Meeting of April 12, 2013

1:00 pm
Beck rooms

Agenda

1. Sign in for quorum

2. Call to order

3. Communications from Provost Robinson

4. Approval of agenda

5. Approval of the draft minutes of the March 22 meeting

6. Executive Committee report

i. Response from the Provost regarding EC release time

7. Reports of standing and special committees

a. Academic Policy Committee report

i. Recommendation on student evaluation questions

ii. Recommendation on honor code policy

b. Admissions Committee report

c. Compensation & Welfare Committee report

d. Core Curriculum Committee report

e. Faculty Development Committee report

f. Faculty Guide & Bylaws Committee report

i. Second reading of proposed changes to Article 3.1.a of the Faculty Guide

Article 3.1.a reads:

Full-time term appointments and reappointments shall not exceed a total of five years.

Motion: To add the following sentence to Article 3.1.a:

Term faculty who are completing their fifth year in 2012-2013 are eligible to have their contracts extended for one additional year (2013-2014). This is a one-time waiver of the 5 year term limit.

Rationale:

Term faculty members play an essential role in the University. The expertise and experience of many term faculty members and the difficulty of replacing these faculty members demonstrates the need for a lecturer line that has rolling contracts. The Faculty Guide committee is developing a proposal for a lecturer line to be sent to the Senate in Fall 2013. Extending term faculty member contracts who are completing their fifth year in 2012-13 for one additional year, through 2013-14, will retain these faculty until  a lecturer line without term limits is developed and approved.

ii.  First reading of proposed changes to Faculty Guide Article 5.5.d:

The following motion was approved by the Senate in December 2012:

Motion: (to add) Such guidelines shall include guidelines for voting procedures for promotion to full professor when there are no faculty of that rank in the department.

The Provost recommended adding the following:

The departmental guidelines should clearly include teaching, research and service expectations for those who seek to demonstrate a portfolio appropriate for advancement to the rank of professor. As for a process of evaluation of this portfolio, candidates may submit, with the approval of their dean,two external reviews reflecting on the level and impact of their scholarly accomplishments. The department has the prerogative to submit a position on the promotion, but with no vote.

Rationale: This additional language was proposed by the Provost to the motion submitted in Feb. 2013.

g.  Graduate Studies Committee report

h. Report from the Senate Representative of the Graduate Policy Advisory Board

i. Instructional Technology Committee report

j. Library Committee report

k. Program Review Committee report

8. Committees with no reports

a. Academic Facilities Committee

b. Calendar Committee

c. Grievance Committee

d.  Intellectual Property Task Force

e. Nominations, Elections, & Appointments Committee

9. Committee motions

i. Faculty Guide & Bylaws Committee

Second reading of proposed changes to Article 3.1 of the Faculty Guide

Article 3.1.a reads:

Full-time term appointments and reappointments shall not exceed a total of five years.

Motion: To add the following sentence to Article 3.1.a:

Term faculty who are completing their fifth year in 2012-2013 are eligible to have their contracts extended for one additional year (2013-2014). This is a one -time waiver of the 5 year term limit.

Rationale:

Term faculty members play an essential role in the University. The expertise and experience of many term faculty members and the difficulty of replacing these faculty members demonstrates the need for a lecturer line that has rolling contracts. The Faculty Guide committee is developing a proposal for a lecturer line to be sent to the Senate in Fall 2013. Extending term faculty member contracts who are completing their fifth year in 2012-13 for one additional year, through 2013-14, will retain these faculty until  a lecturer line without term limits is developed and approved.

ii.  Faculty Guide & Bylaws Committee

First reading of proposed changes to Faculty Guide Article 5.5.d:

The following motion was approved by the Senate in December 2012:

Motion: (to add) Such guidelines shall include guidelines for voting procedures for promotion to full professor when there are no faculty of that rank in the department.

The Provost recommended adding the following:

The departmental guidelines should clearly include teaching, research and service expectations for those who seek to demonstrate a portfolio appropriate for advancement to the rank of professor. As for a process of evaluation of this portfolio, candidates may submit, with the approval of their dean,two external reviews reflecting on the level and impact of their scholarly accomplishments. The department has the prerogative to submit a position on the promotion, but with no vote.

Rationale: This additional language was proposed by the Provost to the motion submitted in Feb. 2013.

10. Old Business

11. New Business

12. Communications

i. Letter to the President regarding the interpretation of Faculty Guide Article 4.5.d

13. Adjournment