1:00 pm
Beck rooms
Agenda
1. Sign in for quorum
2. Call to order
3. Communications from Provost Robinson
a. Responses to outstanding resolutions.
i. Biology Department Program Review – February 2016
ii. Supply Chain Management – February 2016
4. Approval of agenda
5. Approval of the draft minutes of the February 12 meeting
6. Executive Committee report
7. Reports of standing and special committees
a. Academic Facilities Committee report
i. Proposed Fall 2017 Maintenance Projects
b. Academic Policy Committee report
i. 3+3 BA in Diplomacy/JD Proposal
a. Motion: The Senate approves the creation of a 3+3 BA in Diplomacy/JD with the law school.
ii. Dual Degree BA/MA in Catholic-Jewish- Christian Studies Proposal
a. Motion: The Senate approves the creation of a 5 year program with a BA in Catholic Studies and an MA in Jewish Christian Studies.
c. Admissions Committee report
d. Compensation & Welfare Committee report
e. Core Curriculum Committee report
f. Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee report
i. Motion: Faculty Guide Article 11.1 is clear that the establishment of college governance bylaws is the exclusive preserve of the faculty. There is no additional approval process.
ii. Motion: Second reading of the proposed changes to Faculty Guide (Article 7.3.a.5 [Instructional Duties; Teaching Load])
g. Graduate Studies Committee report
8. Committees with no reports
a. Calendar Committee
b. Faculty Development Committee
c. Faculty Grievance Committee
d. Instructional Technology Committee
e. Intellectual Property Task Force
f. Library Committee
g. Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee
h. Program Review Committee
i. University Completion Committee
9. Committee Motions
a. Academic Policy Committee
i. 3+3 BA in Diplomacy/JD Proposal
a. Motion: The Senate approves the creation of a 3+3 BA in Diplomacy/JD with the law school.
ii. Dual Degree BA/MA in Catholic-Jewish- Christian Studies Proposal
a. Motion: The Senate approves the creation of a 5 year program with a BA in Catholic Studies and an MA in Jewish Christian Studies.
b. Faculty Guide Committee
i. Motion: Faculty Guide Article 11.1 is clear that the establishment of college governance bylaws is the exclusive preserve of the faculty. There is no additional approval process.
ii. Motion: Second reading of the proposed changes to Faculty Guide (Article 7.3.a.5 [Instructional Duties; Teaching Load]). Article 7.3.a.5 to be amended in the following way: expand the table to address all clinical teaching assignments in the undergraduate nursing program; specifically, insert 9 contact hours to earn 6 credits hours (highlighted in table below).
|
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
|
9 |
6 |
|
8 |
5 |
|
6 |
4 |
|
5 |
3 |
|
4 |
2 |
Currently, Article 3.3.a.5 reads:
In the College of Nursing full-time faculty conducting clinical courses shall receive credit hours of teaching load based on contact hours in the particular clinic according to the following schedule
|
Contact Hours |
Credit Hours |
|
8 |
5 |
|
6 |
4 |
|
5 |
3 |
|
4 |
2 |
ii. Rationale for the addition: The current allocation of contact hours to credit hours in the Faculty Guide does not address all clinical assignments in the undergraduate nursing program.
Faculty teaching in the Synthesis course (NUTC 4019) are responsible for 9 hours of clinical instruction a week (the students earn 3 credits for the course (9 hours of clinical instruction). Currently, faculty are awarded 5 credits hours for the time they are engaged in clinical instruction. They are not compensated for the entire time they are engaged in clinical instruction. Amending the Faculty Guide will resolve the current inequity.
10. Old Business
11. New Business
a. Intellectual Property Committee
12. Communications
13. Adjournment