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Treasurer's
Report
Election
of Board Member
Formation
of 1999 Nominating Committee
Bylaw
Change to Allow E-mail Voting
Committee
on Recognition
Government
Relations Report
College
Accreditation Survey
Council
of Regional Accrediting Commissions (CRAC)
Specialized
Advisory Panel
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January
31, 1999
San Diego, CA
Members Present:
Chair Gordon Haaland, Treasurer Ira Lechner, Eleanor Baum, Barbara Brittingham,
William DeLauder, John Keyser, Alfredo G. de los Santos Jr., Edward
Donley, Dolores Sandoval
Members Absent: Vice Chair John Casteen, III; Secretary Vera
King Farris; Thomas Jackson; David Winter
Staff and Consultants Present: Judith Eaton, Diana Cecil, Monica
Chestnut, Gregory Fusco, David Merkowitz, Martin Michaelson, Michael
Shapiro
Chair Gordon Haaland called the meeting to order at 1:08 pm.
Treasurer's
Report
The Board
of Directors approved the treasurer’s report for July-December
1998 and approved the FY98 audit prepared by Lydon and Associates, Certified
Pub-lic Accountants.
Election
of Board Member
The Board of Directors
approved the appointment of Dr. Piedad Robertson, president of Santa
Monica College to the CHEA board effective February 1999 (Class of 2001)
as presented by the Nominating Committee. Dr. Robertson re-places Dr.
Jacquelyn Belcher, president of Georgia Perimeter College, who re-signed
in September 1998.
Formation
of 1999 Nominating Committee
Article VI, Section
3 of the CHEA Bylaws call for the formation of a nominating committee
to recommend individuals to stand for election to the CHEA board of
directors. The nominating committee is appointed by the CHEA board of
directors based on the recommendations of CHEA participating organizations.
Four of the members of the nine-person committee come from the CHEA
board of directors and five nominating committee members are selected
from the higher education and accrediting communities.
The Board of Directors approved the reappointment of the 1998 nominating
committee to serve as the 1999 nominating committee for the CHEA board
of directors. The members of the 1999 nominating committee are: William
DeLauder, Chair, president, Delaware State University; Adriana Barrera;
John Casteen, III, president, University of Virginia; Edward Donley,
former chairman, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.; Brother Patrick Ellis,
former president, Catholic University of America; R Kirbey Godsey, president,
Mercer University; Zelema Harris, president, Parkland College; Frances
L. Horvath, M.D., Dean, School of Allied Health Professions, Saint Louis
University; Blenda Wilson, president, California State University-Northridge.
Bylaw
Change to Allow E-Mail Voting
The board of directors
approved the revision of Article V, Section 10 of the CHEA Bylaws to
allow for e-mail voting by members of the board of directors. This revision
allows that any action required or permitted to be taken at a meet-ing
of the board of directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent
is exe-cuted in writing or by e-mail is signed or sent by e-mail by
all of the directors then in office and such unanimous consent is filed
with the minutes of proceed-ings of the Board.
Committee
on Recognition
The CHEA Recognition
Policy and Procedures call for the establishment of a Committee on Recognition
responsible for considering the eligibility and recog-nition of new
and continuing accrediting organizations. The committee is ap-pointed
by the CHEA board of directors and forwards its recommendations con-cerning
eligibility and recognition to the board.
The board of directors approved the appointment of nine individuals
to serve on the CHEA Committee on Recognition effective February 1999.
The members of the Committee on Recognition are: Roger Blunt, chairman
of the board, president and CEO of Blunt Enterprises; Constance M. Carroll,
presi-dent, San Diego Mesa College; Ron Cowell, president, The Education
Policy and Leadership Center and former state representative and chair,
House Committee on Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Lawrence
(Mac) Detmer, former executive director, Commission on Accreditation
of Allied Health Education Programs; Brother Patrick Ellis, former president,
Catholic University of America; John C. Petersen, director emeritus,
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior colleges of the Western
Association of Schools and Colleges; George D. Peterson, executive director,
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.; Shirley Peterson,
president, Hood College; Mary Ann Swain, provost and vice president
for academic affairs, Binghamton University-SUNY.
Government
Relations Report
Gregory Fusco,
CHEA’s consultant on governmental relations, presented a status
report on the CHEA government relations’ initiatives and a recap
of the Higher Education Act. The two issues of major importance to CHEA
are negotiated rulemaking in which the regulations to accompany statutory
changes are developed by the Department of Education in consultation
with various higher education constituencies, and the distance Education
Demonstration Program in which current provisions in the law are to
be waived for eligible distance learning providers who submit successful
proposals to the Department
College
Accreditation Survey
David Merkowitz,
consultant to CHEA for public affairs, reported on a survey of the general
public conducted for CHEA to learn what the public knew about accreditation
and its purposes. Preliminary findings are that the public is generally
aware of accreditation and believe that it provides information about
the quality of an institution, indicates whether degrees will be accepted
by graduate schools, certifies to employers that degrees are valid,
and assists with qualifying for government funding.
Council
of Regional Accrediting Commissions (CRAC)
James Rogers, executive
director of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and chair
of CRAC, reported that the regional accreditors were devoting a good
deal of time to cross-regional issues and how regional accreditation
can address emerging multi-regional, national, and global providers.
Specialized
Advisory Panel
In the absence
of Carl Monk, chair of the specialized advisory panel, the presi-dent
reported that the Specialized Panel held a highly successful meeting
with members of the Council of Academic Affairs of the National Association
of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) in December,
1998. This group will continue to pursue issues such as good practices
for institutions and accreditors in the conducting of accreditation
reviews.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:10
pm.
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