Education Policy Committee to Meet March 19 at University of Baltimore

March 14, 2003

Education Policy Committee to Meet March 19 at University of Baltimore

The Committee on Education Policy of the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents will meet in public session on Wednesday, March 19 in Room 003 of the Thumel Business Center at the University of Baltimore. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m.

The committee will consider several agenda items, including:

• Changes and proposals for academic programs, including a master of fine arts in integrated design and a master of fine arts in creative writing and publishing arts, both from the University of Baltimore; a master of arts in education and a bachelor of science in psychology (substantially modified), both from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; a discontinuance of the bachelor's program in human resource management from the R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, College Park; a bachelor of technical and professional studies in biotechnology from the University of Maryland University College; a bachelor of technical and professional studies in criminal justice from Frostburg State University; and new areas of concentration in international studies, business administration, and geography, respectively, also from Frostburg State

The committee also will lead discussion on several items, including the following:

• Report on exemplary institutional programs and activities from the USM Minority Achievement Plan

• USM enrollment projections for 2003-2012

• Annual report on intercollegiate athletics

The full agenda and background information will be available at the meeting. Sign language interpreters and/or other appropriate accommodations for eligible individuals with disabilities will be provided upon request. Please call 301/445-2756 (voice) or 301/314-7683 (TTY/ITT) to make special arrangements.