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Standard 14 Committee Minutes: 01/28/2003

 

DATE:01/28/2003
TIME:3:30 to 4:45 PM
PLACE:W2-5 Conference Room
PRESENT:Sonya Lott-Harrison, Deb Rossi, Warren Berman, Marcia Epstein, Emilie Harting, Madeline Marcotte, George McCasland, Joan Monroe, Lynne Sutherland, Ruth Baker
  1. Distribution of Drafts for Expanded Action Plan
    • A member from each of the four groups that were formed last week distributed their detailed plan of action and interview questions. The four drafts were numbered as #38 (a packet) to our running bibliography. Next, we each took a few minutes to review the documents individually.

  2. Identification of Categories
    • Prior to a discussion of the drafts, a suggestion was made that we categorize our research efforts into categories as a great deal of crossover existed between the documents. Four categories were identified: Interviews/focus groups; Institutional Research Reports; Course Documents/Syllabi; and Audits. We then reviewed each of the four drafts related to the action plan and made suggestions and revisions, where appropriate.

  3. New Groups Formed
    • It was decided that new groups would be formed focused at the categories rather than the action plan. The assignments to each of the respective groups were as follows:
      1. Interviews/Focus Groups: Elaine, Emilie, Marcia and Sonya
      2. Institutional Research Reports: Warren and Ruth
      3. Course Docuements/Syllabi: Maddy, Lynne and Mark
      4. Audits: Joan, George, and Deb
    • The purpose for restructuring the groups was so each group could focus on one particular aspect of the action plan and direct their energies into researching that component.

Assignment Due in Two Weeks:

  1. Each group will meet and review the four drafts to identify where in each document there is redundancy with regard to their respective category. The purpose is to coordinate the efforts for each of the drafts for all of the categories. For example, the audit group will identify areas in all four drafts that refer to the audit as a tool for obtaining information about any part of the Standard 14 Action Plan. We will then list how the audit must be used to answer each component and then begin to examine the audits that have been selected to address each area appropriately. The other groups will go through the drafts similarly and identify the required reports/documents and the types of information that is needed to obtain from them. The interview group will be responsible for developing the questions for each of the groups and coordinating the questions from each of the drafts so there is not a duplication of effort.

Next meeting: Tuesday, February 11, 2003
Time: 3:30 PM
Location: W2-5 Conference Room

Recorder: Deb Rossi