1:00 pm
Beck rooms
Agenda
1. Sign in for quorum
2. Call to order
3. Communications from Interim Provost Dr. Karen Boroff
a. Responses to Senate Resolutions
i. Memo re: Approval of Two Changes to Strategic Communications MA Program
ii. Memo re: Approval of Faculty Guide Interpretations of Article 10
4. Approval of agenda
5. Approval of the draft minutes of the January 25, 2019 meeting
6. Executive Committee report
7. Reports of standing and special committees
a. Admissions Committee report
b. Compensation and Welfare Committee report
i. MOTION: To Approve the resolution regarding an increase in adjunct stipends.
Whereas research conducted by the Compensation and Welfare Committee demonstrates that most Seton Hall adjuncts are paid well below those teaching at our local peer and competitor schools;
Whereas equitable adjunct compensation ensures that the University can hire the most qualified instructors;
Whereas regular increases in the adjunct stipend rate make more budgetary sense than increases done periodically;
Be it resolved that the adjunct stipend rate across the University be increased to a minimum of $1500 per credit for adjuncts with a terminal degree, and $1200 for adjuncts with an MA.
Further, the adjunct stipend should be adjusted annually to account for cost of living increases.
c. Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee report
i. SECOND READING: Revised Version of Article 4 of the Faculty Guide
d. Graduate Studies Committee report
e. Instructional Technology Committee report
f. Program Review Committee report
9. Committees with no reports
a. Academic Facilities Committee
b. Academic Integrity Policy Committee
c. Academic Policy Committee
d. Calendar Committee
e. Compensation and Welfare Committee
f. Faculty Development Committee
g. Grievance Committee
h. Library Committee
i. Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee
j. University Core Curriculum Committee
10. Committee Motions
a. Compensation and Welfare Committee
i. MOTION: To Approve the resolution regarding an increase in adjunct stipends.
Whereas research conducted by the Compensation and Welfare Committee demonstrates that most Seton Hall adjuncts are paid well below those teaching at our local peer and competitor schools;
Whereas equitable adjunct compensation ensures that the University can hire the most qualified instructors;
Whereas regular increases in the adjunct stipend rate make more budgetary sense than increases done periodically;
Be it resolved that the adjunct stipend rate across the University be increased to a minimum of $1500 per credit for adjuncts with a terminal degree, and $1200 for adjuncts with an MA.
Further, the adjunct stipend should be adjusted annually to account for cost of living increases.
b. Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee
i. SECOND READING: Revised Version of Article 4 of the Faculty Guide
11. Old Business
12. New Business
13. Communications
14. Adjournment