ACADEMIC, APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
2007-2008 Academic Year
COMMITTEE: Faculty
Governance
Membership (include ex-officio members).
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Regular members (with vote): George
Bailey, John Cope (resigned effective March 19, 2008), Mary Gilliland, Mark
Jones, Edson Justiniano, Purificación Martínez, Bob Morrison (replacement for John Cope since
April 9, 2008), Catherine Rigsby.
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Ex-Officio members (with vote): Phyllis
Horns, Deirdre Mageean, Leslie Pagliari, Marilyn Sheerer, Mark Taggart.
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Resource members (without vote): Kristen Bonatz,
Linda Ingalls, Lori Lee, Hope Murphy (since December 12, 2007)
Meeting Dates (include members present
(members who contributed to committee action, but were not at the meeting.)
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September 12,
2007: Bailey, Cope, Gilliland, Jones, Justiniano, Martínez, Rigsby, Horns, Mageean, Pagliari, Sheerer,
Taggart, Bonatz, Ingalls, Lee.
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September 26,
2007: Bailey, Gilliland, : Jones, Justiniano, Rigsby, Horns, Mageean, Pagliari,
Taggart, Bonatz, Ingalls, Lee.
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October 10,
2007: Bailey, Cope, Gilliland, Justiniano, Martínez,
Rigsby, Mageean, Sheerer,Taggart, Bonatz, Ingalls,
Lee
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October 24,
2007: Bailey, Gilliland, Jones, Justinano, Martínez , Rigsby, Horns, Mageean, Taggart, Bonatz, Ingalls, Lee.
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November 14,
2007: Bailey, Cope, Gilliland,
Justiniano, Martínez, Rigsby, Horns, Mageean, Pagliari,
Sheerer, Taggart, Bonatz, Ingalls, Lee. Guest: David Weismiller.
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December 12,
2007: Bailey, Cope, Jones,
Justiniano, Martínez, Horns, Mageean, Sheerer,
Taggart, Bonatz, Ingalls, Lee, Murphy.
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January 23,
2008: Bailey, Cope, Gilliland,
Jones, Justiniano, Martínez, Rigsby, Horns, Mageean,
Pagliari, Sheerer, Taggart, Bonatz, Ingalls, Lee, Murphy.
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February 13,
2008: Bailey, Cope, Gilliland,
Jones, Justiniano, Martínez, Rigsby, Horns, Mageean,
Sheerer, Taggart, Bontaz, Ingalls, Lee.
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February 27,
2008: Bailey, Gilliland, Jones,
Justiniano, Martínez, Horns, Mageean, Pagliari,
Taggart, Bonatz, Ingalls, Lee, Murphy
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March 19,
2008: Bailey, Gilliland, Jones, Martínez, Rigsby, Horns, Mageean, Taggart, Bonatz, Ingalls,
Lee, Murphy.
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March 26,
2008: Bailey, Gilliland, Jones,
Justiniano, Martínez, Rigsby, Horns, Mageean,
Taggart, Ingalls, Lee. Guest: Dan Roberson.
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April 9, 2008: Bailey, Gilliland, Jones, Justiniano, Martínez, Morrison, Rigsby, Horns, Mageean, Pagliari,
Taggart, Bonatz, Ingalls, Lee, Murphy.
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April 25, 2008:
Subcommittees established during the year (include progress and/or completion
of work).
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Subcommittee on
Cumulative Evaluation: Martínez, (completed).
Presented to Faculty Senate on April 24, 2008.
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Subcommittee on
response to the UNC Tomorrow Report:
Bailey, Martínez, Rigsby, (completed). Presented to
the Faculty Senate on April 24, 2008.
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Subcommittee on
Joint Appointments: Justiniano, Rigsby, Taggart (on going).
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Subcommittee on Revision of the Annual
Faculty Survey of Administrators: Ken Wilson. (Discontinued). The subcommittee
will be reconstituted after work on the Review of Administrator document ends.
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Subcommittee on the Restructuring of the
English Department (Taggart, Rigsby,
Accomplishments during the year, especially as
addressed through committee goals. Please include recommendations made to any
University agency other than the Faculty Senate that will be noted under
#5.
