1. University of Missouri System News
Special meeting of the Board of Curators on May 21
“Highly Selective” was approved as Admission Selectivity Category for Missouri S&T
Next meeting of the Board is in Columbia, on June 21 and 22
Agenda includes a roundtable with IFC
A statement on “uniqueness” of each campus was requested by Curators
Our response was sent on June 4
Questions to be discussed at roundtable
How can we better define the roles and responsibilities of the system and campuses to foster a more collaborative culture?
What structures and incentives could be put in place to better support and encourage system-wide collaboration?
What features of your campus’s unique structure, culture or programmatic strengths do you value, and how might other campuses leverage these features to improve performance?

2. Intercampus Faculty Council
Most recent meeting was on May 17.
Curators Steelman, Graham, and Sundvold were in attendance.
Current initiatives
NTT proposal from ad hoc committee was endorsed by IFC.
A motion was made (and passed) that posthumous honorary degrees be awarded across the UM System when appropriate.
White paper on evaluating teaching has been completed and sent to IFC for review.
Future initiatives proposed
Review of grievance policy and resolution procedures
Review of joint appointment policies
Continued discussion of NTT policy

3. Ongoing Faculty Senate Initiatives
Review of bylaws
Development of procedure for creation and realignment of academic departments
Investigation of solar house sale
Budgetary Affairs committee reported in April
Data on related research has been provided by VPR Crow
Awaiting detailed information on gifts and expenditures from VC Plain

4. Faculty Senate Referrals
Public Occasions: Potential addition of a fall break before Thanksgiving, review of commencement participation policies for graduate students.
Student Affairs: Disability Support policies and practices.
Budgetary affairs: Sale of solar house, report on distribution of raises given to administrators, faculty, and staff, balance sheet for the MSU programs, information about faculty retention packages

5. Responses to Questions from Senators
1. Composition of Search Committee for Permanent Chancellor
Response from President Choi: Will be similar to that of UMKC
Co-Chairs:
UMKC Notable Alumni/Trustee
UMKC Dean/Administrator/Faculty Leader
Members (most of which will be nominated to serve):
Professor (Tenured)
Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure-track)
Professor (Non-Tenure track)
Professor (Center Director)
UMKC Staff Council
UMKC Student Government Association
UMKC Undergraduate Student
UMKC Graduate Student Council
UMKC Student Affairs Representative
Administrator
UMKC Dean
UMKC Retiree Association
Alumni/Alumni Association
UMKC Trustee
UMKC Foundation Member
Campus or System Diversity Officer

6. Responses to Questions from Senators
2. Requirement that final recommendation of search committees be in the form of an unranked list
Response from President Choi: No such blanket requirement
I am awaiting clarification from UM System HR

7. Responses to Questions from Senators
3. Effect on enrollment of changing our admission selectivity category
Response from Tim Albers, Dean of Enrollment Management
Definition of “Highly Selective” admission selectivity category
Highly selective institutions admit first-time, full time degree-seeking students and transfer students who have:
• Completed 23 or fewer credit hours.
• Attained a combined percentile score (from adding their high school percentile rank and the percentile rank attained on the ACT or SAT) that is greater than or equal to 140 points.
Students who achieve a score of 27 or better on the ACT or an equivalent score on the SAT (1260+ new SAT, ) are automatically admitted to highly selective institutions.
No more than ten percent of the first-time, full time degree-seeking freshman class will have a combined percentile score of 139 or less.

8. National Distributions of Cumulative Percents for ACT Test Scores
ACT-Tested High School Graduates from 2014, 2015 and 2016
Score
ENGLISH
MATHEMATICS
READING
SCIENCE
COMPOSITE
STEM 36
100 35 99 34 98 33 96 32 95 97 94 31 93 91 30 89 29 86 92 28 87 83 27 85 88 81 26 82 84 77 25 79 78 74 80 24 71 76 23 69 68 66 70 22 64 62 60 63 21 58 55 56 57 20 52 54 48 49 50 19 46 42 41 44 18 45 37 17 38 16 15 14 7 13 9 3 11 8 4 12 1 6 2 10 5
Mean
20.3
20.8
21.3
20.9
21.0
S.D.
6.7
5.4
6.4
5.5
5.2
Note: These national norms are the source of U.S. Ranks, for multiple-choice tests, displayed on ACT reports during the testing year.
These norms with a sample size of 5,860,565, are based on 2014, 2015 and 2016 graduates.