GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

COMBINED MEETING OF THE

ACADEMIC SENATE and GENERAL FACULTY ASSEMBLY

AND

CALLED MEETING OF THE GENERAL FACULTY

Tuesday, September 14, 2004, 3:00 pm, Student Center Theater

 

AGENDA

 

1.      Opening Remarks by the President.

2.      State Allocations to Higher Education - Prospects and Possible Model Changes (President/Provost)

3.      Approval of Minutes of previous meeting(s):

a.       Called Meeting of the General Faculty combined with meeting of the Academic Senate and Annual Meeting of the Academic Faculty (April 20, 2004)  [see link to web site listing #1 below]

4.      Proposed Revisions to the Conflict of Interest Policy (Bennett) [Attachment #4]

5.      Regulations on the use of vertebrates in teaching and research (Henry) [Attachment #2]

6.      Approval of Minutes of Standing Committees of the General Faculty [see link to web site listing #3 below]

a.       Statutes: 02/10/04

b.      Welfare & Security: 02/10/04; 04/29/04; 05/27/04

7.      Approval of Minutes of Standing Committees of the Academic Senate [see link to web site listing #3 below]

a.       Graduate Curriculum: 04/08/04; 04/22/04; 04/28/04; 06/10/04; 07/29/04; 09/07/04 [Action items:  New courses in MGT and CS (04/22/04); New PhD Program and courses in Applied Physiology, New course in PUBP, participation of MSE in Multidisciplinary PSE MS and PhD (06/10/04); name change for International EMBA; CoC offering of MS at GTL (07/29/04); ISyE MS in Operations Research offered by Video mode (09/07/04)]

b.      Student Academic & Financial Affairs: 09/16/03; 03/05/04

c.       Student Activities:  09/09/03; 10/30/03; 03/17/04 [Action item:  Revisions to the Conduct Code and Disciplinary procedures for Student Organizations (03/17/04)]

8.      Any Other Business.

 

Said Abdel-Khalik

Secretary of the Faculty

September 10, 2004

 

Links to cited documents:

 

  1. Minutes of Faculty meetings:
    1. AS, AF & GF (04/20/04) http://www.facultysenate.gatech.edu/ASAFGF2004-042004-Minuteswbpg.htm
  2. Regulations on the Use of Vertebrates in Teaching and Research
  3. Minutes of Committee Meetings http://www.facultysenate.gatech.edu/CommitteeMinutes.htm
  4. Proposed Conflict of Interest Policy
    1. Proposed COI Policy (Revision of Section 5.2 of the Faculty Handbook)
    2. Section-by-Section Comparison between Proposed COI Policy and Current Policy
    3. Line-by-Line Comparison between Proposed COI Policy and Current Policy
    4. Report on Revised Conflict of Interest Policy (Presentation by Gisele Bennett)