2009-2010
FACULTY SENATE
The fifth regular meeting of the 2009/2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010,
at 2:10 p.m. in the
AGENDA
(updated 1-26-10)
I. Call to Order
II.
Approval of Minutes
III. Special
Order of the Day
A. Roll Call
B. Announcements
C. Erskine Bowles,
President of the
D.
E Marilyn Sheerer, Vice Chancellor for
Academic and Student Affairs
Report
on Faculty Employment, to include a longitudinal profile of faculty tenure status
and tenure status of permanent and temporary faculty (by unit).
Link to Report
of the Task Force on Fixed-Term Appointments (9-06)
Links to specific reports
distributed to Senators/Alternates prior to the meeting:
Full
and Part Time Faculty by Unit and Tenure Status
Faculty
FTE by Unit, Gender, and Full or Part Time Status
Longitudinal
Profile of Faculty Tenure Status (all ECU Units included)
Longitudinal
Profile of Faculty Tenure Status (excluding School of Medicine)
F. Marianna Walker, Chair of the Faculty
G. Bill Koch, Associate Vice Chancellor with
Campus Operations
Written
report on Parking and Transportation
Link to Faculty
Senate Resolution relating to this report
H. Question Period
IV. Unfinished Business
A. Academic
Standards Committee, Linda Wolfe
Proposed Policy on Gifts Affecting
Curriculum (attachment 1).
B. Committee on Committees, Catherine
Rigsby
1. Election
of New Member to Appellate Due Process Committee (attachment 2).
2. Election
of New Member to Appellate Hearing Committee (attachment 3).
3. Election of UNC Faculty Assembly Delegate and
Alternates (attachment 4).
C. Educational
Policies and Planning Committee, Edson Justiniano
1. Discussion on
Committee’s Ranking of Academic Programs.
Link to ECU’s
Final Ranking forwarded to General Administration.
2. Request to move Media
Production Program (including faculty, curriculum and
students) from the
3. Proposed Revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part V. Academic
Information,
Section III. Curriculum Development
(attachment 5).
D. University
Curriculum Committee, Paul Schwager
Curriculum matters contained in the December
10, 2009 University Curriculum Committee minutes.
E. University Environment
Committee, Tim Kelley
Proposed “Green Get
To ECU Day” (attachment 6).
VI. New Business
January 26, 2010
Attachment 1.
ACADEMIC STANDARDS COMMITTEE
Policy on Gifts
Affecting the Curriculum
Authority: Provost and Sr. Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student
Affairs
History: [Insert dates the PRR was
first enacted and last revised.]
Related Policies:
Additional References:
Contact for Info: Associate Provost, Academic Affairs
(328-0607)
1. PURPOSE
The purpose of this
regulation is to establish clear and consistent guidelines for the acceptance
of gifts that may have a material effect on the curriculum.
January 26, 2010
Attachment 2.
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
Election of New Member to Appellate Due
Process Committee
Nominee: Rose Allen, Allied Health
Sciences
Name |
Academic Unit |
Term |
Office Location and Mail Stop # |
Office Phone |
Jim McKernan |
Education |
2010 |
Speight 314 |
328-1091 |
Mark Taggart |
Music |
2011 |
Fletcher 366 |
328-4278 |
John Crammer |
Math |
2011 |
Sci. & Tech C111 |
328-9690 |
Jonathan Dembo |
Academic Library Svcs. |
2012 |
|
|
John Bradley |
Business |
2012 |
|
|
Alternate Members |
|
|
|
|
Charles Boklage |
Medicine |
2010 |
Brody 3E142E |
744-2301 |
Evelyn Brown
|
Technology and Computer Science |
2010 |
Slay 225 |
737-1027
|
Michael Schinasi |
Foreign Languages |
2011 |
Bate 3309 |
328-6534 |
Lakshmi Narasinhan |
Technology & Computer Science |
2012 |
|
|
Open |
|
2012 |
|
|
January 26, 2010
Attachment 3.
