Meeting Minutes: Committee on Business Administration, Management, & Economics
February 22-23, 2001
Chateau Elan Winery, Baselton, Georgia
2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Welcome and Introduction
The meeting of the Academic Advisory Committee on Business Administration, Management and Economics was called to order by committee chairman, Kathleen Simmons of Gaineville College, at 2:15 p.m. in the Bordeaux Room of the Chateau Elan Winery and Conference Center in Baselton GA on February 22, 2001. Attendance included: Mostafa H. Saran, Savannah State University; John G. Kooti, Georgia Southwestern University; Amit Singh, Darton College; Yassaman Saadatmand, Armstrong Atlantic University; Robert Bruce Jones, Floyd College; H. Fenwick Huss, Georgia State University; David Gribbins, East Georgia College; Martha Reynolds, University of Georgia; J. Larry Wolfen Barger, Macon State College; Melinda McCannon, Gordon College; Robert Johnson and Linda Hadley, Columbus State University; Jeff Gibbs, ABAC; Michael D'Itri, Dalton State College; Philip Smith and Fred Bounds, Georgia Perimeter College; Troy Sullivan, Middle Georgia College; Valerie Palmer, South Georgia College; Ernest Miller, Jr. Clayton State College; Clayton Grant, NGC & SU; Abdiodun Ojemakinde, Albany State University; Kent Moore, Valdosta State University; Norma Givens, Fort Valley State University; Carolyn Conley, Atlanta Metropolitan College; Ken Gilliam, Kennesaw State University; and Don Rubin, Board of Regents Faculty Liaison; and Ralph Byington, Associate Dean, Georgia Southern.
Members were welcomed and the first order of business was to highlight the agenda and information in the conference packets. Included in the packets were items related to the following: the meeting agenda; minutes from the last year's meeting which were approved last year via email; information on benchmarking studies and sources of information related to this item; a list of committee members; information about the member institutions' mathematics and degree residency requirements, and a letter from the International Education Office announcing the availability of Global Partnership Grants. This last item was followed by a short discussion of the Global Policy Grants and University System Study Aboard program presented by Dr. Chaudron Gille, Gainesville College International Studies program coordinator. Members requesting more information were directed to contact Dr. Richard Sutton at the System office of International Education.
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Discussion of Mathematics and Residency Requirements
The meeting then continued with a discussion of residency requirements for degrees and hours of transfer credit permitted led by Dr. Clayton Grant of North Georgia College and State University. This was followed by a discussion of the various institutions mathematics requirements as requested by Professor Jeff Gibbs from ABAC. It was decided the committee would like to see the mathematics requirements presented in a grid or table much like one we had available from previous years. A short break followed this discussion.
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Discussion of CISM Learning Outcomes
ReFenwick Huss from Georgia State and Fred Bounds from Georgia Perimeter College presented a Common Course outline for the Introduction to Information Systems in area F, which is currently taught at by Perimeter College and accepted as a transfer course by Georgia State University, Kennesaw State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Georgia. The intent of this course is to provide an introduction to the field of Computer Information System/Management Information Systems.
February 23, 2001
9:00 - 9:45 p.m. Remarks from the Board of Regents Liaison
The second day of meetings, February 23, 2001, began at 9:00 a.m. with remarks from the Board of Regents Liaison Dr. Don Rubin. He briefed members attending on a number of items including faculty associate position, reorganization in academic and fiscal affairs, management review, study abroad learning outcomes evaluation, Regents' guarantee in teacher preparation, academic program review, faculty development ad admission and retention.
10:00 - 10:45 p.m. Break-out Sessions
The 2-year Colleges session was held in the Art Gallery of Winery, while the 4-year universities and state colleges session was held in the Bordeaux room of the Winery.
11:00 - 12:00 noon Business Session
The business meeting was held following the break-out session. The Committee members agreed to submit the mathematics requirements and Area F to Fred Bounds of Perimeter College to be compiled and made available on a website. Committee members also raised some concern about the transferability of mini-core (Mathematics and English) from the Technical Colleges to two or four-year institutions. John Kooti, Georgia Southwestern State University will be Chair for the 2001-2002 academic year and will host the meeting in Savannah. Bruce Jones from Floyd College was elected chair for the 2002-2003 academic year. There has been no further business, the meeting was adjourned at noon.
Respectfully submitted
John Kooti
March 12, 2001
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