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Academic Affairs Committee Meeting

When:
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
10 a.m.

Where:
One Ashburton Place, 21st Floor
Conference Room 2
Boston, Massachusetts
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Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER
   
   
2. ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES
   
   
3. COMMITTEE CHAIR’S REMARKS
   
   
4. COMMISSIONER’S REMARKS
   
   
5. PRESENTATION
   
   
• Program Review Criteria Overview
  Aundrea Kelley, Deputy Commissioner for P-16 Policy and Collaborative Initiatives, Department of Higher Education
  Shelley Tinkham, Assistant Commissioner for Academic, P-16, and Veterans Policy, Department of Higher Education
  
  
6. MOTIONS
   
   New Degree Program Applications
   

• AAC 13-01 Bunker Hill Community College
  Practical Nursing Certificate
  
  
• AAC 13-02 University of Massachusetts Boston
  Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics
  
  
• AAC 13-03 University of Massachusetts Boston
  Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology
  
  
• AAC 13-04 University of Massachusetts Boston
  Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Exercise and Health Sciences
  
  
• AAC 13-05 University of Massachusetts Lowell
  MA and MS in Security Studies
  
  
• AAC 13-06 Bay State College
  Bachelor of Science in Nursing
  
  AAC 13-07 Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
  Bachelor of Science in Health Information Technology
  
  
• AAC 13-08 Berklee College of Music
  Master of Music, Contemporary Performance Careers; Master of Arts, Music Therapy; Master of Arts, Global Entertainment and Music Business; Master of Music, Contemporary Music Education; Bachelor of Professional Studies, Music Production; Bachelor of Professional Studies, Music Business
  
  
• AAC 13-09 Marian Court College
  Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Administration
  
  
• AAC 13-10 Nazarene Theological Seminary
  Master of Divinity
  
  
• AAC 13-11 Approval of Academic Affairs Committee Motions 13-01 through 13-10 on a Consent Agenda
  
  
7. PRESENTATION
   
   
• Briefing on the Nursing and Allied Health Initiative
  David Cedrone, Associate Commissioner for Economic and Workforce Development, Department of Higher Education
  
  
8. OTHER BUSINESS
   
   
9. ADJOURNMENT

The above listings of matters before the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Higher Education are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair of the Committee to be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items, not listed, may also be brought up for discussion, to the extent such is permitted by law.