Minutes of the School of Business Ph.D. Committee

October 15, 2001 Meeting

Present: Kweku Bryson, Ed Coffman, William Daughtrey, George Gray, David Harless, Gabriel Ramirez, and Allen Lee, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies.

Chair Gabriel Ramirez called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m.

Minutes of the September 20 meeting were approved.

Ramirez distributed summary information on "Robert's Rules of Order."

Members of the committee debated the following motion: "That the committee will consider applications for eligibility to teach 700-level courses and chair dissertations once per semester; at the November meeting in the fall semester, and at the March meeting in the spring semester.  The motion was approved on a 4-2 vote.

Members voted unanimously to approve a request for a 7 year extension (to summer 2002) for Robert Rappold.

Members voted unanimously to approve the dissertation committee of Janet Kellet.

Allen Lee made suggestions for preparing the "Interim Report" to be submitted to the AACSB in October 2002.  His suggestions included initial presentation before the Academic Programs Committee of the Business Council, and a spring 2002 visit of an eminent scholar from each Ph.D. Program area to evaluate preliminary reports. 

Members voted unanimously to approve the following motion: "Ph.D. Committee requests that:

(i) the members of the Ph.D. Committee work with their respective department chairs to prepare draft responses to the AACSB letter of November 13, 1997 requesting an interim report;

(ii) that an initial presentation of the response be made to the Ph.D. Committee in early January 2002;

(iii) a presentation, moderated by Ramirez, be made to the Academic Programs Committee of the Business Council in January 2002; (iv) each department host an external scholar to evaluate the interim report in March 2002."

The draft of the Ph.D. Handbook distributed by e-mail is incomplete.  Members were asked to submit comments on the Ph.D. Handbook to Tracy Green, on or before October 30.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:50 p.m.

David Harless

Secretary