Title
4.3 B Faculty Senate Minutes November 19, 2010
Subject(s)
Faculty
Governance
Description
Highlights:
-See president's report for updates on Faculty Development Grants, Shared Governance, and information from the October 22 meeting of the Faculty Senate, Provost and President
-Report and discussion on dossiers items
-proposal and discussion on the implementation of several new faculty awards
-virtual teaching center questions
-goals of a more robust summer semester
-lowering caps on courses
-Super sections (100+ students) will be required in all three of the colleges
-Annual Evaluation process
-spring enrollment and course cap adjustments
-low enrolled classes; buying forward a class
-concern about where the money was coming to
pay for the increased summer stipend
-FRC SHOULD give a reason for their dissenting decisions when they have one and CSS chairs were surprised the FRC was not doing this
-The 22
course load for chairs appears to remain static as the
teaching load for all faculty goes down, thereby reducing the chairs' overall compensation package.
-Senate created a Committee on Chairs' Compensation and Teaching Loads
-The best graduate programs in some disciplines are not included in the lists that the University currently uses as guidelines for hiring
-At what point does a scholar "outlive" his or her educational record?
-Senate formed a subcommittee to address hiring procedures
-Faculty Development Grants
-Sabbaticals
-ATAC Report on IDEAs
-Senate appointed a subcommittee comprising Kennedy (Chair), Puaca and Velkey to investigate
this issue further
-Train the Trainer for IDEA
-Curricular Efficiencies and Class Size: concerns about supersized courses; Some disciplines do not lend
themselves to supersizing; difficult to maintain high standards for performance; supersized major courses that were originally intended to be writing-driven
classes no longer serve their original purpose in the major
-Internships/Community Service/Independent Studies - significant differences among departments regarding compensation
-The University will offer courses during an extended spring term and two summer sessions
-Core Advisors concerns: Serving as an Core Advisor requires a significant investment of time; many students did not honor their scheduled appointments for advising, the advising period essentially lasted most of the semester; courses filled very quickly at all levels before the freshmen registered; technological difficulties
prevented some students from registering in a timely fashion
-Senate will request that ATAC review Banner and make recommendations for improvements
-FRC Recommendations
-Some faculty have requested that the Provost publish minutes from Provost-Faculty meetings for those who can not attend
-General Faculty Meeting 12/2
-The Senate will review the current policies on Academic Freedom at the January meeting
-constitutional changes to Senate may be necessary - to be presented in January meeting
-Students perceive that they are being pressured to sanitize the sex column in the student newspaper
-See president's report for updates on Faculty Development Grants, Shared Governance, and information from the October 22 meeting of the Faculty Senate, Provost and President
-Report and discussion on dossiers items
-proposal and discussion on the implementation of several new faculty awards
-virtual teaching center questions
-goals of a more robust summer semester
-lowering caps on courses
-Super sections (100+ students) will be required in all three of the colleges
-Annual Evaluation process
-spring enrollment and course cap adjustments
-low enrolled classes; buying forward a class
-concern about where the money was coming to
pay for the increased summer stipend
-FRC SHOULD give a reason for their dissenting decisions when they have one and CSS chairs were surprised the FRC was not doing this
-The 22
course load for chairs appears to remain static as the
teaching load for all faculty goes down, thereby reducing the chairs' overall compensation package.
-Senate created a Committee on Chairs' Compensation and Teaching Loads
-The best graduate programs in some disciplines are not included in the lists that the University currently uses as guidelines for hiring
-At what point does a scholar "outlive" his or her educational record?
-Senate formed a subcommittee to address hiring procedures
-Faculty Development Grants
-Sabbaticals
-ATAC Report on IDEAs
-Senate appointed a subcommittee comprising Kennedy (Chair), Puaca and Velkey to investigate
this issue further
-Train the Trainer for IDEA
-Curricular Efficiencies and Class Size: concerns about supersized courses; Some disciplines do not lend
themselves to supersizing; difficult to maintain high standards for performance; supersized major courses that were originally intended to be writing-driven
classes no longer serve their original purpose in the major
-Internships/Community Service/Independent Studies - significant differences among departments regarding compensation
-The University will offer courses during an extended spring term and two summer sessions
-Core Advisors concerns: Serving as an Core Advisor requires a significant investment of time; many students did not honor their scheduled appointments for advising, the advising period essentially lasted most of the semester; courses filled very quickly at all levels before the freshmen registered; technological difficulties
prevented some students from registering in a timely fashion
-Senate will request that ATAC review Banner and make recommendations for improvements
-FRC Recommendations
-Some faculty have requested that the Provost publish minutes from Provost-Faculty meetings for those who can not attend
-General Faculty Meeting 12/2
-The Senate will review the current policies on Academic Freedom at the January meeting
-constitutional changes to Senate may be necessary - to be presented in January meeting
-Students perceive that they are being pressured to sanitize the sex column in the student newspaper
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Date
November 19, 2010
Call Number
4.3 B
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