Last Updated: December 1,
2005
MEETING AGENDA
Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education
Executive Building
521 S. 14th Street, Lower Level Board Room
December 8, 2005
9:00 a.m.
Note: Items on which the Commission will take action are indicated in bold.
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. WELCOME
III. MINUTES
Action item: Approval of the October 20, 2005 videoconference
meeting minutes (Appendix 1)
IV. CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT
V. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
VI. PUBLIC COMMENT
Those wishing to comment on general issues of concern are allowed five minutes.
VII. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A. Action item: Nomination and election of Commission officers for 2006.
VIII. PUBLIC HEARING
ON PLANNING COMMITTEE ITEMS
Those commenting on the matters listed below are allowed five
minutes.
A. Recommended Capital Construction Practices – Comprehensive Plan Amendment (first reading)
IX. PLANNING AND CONSUMER INFORMATION COMMITTEE
A. Action item: LR 75 Report – Volume 1 (Appendix 2) and Volume 2 (Appendix 3)
B. Information item: Staff report on academic transfer (Appendix 4)
C. Information item: Recommended Capital Construction Practices – Comprehensive Plan Amendment (first reading)
(Appendix 5)
X.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON BUDGET, CONSTRUCTION, AND FINANCIAL AID COMMITTEE ITEMS
Those commenting on the matters listed below are allowed five
minutes.
XI. BUDGET, CONSTRUCTION, AND FINANCIAL AID COMMITTEE
A. Information item: Briefings on LB 605, relating to construction and improvement projects at the University of Nebraska and Nebraska state colleges.
B. Action item:
Postsecondary institutional operating and capital construction deficit
appropriation requests fiscal years 2005-06 and 2006-07.
(Appendix
6)
1. The University of Nebraska is
requesting additional funding for 1) increased energy costs, and 2)
environmental clean-up at the Mead
Research Center
2. The Nebraska State College System is requesting
1) funding increases for utilities, and 2) planning funds through the design
development
phase for
a proposed educational center in South Sioux City.
3. The community colleges are requesting additional money to fully fund
Programs 151 and 152, the formulas that provide state funding for the
community colleges.
XII.
PUBLIC HEARING ON ACADEMIC PROGRAMS COMMITTEE ITEMS
Those commenting on the matters listed below are allowed five
minutes.
A. University of Nebraska at Omaha's (UNO) proposal for a new instructional program: Master of Arts in Language Teaching (MALT)
B. University of Nebraska at Omaha's (UNO) proposal for a new organizational unit: Center for ePortfolio-Based Assessment
C. University of Nebraska-Lincoln's (UNL) proposal
for a new instructional program: Bachelor of Science degree in Hospitality, Restaurant, and
Tourism Management (BS)
D. University of Nebraska-Lincoln's (UNL) proposal
for a new instructional program: Bachelor of Landscape
Architecture (BLS)
E. University of Nebraska-Lincoln's (UNL) proposal
for a new instructional program: Bachelor of Science degree in Construction
Engineering
(BSConE)
F. University of Nebraska-Lincoln's (UNL) proposal for a new organizational unit: Center for Digital Research in Humanities
G. Proposal from Chadron State College (CSC), Peru
State College (PSC), and Wayne State College (WSC) for a new instructional
program:
Master of Science degree in Organizational Management (MS)
XIII. ACADEMIC PROGRAMS COMMITTEE
A. Action items: Proposals for new instructional programs:
1. UNO - Language Teaching - MALT (Appendix 7)
2. UNL - Hospitality, Restaurant, and Tourism Management - BS (Appendix 8)
3. UNL - Landscape Architecture - BLS (Appendix 9)
4. UNL - Construction Engineering - BSConE (Appendix 10)
5. CSC, PSC, WSC - Organizational Management - MS (Appendix 11)
B. Action items: Proposals for new organizational units:
1. UNO - Center for ePortfolio-Based Assessment (Appendix 12)
2. UNL - Center for Digital Research in Humanities (Appendix 13)
C. Action item: Request by The Creative Center to establish a new four-year institution in Nebraska offering a Bachelor of Fine Arts
(BFA) in Graphic Design. (Appendix 14)
D. Report on name changes relating to existing programs (Appendix 15)
XIV. FUTURE MEETINGS
The next Commission meeting will include a joint meeting with the State College Board, February 2, 2006 in Lincoln.
XV. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
XVI. ADJOURNMENT