Faculty Governance Committee

Minutes of January 10, 2007

Regular members in attendance: Anderson, Gilliland, Jones, Justiniano, Martinez, Morrison

Ex-officio members in attendance: Horns, Mageean, Smith, Taggart

Others: Bonatz, Lee

The minutes of the December 13, 2006 meeting were approved after an editorial suggestion to Attachment 3.C.1.a. substituting “tenure” with “reappointment”.

The primary topic of discussion was Faculty Evaluation of Administrators. Two models, or a combination thereof, are under consideration.

The proposed addition to Appendix L. Section H., which was discussed at the December meeting, was discussed. More specifically, the unresolved portion that concerned research creative activity was discussed. Motion to delete the portion of the sentence reading “identifies and communicates expectations for research and creative activity appropriate for constituency” was passed.

Most of the remainder of the meeting was spent discussing an article which appeared in the September-October edition of Academe, presented in summary form by Professor Martinez. Suggestions about ways to incorporate appropriate elements of the model put forth in Academe were discussed. Bonatz expressed concern about the section that calls for publication of a summary of the review of administrators. Selection of the Faculty Review Committee was discussed, and it was decided to go with the “mixed” model (rather than the Standing and Ad Hoc models), in which part of the committee is elected by the faculty and part is appointed by administrators.

A subcommittee consisting of Justiniano, Martinez, Morrison and Taggart was formed to study ways to combine the best elements of the two models under discussion. This subcommittee will report to the next Governance Committee meeting.

Next committee meeting is Wednesday, January 24, 2007, in 142 Rawl Annex.

Respectfully submitted,

Mark Jones, Professor