2005-2006
FACULTY SENATE
The third regular
meeting of the 2005-2006
FULL AGENDA
I. Call
to Order
II. Approval
of Minutes
A. Roll
Call
B. Announcements
C. Steve
Ballard, Chancellor
E. Catherine Rigsby, Chair of the Faculty
F. Henry
Peel, Interim Director of Institutional Planning, Research, and Effectiveness
Report on University’s
Strategic Plan
G. Approval
of the Fall 2005 Graduation Roster, including honors program graduates.
H. Brief
Moment in History, Henry Ferrell
I. Question
Period
IV. Unfinished Business
V. Report
of Committees
A.
Admission and Retention Policies
Committee, Larry Seese
Proposed
revision to the ECU Undergraduate Catalog, Section 2. Admission
and Readmission, Nontraditional Students (attachment 1).
B. Committee
on Committees, Henry Ferrell
1. First Reading of Proposed Revisions to the
Teaching Grants Committee Charge (attachment 2).
2. First Reading of Proposed Revisions to the University
Athletics Committee Charge (attachment 3).
C.
Educational
Policies and Planning Committee, Dale Knickerbocker
For
information only - Request to change the name of MS in Industrial Technology to
MS in Technology Systems.
D. University
Budget Committee, Cal Christian
Status of the Institutional, State and Federal Priorities
(attachment 4).
E. University
Curriculum Committee, Cheryl Estes
Curriculum
matters contained in the minutes of the October
13, 2005, and October
27, 2005, Committee Meetings.
VI. New Business
Full
November 8, 2005
Attachment 1.
ADMISSION AND RETENTION POLICIES COMMITTEE REPORT
Proposed revision to the ECU Undergraduate
Catalog,
Section 2. Admission and
Readmission, Nontraditional Students
Replace Section 2. Admission and
Readmission, Nontraditional Students with the following:
“Nontraditional Students
North
Carolina residents who are at least twenty-four years of age (nontraditional
students) or individuals whose high school class graduated three or more years
prior to the expected date of entry and who meet UNC minimum course
requirements may be permitted to enroll in the University provided that they
meet one of the following conditions (See
General Transfer, Note, above.) The student must
1. have
two college level transferable courses of English composition and one college
level transferable Math course or
2. have
had previous college experience at a senior institution and have not been
matriculated at the collegiate level for at least three years prior to the
expected date of entry. Students in this category may be admitted under the
University’s “special readmission (forgiveness) policy”.
Students
enrolling under this policy must comply with all University policies regarding
the payment of tuition and fees and must comply with NC state law concerning
health and immunization.”
Current Text reads as follows:
Nontraditional Students
Individuals who are at least
twenty-four years of age (nontraditional students) or individuals whose high
school class graduated three or more years prior to the expected date of entry
and who meet UNC minimum course requirements may be permitted to enroll in the
university under a performance-based admission policy that specifies retention
stipulations provided they meet
one of the following conditions.
(See General Transfer, Note, above.) The student must
1.
have had no previous college experience, or
2.
have had previous college experience but have not been matriculated within the
past one year and are eligible to return to the previous institution but do not
meet all stated university admission requirements, or
3.
have had previous college experience, are not eligible to return to the
previous institution, and have not been matriculated at the collegiate level
for at least three years prior to the expected date of entry.
Individuals enrolled as
degree-seeking students under the performance-based admission policy must
achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.2 and meet all retention stipulations by
the end of the semester in which the twenty-eighth semester hour of degree
creditable work is attempted. Failure either to meet the GPA requirement or to
satisfy the retention stipulations will result in the student’s being
ineligible to continue enrollment at ECU. (See Section 5, Academic Regulations,
Readmission.)
Students enrolling under this policy
must comply with all university policies regarding the payment of tuition and
fees and must comply with NC state law concerning health and immunization.
These students are assigned for
advisement and registration to the Academic Advising and
An individual enrolled under the
performance-based admission policy may not declare a major, compete in
intercollegiate athletics, or participate in student exchange programs until
all retention stipulations specified in his or her admission letter have been
satisfied.
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Full Faculty Senate Agenda
November 8, 2005
Attachment 2.
COMMITTEE ON
COMMITTEES REPORT
First
(Additions
are noted in bold print and
deletions are noted in strikethrough)
1. Name:
Teaching Grants Committee
2. Membership:
12 elected faculty members.
Ex-officio members (with
vote): The Chancellor or an appointed representative, the Provost or an
appointed representative, the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences or an
appointed representative, the Chair of the Faculty and one faculty senator
selected by the Chair of the Faculty.
The membership of the committee shall serve according to
their disciplinary expertise. Ideally
this would include six members from the
The
chair of the committee may invite resource persons as necessary to realize the
committee charge. The chair of the committee may appoint such subcommittees as
he or she deems necessary.
