Present: R. Osgood, J. Brand, J. Swartz, B. Grey, D. Kaiser, K. Kamp, J. Mohan, J. Mutti, B.Voyles.

The meeting came to order at 4:15 in the Nollen House Conference Room.

The minutes and excerpts of the February 6, 2002 meeting were corrected and approved.

The President made no remarks.

Dean's Remarks

The Dean announced that Mary Burke just accepted a one-year leave replacement position in Economics. He also updated Council on the status of faculty searches.

He reported that he has pursued the idea of a departmental review with the Philosophy Department since they have not had one in at least twenty years. The Chair was amendable to conducting a review next year.

He noted that the Library has sent a letter to some faculty members about library reserves and coursepacks. The letter has sparked some controversy and policy discussion regarding copyright compliance. He reported that this issue will be taken up by the Instructional Support Committee. The President stated that once the Committee has produced a draft policy he will review it with the College's lawyer.

Discussion of Japanese and Chinese

There was a vigorous and highly spirited discussion of a proposal from the Department of Chinese and Japanese.

Council Remarks

B. Grey asked Council, on behalf of S. Rebelsky, if there is objection to providing the faculty survey in a format which will allow for cutting and pasting. It was decided that this would not be made universally available, but that it would be permissible for S. Rebelsky to work with Carol Trosset to meet his needs.

The meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m.

Secretary
Karen Wiese