Title
4.3 B Faculty Senate Minutes, October 21, 2011
Subject(s)
Faculty
Governance
Description
Highlights:
-At the Board of Visitors meeting, the Academic Affairs subcommittee passed the policy on Academic Freedom proposed by the 10-11 Faculty Senate, but it is still under review by the full Board
-Chief Brown offered a series of sessions on Emergency Management Training for faculty and staff
-information on the incoming class demographics
-Common Application Consortium was discussed
-information on Financial Aid awards
-information on the retention rate and graduation rate
-distinction between "early action" and "early decision" is that "early decision" students applied only to CNU
-University Advancement plan for the future focused around a comprehensive giving plan
-updates on STEM hiring
-Faculty Workload Plan
-new Academic Freedom and Responsibility policy for the University Handbook
-discussion of Follett's poor performance thus far regarding online textbook adoptions
-The six year plan is a benchmark document based upon state mandated assumptions and is exclusively for planning purposes
-Motion in support of the new statement of Academic Freedom and Responsibility
-On-Campus Child Care
-ideas for enhancements to faculty life
-Restricted Faculty Representation
-Chairs‟ Summer Stipend/Adjunct Pay
-University will implement changes to catering policies
-Religious Tolerance and chapel
-Accelerated Committee Elections
-Senate to consider implementing the new weights for teaching, research and service proposed in August
-evening time slots and MAT program
-Dossier Organization
-Environmental Studies Major and Minor
-President Pollard will attend the Faculty Senate of Virginia (FSVA) meeting in October
-concerns about administering the IDEAs electronically
-faculty survey
-At the Board of Visitors meeting, the Academic Affairs subcommittee passed the policy on Academic Freedom proposed by the 10-11 Faculty Senate, but it is still under review by the full Board
-Chief Brown offered a series of sessions on Emergency Management Training for faculty and staff
-information on the incoming class demographics
-Common Application Consortium was discussed
-information on Financial Aid awards
-information on the retention rate and graduation rate
-distinction between "early action" and "early decision" is that "early decision" students applied only to CNU
-University Advancement plan for the future focused around a comprehensive giving plan
-updates on STEM hiring
-Faculty Workload Plan
-new Academic Freedom and Responsibility policy for the University Handbook
-discussion of Follett's poor performance thus far regarding online textbook adoptions
-The six year plan is a benchmark document based upon state mandated assumptions and is exclusively for planning purposes
-Motion in support of the new statement of Academic Freedom and Responsibility
-On-Campus Child Care
-ideas for enhancements to faculty life
-Restricted Faculty Representation
-Chairs‟ Summer Stipend/Adjunct Pay
-University will implement changes to catering policies
-Religious Tolerance and chapel
-Accelerated Committee Elections
-Senate to consider implementing the new weights for teaching, research and service proposed in August
-evening time slots and MAT program
-Dossier Organization
-Environmental Studies Major and Minor
-President Pollard will attend the Faculty Senate of Virginia (FSVA) meeting in October
-concerns about administering the IDEAs electronically
-faculty survey
Available online only.
Date
October 21, 2011
Call Number
4.3 B
Statement of Rights
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Original Format
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