Dr. Frank French, COST; Dr. Jim Randall, COBA; Ms. Ginger Fausett, SGA Representative; Dr. Jim McMillan, CHPS; Dr. Ruth Carroll, COE; Dr. Deborah Thomas, COE; Dr. Quentin Fang, COST; Dr. Leon Spencer, COE; Dr. Caren Town, CLASS; Dr. Sudha Ratan, CLASS; Dr. Bob Fernekes, LIB; Ms. Bonnie Gruben, Graduate Student Representative; Dr. J. B. Claiborne, COST; Dr. Cindi Chance, Provost Representative; Dr. Ming Li, CHPS; Dr. Lane Van Tassell, AVPAA & Dean of Graduate Studies; Dr. Mike McDonald, COBA

Others:

Dr. John R. Diebolt, Ms. Michelle Hodges, Ms. Lee Mitchell

Visitors:

Dr. Kate Conway-Turner, Dean of College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences; Dr. Curtis Ricker, CLASS

CURRICULUM AMENDMENTS AND PROGRAM CHANGES

Curriculum amendments presented by the College of Education were presented and approved by the Graduate Committee. See Attachment I: Curriculum Amendments Approved by Graduate Council Report.

Dr. Sudha Ratan, Chair, Graduate Faculty Guideline Revision Subcommittee, distributed a memo from the graduate faculty subcommittee posing five questions regarding current review process. After lengthy discussion it was decided that the subcommittee would revise the guidelines and resubmit their report on October 18, 2001. Dr. Li advised that any revisions to the guidelines should be voted on at the graduate committee meeting on November 15, 2001.

NEW BUSINESS

Dr. McMillan motioned that the memorandum to the graduate committee from Dr. Bruce Little regarding funding of assistantships for the Masters of Fine Arts Program be tabled and resubmitted. This would allow an opportunity for the CLASS Advisory Council to consider such and bring its recommendation forward. The motion was seconded by Dr. Thomas.

Dr. French addressed the issue of the MS thesis format. Dr. French motioned that a subcommittee task force be appointed that would be responsible for revisions to the thesis manual. The motion was seconded by Dr. McMillan..

Dr. Diebolt discussed with the committee the placement of study tracks or options on transcripts. After some discussion the committee decided that this issue would be revisited at the next meeting.

Ms. Gruben, representing the Graduate Student Organization, reported on meeting dates, and the location of the graduate student lounge. The GSO meets on the 2^nd Thursday at 6:00 p.m. and the 3^rd Tuesday at 12 Noon. The graduate student lounge is located in the Carroll Building and is supplied with four computers and a printer.

OTHER

Dr. Li distributed committee assignments, Graduate Committee meeting dates and reminded the committee of the October 15^th and February 15^th deadline for submitting graduate faculty applications.

Dr. Van Tassell reminded the committee that in the near future there would be requests for catalog copy for next years catalog. The catalog copy for curriculum items for next years catalog must be passed by this committee no later than January 17, 2002.

Dr. Van Tassell distributed a document that was adopted by the Graduate Record Examination Program regarding a change in GRE scores. Dr. Van Tassell asked that the committee distribute the document among their departments.