UH Hilo Graduate Council Agenda, Friday, January 16, 2009

1. Approval of minutes of 12/12/08 meeting
2. Discussion of whether to provide veto power to Outside Member of dissertation committees.
3. Discussion of establishment of minimum qualifications for certification of faculty for graduate training.  The discussion may include consideration of whether to: have separate criteria for master’s versus doctoral level, have certification specific for a given graduate program, and/or distinguish instructional versus training (ie., teaching classes or just on committees?).
4. Discussion of program chairs’ presentations of faculty workloads for graduate training in their programs.
5. Other new business.