The committee was originally formed in the early 80s under the UAF Assembly. The committee was very active at that time. In the last few years, the committee has not had a visible avenue to carry recommendations forward and has been bypassed in major policy decisions. A number of discussions focused on this topic and the committee is divided. Brent Watkins spoke with the Provost and asked to report to the Senate or directly to the Provost.
Budgetary issues has to be take into consideration.
The Provost stated that he would speak with the Chancellor. Issues that the committee has dealt with are primarily teaching. Increased distance delivery has been a major topic of discussion systemwide and input from this committee would be beneficial. In the past the committee had a member from Academic Computer and Institutional Research sat on the committee and thus the committee had a direct line to the provost. Tom Robinson suggested that Tom Foote from the Library be contact regarding information on the smart classroom.