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
Election of New Member to Appellate
Hearing Committee
Nominee: Angela Thompson, History
Regular
Members |
Academic
Unit |
Term |
Office
Location |
Mail # |
Office # |
James
Holloway |
Business |
2010 |
Slay 330 |
503 |
737-1042 |
Mohammed
Tabrizi |
Technology
and Computer Science |
2010 |
Sci. & Tech
C110 |
507 |
328-9691 |
open |
|
2011 |
|
|
|
Hanna
Jubran |
Art
and Design |
2011 |
Jenkins 127 |
502 |
328-1303 |
Linda
Mooney |
Sociology |
2012 |
Brewster
A-409 |
567 |
258-0286 |
Alternate
Members |
|
|
|
|
|
Mark
Sprague |
Physics |
2010 |
Howell
Science Complex E310 |
563 |
328-1862 |
Richard
Bloch |
Medicine |
2011 |
Brody
4E65A |
635 |
744-3324 |
Michael
Felts |
Health
& Human Performance |
2011 |
Christenbury 200 |
529 |
328-4636 |
Wayne
Hill |
Child
Development & Family Relations |
2012 |
Rivers
266 |
505 |
328-1681 |
|
Allied
Health Sciences |
2012 |
Health
Sciences 4340P |
668 |
744-6172 |
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Faculty Senate Agenda
January 26, 2010
Attachment 4.
COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
Election of UNC Faculty Assembly Delegates
and Alternate
2010-2011
UNC Faculty Assembly Delegate Nominee:
Catherine
Rigsby
Geology
2010-2011
UNC Faculty Assembly Alternate Nominees:
Mike
Felts Health
& Human Performance
Christine
Zoller
Art and Design
CURRENT UNC FACULTY
ASSEMBLY DELEGATION
Delegates |
Academic
Unit |
Term |
Chair of
the Faculty*, |
2010 |
|
Geology term expiring |
2010 |
|
Physics |
2011 |
|
Interior
Design and Merchandising |
2011 |
|
Sociology |
2012 |
*Chair of the
Faculty terms begin and end with term in office.
Alternates |
Academic
Unit |
Term |
Anthropology term expiring |
2010 |
|
Allied
Health Sciences |
2010 |
|
Academic
Library Services |
2011 |
|
Music |
2011 |
|
Chemistry |
2012 |
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Faculty Senate Agenda
January 26, 2010
Attachment 5.
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND PLANNING COMMITTEE
Proposed Additional
Revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual,
Part V. Academic Information,
Section III. Curriculum Development
Please refer to both
Faculty Senate Resolution
#09-05 and #09-30
for additional revisions already incorporated into the text noted below.
Revise Part V. Section III. Curriculum Development to read as follows:
(Deletions are noted in strikethrough and additions are noted in bold
print):
III. Academic Program and Curriculum Development
Curriculum and program Program and
curriculum development is a faculty responsibility. Curriculum and
program Program and curriculum changes may be
initiated, prepared, and presented for review to all relevant ECU campus bodies
by voting faculty as defined in ECU
Faculty Manual, Appendix L. Development
of new academic degree programs and certificates of advanced study is
governed by the policies and procedures of the General Administration (GA),
specified in Administrative Memorandum 406 and in Administrative Memorandum 407
for Distance Education. Consultation with the ECU Office of Academic Programs
is recommended before preparing program development requests. Instructions on specific procedures and
documents for curriculum and program and curriculum development proposals are available on the office of
Academic
Programs website.
The
Academic Program Development Collaborative Team, an advisory body to the
Academic Council, collaborates with units to strengthen program proposals and
informs the Educational Policies and Planning Committee of its recommendations
to the Academic Council and to the dean of the
A. Definitions
1. Degree Programs
A degree
program is a program of study in a discipline specialty that leads to a degree
in that distinct specialty area at a particular level of instruction. All
degree programs are categorized individually in the University's academic
program inventory at the twelve-digit CIP code level. As a general rule, a
degree program requires coursework in the discipline specialty of at least 27
semester hours at the undergraduate level and 21 semester hours at the doctoral
level. A master’s-level program requires that at least one-half of the total
hours be in the program area. Programs with fewer hours are designated a
concentration within an existing degree program. Degree programs require the approval
of the GA and the Board of Governors (BOG). Minors and concentrations receive
final approval at the campus level.
