1:00 pm
Beck rooms
Agenda
1. Sign in for quorum
2. Call to order
3. Communications from Interim Provost Dr. Karen Boroff
4. Approval of agenda
5. Approval of the draft minutes of the February 24 meeting
6. Executive Committee report
7. Reports of standing and special committees
a. Academic Facilities Committee report
b. Academic Policy Committee report
i. The Senate approves the revised online learning policy.
c. Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee report
i. SECOND READING of proposed change to Article 3.2.a (stopping the tenure clock)
Currently Article 3.2.a reads
Other causes may include delay of mandatory tenure review for one year on the occasion of childbirth for faculty members. Said delay will be granted upon documented application to the appropriate dean, though no affected faculty member is required to request such a delay nor to accept one for which the faculty member has not applied. This will be a one time exception.
MOTION: To make the following changes to Article 3.2.a
Other causes may include delay of mandatory tenure review for one year on the occasion of childbirth, adoption, or new foster placement. Said delay will be granted upon documented application to the appropriate dean, though no affected faculty member is required to request such a delay nor to accept one for which the faculty member has not applied. This shall be a one-time exemption.
d. Graduate Studies Committee report
e. Program Review Committee report
i. Endorsement of Recommendations for Honors
8. Committees with no reports
a. Admissions Committee
b. Calendar Committee
c. Compensation & Welfare Committee
d. Faculty Development Committee
e. Faculty Grievance Committee
f. Instructional Technology Committee
g. Intellectual Property Task Force
h. Library Committee
i. Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee
j. University Core Curriculum Committee
9. Committee Motions
a. Academic Policy Committee
i. The Senate approves the revised online learning policy.
b. Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee
i. SECOND READING of proposed change to Article 3.2.a (stopping the tenure clock)
Currently Article 3.2.a reads
Other causes may include delay of mandatory tenure review for one year on the occasion of childbirth for faculty members. Said delay will be granted upon documented application to the appropriate dean, though no affected faculty member is required to request such a delay nor to accept one for which the faculty member has not applied. This will be a one time exception.
MOTION: To make the following changes to Article 3.2.a
Other causes may include delay of mandatory tenure review for one year on the occasion of childbirth, adoption, or new foster placement. Said delay will be granted upon documented application to the appropriate dean, though no affected faculty member is required to request such a delay nor to accept one for which the faculty member has not applied. This shall be a one-time exemption.
c. Program Review Committee
i. Endorsement of Recommendations for Honors
10. Old Business
11. New Business
12. Communications
13. Adjournment