingness to work tirelessly for the CPC.

The meeting adjourned at 6:02.

Albert Ruesink, recorder

Questions or comments regarding the minutes and actions of the College Policy Committee may be addressed to co-chairs Judith Anderson (anders@indiana.edu --855-3845) and Bob Becker (becker@indiana.edu --855-3014). Past minutes and College Policy Statements can be found at the CPC web page: www.indiana.edu/~college/faculty/policy/policies.shtml.