3. Quorum:
7 elected members exclusive of ex-officio.
4. Committee Responsibilities:
A. The committee recommends policies and
procedures governing the grant application process, criteria for the awarding
of grants, guidelines for the use of teaching grant funds, and procedures for
annual reporting by grant recipients.
B. The committee recommends teaching grant
proposals to be funded, based on the merit of the proposals. No member of the Committee shall submit a
proposal. Members of the
committee are permitted to submit proposals
for the committee's consideration. No member of the committee may vote
on his or her own proposal, but no member is prohibited from voting on any
other proposal before the committee. That member of the committee shall not be
present when his or her proposal is being considered by the committee.
C. The Committee reviews at least annually those
sections within the University
Undergraduate Catalog that corresponds to the Committee’s charge and
recommends changes as necessary.
5. To Whom The Committee Reports:
The committee submits recommendations of proposals to be
funded to the appropriate vice chancellor and reports the final list of funded
proposals to the Faculty Senate. The committee makes recommendations concerning
the policies and procedures governing teaching grant proposals to the Faculty
Senate.
6. How Often The Committee Reports:
The
committee reports to the Faculty Senate at least once a year and at other times
as necessary.
7. Power
Of The Committee To Act Without Faculty Senate Approval:
The
committee is empowered to make recommendations regarding the funding of
research proposals.
8. Standard Meeting Time:
The committee does not have a standard meeting time.
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Full Faculty Senate Agenda
November 8, 2005
Attachment 3.
COMMITTEE ON
COMMITTEES REPORT
First
(Additions are noted in
bold print and deletions are noted
in strikethrough)
1. Name:
University Athletics Committee
2. Membership:
8 faculty members and 1 student
member.
5 elected by the Faculty Senate, 3
appointed by the Chancellor, and 1 student appointed by the Student
Government Association.
Ex-officio members (with vote): The
Chair of the Faculty, NCAA Faculty Athletics Representative, President of the Student Government
Association, President of the Alumni Association, and President of the
Pirate Club or their alternates.
Ex-officio member (without vote but
with all other parliamentary privileges): Chancellor, Provost/Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs, Director of Athletics, Assistant Director of Athletics for
Student Development, Director of Compliance, Chair of the University Academic
Standards Committee; or their designees, the President of the Student
Government Association, and the President of the Student Athlete Advisory
Council.
3. Quorum:
5 faculty members
exclusive of ex-officio.
4. Committee
Functions:
A. The Committee is concerned with issues
pertaining to intercollegiate athletics at
B. The Committee’s primary functions are
oversight responsibility in the area of academic integrity, compliance with
NCAA rules and regulations, and the overall development of student athletes.
C. The Committee is also concerned with general
issues such as budget, conference matters, fund-raising, and public relations
are inclusive in the charge, but not restricted to those cited.
D. The Academic Integrity Subcommittee, composed
of the faculty members on the committee, will report on the academic quality of
the athletic program.
E. The
Committee reviews at least annually those sections within the University Undergraduate Catalog that
corresponds to the Committee’s charge and
recommends
changes as necessary.
5. To
Whom the Committee Reports:
A.
The Committee makes recommendations concerning the
implementation and administration of policies and procedures pertaining to
intercollegiate athletics at
B.
The Committee reports to the Faculty Senate concerning
its recommendations to the Chancellor and/or requests it has received from the
Chancellor.
C.
The Committee makes recommendations concerning
academic policies that impact the academic integrity of the athletic programs
to the Faculty Senate.
D.
The Academic Integrity Subcommittee will report its
evaluations of the academic integrity of the athletic programs to the
Chancellor and to the Faculty Senate.
6. How
Often the Committee Reports:
The Committee reports to the Faculty
Senate at least once a year and other times as necessary. The Academic
Integrity Subcommittee will report to the Chancellor and to the Faculty Senate
each spring.
7. Power
of the Committee to Act Without Faculty Senate Approval:
The Committee makes recommendations
concerning the implementation and administration of policies and procedures
regarding academic oversight to the Chancellor. The Committee makes
recommendations concerning academic policies and procedures that impact the
academic quality of the athletic program to the Faculty Senate.
8. Standard
Meeting Time:
The
committee does not have a standard meeting time.
Full
November 8, 2005
Attachment 4.
UNIVERSITY BUDGET COMMITTEE REPORT
Status of the Institutional, State and Federal Priorities
During the
2004-2005 school year
► The Institutional Priorities have been summarized by the University as follows:
·
open all
budget processes to cabinet/executive council discussion & chancellor’s
prioritizations,
·
increase
financial growth internally (“culture of giving”) and with State, OP, and
patrons,
·
develop
diversity and compensation plans that value the efforts of all in the ECU
community,
·
work
internally and externally to consolidate the financial stability of the BSOM,
·
accelerate
research excellence and targeted areas of national academic strength,
·
continue
economic development through partnerships with the city and with
curriculum/outreach,
·
allocate
significant resources to targeted academic programs that best fulfill regional
missions,
·
provide ECU
undergraduates a nationally competitive “leadership experience.”
