System Update - Approval of the Bachelors of Arts in Professional and Integrated Studies degree is on the regents agenda this week. Ron has been calling regents reminding them that they approved the program in June of 1998 and that the money, library acquisitions, faculty, and curriculum are in place. The Rand consultants urged the regents not to consider new programs until there is a clear direction in the state.
Some regents are adamant that no new programs be accepted.
Ron will continue to make calls. Approval of tenure recommendations is also on the regents agenda. Ron asked John to say a few words of support for our recommendations if necessary. Ron and Carl went to Carson City to testify to the legislature, but were not called upon to speak. Barbara Cevaske, a legislator from Clark County, announced that a representative from the Commission on Education for the States said that one of the finest education programs being developed in the country is at Great Basin College.