2. Certificate of Advanced Study
Programs (CAS)
These
programs usually require one year of study beyond the master's degree and provide
a higher level of licensure for public school teachers and administrators. The
licensure requirements for public school teachers and administrators are
defined by the State Board of Education. It is the policy of the BOG to use the
designation certificate of advanced study with respect to all sixth-year
programs established for public school personnel and to authorize no EdS (specialist in education) degree programs beyond those
now in existence. All CAS programs are
categorized individually in the University's academic program inventory at the
twelve-digit CIP code level.
32. Other Certificates
Certificates
other than the CAS combine specific degree-credit courses at the graduate or
undergraduate level to provide professional development. Certificates do not
require A certificate program provides an organized
program of study that leads to the awarding of a certificate rather than a
degree. Certificate programs are offered
at the pre-baccalaureate, post-baccalaureate, and post-master’s levels. UNC-GA has indicated that post-baccalaureate
and post-master’s certificates must require a specified number of hours (18 sh for post-baccalaureate, and 24 sh
for post-master’s) to be reported to the Integrated Postsecondary Education
Data System (IPEDS). Program planners
should be aware that not meeting these criteria may impact consideration of
financial aid eligibility. Once a
certificate is approved, ECU will submit it to the Department of Education to
determine if the program is eligible for participation in the Title IV
(financial aid) programs.
4.3. Teacher Licensure Areas (TLA)
These
are specific course clusters which meet licensure requirements of the State
Board of Education but do not lead to the conferral of a particular degree or a
certificate of advanced study. These may be at the entry level or
advanced level of teacher licensure. When an institution receives authorization
from the State Board of Education to offer a TLA,
the senior vice president for academic affairs of UNC-GA must be notified. A
current inventory of teacher licensure programs approved by the State Board of
Education is available from the North Carolina Department of Public
Instruction.
B. Curriculum
Approval Process
Curriculum development includes developing
courses and requirements for new academic
programs, and developing and revising courses and requirements for existing
programs.
The following is the order for seeking campus approval for undergraduate
curriculum changes (1000-4000-level):
§
Curriculum
committee of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Voting
faculty of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Academic
Standards (if requesting Liberal Arts Foundations Curriculum Credit);
§
Writing
Across the Curriculum Committee (if requesting Writing Intensive credit);
§
Communicate
with units and programs that may be directly or indirectly affected by the
curriculum;
§
Chairperson/director
of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Curriculum
committee of the college in which the program is/will be housed and TLA proposals to Council on Teacher
Education;
§
Dean
of the college in which the program is/will be housed;
§
University
Curriculum Committee;
§
§
Chancellor
The following is the order for seeking
campus approval for graduate curriculum changes
(5000-level and above):
§
Curriculum
committee of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Voting
faculty of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Communicate
with units and programs that may be directly or indirectly affected by the curriculum;
§
Chairperson/director
of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Curriculum
committee of the college in which program is/will be housed and TLA proposals
to Council on Teacher Education;
§
Dean
of the college in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Graduate
Curriculum Committee;
§
§
Chancellor
C. Program Development Approval Process
Program
development includes developing new academic degree programs, minors, certificates,
and new concentrations within existing degree programs, as well as requesting
degree title changes, and moving or discontinuing programs.
1. New Degree Programs
Proposals
for new academic degrees must include a list of all UNC and private in-state
institutions that offer the same or a similar degree. Program
planners are expected to contact those institutions regarding their
experience with program productivity (applicants, majors, job market,
placement, etc.). To facilitate this portion of the planning process, the
UNC-GA Division of Academic Affairs provides a link to the UNC Academic Program
Inventory and a link to program inventories for other in-state institutions. In
addition, proposals must include the Classification of Instructional Programs
code under which the proposed program is to be classified. Faculty should
allow ample time for review of proposals at all levels.
The approval process to plan or establish new
undergraduate or graduate degree programs involves three
distinct steps:
Step I:
Notification of Intent to Plan (NIP) for bachelor's or master's; Request
for Authorization to
Plan (RAP) for doctoral
Step II: Program Requirements/Course
Approval
Step III: Request for Authorization to Establish (RAE)
In Step
I, the appropriate planning document (NIP for bachelor's or master's; RAP for
doctoral) is submitted in the following order for seeking campus approval:
§ Consultation with Academic Program Development Collaborative Team
In Step
II, the approval of new degree requirements and courses is completed as
specified above in “Curriculum Approval Process” for undergraduate and graduate
programs.
