[RESTRICTED] CSB/SJU Joint Board Meetings, 2005-2006, 2005-2006

[RESTRICTED]CSB/SJU Joint Board Meetings, 2005-2006 CSB/SJU Joint/Coordinate Committee Membership, 2005-2006 [CONFIDENTIAL] September 20, 2005 Common Curriculum Draft L1 October 7, 2005: Approval of Minutes of May 13, 2005 Report from the Presidents: Update on major achievements of 2004-2005 and key issues for 2005-2006 Vital Statistics: Snapshot of 32 key indicators that summarize performance trends of key mission and market objectives associated with Strategic Directions, as well as key trends in operations that support the mission and market objectives Diversity Report: Final Report of the CSB/SJU Diversity Planning Group Board Discussion on Core Curriculum: Goals of the Core Curriculum "Challenges and Opportunities Facing CSB/SJU" by President Dietrich Reinhart December 2, 2005: Approval of Minutes of October 7, 2005 Vital Statistics (November 2005 update) Discussion on Enrollment and Marketing on three questions: In the context of our enrollment objectives and the changing enrollment marketplace, what does it mean for CSB/SJU to be "premier" liberal arts colleges? What critical strategies must the colleges pursue to position themselves for success in that marketplace/ What role can or should Board members play in helping the two colleges to achieve their enrollment objectives? Copy of Lawlor Perspective: "Who can afford private colleges? Who can private colleges afford?" by Jon McGee; Essay on "How Much Is Too Much? (on soaring costs of college) "The Endless Good Argument: The Adaptation of Mission at Two Liberal Colleges" "Does Meritocracy Work?" Update on major achievements in 2005-2006 and key planning activities and objectives for 2006-2007 (see "Strategic Directions 2010: 2006-2007 Planning Objectives for Liberal Learning Design Residential Learning Design Spiritual Learning Design Gender Development Learning Design "Board Discussion on Gender as a component of Strategic Directions, 2010; Support Designs: Student Composition Design Racial and Ethnic Diversity Design National Visibility and Distinctiveness Design Financial Report and Key Fiscal Issue: Endowment needs March 10, 2006: Approval of minutes of December 2, 2005 Report from Academic Affairs Committee: Framework for the Common Curriculum Report from Coordinate Finance Committee Discussion on Academic Excellence and Resource Constraints based on Jon McGee's "Mission, Market Value, and Excellence: The New Economics of Private Higher Education" Update on activities related to the initiative of the Association of Benedictine Colleges and Universities relative to the paper entitled Benedictine Wisdom Tradition. Joint Board Retreat, May 22-23, 2006: Desired Outcomes: To move to greater understanding of the environment in which CSB/SJU Operates; To advance the interests of Strategic Directions 2010; To engage in a more focused strategic agenda for CSB/SJU. Joint Plenary Session I: Key Issues: Environmental Assessment. Joint Plenary Session II: Group reports on the major direction of discussion and the 1 - 2 key recommendations or areas of consensus. Joint Plenary Session III: Summary of the "sense of the boards for each key issue to clarify, affirm, or amend the "sense of the boards." Committee Meetings to discuss key issues Closing Plenary Session Readings as basis for the discussions: Arts and Sciences Identity: Resolution and considerations of feasibility of establishing 80% as the minimum goal for degrees conferred in arts and sciences disciplines. Defining our Academic Identity as a Liberal Education. Points of Distinction: "We provide a nationally-leading residential liberal arts experience shaped by Catholic and Benedictine tradition and values: "Environmental Assessment: Defining an Academic Identity" "2006 Environmental Scan Summary, 2006." "What Really Matters in College" "Liberal Education for the Business Expectations" "Liberal Education and the Specialist-Rich Workplace" "How the Liberal Arts College Affects Students" Strategic Directions 2010: Strategic Directions Progress Report, 2005-2006; Strategic Directions, 2006-2007 Planning Objectives "Engagement, Experiences and Expectations, 2005-2006 CSB/SJU Senior Survey Summary." Note: A copy of the "Regent's Recommendations to the Abbot of Saint John's Abbey (Draft 05/11/-6)" is filed here. It describes the Regents' recommendation urging the Abbey to establish a Saint's John's University corporate Structure. Minutes of 2006-2007: October 13, 2006: Approval of Minutes of March 10 and May 22-23; Report on Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities Conference; Report from the Presidents on Accreditation/ Higher Learning Commission (we are in the North-Central Division of this accreditation process); Priority Discussion on the Admissions Marketing Process; Approval of the Gender and Women Studies Major. Additional Documents included with the minutes: Strategic Directions 2010 Progress Report, May 2006; Strategic Directions 2010: 2006-2007 Planning Objectives: Foundational Learning Designs; Strategic Directions Aspiration, Environmental Assessment: Defining and Academic Identity The Common Curriculum: Program for Liberal Learning; Information on the Faculty Committees; CSB/SJU Institutional Strengths and Concerns prepared for the 1998-1999 North Central Report;