SACS REAFFIRMATION OF ACCREDITATION

STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING

 

April 25, 2002

 

 

Attendance:            Michael Hummel  (p)                 Jackie Robinson (p)

Keith Blundell (p)                        Jerry Scheerer (a)

Peggy Brockenbush (p)            Joe Sekul (p)

Marty Domke (p)                        Fred Spaulding (p)

Larry Garrett (p)                        Marjorie Stewart (p)

Gary Hall (p)                                    Jennifer Yancey (p)

Mary Hall (p)                                    Mark Zafereo (p)

Mark Henry (p)                       

 

Call to Order:  Hummel called the meeting to order at 1:37 p.m.

 

Minutes:  Approval of the minutes of April 18, 2002 will be made on May 2nd.  Hummel noted that the minutes reflect primarily the changes the Steering Committee makes in Recommendations and Suggestions submitted by Principal Committees.  He also has asked Boyd to maintain a cumulative chart of changes.

 

Review Editing Problems and Decisions:  Clarification was made for saving drafts.  The Chairs will save the initial draft in the draft folder with a date.  The Halls will review the draft, highlight changes, and save over the original file.  The Chair will then review the file and accept/deny changes and save that draft with a new date for review by all.

 

Halls stated all need to be sure works cited in the narrative correspond to works that are referenced and that all sources mentioned in the narrative be included in works cited.  Although using personal names and pronouns in the narrative was originally not permitted, the Committee now agrees to leave those decisions to the Chairs.

 

SACS FAQ’S

Changes or additions to the SACS FAQ’S include:

Punctuation

q       Compact Disc may be written as CD; plural is CDs

Citing References

q       Profiles:  The Victoria College Facts Fall 2000-Spring 2001

 

Critique of Subsections IV.2.1, 2.5, .4, .6, .7, and .9:  The Committee began with the critiquing of Subsection 4.2.1.  Corrections were made to titles, content, layout and citations, many of which were accepted and others taken under consideration.

 

The Committee also made changes to the following Recommendations:

 

q       Recommendation 4.2.1 Q:  “That procedures for determining transfer credit awarded for technical or military school courses be stated in writing by the Workforce Division.”

Change to:  Decision deferred to the next reading.

 

q       Recommendation 4.2.1 U:  “That the Victoria College Student Handbook be revised to include the policy of enforced scholastic withdrawal and the procedure for appeal.”

Change to:  Mention in the text but not as an official recommendation.

 

Critiques of Subsection 4.2.5 included rewording, citations, and paralleling the structure of a narrative with the “must” statement it addresses.

 

Comments on Subsection 4.4 were minimal, involving some rewording and a few additions.

 

The remaining Subsections scheduled for this meeting were postponed until next week’s meeting.

 

Stewart will check the mission statement and the objectives against the Action Plan to be sure they correspond.  Other Chairs need to do the same.

 

Revision of Critiquing Schedule:  Next week’s meeting on May 2, 2002 will critique Subsections 4.6, 4.7, 4.9 and all of Section III.  The remainder of the critiquing schedule will follow via e-mail survey.  Hummel will then finalize the schedule and inform the Committee of the changes.

 

Other Business:  None.

 

Adjournment:  The meeting was adjourned at 4:41 p.m.