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 October 16 meeting
6. Executive Committee report
7. Reports of standing and special committees
a. Academic Facilities Committee report
b. Academic Policy Committee report
c. Admissions Committee report
d. Compensation & Welfare Committee report
e. Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee report
i. Motion: To approve the Core Curriculum Committee By-Laws.
ii. Motion: First reading of the proposed changes to delete “at least” in Article 5.4 (b)
b. The University Rank and Tenure Committee shall consist of eleven (11) tenured faculty members holding the rank of professor. Each of the constituent schools of the university must be represented on the committee and at least three (3) of its members shall hold tenured rank in the College of Arts and Sciences, two (2) of its members shall hold tenured rank in the W. Paul Stillman School of Business, and two (2) of its members shall hold tenured rank in the College of Education and Human Services.
a. Rationale: With the School of Communication and the Arts, A&S, Stillman and Education would no longer have a possibility of more than the number of members noted.
f. Graduate Studies Committee report
g. Instructional Technology Committee report
h. Library Committee report
i. Program Review Committee report
i. Motion: The Program Review Committee report on the Biology Department’s undergraduate and MS programs is approved.
j. University Completion Committee report
8. Committees with no reports
a. Calendar Committee
b. Core Curriculum Committee
c. Faculty Development Committee
d. Faculty Grievance Committee
e. Intellectual Property Task Force
f. Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee
9. Committee Motions
a. Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee
i. Motion: To approve the Core Curriculum Committee By-Laws.
ii. Motion: First reading of the proposed changes to delete “at least” in Article 5.4 (b)
b. The University Rank and Tenure Committee shall consist of eleven (11) tenured faculty members holding the rank of professor. Each of the constituent schools of the university must be represented on the committee and at least three (3) of its members shall hold tenured rank in the College of Arts and Sciences, two (2) of its members shall hold tenured rank in the W. Paul Stillman School of Business, and two (2) of its members shall hold tenured rank in the College of Education and Human Services.
a. Rationale: With the School of Communication and the Arts, A&S, Stillman and Education would no longer have a possibility of more than the number of members noted.
b. Program Review Committee
i. Motion: The Program Review Committee report on the Biology Department’s undergraduate and MS programs is approved.
10. Old Business
11. New Business
a. Presentation of Sibson Study
b. Discussion of Merit Pay Process Involvement
12. Communications
13. Adjournment