Board of Regents

Committee on Education Policy

January 24, 2007

9:30 a.m.

University of Maryland, College Park

College Park, Maryland

  Public Session 

Action Items

1.      Report on the Task Force on the Education of Maryland's African-American Males.

2.      New Academic Program Proposals

a.      UMBC: B.A. in Media and Communication Studies
b.      UMBC: B.A. in Gender and Women's Studies
c.       UMBC: Ph.D. in Geography and Environmental Systems
d.      UMBC: M.A. in Management of Aging Services
e.      UMUC: B.S. in Information Assurance
f.       UMUC: B.S. in Emergency Management
g.      UMUC: B.S. in Homeland Security

Information/Discussion Items

3.       Report on the Workload of the USM Faculty.

4.       Middle States Commission on Higher Education: Reaffirmation of Accreditation - UMES.

5.       Maryland Higher Education Commission Student Outcome and Achievement Report.

6.       Report on USM Institutional SAT Profile.