1) Open all Budget Processes:
This process has become more transparent to the
faculty. The Provost and the Vice
Chancellor for Finance have included the faculty in the planning and
implementation stages of many of the critical financial discussions involving
the University. Special budget committee
meetings were called by the Provost over the summer in order to make the
faculty aware of budget constraints and decisions that were evolving as the
legislature was developing the new state budget. Also, the Chancellor’s Cabinet discussions
have included faculty senate officers and tuition increase discussions for the
AY 2006-2007 have included faculty representation. These are just some of the examples of the
University reaching out to the faculty.
2) Increase financial growth internally:
There are a number of activities underway to address this
priority. Many challenges have existed
with the University Advancement division. One activity is the hiring of a new
Vice-Chancellor for University Advancement.
A search consultant has been hired, the search committee established and
search activities are underway. The new Vice-Chancellor should be in place by
early next year. Pursuing and
accomplishing the major Centennial Capital Campaign is a driving force for
having a new VC in place at the earliest possible time. The Chancellor has
brought in a consultant to assess the division and provide recommendations for
improvement . In the meantime, Marilyn
Sheerer has been named as Interim Vice Chancellor and is implementing many of
the consultant’s recommendations.
3)
Develop diversity and compensation
plans:
The Chancellor hired Sallye McKee as the new Assistant to
the Chancellor for Institutional Diversity.
Provost Smith has had discussions with Dr.
McKee to develop a strategy for identifying, hiring, and retaining
faculty to address the issue of a lack of institutional diversity. The Provost and Dr. McKee have begun meeting
to develop a plan of active recruitment of minority instructors and not just
presenting an open door for hiring minorities.
4) Work internally and externally to consolidate financial stability of the
Gary Vanderpool, Associate Vice Chancellor for Health
Sciences, reported to the budget committee that ECU’s request to repeal legislation
requiring the reversion of Medicare Resident Education Funds and the
requirement of payment of rent for use of outpatient facilities was granted by
the legislature. This results in
approximately $4.1 M of positive monies for ECU. Associate Vice Chancellor Vanderpool also
reported on the legislative initiative to secure funding for a new Family
Practice facility that is desperately needed.
The BSOM received legislative approval to use
$17M from recovered Medicare funds and $837,000 annual debt servicing for the
remaining balance. The BSOM incurs over $100M per year in un-recovered revenues from contractual
allowances, bad debts, and indigent care that continues to be a resource drain
for BSOM. In contrast, the UNC Health
System receives legislative funding of approximately $45M to defer part of
their cost associated with indigent care.
These obstacles continue to be a challenge for the BSOM, but they have
made great strides this year.
5) Accelerate our commitment to research excellence and specific areas of
national academic strength.
The university continues to make significant progress toward
strengthening the research infrastructure.
This year two new hires aimed at promoting this objective, Provost Smith
and Vice Chancellor Deirdre Mageean, Research and Graduate Studies, have been
made. Institutional funding is being
committed toward infrastructure development and there is optimism that more
resources will be provided in the future.
Vice Chancellor Mageean is in the process of implementing several
initiatives to improve the research infrastructure at the university, in which
she recently summarized for the faculty senate.
6) Continue economic development through partnerships with the city and
with service leadership and academic outreach.
This continues to be a difficult area to quantify
results. Provost Smith noted that it is
difficult to pinpoint the direct “economic” value ECU has to the area since
everything that ECU does has an economic impact on the region. Dr. Niswander chaired a committee to prepare
a report on economic development.
Chancellor Ballard is considering the recommendations of the committee
and implementation strategies. The
University has worked with
7) Allocate significant Resources to Selected Academic Programs that Best
Fulfill Regional Missions.
This priority works in tandem with economic development and
developing this priority is still a work in process.
8) Provide ECU undergraduates a nationally competitive “leadership
experience”.
Vice Chancellor Garrie Moore is working with Academic Affairs to
bring more leadership initiatives for next year (AY 2005-06) than the current
year. One recent result of this
initiative is a $1M gift from BB&T which has allowed the initiation of
leadership programs to be administered by the various Colleges.
►There were four State Priorities for the previous year and three of them were met.
Those priorities that were met:
·
Enrollment
funding.
·
Repeal
of Legislation requiring payment to the State by BSOM.
·
Identify
funding for a family medicine center.
The one priority that is now at the top of the priority for
the General Assembly is a:
·
A
shared academic building for the Colleges of Business and Education.
The planning for this building has begun and when capital
funding from the State Legislature becomes available, ECU is ready to start
building.