Faculty Governance Committee Minutes 11/14/07

Committee members present: Chairperson Martinez, Vice-chair Justiniano, Bailey, Cope, Gilliland, Pagliari, Rigsby, Taggart; Vice Chancellor Mageean, Interim Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences Phyllis Horns, Interim Provost Sheerer

Resource persons: Bonatz, Lee, Ingalls

Guest: Assistant Provost for Institutional Review David Weismiller

1. The minutes of the meeting of 10/24/07 were approved.

David Weismiller and the committee discussed preparation for the SACS review in 2013. Components of accreditation reviews were considered in an attempt to find common language and avoid duplication of efforts. Topics included program reviews, self-evaluation, comparable metrics, selection of members for teams to gather data, methods of archiving and utilizing data, need for support. Additional considerations included the need for strategic planning and resource allocation. More specifically the discussion included consideration of who “owns outcomes assessment” and who from the Faculty Senate should be members of the Working Group as well as the need for continuous integrated review process. The need for buy-in by the constituency was also recognized as well as the consequences of leadership fluxes.

2. A non-Agenda item was discussed considering a language change for Appendix C proposed by the Faculty Welfare Committee which had noticed an inconsistency. It was moved and seconded to accept the proposed change as a friendly amendment. The motion passed after discussion.

3. The report of the Fixed Term Faculty Task Force was also discussed. The committee asked Bailey provide a written synthesis of the various revisions suggested during the discussion for the next meeting which will not be 11/28/07 but 12/12/07.

4. The meeting was adjourned at 5 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

MGF Gilliland MD

mggillil@pcmh.com