1. Sign in for quorum

2. Call to order

3. Communications from Senior Associate Provost Dr. Joan  Guetti

a. Responses to outstanding resolutions

i. Online and Hybrid Course Policy approval

4. Approval of agenda

5. Approval of the draft minutes of the October 13, 2017 meeting

6. Executive Committee report

7. Reports of standing and special committees

a. Academic Policy Committee report

i. The Senate approves the MS in Physics presuming that resources will be committed towards a tenure-track hire and graduate teaching assistant lines, as per the Department’s request, prior to student enrollment in the program.

b. Compensation and Welfare Committee report

c. Faculty Development Committee report

d. Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee report

i. SECOND READING of proposed revisions to Article 14 of the Faculty Guide Grievance policy

ii. FIRST READING of new Article 3.12 on Emeritus Faculty:

3.12      Emeritus faculty

a. All full-time faculty members with at least twenty years of service at the University, or combined with previous full-time service at another university, shall, on their retirement automatically become emeritus faculty on relinquishing tenure or long-term contracts and shall continue to retain that rank so long as they remain in good standing with the University.

b. Eligible faculty members in a phased retirement agreement relinquish tenure at the outset of that agreement and become emeritus faculty.

c. Emeritus status may be awarded to a retiring faculty member with fewer than twenty years of service, by the Provost on the recommendation of the faculty member’s department and dean.

d. All such emeritus faculty, regardless of their previous academic rank, shall be entitled “professor emeritus/a”.

e. Emeritus faculty enjoy the privileges enumerated in the Emeritus Faculty Policy as agreed to by the Senate and the Provost.

iii. Interpretation of Faculty Guide re: Article 4.5.d and teaching at universities other than Seton Hall counting toward full professor

e. Graduate Studies Committee report

f. Instructional Technology Committee report

g. Library Committee report

h. University Core Curriculum Committee report

8. Committees with no reports

a. Admissions Committee

b. Academic Facilities Committee

c. Academic Integrity Policy Committee

d. Calendar Committee

e. Intellectual Property Task Force

f. Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee

g. Program Review Committee

9. Committee Motions

a. Academic Policy Committee

i. The Senate approves the MS in Physics presuming that resources will be committed towards a tenure-track hire and graduate teaching assistant lines, as per the Department’s request, prior to student enrollment in the program.

b. Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee

i. SECOND READING of proposed changes to Article 14 of the Faculty Guide Grievance Policy

ii. FIRST READING of proposed changes to Article 3.12 on Emeritus Faculty:

3.12      Emeritus faculty

a. All full-time faculty members with at least twenty years of service at the University, or combined with previous full-time service at another university, shall, on their retirement automatically become emeritus faculty on relinquishing tenure or long-term contracts and shall continue to retain that rank so long as they remain in good standing with the University.

b. Eligible faculty members in a phased retirement agreement relinquish tenure at the outset of that agreement and become emeritus faculty.

c. Emeritus status may be awarded to a retiring faculty member with fewer than twenty years of service, by the Provost on the recommendation of the faculty member’s department and dean.

d. All such emeritus faculty, regardless of their previous academic rank, shall be entitled “professor emeritus/a”.

e. Emeritus faculty enjoy the privileges enumerated in the Emeritus Faculty Policy as agreed to by the Senate and the Provost.

iii. Interpretation of Faculty Guide re: Article 4.5.d and teaching at universities other than Seton Hall

10. Old Business

a. Discussion of ongoing issues between Faculty and Administration

11. New Business

12. Communications

13. Adjournment