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Interim Provost’s Report

This report provides an update on undergraduate admissions for the 2015-2016 academic year and highlights faculty support for recruitment. It also includes a report on student diversity and surveys administered to academic school deans, discussing strengths and weaknesses in advocacy and communication. Additionally, the report covers tenure, promotion, and third-year review actions, as well as revisions to the Faculty/Administration Manual and discussions on summer compensation. The Senate agenda includes committee reports and compliance with state enrollment limits. Lastly, options for compliance with state law regarding the instruction of the United States Constitution and founding documents are presented.

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Interim Provost’s Report

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  1. Interim Provost’s Report Faculty Senate April 7, 2015

  2. Undergraduate Admissions Update for 2015-2016 • Faculty Support for Recruitment • Still Early • In-State • Out-of-State • Student Diversity

  3. Report on Dean’s Surveys • Administered to Five Deans of Academic Schools • Response Rates • Strengths • Advocacy • Communication • Weaknesses • Communication • Transparency • Accessibility • Favoring Specific Programs

  4. Report on Tenure, Promotion, Third Year Revew Action Cases Pos Third-Year Review 27 27 Tenure/Promotion to Assoc. 22 21 Promotion to Professor 15 14 Promotion to Sr. Instructor 1 1 Retention as Sr. Instructor 5 5 Faculty Librarian Tenure/Promotion 0 0

  5. Revisions to the Faculty/Administration Manual • Previous Discussions • Today’s Senate Meeting • Tenure and Promotion • Summer Compensation

  6. Today’s Senate Agenda • Committee Reports • Enrollment Limits

  7. Compliance with State Law • Sect. 59-29-120 and Sect. 59-29-130 • Recent Discussions • Other Public Universities in South Carolina • Noteworthy Features • Universal Requirement • Test Required • Condition of Graduation • Applies to Graduate Degrees

  8. Excerpt from Sect. 59-29-120South Carolina Code of Laws “All [public] high schools, college, and universities … shall give instruction in the essentials of the United States Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist Papers …, and no student … may receive a certificate of graduation without previously passing a satisfactory examination upon the provisions and principles of [these founding documents], and, if a citizen of the United States, satisfying the examining power of his loyalty thereto.”

  9. Compliance Options • Revise the College’s Undergraduate and Graduate Curricula • Provide for Non-Credit Instruction • Preference for Non-Credit Approach

  10. Main Motion “To assure compliance with Sects. 59-29-120 and 59-29-130 of the S.C. Code of Laws, an additional graduation requirement shall be inserted in all future editions of the College of Charleston undergraduate and graduate catalogs, consistent with the Interim Provost’s memorandum to the Academic Planning Committee of March 18, 2015, with this graduation requirement to removed from future catalogs following any deletion of the relevant statutory provisions by the South Carolina General Assembly.”

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