To: Faculty
Senate Executive Committee and Faculty Senate
From: Masha Britten, Chair, Faculty
Senate Educational Opportunity Program Advisory Committee
Subject:
Annual Report of EOP Advisory
Committee 2000-2001
Date:
August 31, 2001
The
Committee met weekly during the fall and spring semesters and this report will
summarize the activities. Notes of
committee deliberations, full reports and documents and recom-mendations
regarding future work may be found in the Office of the Faculty Senate.
Two
major items were addressed by the committee during the fall:
1)
Preparation
for the External Evaluation of the EOP Program site visit which took place
October 4-6, 2000 and
2)
Clarification
of the qualities and activities required by an EOP Director
Based
on the resolution of the previous year recommending external evaluation of the
EOP program, the committee developed: a detailed list of issues and questions
for review by the external evaluators; a list of groups or constituencies to be
visited by the site team and a list of evaluative data to be made available to
both the site reviewers and the EOP Advisory Committee. These materials were
shared with the Vice Presidents for Student Affairs and Academic Affairs and
the EOP program.
The
committee also developed the following materials related to the search for a
new director: Position Description,
Advertising Copy, Short Copy and
recommendation for the composition of the search committee.
During
the spring, the committee began discussion of the findings and recommendations
of the External Evaluation Report.
Early in February a subcommittee was established to examine the academic
component of the EOP summer enrichment program in relation to the overall
mission of EOP and to report its findings with recommendations. The
subcommittee met weekly and submitted its final report at the end of May.
Plans
for year 2001-2002 include:
Analysis
of the findings from the majority and minority subcommittee report
Analysis
of data evaluating the academic performance of EOP students
Review
of student representation on and participation in EOP matters and committees
Exploration
of ways to support the transition of EOP students from the summer program to
Binghamton University
Coordination
of activities with “Discovery Initiatives”
Identification
of grant opportunities which support EOP students
I
wish to thank the committee members for all their work during the past year and
the support received from Kathy Bowman. The committee also appreciates the
support received from Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, EOP and the Office of
Institutional Research.
Committee
Members: Students:
Masha
Britten (Chair)
Luis Rodriguez
Janet
Hogan
Jane Drexler
Margaret
Iwobi Nancy
Yam
Lindsay
Lake Morgan Juan Rosario
Kelvin
Santiago-Valles Kenny Garcia
Don
Blake
Leah
Dixon for Cheryl Brown
Francine
Montemurro
H.
Stephen Straight
Vanessa
Young
Members
of the EOP Advisory Subcommittee:
Don
Blake, Chair
David
Bartine
Erik
Pedersen
Kelvin
Santiago-Valles
H.
Stephen Straight
Wes
Van Dunk