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The committee sent its recommendations regarding Review of
Administrators to the Leadership Task Force as charged on January 19, 2008 by
Chancellor Ballard and Chair of Faculty Taggart, the
committee completed the Review of Administrators document. As agreed on that
date, this document will be presented to the university community at the
beginning of next academic year, and will be used next academic year for the
review of administrators.
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The committee wrote a response to the UNC Tomorrow Report.
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The committee held 3 forums in the Fall
2007 on the review of administrator evaluations.
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The committee made recommendations to the English Department
regarding revisions to their code.
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Through its representatives, the committee has participated in the
following
university
activities:
○ Leadership
Development Task Force.
○ 2 meetings with
Interim Provost Sheerer and Associate Vice Chancellor Ingalls regarding
cumulative evaluations.
○ Meeting with Interim
Provost Sheerer, Chair of Faculty Taggart, Dean of HCAS Alan White, Interim Chair
of English Palmer, Professor Bauer regarding revisions to their code.
○ Workshop for
Administrators Regarding Personnel Policies and the ECU Faculty Manual.
○ Mini-retreat with
Chancellor Ballard, Academic Council and Faculty Senate Officers regarding
collaboration between administrators and faculty on the governance of the
university.
○ Meeting with Academic Council regarding
Review of Administrators
○Meeting with Vice
Chancellor Mageean and Associate Vice Chancellor Ted Morris regarding the “
○ Panelist for “ECU: the Engaged
University.” Workshop sponsored by ECU-AAUP.
○ Workshop regarding tenure and promotion
sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women.
Reports to the Faculty Senate (include dates and resolution
numbers).
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Report on Faculty Input in the Evaluation of Administrators.
Presented to the Senate on October 9, 2008, Resolution #07-24.
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Proposed Revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix C relating to Emeritus Status.
Presented to the Senate on December 4, 2008, Resolution #07-33.
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Proposed Revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix C. Presented to the Senate on March
18, 2008, Resolution #08-12.
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Proposed Revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part XII.B.2.a. Presented to the Senate on April
22, 2008, Resolution #08-27
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Response to the UNC
Tomorrow Report. Presented to the Senate on April 22, 2008, Resolution
#08-26
Business carried over to next year (list in priority order).
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Follow up on the
Commission of Scholarship proposal
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Review Appendix
D of the ECU Faculty Manual regarding post-tenure review, as mandated by
General Administration.
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Study revisions
to ECU Faculty Manual regarding joint appointments
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Collaborate in
any form necessary with the Task Forces for Carnegie Classification, UNC
Tomorrow, Student Enrollment, and University Policies and Procedures
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Collaborate with
the Diversity Office in a workshop on increasing diversity in the faculty.
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Revise Part I of
the ECU Faculty Manual regarding
Interpretations.
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Consider the definition
of voting faculty in Appendices D and L.
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Consider forming
college and university-wide tenure and promotion committees.
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Consider
revision of Appendix L to incorporate a review of colleges’ constitutions by a
standing academic committee.
Evaluation of the committee (include anything that hindered
or assisted the
committee's work during the year).
A. Charge: Charge is adequate
B. Personnel: Personnel is adequate
C. Attendance: Excellent attendance
D. Responsibilities: The committee carried out its responsibilities
conscientiously and with professionalism.
E. Activities: The most difficult topic in front of the committee
was the Review of Administrators. However, the committee finished this most
important task on time. The committee is sensitive to the fact that timely
responses are needed to the first 3 issues in the pending business.
Suggestion(s) to the Chair of the Faculty and/or
Faculty Senate for improving the effectiveness of the committee. It is necessary to
maintain adequate balance in the committee between disciplines.
Does the Committee’s organizational meeting next year need
to be earlier than the date set this year? Because of
the anticipated heavy agenda for next year, it is recommended that the
organization meeting takes place as early as possible in the semester.
If yes, when do you prefer:
first week of classes in August.
Signed: Purificación Martínez,
Chairperson
Mark Jones, Secretary