Academic Computing and Electronic Communications FY2025
Committee Details:
Committee: Academic Computing and Electronic Communications
Committee Category: Standing Committees of the University Senate
Fiscal Year: FY2025
Members—
- Chair: David Rahn, Geography, CLAS, Faculty, Voting, 2025
- Arvind Tripathi, Business, Faculty, Voting, 2026
- Gwen Geiger Wolfe, Libraries, Faculty, Voting, 2026
- Kathryn Conrad, English, Faculty, Voting, 2027
- Amber Rowland, Center for Research on Learning, Faculty, Voting, 2027
- Aaron Howard, Operations - Facilities Services, Staff, Voting, 2026
- Joseph Chapes, IT, Staff, Voting, 2025
- Carli Black,Student, Voting, 2025
- TBD, Graduate Student, Voting,
- Ed Hudson, Vice Chancellor of Information Technology and CIO, Ex-officio, Non-voting,
- Chris Griffith, Integrity & Compliance Rep., Ex-officio, Non-voting,
Charges—
Standing Charges
- Monitor current and proposed policy concerning security of information, intellectual property rights and responsibilities, and other matters relating to information technology. Identify issues for which policy should be developed or revised. Report issues and any recommendations for action to SenEx. (ongoing)
- Meet regularly with Chief Information Security Officer, at minimum every 2 months, about IT security and provide feedback about which policies should be prioritized (see FY2023 Final Report).
Specific Charges
- Continue to review KU IT Governance. Meet regularly with IT Associate Director of Strategic Development and Governance, at minimum once a semester, to receive updates and provide feedback about KU IT Governance. Explore how the ACEC committee would fit into the larger KU IT Governance structure (see FY2023 Final Report).
- Continue to work with IT to explore options for distributing confidential documents, as well as how encryption and SSO are involved. Invite HR Director to a future ACEC Committee meeting to discuss processes and documentation (see FY2023 final report).
- Work with IT on identification of options and university resources that instructors and others may have regarding the reproduction or publication of course materials or related intellectual resources by students and others via the internet.
- Review the KU Intellectual Property Policy (see FY2023 Final Report).
- Invite Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, to a future ACEC Committee meeting to discuss Canvas/third parties and FERPA compliance and whether students and faculty are sufficiently informed (see FY2023 Final Report).
- Invite the Director of University Assessment to a future ACEC Committee meeting to review the KU Assessment Handbook, which is currently in draft mode, specifically as it pertains to collecting and sharing student work (see FY2023 Final Report.)