Title
4.3 B Faculty Senate Minutes, November 21, 2014
Subject(s)
Faculty
Governance
Description
-Discussion about faculty dependent scholarship
-President's Report: CNU has created a public health team; Faculty President Adamitis attended a Faculty Senate of Virginia meeting; moving the time of AR's and/or DRC's so that there would not be overlap between the two review periods at the department level; Summer Student Assistant's Research program could be very beneficial to the faculty; The Senate encourages the administration to continue allocating sufficient funding to the library so that we may build the research collections; Increasing library holdings will also strengthen our next application for Phi Beta Kappa; AAUP report on faculty salaries in Virginia - CNU has low ranking; Chronicle Almanac salary numbers compare well with the national averages
-Child Care Committee: first draft of a child care survey needs feedback;
-Religious Diversity and Dialogue Committee.: Student groups include - Faith Seeking Understanding, the United Campus Ministries and Rumi Forum sponsored group; Senator Timani provided information on his monthly seminar on scripture reading; Senators expressed additional suggestions about religious diversity on campus
-Academic Standing Committee Updates: UGRC has developed their own committee handbook, it is a good model for other committees; LLC has requested that a faculty senator attend their December 5 meeting; The two week period for the DRC should be moved back by one week so that it does not overlap with the Annual Review process; CUC supports that end the AR's at the Dean's level; not uniformity in how the three deans share their rubrics; CUC wants all Deans to share it with the chairs; CUC is also exploring the rules for state employees and yearly evaluations
-Endowment Agreement for a Faculty Dependent Endowed Scholarship: Various concerns of faculty were discussed; Perhaps tuition waivers for all would be a more sound fix
-closed session to vote on Faculty Development Grants and Faculty sabbatical applications
-Lecturer Proposal: administration's proposal for new restricted faculty ranks, specifically Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Master Lecturer; proposal did not include a concrete plan for evaluating each of these positions
Committee on Academic Standing Committees: many faculty Senators feel that they are not being kept well-informed by committees; need for better faculty ownership on academic committees; committees want to know their responsibilities and to whom they should report
Incentives for IDEA: Senators felt it was inappropriate for some faculty to offer extra credit to students for filling out IDEA; If incentives are to be allowed, there must be uniform guidelines in place for all faculty; an easy fix would be to replace this system that we are using with one that forces the students to fill out the form
-President's Report: CNU has created a public health team; Faculty President Adamitis attended a Faculty Senate of Virginia meeting; moving the time of AR's and/or DRC's so that there would not be overlap between the two review periods at the department level; Summer Student Assistant's Research program could be very beneficial to the faculty; The Senate encourages the administration to continue allocating sufficient funding to the library so that we may build the research collections; Increasing library holdings will also strengthen our next application for Phi Beta Kappa; AAUP report on faculty salaries in Virginia - CNU has low ranking; Chronicle Almanac salary numbers compare well with the national averages
-Child Care Committee: first draft of a child care survey needs feedback;
-Religious Diversity and Dialogue Committee.: Student groups include - Faith Seeking Understanding, the United Campus Ministries and Rumi Forum sponsored group; Senator Timani provided information on his monthly seminar on scripture reading; Senators expressed additional suggestions about religious diversity on campus
-Academic Standing Committee Updates: UGRC has developed their own committee handbook, it is a good model for other committees; LLC has requested that a faculty senator attend their December 5 meeting; The two week period for the DRC should be moved back by one week so that it does not overlap with the Annual Review process; CUC supports that end the AR's at the Dean's level; not uniformity in how the three deans share their rubrics; CUC wants all Deans to share it with the chairs; CUC is also exploring the rules for state employees and yearly evaluations
-Endowment Agreement for a Faculty Dependent Endowed Scholarship: Various concerns of faculty were discussed; Perhaps tuition waivers for all would be a more sound fix
-closed session to vote on Faculty Development Grants and Faculty sabbatical applications
-Lecturer Proposal: administration's proposal for new restricted faculty ranks, specifically Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Master Lecturer; proposal did not include a concrete plan for evaluating each of these positions
Committee on Academic Standing Committees: many faculty Senators feel that they are not being kept well-informed by committees; need for better faculty ownership on academic committees; committees want to know their responsibilities and to whom they should report
Incentives for IDEA: Senators felt it was inappropriate for some faculty to offer extra credit to students for filling out IDEA; If incentives are to be allowed, there must be uniform guidelines in place for all faculty; an easy fix would be to replace this system that we are using with one that forces the students to fill out the form
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Date
November 21, 2014
Call Number
4.3 B
Statement of Rights
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Original Format
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