Council of Illinois University Senates

AGENDA

PAC 457 (Public Affairs Center)

University of Illinois - Springfield

March 28, 2006

9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

I. 9:30 a.m. Welcome/Coffee and Rolls

II. 10:00 a.m. Call to Order

Morning Session

III. 10:00 Welcome, UIS Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Harry Berman

IV. 10:10 Legislative Issues

Rick Schoell, U. Illinois, Executive Director for Governmental Relations and Director for

Federal Relations

1.   Status of State Budget (Governor’s Proposal; State Legislative Hearings)

2.    Substantive Legislation Affecting Higher Education

(Pension-Retirement; Academic Issues; Other)

3.   Federal Update (Administration Budget Proposal; Research & Student Aid Funding)

12:00 p.m. Lunch

Afternoon Session

V. 1:00 p.m. Approval of CIUS Minutes of November 02, 2005

VI. Issues Pending and Current Related Issues (as of Fall 2005)

1. Methodology for evaluation of administrators (Allen Shub, NEIU)

Look at http://www.umich.edu/~aaupum/nl05a.html

and http://aec.umich.edu/ as one approach

2. Campus updates on faculty-administration relationships

3. State elections potential effects on higher education.

4. Cultivating relationships with key players in the governor’s office & the legislature

5. IBHE FAC Eight Theses on Higher Education in Illinois

6. SURS: Board changes. See SURSMAC fall meeting report (to UIUC Senate)

http://www.senate.uiuc.edu/sur0601.html

7. Faculty productivity reporting under the Illinois Ethics Act – Update on reporting systems at individual universities

3:00 Adjournment