Attending: John M. Crisp, Mike Gadell, Homer Garza, Noe Guerra, Dolores Huerta, Mattie Marcum, William Mareth, Mary Peña, Jim Pierce (Chair), Lisa Welch.

Not Present: Vickie Natale.

Principal Committee Chairs: Chair Jim Pierce reported that all but two of the Principal Committee chairmanships had been filled. Regarding balance: Pierce said that of the ten chairmanships filled so far, eight are from East Campus and two are from West. In terms of gender, the chairmanships are split 50/50. In terms of ethnicity, he pointed out that at present only one chair is a member of an ethnic minority. After discussion, Pierce said that he would begin to consider other possibilities for the two remaining chairmanships and that all of the chairs should be in place by the Steering Committee's next meeting.

The Pensacola Junior College Self-Study: Pierce distributed copies of the Institutional Effectiveness section of Pensacola's Self-Study and the Institutional Effectiveness section of Pensacola's visiting committee's report. He asked the members of the committee to read both documents and examine the ways in which they comply (or fail to comply) with the guidelines for self-study reports found in Chapter 6 of SACS' Handbook for Institutional Self-Study, particularly in the following sections (pp. 33-34):

"The self-study report:

• Describes the current state of the institution.
• Evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the institution and analyzes any focused issues identified by the institution.
• Analyzes what has been discovered......"

and

"The self-study document should:

• Be concise and present adequate documentation and analysis.

• Be well written, readable, and understandable to a group of peers who may have no knowledge of the institution.

• Be clear so that its analyses and conclusions are understandable to the institutional community and others."

and whether the Pensacola documents make recommendations or suggestions.

Additional Discussion: Mike Gadell asked whether the committee could obtain copies of DMC's last self-study. Pierce said that each departmental office, as well as the library, should have a copy. Pierce said that he would be photocopying some of the report's pages for the committee.

Next Meeting: February 25, 12:00 noon, Century Room.

Minutes prepared by John M. Crisp.