Present: R. Osgood, 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 9/27/00 meeting were corrected and approved.

President's Remarks

The President reminded Council members that the Board of Trustees is meeting this week. They will be taking a fresh look at the Fund For Excellence.

Dean's Remarks

The Library has filled their open position.

There have been a number of discussions on intellectual property and patents recently. Because of new legislation (Baye-Dole Act 1) Grinnell must develop a policy on patentable intellectual property in order to come into compliance.

M. Pillado Miller moved, B. Ferguson seconded, approval of a position description for a leave replacement from the Art Department. The motion was approved.

The Dean noted that he has provided Council with a memo which has been received today by all department chairs and associate professors regarding nomination for promotion. He asked Council to advise him on all cases that should be brought forward for nomination. The list should be finalized by the end of the semester.

Discussion of Honorary Degrees

B. Grey noted that the Honorary Degree Committee has requested from the faculty nominations of honorary degree candidates for this year's commencement ceremonies. In addition to granting the commencement speaker such an award, the College normally grants an additional three honorary degrees, two of which normally go to alumni/ae.

The major criterion is significant achievement in any arena: academic, scientific, the arts, public service, etc. He briefly spoke to the important achievements of Robert Moses in the Civil Rights Movement and the mathematical education of inner city students in grades K-12. He moved, M. Pillado-Miller seconded, approval of awarding the honorary degree to Robert Moses. The motion was approved.

Discussion of End of Course Evaluations

The Dean noted that Council has received a report from the Office of Institutional Research on the three-semester experiment with End of Course Evaluations. M. Pillado Miller noted that a key issue is how will this information be applied.

President Osgood left the meeting at 5:55 p.m.

There was a long discussion of the issues of whether this instrument (both quantitative and qualitative data) should or could be used in the 1)review for promotion or tenure and 2)merit pay increases.

Council Remarks

B. Voyles stated that there is increasing faculty dissatisfaction with the athletic schedules, noting a particular problem with golf.

B. Voyles also noted that an advertisement for Grinnell College in the Des Moines Register College supplement was very poorly formatted and did not present the College in a professional manner. The Dean stated that the error was the Register's and Public Relations is working with the paper to rectify this situation.

B. Grey noted that the process associated with the additive positions is causing some concern among faculty, but also noted that Council will be receiving 13 proposals. The Dean stated that he has received some responses from alumni to the letter he sent out regarding suggestions for possible candidates for positions currently approved. He suggested that department chairs contact these individuals.

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

Secretary
Karen Wiese

1) It is the policy and objective of the Congress to use the patent system to promote the utilization of inventions arising from federally supported research or development; to encourage maximum participation of small business firms in federally supported research and development efforts; to promote collaboration between commercial concerns and nonprofit organizations, including universities; to ensure that inventions made by nonprofit organizations and small business firms are used in a manner to promote free competition and enterprise; to promote the commercialization and public availability of inventions made in the United States by United States industry and labor; to ensure that the Government obtains sufficient rights in federally supported inventions to meet the needs of the Government and protect the public against nonuse or unreasonable use of inventions; and to minimize the costs of administering policies in this area.