ࡱ> dfc@ GbjbjFF "`,,?@@@@@@@TDT.hH H H H H H H H (.*.*.*.*.*.*.$0Rc2~N.@e%H H e%e%N.@@H H c.y'y'y'e%@H @H (.y'e%(.y'y':,@@-H < _0Xk&`- (.y.0.j-R2'j2-TT@@@@-2@-XH J!y'""H H H N.N.TTo' TTĢƵFaculty Senate Meeting March 15, 2006 Taft-Bottner Room Killian 104 3-5 I. Administrative Functions A. Roll Call Present: Malcolm Abel, Patricia Bailey, Richard Beam, Barbara Bell, Edward Case, Marilyn Chamberlin, Sheila Chapman, Laura Cruz, Jill Ellern, Bruce Henderson, Jill Ghnassia, Frank Lockwood, George Mechling, Justin Menikelli, Nancy Newsome, Scott Philyaw, Brad Sims, Newton Smith, Austin Spencer, Kathy Starr, Ben Tholkes, Shannon Thompson, Marc Yops Voting by Proxy: Stephen Ayers, Cheryl Clark, Deidre Elliott, Don Livingston, Nancy Norris, Alvin Proffit, John Williams Absent: Rick Boyer, Brian Dinkelmeyer B. Approval of Minutes Minutes approved with minor corrections II. Reports A. Introductory Comments Newton Smith The Faculty Assembly has been dealing with issues of tenure and academic freedom. Erskine Bowles asked for a summary of the results of the three TPR committees work this year. He wants a report in one week, which is indicative of his leadership style, based on quick turnarounds. The Assembly is concerned with 1. The use of textbooks/cost reductions (without affecting academic freedom) 2. Best practices for TPR 3. The David Horowitz motion The latter is an effort by the author of 1001 Worst Professors to control over what is taught (or not taught) in the classroom. It has been approved by the student body at ECU, with help from the Pope foundation. The motion also went to NC State where the student government sough faculty input, and the faculty absolutely rejected it. B. Student Government Representative: Dominique Keaton The SGA Elections Commission wishes to announce upcoming SGA elections. We request that two members of the faculty senate serve as faculty advisors to this process. [Edward Case and Laura Cruz are chosen] C. Administrative Report: Strategic Plan, A.J. Grube We presented a draft of the strategic plan to the Faculty Senate in February. We have now made changes to the plan in response to your feedback. The mission statement has been shortened and the use of the term engagement has been cut back. The approval process seems to indicate a certain common style or format for mission statements. If approved, this one would be the shortest in the state. We are now seeking any further comments before proceeding to the board of governors. Comment: Pg. 10, last two lines. Change and to and/or. Comment: P. 11, under Core Values, first group of bullets. Proficiency in An Appreciation for the Arts An Awareness of A Commitment to Capitalized for consistency. Comment: Does it clearly answer the question, what is the task assigned to us? Much of the language does not respond to that. It has a clear marketing purpose but it doesnt really say what we should be doing. I suggest that you look at it again with that question in mind. I also suggest that you review the document again and remove extraneous jargon. Many of these terms dont mean much to other people. Comment: P. 11, near the top, third line. Research and service gives the impression that all faculty do both, but we do not. If SACS read this, we might not have enough evidence to support both. Comment: Is this really a mission statement? It seems to be a description of who we are already, not what we are going to be in the future. Comment: Perhaps we should break the mold and not follow the common guidelines. Maybe it would be a good idea for us to go our own way [some general approval]. We have a new president, maybe we should give him a new model to consider. Comment: We need a distillation that will inspire us to action. The current form is more passive. D. Faculty Assembly: Gary Jones [Provides summary handout from Faculty Senate meeting] In addition to his expressed sensitivity to the importance of academic freedom, and his willingness (even insistence) that he meet with faculty more frequentlyboth in Chapel Hill and on the various campusesPresident Bowles described some specific areas of concern, areas that need improvement. These included K-12 teacher educationboth quantity and qualitywith a sharper focus on mathematics and the sciences Collaboration with community colleges Student retention Traditional liberal arts qualities like critical thinking, problem solving, and effective communication Training for economic growth areas Focus on public serviceteaching future leaders of the public as well as private sector Faculty recruitment and retention (improving salaries and, specifically, health benefitsas well as things like stipends for graduate assistants) Research and research supportthe lifeblood of economic growth. Comment: As far as the cost of