Agenda

Faculty Senate Agenda - December 8, 2025

 

Item No.

Item

1.

Call to Order

2.

Roll Call

3.

Approval of the Agenda

4.

Approval of the November 10, 2025 and November 24, 2025 Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes 

5.

Chair’s Remarks

6.

President’s Remarks  

7.

Presentation on Policies Revised by the Administration from Associate Provost Kevin West

Policies (click policy to view):

University Policy Regarding Faculty Tenure

University Policy on Retrenchment

University Policy Regarding Faculty Workload

University Policy Regarding Faculty Annual Performance Review

University Policy on Post-Tenure Review

8.

Action Item: Slight Change in University Policy on Faculty Tenure (view here)

9.

Kent Core Information, Senator David Dees

10.

Old Business

11.

EPC Action Items:

Item

Proposal

Overview

UNDERGRADUATE POLICIES COUNCIL (presented by Co-Chairs Joanna Liedel and R. Dirk Remley)
1.Academic Standing - Undergraduate Student

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Revise policy (fall 2026)
2. Course Numbering System

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Revise policy (fall 2026)
3.Grade Point Average (GPA)

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Revise policy (fall 2026)
COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND ENGINEERING
School of Engineering (presented by Dean Christina Bloebaum)
4. Industrial and Systems Engineering - B.S.

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Establish degree program (fall 2026)

12.

New Business

13.

Additional Items

14.

Announcements / Statements for the Record

15.

Adjourn

 

Additional Items:

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes (click on the links to go to individual minutes):

November 26, 2025

November 17, 2025

November 7, 2025

November 3, 2025

 

EPC Information Items (passed by Faculty Senate Executive Committee on behalf of Faculty Senate):

ITEM

Proposal

Overview

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (presented by Associate Dean Sharon Wohl)
1.Landscape Architecture - M.L.A. II

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Inactivate degree program (fall 2026)
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (presented by Professor Lisa Testa)
School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration
programs moving to the School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies 
(presented by School Director Mark Lyberger)
2. Cultural Foundations - M.Ed.

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Revise department, course requirements (fall 2026)
3. Cultural Foundations - Ph.D.

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Revise department, description, outcomes, course requirements, graduation requirements; revise delivery from in person to mostly online (fall 2026); revise admission requirements (spring 2027)
4.Disability Studies and Community Inclusion - Graduate Certificate

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Revise department/college, course requirements, graduation requirements (fall 2026)
5.Higher Education Administration - Ph.D.

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Revise department, outcomes, application deadlines, course requirements (fall 2026)
6.Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs - M.Ed.

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Revise department, outcomes, application deadlines, course requirements (fall 2026)
7.Institutional Research and Assessment - Graduate Certificate

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Revise department, course requirements (fall 2026)
  

 

 
programs moving to the Department of Sport, Hospitality and Event Management in the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship (presented by Associate Professor Aaron Mulrooney)
8.Esports - Minor

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Revise department/college (fall 2026)
9.Event Planning - Minor

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Revise department/college, course requirements (fall 2026)
10.Hospitality and Event Management - B.S.

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Revise department/college (fall 2026)
11.Hospitality and Event Management - Minor

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Revise department/college (fall 2026)
12.Hospitality and Tourism Management - M.S.

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Revise department/college (fall 2026)
13.Sport Administration - B.S.

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Revise department/college (fall 2026)
14.Sport Administration - M.A.

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Revise department/college (fall 2026)
15.Sport Administration - Minor

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Revise department/college, outcomes (fall 2026)
School of Health Sciences (presented by Assistant Professor Kathleen Durant)
16.Audiology - Ph.D.

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Inactivate degree program; admission was suspended fall 2023 (fall 2026)
programs moving to the School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies
(presented by Director John McDaniel))
17.Health Education and Promotion - M.Ed.

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Suspend admission temporarily; revise department, course requirements (fall 2026)
18.Health Education and Promotion - Ph.D.

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Suspend admission temporarily; revise department (fall 2026)
programs moving to the College of Public Health (presented by Director John McDaniel)
19.Athletic Training - M.S.

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Revise department/college, graduation requirements (fall 2026)
20.Audiology - Au.D.

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Revise department/college, graduation requirements, CIP (fall 2026)
21.Audiology - M.A.

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Revise department/college, outcomes, graduation requirements, CIP (fall 2026)
22.Communication Sciences and Disorders - Ph.D.

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Revise department/college, graduation requirements (fall 2026)
23.Exercise Physiology - M.S.

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Revise department/college, graduation requirements (fall 2026)
24.Exercise Physiology - Ph.D.

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Revise department/college, graduation requirements (fall 2026)
25.Exercise Science - B.S.

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Revise department/college, course requirements, roadmap (fall 2026)
26.Integrated Health Studies - B.S.

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Revise department/college, outcomes, course requirements (fall 2026)
27.Speech Pathology and Audiology - B.S.

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Revise department/college, course requirements, roadmap (fall 2026)

 

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