ACADEMIC, APPELLATE, AND SENATE COMMITTEE
ANNUAL REPORT
2008-2009 Academic Year
COMMITTEE: FACULTY GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Membership
(include ex-officio members).
·
Regular
members (with vote): George Bailey, David Gabbard (until December
3, 2008), Mary Gilliland, Mark Jones, Edson Justiniano, Purificación
Martínez, Catherine Rigsby, Marianna Walker (since December
3, 2008).
·
Ex-Officio
members (with vote): Phyllis Horns, Deirdre Mageean, Marilyn
Sheerer, Janice Tovey, Marianna Walker
(until December 3, 2008), Ken Wilson (since December 3, 2008)
·
Resource
members (without vote): Linda Ingalls, Lori Lee, Hope Murphy.
Meeting Dates (include members present and members who contributed to committee action, but
were not at the meeting.)
September
10, 2008: Bailey, Gabbard,
Gilliland, Justiniano, Martínez, Rigsby, Horns,
Mageean, Sheerer, Tovey, Walker, Ingalls, Lee, Murphy.
September 24, 2008:
Bailey, Gilliland, Jones, Justiniano, Martínez,
Rigsby, Horns, Mageean, Sheerer, Tovey, Walker, Ingalls, Lee, Murphy.
October 8, 2008:
Bailey, Jones, Justiniano, Martínez, Rigsby, Horns,
Sheerer, Tovey,
October 27, 2008:
Bailey, Gilliland, Jones, Justiniano, Martínez,
Rigsby, Mageean, Tovey, Walker, Ingalls, Lee. Invited guests: Austin Bunch,
Steven Kresch, Ted Morris, Bob Morrison, Beth Velde.
November 12, 2008:
Bailey, Gilliland, Jones, Justiniano, Martínez,
Rigsby, Horns, Mageean, Sheerer, Tovey,
December 3, 2008:
Bailey, Gilliland, Jones, Justiniano, Rigsby, Walker, Horns, Sheerer, Tovey,
January 12, 2009:
Bailey, Justiniano, Martínez, Rigsby, Walker,
Mageean, Tovey, Wilson, Lee, Murphy. Invited guest: John
Chinn.
January 28, 2009:
Bailey, Gilliland, Jones, Martínez, Rigsby,
February 12, 2009:
Bailey, Gilliland, Jones, Martínez, Rigsby, Walker,
Mageean, Sheerer, Tovey, Wilson, Ingalls, Lee, Murphy.
February 25, 2009:
Bailey, Gilliland, Jones, Martínez, Rigsby,
March 25, 2009:
Bailey, Gilliland, Jones, Justiniano, Martínez,
Rigsby,
April 8, 2009:
Bailey, Gilliland, Justiniano, Martínez, Rigsby,
Walkers, Sheerer, Tovey, Wilson, Ingalls, Lee, Murphy.
April 22, 2009:
Bailey, Gilliland, Jones, Martínez, Rigsby,
Subcommittees established during the year (include progress and/or completion
of work).
The committee established the following subcommittees during
the year:
Subcommittee on revisions to
the ECU Faculty Manual regarding
joint appointments.
Justiniano, Rigsby. Ongoing.
Subcommittee on Guidelines for Preparing a Cumulative
Evaluation. Ingalls, Martínez. Work completed.
Subcommittee on revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix B. Policy
for the Cumulative Review of Permanently Tenured Faculty of ECU. Bailey, Gabbard, Rigsby. Work
completed.
Subcommittee
on revision of ECU Faculty Manual,
Appendix D, Section V. Procedure for Review of Notice of Non-Reappointment or
Non-Conferral of Permanent Tenure. Bailey, Martínez,
Rigsby, Murphy. Work completed.
Subcommittee
on timelines of ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix D, Section V. Procedure for Review
of Notice of Non-Reappointment or Non-Conferral of Permanent Tenure. Ingalls, Martínez. Work completed.
Subcommittee on revisions to ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix D. Section VI.
Due Process Before Discharge or the Imposition of
Serious Sanctions. Bailey, Martínez, Rigsby, Murphy.