books, are we lobbying with publishers to reduce costs? GJ: NC State is taking the leadership on this. A statewide system of best practices is the goal. Comment: More electronic books or books in DVD/CD format would also reduce the costs of materials. Comment: The SGA is also working on improving the book rental system. We learned that is professors turn in their book requests earlier, than that can also lower the cost of books. Comment: A few years ago Congress passed a law stating that publishers could not write off their excess inventory as a loss. That means that they dont keep books around very long and makes older books harder to get. E. Chair Report, Newton Smith 1. CONECC-Problems with the e-mail system meant that not all faculty received nomination forms in time. The deadline has been extended to the week of March 24-29th. Nominations are open until tomorrow. 2. Marketing Committee-As you know, our consultants told us that many potential students do not have much of an impression of WCU. A name-recognition campaign kicks off in April, with financial support. The campaign includes identifying prospective students, radio ads, billboards, contact with parents, and mall advertising. The committee has come to realize that creating an identity requires faculty involvement, so I encourage you to speak up and take an active role in your college and departments. We also know that if we dont have enough students, we dont have jobs. Marketing is a part of what we do. The new website will include Blog sites, Podcasting, streaming video, and more, all of which targets our target audience. Research suggests that we need to start targeting them earlier, around approximately eighth grade. Each department should be encouraged to think about what they do and their own unique target audience. Comment: Will this change how we do marketing at ĢƵor is it a one-time Band Aid? NS: I remain cautiously optimistic. 3. Web Site-The consultants were here last week in order to train people. They have made some temporary changes to the web site in order to get us through the Spring and Summer. Restructuring the web page involves rewriting tens of thousands of documents, which will require much work on the part of the faculty. It is likely that our expectations will rise faster than their ability to meet them. Comment: The figures in the Fact Book do not appear to be accurate. Raymond Barclay (University Planner): We are intending to add segmentation analysis of our markets in addition to qualitative strategies, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. We are looking at profile guides, such as US News and World Report, in order to leverage our data into these profiles more strategically. Finally, as far as the fact book, we intend to make it a friendlier document; i.e. overhaul it to some degree and to make it more appropriate for its functions. Remember, the data in the fact book are census-driven and come from information on the last day to drop-add classes. There will always be short-term gaps. Comment: Counting distance learning students appears to be highly problematic. 4. Restructuring-Please attend the Provosts meeting on the 21st. F. Administrative Report: Kyle Carter 1. Meetings: Theres a forum at 3:30 tomorrow about the TPR process. Three panelists will be available to discuss the work on the Faculty Handbook. There will be another forum on Academic Affairs with Kyle Carter and Chancellor Bardo about the future of the university, restructuring, and the big picture. 2. Restructuring: Well meet with the Task Force again and have additional hearings. An additional report will be made available shortly. It contains five scenarios, from the most to the least ambitious. We need to make decisions about restructuring before July 1st. 3. Salary Adjustments: There is a letter going out that explains the process for determining adjustments. It is a market-based adjustment based on procedures recommended by the Senate. We have about $300,000 to distribute. The intent is for this to appear in the March paycheck. It is retro-active and formula driven. 