A&S Planning and Budget Commmittee Minutes April 22 2005

Minutes for A&S Planning and Budget Committee

April 22, 2005

Members Present: Martin Klotz (Chair, recording minutes), Carol Mattingly, Christopher Tillquist, Jeff Jack, CS Jayanthi (ex-officio)

Members Absent: Regina Roebuck, Allen Whitt (prior notice), Susan DeWitt (prior notice); No guests invited.

Start and location of the meeting: 2:00 PM at Gardiner Hall

1) The meeting started at 2:00 pm; minutes from the previous meeting were discussed and approved.

2) The committee discussed and approved the drafted Memoranda to the A&S faculty assembly, recommending the formation of an ad-hoc committee to study retention and graduation of undergraduate students in the College of A&S, to improve the state of graduate research in our college and to improve tuition recovery for the college from central funds. The memoranda were approved.

3) The committee meeting ended at 3:05 PM.

Submitted by Martin G. Klotz, Chair of the committee