Work completed.
Subcommittee on revisions to ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix C. Personnel Policies and Procedures
for the Faculty of ECU. Ingalls, Martínez, Walker. Work completed.
Subcommittee on best practices regarding scholarship of engagement. Bailey, Gilliland, Jones, Justiniano, Tovey. On going.
Subcommittee on revisions to ECU Faculty Manual, regarding scholarship of engagement. Martínez, Rigsby, Walker,
Subcommittee on revisions to Part II to ECU Faculty Manual.
Chinn, Gillilland, Zigas. On going.
The
following committees
asked FG to appoint members:
Committee on Revisions to Evaluation of Administrators. FG appointed members: Walker,
University Policies Committee. FG appointed member: Martínez.
UNC Tomorrow Phase II Subcommittee on Tenure and Promotion. FG appointed member: Martínez.
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.
Through
its representatives, the committee has participated in the following
university activities:
University Policy Manual Committee.
ECU Tomorrow, Subcommittee on Tenure and Promotion revisions.
Interpretations/clarifications of the Faculty Manual.
Meeting with Vice Chancellor Mageean, Beth Velde, Jim Clark (NCState) and others regarding the “
Workshops regarding tenure and promotion sponsored by the Committee on
the Status of Women.
Participation on presentation
regarding diversity. Meetings with chief diversity officer regarding this topic.
Attendance of workshop to
prepare faculty members for hearings.
Attendance to 1 meeting of the
Reports to
the Faculty Senate (include dates and resolution numbers).
Proposed Guidelines for Preparing a Cumulative
Evaluation. October 7, 2008.
Resolution
#08-41.
Proposed
revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual,
Appendix B. Policy for the Cumulative Review of Permanently Tenured Faculty of
ECU. October 7,
2008. Resolution #08-42.
Proposed
resolution on support of transparency embodied by the Faculty Governance
Committee’s policy on the Review of Administrators. October 7, 2008. Resolution
#08-43.
Proposed revisions
to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix
L. Section E. Five Year Unit Program Evaluation. December 2, 2008. Resolution
#08-66. (Pending approval of Board of Trustees).
Proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix C. Section
III. Evaluation, in reference to the Student Opinion of Instruction Survey . February 24, 2009. Resolution 09-10. (Rejected by Chancellor Ballard).
Proposed revision to revisions to ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix D, Section V.
Procedure for Review of Notice of Non-Reappointment or Non-Conferral of
Permanent Tenure. February 24, 2009. Resolution 09-11.
Proposed revisions to ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix D. Section
VI. Due Process Before Discharge or
the Imposition of Serious Sanctions. February 24, 2009. Resolution 09-12.
Proposed Revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix C.
Personnel Policies
and
Procedures for the Faculty of ECU. March 31, 2009. Resolution
09=19. (Rejected by Chancellor Ballard. The
committee on April 22, 2009 reviewed Appendix C and will resubmit to
Chancellor).
Proposed addition to ECU
Faculty Manual, Appendix D, Section V. Procedure
for Review of Notice of Non-Reappointment or Non-Conferral of Permanent Tenure.
March 31, 2009. Resolution 09-20.
Business
carried over to next year (list in priority order).
To understand this list in relationship with the list from
academic year 2007-2008, please consult the committee’s minutes of January 28,
2009.
Revisions to ECU Faculty
Manual regarding scholarship of engagement.
Revisions to ECU Faculty
Manual regarding joint appointments.
Collaborate in any form necessary
with the Task Forces for UNC Tomorrow and University Policies and Procedures
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
committee has met all deadlines in the revisions of policies as mandated by
General Administration. The committee is sensitive to the fact that timely responses
are needed to the first two issues in the pending business. The committee has
collaborated effectively with other Faculty Senate and administrative
committees.
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. It is recommended that all faculty members of
the committee be tenured faculty.
Most of the work for next year will need to be done in
subcommittees, so it is likely that the committee will return to its regular
schedule (1 meeting a month).
Does the
Committee’s organizational meeting next year need to be earlier than the date
set this year?
It is recommended that the organizational 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