4. Master Plan: (Scott Philyaw) The Master planning committee is looking at creating an integrated campus. Wolpert Associates are developing a model based on academic neighborhoods. Students raised the issue that they want mixed use neighborhoods. The consultants took in concerns by committees at previous meetings, including the location of Honors College, a hotel for Hospitality and Tourism. They are trying to set a general blueprint for next 20-30 years to guide growth. Their suggestions will not be set in stone, more of a suggestion. Do we want to create a larger faculty committee on the Millennium campus? The former committee is now disbanded but their work did contribute to the process. III. COUNCIL REPORTS A. Academic Policy and Review Council: Malcolm Abel, Chair No quorum at last council meeting. Old Business: Graduate Student admission categories document. [Scott Higgins]: We made the changes suggested at the last Senate meeting, including the 4th sentence in the first category and the sentence containing the word normally in the sixth section has been removed. We bring the document back to the senate or approval. Comment: Semester hours are different than quarter hours. This should be corrected. Comment: We need a campus wide policy for GA teaching, including evaluation and mentoring. This would help with SACS. Eventually, this issue will come before the faculty senate. Comment: Have we dropped the GRE requirement? SH: These are categories, not requirements for admission. [General discussion of differing requirements across campus, support for departmental discretion] Comment: Whose responsibility is it to check on provisional status students? SH: This policy is intended to help us do this better. Now, the graduate school and the advisor can be involved and we can institute measures, such as registration holds, to enforce. Motion to accept policy (as amended): Voice vote. Passes unanimously. SH: The graduate school has sent out a survey asking about ways that it can improve. I like to deal with issues one-on-one, so please e-mail or call with your concerns. B. Collegial Review Council: Jill Ellern, Chair 1. TPR We sent the current draft of the TPR document to senators via e-mail. This document is currently in the hands of the CRC council. Comment: There is some outdated information. I have sent an e-mail with details. 2. Review of Faculty Senators Our previous discussion of the policy focused on the negative. We proposed this at the last senate meeting and it is up for approval (i.e. vote) today. Comment: There has not been much time to get the opinion of the wider faculty. They are future senators. Comment: What if we strike the last section on voting record? It might unduly hamper our ability to vote freely. Motion: Accept Record as Presented for Discussion (Second) Comment: I appreciate that you are trying to fix a problem.we need to attend. Are we not accomplishing this, though, simply by having this discussion? I feel somewhat professionally insulted by this proposal. Our attendance is already published in the minutes. Comment: This is intended to be part of a senators AFE document. It is not a punishment, but a reward/record of service. We know what we do here, but many people do not. This helps to get the word out and affects the Senate overall. It becomes no longer just a line on the AFE, but credit that you can accrue. Comment: We should think about people who have afternoon classes. Senate can conflict with other worthy priorities, such as teaching. Comment: The purpose of the document is accountability, especially when people run for election to the senate. Should we also consider other committee and council work? Comment: Are we asking the right question? If the problem is lack of participation, maybe we should be asking why there is a lack of participation and working to fix that. Comment: Council/committee work is the most problematic, but some of that work can be monitored without attendance. Comment: The objective of this is to achieve these purposes in a simple, quantifiable way. Comment: I object to anything that gives a negative record for a faculty member. We have to decide, where should I direct my efforts? We have to do this until there is a greater reward system for service. Comment: Councils have built into them different levels of participation. If you cannot attend, we have 3 different councils that meet on 3 different daysyou can be moved around to where you can attend. Comment: Could we not instead be more strict in our enforcement of removing members from the senate (and/or councils)? This changes an attendance problem to an accountability problem. This is a process for removing absentee senators. Should we extend the senate policy to include the councils? Question is called. Second. The proposal is unanimously voted down. Does not pass. Motion: Ask the Council to draw up a simple process/procedure to extend senate policy to include attendance in council meetings. This would include a study of the causes for lack of attendance. Motion to approve. Second. Voice vote. The proposal is approved, though there are 6 dissenting votes. Comment: This is a new low in navel-gazing for the Senate. We are in trouble if we spend our entire session on our own procedures. Motion: The Senate should enforce its 3-absence attendance rule. Second. Hand vote. Passes with just over present senators. 