I.    PRELIMINARIES

A.    Attending: Kratz, Sirotnak, Hjelm, Lawrence, Neill, Nitse, Mullin, Westphal.

GUEST: R. Hatzenbuehler.

Membership on the Council was checked, including the 3 year term rotations of faculty members.  A new list will be sent to Dr. Linda Hill, Chair of Faculty Senate.

A.     Vice-Chair: Hjelm nominated Anne Mullin as Vice-Chair.  Neill seconded the nomination and moved that she be elected by acclamation.  Motion carried.  Anne will become the chair of CTL beginning with the 1998-99 academic year.

B.    Small Grants: A few grants of up to $500 are available in order to improve teaching and learning.  Members received a sheet outlining the procedures faculty should follow in applying for one of these grants.

C.    Assessment in the Major: This year's assessment document was distributed to those attending the meeting as well as program goals as filed with CTL.  Copies will be distributed by campus mail to everyone on the Council.

Lawrence distributed pages from the Northwest Association's accreditation standards relative to assessment and our own criteria for evaluating the status of assessment activity.  A draft of current status of assessment by program was discussed.  Final lists of program status will be mailed to members, deans and department chairs.

D. Workshops:: CTL is sponsoring two activities this semester: a critical thinking workshop and a discussion group on how to define and measure educational quality.

IV.    ADJOURNMENT: 2: 1 0 p. in.

Approved:

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