Title
4.3 B Faculty Senate Minutes, October 16, 2015
Subject(s)
Faculty
Governance
Description
Highlights:
-Provost Doughty's father recently passed away
-Condolences were offered on behalf of the faculty
-President's Report: SEC, Deans, and Provost discussed dissertations and publication leading to tenure; addressed faculty concerns regarding DRC composition and will work on clarification for handbook; efficient circulation of time sensitive paper work discussed with Provost/Deans
-Academic Affairs: CNU continues to rise in U.S. News and World Report Rankings; efforts to raise faculty salaries; achieving 300 total instructional faculty; increase study abroad opportunities; increasing trends in higher graduation rates
-Advancement: the active campaign ends June 30, 2017
-Buildings: Composition of committee; need for board approval
-Finance: Ferguson Center ended year on a deficit; internal audit has reviewed study abroad program; continue to meet internal targets for SWAM and exceed State expectation; capital projects are moving forward; reviewed 6 year plan
-Student Life: number of potential undergraduates will remain stable; return on investment for liberal arts universities
Curriculum Committee: addressing streamlining and redundancies
Instructional Faculty Personnel Regulations Subcommittee: working on updates to Handbook so it reflects actual practices
Final Exam committee: comparative analysis with other peer institutions
IDEA best practices report: covers what additional components of evaluation would be if IDEA is 30-50%; a teaching portfolio approach to evaluation; workshops on portfolios will be available in the Spring of 2016
-Annual Review proposal: Provost is confident all concerns can be resolved; discussion of "z score"
-Lecturer Rank Stream Proposal: Senate approved proposal; question regarding grandfathering in lecturers to apply for Senior Lecturer status
-Fx grade designation for student who failed because of cheating was discussed; consensus not to employ Fx grade
-IDEA incentives: discussed various ways to generate student participation; some Senators feel no incentives should be given; CISS committee will do further research
-Civic and Democratic Engagement: curricular approval process for CDE; uncertainty as to scope of it; area looks like a Foundation of Learning requirement
-Campus safety: faculty have questioned what are safety procedures on campus in light of incidents elsewhere; Senate will talk to Bill Brauer for more information
-Senate Website Public/Private: Senate membership and mission statements should be public; minutes, agenda and archives part of internal site
-Question from faculty member regarding 8% plagiarism with Safe Assign vs 100% plagiarism with Turn it In; Senate will ask ATAC about this concern
-Included at the end of the minutes are the various attachments referenced throughout the meeting
-Provost Doughty's father recently passed away
-Condolences were offered on behalf of the faculty
-President's Report: SEC, Deans, and Provost discussed dissertations and publication leading to tenure; addressed faculty concerns regarding DRC composition and will work on clarification for handbook; efficient circulation of time sensitive paper work discussed with Provost/Deans
-Academic Affairs: CNU continues to rise in U.S. News and World Report Rankings; efforts to raise faculty salaries; achieving 300 total instructional faculty; increase study abroad opportunities; increasing trends in higher graduation rates
-Advancement: the active campaign ends June 30, 2017
-Buildings: Composition of committee; need for board approval
-Finance: Ferguson Center ended year on a deficit; internal audit has reviewed study abroad program; continue to meet internal targets for SWAM and exceed State expectation; capital projects are moving forward; reviewed 6 year plan
-Student Life: number of potential undergraduates will remain stable; return on investment for liberal arts universities
Curriculum Committee: addressing streamlining and redundancies
Instructional Faculty Personnel Regulations Subcommittee: working on updates to Handbook so it reflects actual practices
Final Exam committee: comparative analysis with other peer institutions
IDEA best practices report: covers what additional components of evaluation would be if IDEA is 30-50%; a teaching portfolio approach to evaluation; workshops on portfolios will be available in the Spring of 2016
-Annual Review proposal: Provost is confident all concerns can be resolved; discussion of "z score"
-Lecturer Rank Stream Proposal: Senate approved proposal; question regarding grandfathering in lecturers to apply for Senior Lecturer status
-Fx grade designation for student who failed because of cheating was discussed; consensus not to employ Fx grade
-IDEA incentives: discussed various ways to generate student participation; some Senators feel no incentives should be given; CISS committee will do further research
-Civic and Democratic Engagement: curricular approval process for CDE; uncertainty as to scope of it; area looks like a Foundation of Learning requirement
-Campus safety: faculty have questioned what are safety procedures on campus in light of incidents elsewhere; Senate will talk to Bill Brauer for more information
-Senate Website Public/Private: Senate membership and mission statements should be public; minutes, agenda and archives part of internal site
-Question from faculty member regarding 8% plagiarism with Safe Assign vs 100% plagiarism with Turn it In; Senate will ask ATAC about this concern
-Included at the end of the minutes are the various attachments referenced throughout the meeting
Available online only.
Date
October 16, 2015
Call Number
4.3 B
Statement of Rights
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Original Format
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