3. SAIs [Kyle Carter] There has been some miscommunication with the Senate over SAIs. It is too much this semester to implement new SAIs. We do not want to implement this twice. We do want the new forms to be web-based. This promotes better confidentiality and greater efficiency. Noelle Kehrberg is head of this taskforce to determine the implementation scheme for SAIs. We may be able to piggyback on WebCT as it moves to Vista. Comment: Nursing did a pilot study of this through WebCT. Paul Jacques just did an analysis of the reliability of these tests and presented his findings to the College of Business. KC: We have not had a good system for a long time. We are, however, stuck with this system for a while longer. Cafeteria forms will be available, despite what you may have heard. Comment: There are a number of scoring errors already on the cafeteria evaluation forms. There are many inaccuracies in the data (not necessarily the evaluation part). It is only a matter of time. C. Faculty Affairs Committee: Austin Spencer, Chair 1. Benefits The University Benefits committee met recently. The 403 carrier Prudential has been inactive on campus, so they are being terminated and Fidelity will be added. Fidelity provides mutual funds in addition to life insurance. The subcontractors for the NC Flex system were not performing well, so they are working on a correction. Next year, all benefit enrollments for new faculty will be done on-line. We are about to implement a new health care plan in the fall. Faculty feedback will be especially important in the first year. The enrollment period for PPO is MAY. Notices will be going out in April and the plan takes affect in October. 2. Salaries We are 14th in the state for staff pay. There is substantial concern that we will lose staff due to low salaries. 3. Faculty Load The council is beginning a discussion on the issue of faculty load, which will be on-going through the Fall. We meet with the Provost the first week of April. Respectfully submitted, Laura Cruz MNklmy  y z %.. CDc01ؿظذؤ؜ؘh>xhP)hP)H*h~hshP)>*hshs>* h+Hh+H hs>* hP)hP) hP)>*))>*)++6/>*++>*/<*LMNkly Q R y z  & t 7$a$gdG7;< !YZcdBCcc:atZ01OP1  & Fgd+Hgd+H!!&&&&&''D)F)8,,,K-`-a--------.Z.\. / /222 3 333555;|;};??@@CCCFFGGGȸȴȰȤh^ h^ H*hsh^ >*hFhsh^ h:dh:dH*hCh:dhsh:d>*hshI\>*hI\h9Hh9HH*h9Hhsh9H>*hsh~>*hshs>*h~h~H*h~h>x7 !x!y!!!!###$ %I&J&&&&&''<(=(I)J)**,J-K-`-`-a----. / /`/a/00D000/11.2/222 3 3333344 5 5 5}5~555667788-9.999Q:R:::};~;K<L<s=t===>>>>>y?z???@AAaBbBCCCCDDDPDEjEEFFF#Ggd^ h^hgd^  & Fgd^ #G$G4GGGGGGGgd^ GG h+Hh^  1h/ =!"#$%@@@ NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH DA@D Default Paragraph FontRi@R  Table Normal4 l4a (k@(No ListB'@B wComment ReferenceCJaJ<@< w Comment TextCJaJ@j@@ wComment Subject5\H@"H w Balloon TextCJOJQJ^JaJ?`*LMNklyQRyz&t7;< ! Y Z   c d BCc:atZ01OP1xy IJ< = I!J!""$J%K%`%a%%%%& ' '`'a'((D(((/)).*/*** + +++++,, - -}-~---..//00-1.111Q2R222}3~3K4L4s5t5556666y7z777899a:b:;;;;<<<P<=j==>>>#?$?4???????000000x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000x0 0x0000x0x0(000(00000000000000(000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0 08 08 08000080x008080x0x00x*LkyQRyz c:atZ0=j==>?00000000000000000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0^>0l^>0^>0 0  0p" GG$)/7c `- 5>#GG%'(*+,-.G&fff$flf !fvffdf|f!f̞fvf4fft.yfft!fCy'77J8J8~8~8h9h99K:K:V:?     )+88N8N888l9l99R:^:^:? h*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsCity0http://www.5iamas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags8 *urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagstimeZ*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags PlaceTypehttp://www.5iantlavalamp.com/Z*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags PlaceNamehttp://www.5iantlavalamp.com/8*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsdateV*urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttagsplacehttp://www.5iantlavalamp.com/  152006330DayHourMinuteMonthYear /6%>FOX:Alw@G065:NRZd""78J8N8~88h9l99999?  *,*m4x45566667778???333333333333MNCD** + +--????GB^Hhz3_h^`OJQJo(hHh^`OJQJ^Jo(hHohpp^p`OJQJo(hHh@ @ ^@ `OJQJo(hHh^`OJQJ^Jo(hHoh^`OJQJo(hHh^`OJQJo(hHh^`OJQJ^Jo(hHohPP^P`OJQJo(hH ^`hH. ^`hH. pp^p`hH. @ @ ^@ `hH. ^`hH. ^`hH. ^`hH. ^`hH. PP^P`hH.hz hzGB^|)0fSffM0Z31                  Ry F>C+H/H:d9H^ wI\C~>))@<<<<?`@UnknownGz Times New Roman5Symbol3& z Arial5& zaTahoma;Wingdings?5 z Courier New"qh:"Fi$F8 p6 t p6 ty#24??3QH)?>CWCU Faculty Senate MeetingwcuImagewcuImage  Oh+'0 $ @ L Xdlt|ĢƵFaculty Senate MeetingCU  wcuImagety cuIcuINormale wcuImagety 2uIMicrosoft Word 10.0@P+@fW@v0X p6՜.+,0 hp  ĢƵt ?: ĢƵFaculty Senate Meeting Title  !"#$%&'()*+,-./02345678:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRTUVWXYZ\]^_`abeRoot Entry Fk0XgData 11Table92WordDocument"`SummaryInformation(SDocumentSummaryInformation8[CompObjj  FMicrosoft Word Document MSWordDocWord.Document.89q