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ETSU trustees approve consent agenda; committees approved AI use policy, institutional research security notification and housing/meal rate changes
Summary
At its meeting the East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees approved the consent agenda, which incorporated earlier committee actions including an academic policy on AI use, institutional research security notification, no tuition increase for the College of Medicine and planned housing and meal rate increases.
The East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees approved several routine items via the meeting’s consent agenda, adopting minutes and ratifying actions previously approved by morning committee meetings.
Chair Latimer asked for a motion to approve the minutes of Nov. 15, 2024; trustees voiced approval and the motion passed. Later, after committee reports and discussion, trustees approved the consent agenda by voice vote.
The Academic Research and Student Success Committee earlier this morning approved a policy on the use of artificial intelligence and related technologies for instructional and assignment purposes. Trustee Ayers reported the committee’s action and said the provost will "work with the campus to make additional policy changes needed and provide detailed procedures on the use of AI to the campus by 06/01/2025." The committee also voted to notify state legislative education committee chairs about the adoption of an institutional research security policy that it passed in December 2024.
The Finance and Administration Committee approved several items that were moved to the consent agenda. The committee approved no increase in tuition rates for the College of Medicine for the 2025–26 academic year. It also approved proposed housing and meal plan rate increases for fall 2025 that are part of a two‑year plan; trustees were told those increases range from about 5 percent to 8.7 percent and were included in the consent agenda.
The Audit Committee reported an unmodified opinion on ETSU’s financial statement audit and noted that the ETSU Police Department received accreditation from the Tennessee Law Enforcement Accreditation Program. Those informational reports were summarized to the full board and included on the consent package.
Board votes on the minutes and the consent agenda were taken by voice: "All those in favor? Aye. Opposed?" The chair stated the motions carried. No roll‑call tallies or dissenting votes were recorded in the transcript.
Actions approved in the consent agenda were described in committee briefings and adopted by the full board; trustees did not pull any consent items for separate discussion.
