Educational Planning and Coordinating Council

1. Approval of Minutes

October 25, 2001

2. Change in cutoff/placement scores for College Skills math - Bill Turner

3. Draft of Duplicate AA/AS Degree - Kris

4. Implementation Date for Area "I" - Ed

5. Review of possible Spring 2002 agenda items

(Guests: Marty Lee, Greg Granderson, Bill Turner)

Committee Membership for 2001-02

Ed Buckley, Terri Frongia, Kris Futrell, Reneé LoPilato, Jim Rose

Noel Adams, Karen Kellam, Peg Ellingson, Joan Scarborough, Rosemary Ward

Hyemin Ro - student representative

ATTENDING: Ed Buckley, Terri Frongia, Kris Futrell, Renee LoPilato, Jim Rose, Noel Adams, Karen Kellam, Joan Scarborough, Rosemary Ward

Guests: Marty Lee, Greg Granderson, Bill Turner, and Lisa Busch

1. Approval of Minutes

Approved minutes of October 25, 2001

2. Changes in cutoff/placement scores for College Skills math

Approved. (ARDT Score for "No Placement" changed from 0-16 to 0-29)

3. Status of "Multiple Majors and Additional Associate Degrees" draft

Discussion: In response to their discussion of this item, the Academic Senate intends to take action in January on a motion to require a residency requirement of at least six units in the major in order to complete an associates degree. EPCC explored the various potential impacts of such a requirement. Consensus was that more study and research is necessary before the college imposes such a requirement, and that it goes substantially beyond the intent of the proposal.

Decision: EPCC will recommend to the Senate that we proceed with the multiple major language substantially as written, and consider changes in the current residency requirements after the new majors have been implemented and we can evaluate enrollment patterns.

4. Implementation date for Area "I"

Buckley reported that the addition of this area to the Board Policy on general education is going to the Board in January.

5. Review of possible Spring 2002 agenda items.

Possible spring agenda items will include the following:

Committee Membership for 2001-02: Ed Buckley, Terri Frongia, Kris Futrell, Reneé LoPilato, Jim Rose, Noel Adams, Karen Kellam, Peg Ellingson, Joan Scarborough, Rosemary Ward, Hyemin Ro