Over the past 2 years it has increased and he would like to see this trend continue. The budget will be defended the Monday after spring break with the President. Curriculum Revision Task Force To be reviewed with the discussion items. They have used some of the money for Academic Excellence and Research Day to sponsor some of the presentations and will also be giving some money for the Dean s Citation and Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Awards. They have been getting quite a few research projects from graduate students.
Grants are less but the number of external dollars has increased.
Many new faculty are writing grants since they attended the workshop so continue to encourage faculty to write grants. Survey responses indicated Standards Committee review is too lenient. They have followed guidelines and should have reviewed them much more closely. Wickham will discuss this at the next Standards meeting. MA in Math en route to Ph.D. Motion to approve, Bellman seconded.