3. Communications from Interim Provost Dr. Karen Boroff

a. Comments from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

4. Approval of agenda

5. Approval of the draft minutes of the November 3, 2017 meeting

6. Executive Committee report

7. Reports of standing and special committees

a. Compensation and Welfare Committee report

i. MOTION: The Senate requests that the Provost’s Office convene a joint task force comprised of representatives from the Faculty Senate and the Provost’s Office to develop proposals to expand and standardize the current family leave policy for faculty.

b. Faculty Development Committee report

c. Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee report

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

3.12      Retired and Emeritus faculty

1. All full-time faculty members who retire automatically enjoy the privileges enumerated in the Retired Faculty Policy as agreed to by the Senate and the Provost.

2. All full-time faculty members with at least twenty years of service at the University on their retirement automatically attain the rank of 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. Time served at another university may count toward the twenty years, but this time counted may not exceed the number of years served at Seton Hall.

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

4. 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.

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

d. Graduate Studies Committee report

e. Instructional Technology Committee report

f. Library Committee report

g. University Core Curriculum Committee report

8. Committees with no reports

a. Admissions Committee

b. Academic Facilities Committee

c. Academic Integrity Policy Committee

d. Academic Policy Committee

e. Calendar Committee

f. Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee

g. Program Review Committee

9. Committee Motions

a. Compensation and Welfare Committee

i. MOTION: The Senate requests that the Provost’s Office convene a joint task force comprised of representatives from the Faculty Senate and the Provost’s Office to develop proposals to expand and standardize the current family leave policy for faculty.

b. Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee

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

3.12      Retired and Emeritus faculty

1. All full-time faculty members who retire automatically enjoy the privileges enumerated in the Retired Faculty Policy as agreed to by the Senate and the Provost.

2. All full-time faculty members with at least twenty years of service at the University on their retirement automatically attain the rank of 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. Time served at another university may count toward the twenty years, but this time counted may not exceed the number of years served at Seton Hall.

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

4. 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.

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

10. Old Business

a. Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee

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

11. New Business

12. Communications

13. Adjournment