Present: R. Osgood, J. Brand, J. Swartz, H. Scott, P. Smith, W. Ferguson, B. Grey, K. Kamp, T. Moore, M. Pillado-Miller, B. Voyles.

The meeting came to order at 4:20 p.m. in the Nollen House Conference Room.

The minutes and excerpts from the 10/9/00 meeting were corrected and approved.

Remarks of the Dean

The Dean stated that he has observed that there are a lot of good things happening in the academic programs at Grinnell. In this regard, he has asked the Office of Corporate, Foundation, and Government Relations to assist him in recognizing the individuals and groups by nominating them for national and professional awards. To this end, he is asking Council for their assistance in identifying nomination opportunities as they read about them in professional newsletters and other media.

Continuation of the Discussion of Additive Positions

The President reiterated his position that the central idea behind this new appointment opportunity is that we are able to hire diverse candidates in view of second-tier curricular needs. There was a discussion of the departmental proposals.

The issue was raised regarding how to advertise these positions. P. Smith handed out a draft advertisement. There was discussion regarding wording in relation to the balance between enhancing diversity and strengthening the curriculum.

It was decided that P. Smith would continue to shape the language of the advertisement and would circulate the next draft to Council for approval.

B. Grey moved, M. Pillado Miller seconded, approval to advertise the nine searches, subject to the Dean's approval of satisfactory position descriptions from the departments. The departments approved for searches include: anthroplogy-cultural geography, art, biology, chemistry-organic, chemistry-physical geography, music, philosophy, psychology, sociology. The motion was approved.

K. Kamp asked whether the range of faculty rank that the advertisements could include would be restricted to assistant professor. She suggested broadening the ad in order to possibly broaden the pool of applicants. It was agreed not to constrain the pool in this way.

B. Grey noted that the Social Studies Division held a faculty meeting to discuss the larger diversity document today. It was widely attended and there was a vigorous discussion. B. Ferguson noted the necessity for continuing discussions in this forum.

The Dean noted that the Executive Council has put a great deal of effort into shaping this process of bringing real discussion and debate on the various issues of diversity and in bringing the concrete documents and processes into being. This effort has moved the ability of the institution to deal with these issues from the theoretical to the concrete and he thanked each member of Council for their extraordinary efforts.

The President and J. Brand left the meeting at 5:52 p.m.

Discussion of End of Course Evaluation Policy

The Dean asked Council for agreement in principle with the ideas presented in a draft policy he handed out. There was once again a lengthy discussion of the proper and appropriate use of the information. Discussion centered around the potential for use in faculty development by chairs, reviews, and merit pay increase. There was no agreement, except to continue to discuss this issue.

M. Pillado-Miller left the meeting at 6:10 p.m.

T. Moore left the meeting at 6:20 p.m.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m.

Secretary
Karen Wiese