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OF THE FACULTY SENATE FEBRUARY 10, 2016

shares. There used to be but there is no formula now for respective shares and depending on what data you use, what data you judge to be determinative, whether it is tuition, square footage, FTEs, student credit hours, headcount, etc., the data falls in a different direction. On the other hand, is the fear that if we cannot come to an agreement with the two-year colleges, and everyone is not on board with the Governor’s process, the Governor will throw it overboard.

President Berkman reported that a great meeting was held here this morning with the Internship Summit. Two-hundred forty-five companies came to CSU to discuss how to best generate, manage and help students get the most and help employers get the most of internship responsibilities. It was co-sponsored with the Greater Cleveland Partnership which in essence is Cleveland’s Chamber of Commerce. They were a great partner; they brought out lots of these companies. It began with an extraordinary keynote by a faculty member at the Kennedy School at Harvard who spoke about internships and spoke about lots of issues related to internships who are our sort of kids, the kind of kids who go to an urban public institution, etc. and did a wonderful job in framing the issues. But, there is no doubt out there that there are intense interests among employers to finding ways to improve the pipeline, finding ways to maximize communication between employers and they really want to talk to faculty. Dr. Berkman reported that it was an extraordinary meeting and it is something that we have to keep working at and we are spending lots of time and energy trying to improve Career Services, trying to improve our interface, trying to improve our systems, trying to get more students out, etc. He added that it is right at the top on the Governor’s list of important issues for higher education. Indeed, the Governor’s office had a state survey with Career Services that they sent out to every institution asking a battery of questions about how we do this. Four institutions passed and were the only ones that were allowed to participate in the Capital Budget Commission. The rest, by the Governor’s decision, were excluded from participating. They had to resubmit and recertify so it is extraordinarily important for him.

President Berkman recognized Dr. Debbie Jackson and all of her colleagues, including Dr. Professor Nigamanth Sridhar who have had a role in the MC2STEM High School. He commented that we should all take incredible pride that the only non- selective, where you do not have to test in, the only non-selective high school in the entire City of Cleveland, MC2STEM High School, received an “A” in their state ranking and evaluation.

- IX. Report of the Interim Provost

Provost Jianping Zhu stated that he had four quick items to share with Senate. He noted that the first item is the faculty search. He reported that we have over sixty searches for tenure-track faculty and full-time lecturers ongoing right now. He said he wanted to extend kudos to the College of Education and the College of Business. They have finished their searches and all candidates have accepted offers. He congratulated the College of Education and the College of Business.