Meeting of the Board of Regents | September 2009

                                                                       Report of

                                     REGENTS HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE

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                                                           The Board of Regents

September 15, 2009

              Your Higher Education Committee held its scheduled meeting on September 14, 2009.  All Committee members were present. 

Action Items

D’Youville College

Your Committee recommends that the Board of Regents accredit for seven years the teacher education programs offered by D’Youville College, as listed in the Summary of the Application for Accreditation, with the condition that annual reports address the areas for improvement as is required by Regents Rules.   [HE (A) 1]

MOTION FOR ACTION BY FULL BOARD

              Madam Chancellor and Colleagues:  Your Higher Education Committee recommends, and I move, that the Board of Regents act affirmatively upon each recommendation in the written report of the Committee's deliberations at its meeting on September 15, 2009, copies of which have been distributed to each Regent.

MATTERS NOT REQUIRING BOARD ACTION

Teacher Education Discussion – Commissioner-Elect David Steiner, joined by Debra Colley and Catalina Fortino, Co-Chairs of the Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching, led a discussion about the future of teacher preparation.  The Committee suggested issues for future discussion including possible alignment with international standards, increased mentoring opportunities, benefits of performance based and value-added assessments, and strengthening the use of technology.  

              That concludes our report.

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                                                                                            Milton L. Cofield, Co-Chairperson

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                                                                                            Harry Phillips, 3rd, Co-Chairperson