Developmental Education Committee

Meeting Minutes: February 18, 2003

Present: Beth Adams, John Arola, Candy Barnack, Becky Bradshaw, Barb Cox

The meeting was called to order at 8:00 a.m. by C. Barnack, Vice President of Academic Affairs.

1. Philosophy
   
   The committee had a philosophical discussion about serving the needs of all Lake Superior College students, especially those at high risk and needing developmental education.
2. Academic Alert Letters
   
   The committee decided they would like to have the Academic Alert letter tied into services that would be provided at the Learning Resource Center.
3. Testing
   
   There is a need to analyze not only CPT data for student success, but also use an additional test (Noel-Levitz) to identify those students who would be more receptive to improving their skills in reading, writing, and math.
4. Learning Resource Center
   
   The committee talked about the importance of making sure the center is staffed by a strong academic team (e.g. dean and faculty)
5. Placement Results
   
   Beth Adams, Vice President of Student Services, distributed a document outlining placement results. The information provided in this document will help us identify students at risk. Discussion centered around how we can use data to help us retain our students.
6. Institutional Research
   
   The committee asked Sue Stenerson, Dean of Institutional Planning and Research, to help gather the needed data to make more informed decisions about how we serve our students. Jerry Niebauer has the four questions for this project. He will be asked to share this information with Sue Stenerson.
7. Next Meeting
   
   The next meeting is scheduled for March 4, 8:00 a.m., in the Academic Conference Room.

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