Auburn University Steering Committee
Minutes
Thursday, May 26, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
206 Samford Hall

Present: Larry Teeter (Chair), James Goldstein (Chair-Elect), Laura Plexico (Secretary), Emmett Winn, Sara Wolf, Lisa Kensler, Keven Yost, Emily Myers, Patricia Duffy (Immediate-Past Chair), Dan Svyantek, Constance Relihan, Xing Ping Hu (Secretary-Elect), Sushil Adhikari (Chair Faculty Research Committee)

Absent: Timothy Boosinger

The first item of business was approval of the May 12, 2016 steering minutes.

Constance Relihan then discussed what the General Education and Core Curriculum Committee has been working on. The committee will be piloting some standardized assessments and has put together a subcommittee to evaluate these assessments and how well they map onto some of the existing outcomes.

Next Sushil discussed recommendations for growing research at AU. Some recommendations include modifying the promotion and tenure guidelines, fund competitive faculty salaries, develop a culture of research excellence, and spousal hiring. There was discussion about the goal for why the P&T guidelines need modification.

Following was discussion of how the handbook would change for the new Lecturer policy. Briefly discussed their graduate faculty status.

Don Mulvaney submitted a report from the Teaching Effectiveness Committee. He will present in the June meeting.

There was discussion of whether a committee should have a budget for continued education or travel support.

Lisa suggested that the sustainability office share the results of their STARS report at the June meeting.

Meeting adjourned 5:00