Unit Code Screening
Committee Meeting
April 27, 2010 –
MINUTES
Present: Garris Connor, Timm Hackett, Linda
Ingalls, Kathy Misulis (Recorder for meeting), Carl Swanson; Keith Sylvester, Christine Zoller
- Discussion
related to review and schedule for codes (full review) and/or amendments.
- College of Allied Health Sciences (CAHS) Unit
Code Amendments: Motion made and
seconded to approve amendments.
Motion carried and CAHS Unit Code Amendments were approved. However, it was noted that there is a
need to further discuss issues noted by the UCSC. Timm Hackett has asked for a list of
inconsistencies/issues. He will
draft a document and send to the CAHS representative.
- Review
of College
of Technology and
Computer Science Code as follows:
College of Technology and Computer Science Unit Code of
Operations
Approved pending the
following revisions:
- Update
Provost’s title throughout to read “Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for
Academic and Student Affairs.”
- Page
2. lines 63-64: Replace
“Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs” with “Provost and Senior Vice
Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs.”
- Page
2. line 73: Delete “Permanently
tenured, tenure-track” with “Tenured, probationary term.”
- Page
2. line 79: delete “permanently”
- Page 2
line 81: replace “rank” with “ranks.”
- Page
2. line 88-89: Delete section in
parentheses and end sentence after the word “Manual.”
- Page
3: line 125: Delete “on the Council
of Academic Deans” and replace with “with university councils, committees,
and groups”
- Page
4: line 134: insert “Unit Code”
after “Faculty Manual”
- Page
4. line 135: add “appropriate” after the word “and”
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line 136: insert “and post-tenure review” after the word “promotion”
- Page 4
line 137-140: remove titles of
appendices and replace with “Appendix B, Appendix C, and Appendix D”
- Page 4
line 162: delete “and”
- Page 4
line 164: add semicolon after “semester” and add “and”
- Page 4
line 167: delete “Appendix L” and replace with “established university
policies and procedures”
- Page 4
line 169: revise Provost/VC’s title
- Page 5
line 177: delete “East Carolina University Faculty Manual Appendix L” and
replace with “established university policies and procedures”
- Page 5
line 201: delete “aggressively”
- Page 5
lines 208-209: redundant?
- Page 5
line 214: delete “Serves as” with “Serving”
- Page 5
line 214-215: lowercase letters to read “issues related to unit
governance” and add semicolon
- Page 6
line 218: insert “appropriate” after “the”; delete “Personnel”
- Page 6
line 221-224: delete titles of appendices and replace with “Appendix C and
D of the East Carolina University Faculty Manual”; add semicolon
- Page 6
line 236-237: delete “Appendix L of the East Carolina University Faculty
Manual” and replace with “established university policies and procedures”
- Page 6
line 238: revise the Provost’s title, here
- Page 6
line 240-241: delete “with the continued confidence of the department’s
faculty” and replace with “with consideration of input from the
department’s faculty”
- Page
6: line 246: insert after “elected by” the phrase: “a majority of”
- Page 7
line 258: place comma after school year; delete “Refer to”; insert “in
accordance with”
- Page 7
line 300: revise to read “Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised”
- Page 8
line 342: should be spelled “inquiries”
- Page 8
line 343: add comma after policies, delete “and”; add comma after
“climate”
- Page 9
line 362: revise to read “2. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee”
- Page
10 line 408: Delete “Student and Faculty”
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12 line 494: line up and eliminate extra space before “Nominations”
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12 line 517: write Faculty Manual in italics
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13 line 524-525: reword to read “These committees shall operate in
compliance with Appendix C and Appendix D of the ECU Faculty Manual and
according to Appendix A of this code.
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13 line 525: Add: “If the provisions of the unit Code differ from the
Faculty Manual, the Faculty Manual provisions prevail.”
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13 line 526: revise to read “Department Curriculum Committee(s)”
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13 line 527 insert “undergraduate” before “curriculum”
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13 line 528: insert “Undergraduate” before “Curriculum”
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13 line 530: add: “Changes to the graduate curriculum may be proposed to
the College Faculty Committee.”
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13 line 532: add: “All personnel actions at the department level follow
the provisions of the ECU Faculty Manual.”
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13 line 539: delete “both”
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13 line 540: add “Appendix D” after “Appendix C”; add: “If the provisions
of the unit Code differ from the Faculty Manual, the Faculty Manual
provisions prevail.”
- Page
13. IV.C.1.: Discussion regarding
the time increment and consistency; need to define specific date for
completion
- Page
13. line 559-560: delete “Unit Administrator” and replace with “Dean”
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16: line 671: delete “Ideally”; begin next sentence with “Research”
- Page
16 section (2) lines 668-676: Questions were raised regarding how this is
communicated to the faculty and how external reviewers for
tenure/promotion considerations intersect with this section. A statement needs to be added to the
effect that research/scholarship used for tenure/promotion recommendations
must include external peer review.
- Page
16 line 679: insert “that may be” after “activity”
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16 line 686: line up and delete extra space before “Book review . . . “
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17 line 736: reword to read “Reappointment of Probationary Term Faculty or
Subsequent Appointment of Fixed-Term Faculty”
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17 line 739: add “Appendix C and Appendix D” after “Faculty Manual,”
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18 line 754: add after “code”: “If the unit Code provisions differ from
the Faculty Manual, the Faculty Manual provisions prevail.”
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18 line 756: add “Appendix D” after “Appendix C”
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18 line 764: add after “code.”: “If the unit Code provisions differ from
the Faculty Manual, the Faculty Manual provisions prevail.”
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18 line 775: add comma after “meetings and add “when decisions are
required.”
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19: line 794-795: delete “Unit Administrator(s) and University
Administrators”
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19 line 799-800: add period after “operations” and delete “such as
evaluations of administrative officials”
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19 804-805: delete “Quadrennial Evaluation of Administrators: Refer to
East Carolina University Faculty Manual, Appendix L”
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19 line 806: replace “Salary” with “Merit”
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19 line 809: replace “salary” with “merit”
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20 line 837: replace “reference” with “see”
- Page 20
line 840: delete “as needed” and replace with “in accordance with
established university policies and procedures.”
- Appendix
A beginning on page 21: Delete entire appendix.
- Page
21 line 870-871: move this section to page 18. section G.