Establish the larger context for the committee's work ( the self- study process, going to university status), committee's charge, proposed self-study timeline, roles of other SACS committees.

President Anderson and others address SACS committees to launch the process.

Discuss October 23rd meeting, report from committee members on individual assignments (Pam - analogs, Mehdi - centers, Gail - future trends, George - survey of department chairs), respond to Steve Greenlaw's Mission and Image Committee request (Do we have changes to recommend?  Does the mission need to be broadened?, brainstorm research questions.

Draft research questions in four categories (Oversight, Organization, and Collaboration; Development; Methods and Delivery; Mission and Demand Issues).  See attachment #1.

Discuss question from Roy Smith's Academic Affairs Committee (How many new programs do we predict), how Larry Penwell can support us, how we find answers/collect data for our research questions.

Continue discussion of question from Roy Smith's committee and how we find answers/collect data for our research questions, report from Mehdi on centers.

Approve "working document" response to Roy Smith's committee and how we find answers/collect data for our research questions, report from Donald on demographics, guidance from Larry on what's next.  See attachments #2 and #3.

Reports on phone survey content (Pam and Gail) and student survey content (George and Mehdi).  See attachments #4 and #5.