Present: Kweku Bryson, Ed Coffman, William Daughtrey, David Harless, Gabriel Ramirez, Allen Lee, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, and George Gray for part of the meeting.
Chair Ramirez called the meeting to order at 3:32 p.m.
Minutes of the October 15, 2001 meeting were approved as amended.
Ramirez proposed that, for efficiency reasons, the committee consider extensions
of terms for doctoral eligibility only from faculty whose terms will expire
within a year. After some discussion, the motion was
amended so that the policy would commence in the Spring Semester, 2002. The
amended motion was passed on a vote of 3-2. Hence, beginning in the spring,
the Ph.D. Committee will only consider nominations to extend a doctoral eligibility
term if the term ends within a year.
The committee approved six nominations for doctoral eligibility. It was the unanimously agreed by the members present that two other nominations should be returned because the files were incomplete.
Ramirez informed the committee that Associate Dean Lee had asked Faculty Council to include in a future meeting an agenda item involving review of the procedure for determining eligibility to teach 700 level courses and chair dissertations. Committee members questioned Lee about the proposal for a review.
An Accounting Department Ph.D. student had requested an extension to May 2002
for a proposal defense and to May 2003 for a dissertation defense. In its September
20, 2001 meeting, the committee had approved the extension conditional on the
student forming a committee and submission to the Ph.D. Committee by November
1, 2001. As of October 29, 2001, however, the student was not aware of this
action. Coffman asked that the committee extend the deadline for forming a committee
and submitting
the committee to the Ph.D. Committee until February 1, 2002. After some discussion,
the request was approved.
Ramirez noted that the next meeting of the committee, to be held on December 3, must be extended until 5:30 or 6:00. Ramirez asked that committee members should plan accordingly.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:03 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
David Harless
Secretary