The committee will hold faculty focus group meetings March 15-17 related to promotion and tenure issues. The committee is also working on a faculty survey instrument. There were no reports from Level III committees. The Council also has discussed the change in summer registration. There will be no summer registration but students will be able to register on the first day of class.
Advisors are to be in their offices to assist with the advisement process.
He stated that we wanted to bring faculty salaries up to a more competitive level. A faculty development policy is being developed and will perhaps be incorporated into Chapter 2 of the Faculty Handbook. Dr. Gilmour further reported that Northwest is working on establishing closer partnerships with metropolitan community colleges. Maple Woods is interested in our web-based classes and perhaps offering a portion of our MBA on the Maple Woods campus. Dual enrollment issues will be discussed.