University Planning and Quality Council
Minutes
April 21, 2005
Members
Present: Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo,
Provost Paul Hosier, Ms. Sharon Boyd (for Dr. Ronald Core), Mr. Stephen Demski,
Ms. Pat Leonard, Dr. Robert Tyndall, Dr. Stephen McNamee (for Dr. Nelson Reid),
Dr. John Marts (for Mr. Lawrence Clark), Dr. Virginia Adams, Dr. Robert Roer, Dr.
Terry Curran, Dr. Dan Noland, Dr. Carol Pilgrim, Dr. Thomas Schmid, Mr. William
Fleming and Mr. Robert S. Russell.
Others
Attending: Mr. Max Allen, Ms. Lisa
Castellino, Ms. Gay Howe, Mr. Mark Lanier, Dr. Matt Mayhew, Mr. Brad Reid, Ms.
Roxie Shabazz, Dr. Mark Spaulding, and Dr. Kenneth Spackman.
Provost Hosier called the
meeting to order at 3:30 pm.
The minutes of the March 21,
2005, meeting were approved as distributed on the Web.
1.
Enrollment
goals. Ms. Gay Howe presented several enrollment scenarios
on behalf of the Enrollment Management Committee. Ms. Lisa Castellino gave an analysis of the
probable effects of increasing the size of the freshman class on average
freshman SAT scores. (Based on Fall 2004 data, for example, an increase of 200 freshmen
would result in a drop in SAT average of approximately 3 points, and only very
minor changes in average high school GPA and high school rank.) The Council asked that the EM Committee
develop its recommendation for the April meeting so that:
- SAT scores do not fall,
- enrollment growth is concentrated in
the Watson School of Education, the Nursing School, and the Graduate School,
- enrollment in 2010 is close to the
assumptions used by the master planning consultants, so as to ensure enrollment
planning and space planning remain consistent.
2.
Mission
statement review. The mission review subcommittee reported on
the 321 responses to the campus wide mission review survey. The overall results were strongly supportive
of the draft adopted at the March 21 meeting.
The subcommittee incorporated several suggestions from survey respondents
in a revised draft. The revised mission
statement was approved without dissent as a recommendation to the
Chancellor. Additional steps in the
approval process include the Board of Trustees and Board of Governors. The revised mission statement reads:
The
University of North Carolina at Wilmington is a public comprehensive university
dedicated to learning through the integration of teaching and mentoring with research
and service. The college of arts and sciences, the professional schools, and
the graduate school seek to stimulate intellectual curiosity, imagination,
critical thinking, and thoughtful expression in a broad range of disciplines
and professional fields. The university is committed to providing the highest
quality undergraduate and graduate academic experience in an extensive array of
programs at the baccalaureate and master’s levels, as well as a doctoral
program in marine biology. Our goal is
excellence in teaching, scholarship, research, artistic achievement, and
service.
UNCW encourages public access to its educational
programs and is committed to diversity, international perspectives, and
regional service. Our
campus community strives to create a safe, supportive, and technologically
progressive environment in which students, faculty, and staff work together to
develop their interests, skills, and talents to the fullest extent. UNCW seeks to celebrate and study the heritage and environment of
the coastal region, and to enrich its quality of life, economy, and education.
3.
BOG Strategic
Directions. Dr. Spackman distributed copies of the
current draft response to the Board of Governors’ Strategic Directions to
ensure that members have the opportunity to contribute additional information,
or to offer corrections by May 13.
4.
Priority
progress measures. Dr. Spackman distributed a discussion draft
of ten priority progress measures for the Strategic Plan. The Council requested that Dr. Spackman ask
appropriate individuals or groups to conduct “reasonableness checks” for each
of the measures to ensure that the targets are achievable in the stated time
frame. It was also suggested that a
target be established for increasing graduation rates, and added to the current
measure that addresses freshman retention.
The meeting was adjourned at
5:32 pm.
Future Meetings (All meetings in
AL 215)
Wednesday, May 25, 2005, 2:00-4:00 pm
(This is a change from the previously scheduled date and time.)
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