Senate Academic Planning and Priorities Committee 

October 30, 2023 AGENDA 

(Virtual on Zoom) 

Roll Call: Jane McEldowney Jensen, Ann Stowe, Chris Delcher, Kristina Hains 

Review of Minutes 

Old Business 

• Follow up on issues regarding graduate student guidance that had come to the attention of the Trainees and Research Advisory Committee in the College of Medicine: ACTION:    

• Investigate what has been done about measuring Graduate Student Retention and Student Success, particularly during the post-qual (767 credit hours) period.  There may be some assessment we are not aware of?  

• Identify what, if any, professional development or written expectations might exist for either faculty or graduate students by talking to Graduate School/Faculty Development folks  

• What, if anything, do we report to Senate or refer to other committee/council? 

• Follow up on issue of Post-Docs not having parental leave. See benefits page. Refer to Grad Council? 

New Business 

• Results of discussion with Dr. Katie Cardarelli, Office of Institutional Effectiveness regarding agenda items, if any, for SAPPC 

• Faculty participation in Assessment 

• Faculty feedback on # of programs. Perception that we have far more programs than our peers and perhaps need to consider whether we want that many...a request to “critically examine” not a mandate to close. 

Items from the Floor