Minutes for the Academic Year 2007-2008

• Minutes of September 20, 2007 (pdf)
  - Nominations of candidates for Earned Degrees
  - Faculty Scholar Award Committee Report
  - Election of Faculty Hearing Committee
  - Proposed Athletic Policy Mission Statement and charge on Strategic Planning for Athletics
  - University Priorities Committee Preview
  - Interim Report on the Undergraduate Experience at Duke University
• Minutes of October 18, 2007 (pdf)
  - Executive Session – Honorary Degree
  - Proposal to create a joint PhD degree in German Studies with the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
  - Proposal for Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree
• Minutes of November 15, 2007 (pdf)
  - Executive Session – Honorary Degrees
  - Vote on proposal to create a joint PhD degree in German Studies with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  - Vote on proposal to create a Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree
  - Update on Athletics: Academics and Athletics in the Strategic Plan for Duke Athletics
• Minutes of December 6, 2007 (pdf)
  - Duke University Postdoctoral Policy
  - Academic Council Elections Committee Proposal
  - Update on Central Campus
• Minutes of January 24, 2008 (pdf)
  - Nomination of Candidates for Earned Degrees
  - Proposal for PhD program in Marine Science and Conservation
  - Proposal to allow the SSRI to recommend appointment of Regular Rank Non-Tenure Track Research Faculty appointments
  - Academic Council Election Committee proposal
• Minutes of February 21, 2008 (pdf)
  - Vote on proposal for a PhD program in Marine Science and Conservation
  - Copyright Guidelines for Electronic Course Content
  - Quality Enhancement Plan update
  - Strategic Plan for Duke Athletics
  - Update on Campus Safety
• Minutes of March 20, 2008 (pdf)
  - Duke University Postdoctoral Policy
  - Duke University Guidelines for Authorship and Authorship Dispute Resolution
  - Name change proposal from the Department of Asian and African Languages and Literature
  - Name change proposal from the Department of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy
• Minutes of April 17, 2008 (pdf)
  - Executive Session – Honorary Degrees
  - Election of Faculty Secretary
  - Election of Executive Committee
  - Proposal from the Nicholas School and Pratt School to establish a dual Master of Environmental Management and Master of Engineering Management
  - Academic Programs Committee Annual Report
  - Arts and Sciences proposal for an Accelerated Leave Policy
  - Strategic Plan for Athletics
• Minutes of May 8, 2008 (pdf)
  - Nomination of Candidates for Earned Degrees
  - Appointment of Faculty Ombudsman
  - Vote on proposal from the Nicholas School and Pratt School to establish a dual Master of Environmental Management and Master of Engineering Management
  - Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences request to change name to Nicholas School of the Environment
  - Global Health Institute proposal requesting approval to appoint regular rank, non-tenure track faculty
  - University Priorities Committee Annual Report
  - Athletics Council Annual Report
  - Continued discussion and resolution for Strategic Plan for Athletics