In Step
III, a request for authorization to establish a bachelor's, master's, or
doctoral program is submitted in the following order for seeking campus approval:
§
Consultation
with Academic Program Development Collaborative Team;
§
Curriculum
committee of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Voting
faculty of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Chairperson/director
of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Curriculum
committee of the college in which the program is/will be housed; TLA proposals
to Council on Teacher Education;
§
Dean
of the college in which the program is/will be housed;
§
University
Curriculum Committee and or Graduate
Curriculum Committee as appropriate for
degree level;
§
External
review (master's and doctoral programs only);
§
Graduate
School Administrative Board for master's or doctoral programs;
§
Appropriate Vice
Chancellor (for information only)
§
Educational
Policies and Planning Committee;
§
§
Chancellor
2. New Minors, Certificates, Concentrations;
Degree Title Changes; Teacher Licensure
Areas; and Discontinuing Degree
Programs
The following is the order for seeking campus
approval for undergraduate or graduate minors, certificates, concentrations,
degree title changes, teacher licensure areas, and discontinuing a degree
program. (Discontinuing minors, certificates,
concentrations, and teacher licensure areas are considered curricular actions.)
▪ Curriculum committee of dept/school in
which the program is/will be housed;
▪ Voting faculty of dept/school in which the
program is/will be housed;
§
Chairperson/director
of dept/school in which the program is/will be housed;
§
Curriculum
committee of the college in which the program is/will be
housed; TLA proposals to Council on
Teacher Education;
§
Dean
of the college in which the program is/will be housed;
§
University
Curriculum Committee and or Graduate
Curriculum Committee as appropriate for
degree level;
§
Graduate
School Administrative Board for graduate programs;
§
Educational
Policies and Planning Committee;
§
§
Chancellor
(Once new teacher licensure areas are
approved by the
3. Moving Degree
Programs
The following is the order for seeking campus
approval for moving a program.
▪ Curriculum committee of dept/school in
which the program is currently and will be housed;
▪ Voting faculty of dept/school in which the
program is currently and will be housed;
§
Chairperson/director
of dept/school in which program is currently and will be housed;
§
Curriculum
committee of the college in which program is currently and will be housed; TLA
proposals to Council on Teacher Education;
§
Dean
of the college in which the program is currently and will be housed;
§
University
Curriculum Committee and or Graduate
Curriculum Committee as appropriate for
degree level;
§
Graduate
School Administrative Board for graduate
programs (for graduate);
§
Educational
Policies and Planning Committee;
§
§
Chancellor
4.
Process Completion
The proposing
academic unit, in collaboration with the office of Academic Programs, prepares
the final version of undergraduate and graduate program requests for the
chancellor’s consideration. Once the chancellor has made an affirmative
decision, the office of Academic Programs submits the new program request and
chancellor’s communiqué to UNC-GA.
(Faculty Senate Resolution #03-29, April 2003)
(Editorially
revised Section III.B. October 2003)
January 26, 2010
Attachment 6.
UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
Proposed “Green Get
To ECU Day”
The
University Environment Committee proposes that ECU designate one day each month
as a "Green-Get-To-ECU Day." On this day, students and employees
would be encouraged to walk, bike, take the bus, or carpool to work. We
suggest that this day fall in the first full week of each month, alternating
between a Tuesday and a Wednesday, so that people with all possible work/class
schedules are encouraged to participate.
The
"Green-Get-To-ECU Day" should be announced by email via the ECU
Official and student listservs and posted on
ECU-networked LCD screens around campus one or more
times before that "green" day. It could also be featured on the ECU
Homepage. The
committee suggests electronic delivery only, because it is the most
environmentally friendly, economical, and time-saving method.
The
purpose of this day is to raise awareness of alternative modes of
transportation to get to campus and to encourage people to take these
alternative modes more frequently. For example, many people do not use the ECU
bus system simply because they are not accustomed to using public
transportation. Once they use the transit system, however, they may see it as a
viable alternative to their automobiles.
The
email announcing the "Green-Get-To-ECU Day" should include links to ECU and
Overall, the “Green-Get-To-ECU Day” seeks to
reduce the production of greenhouse gases and contribute to a healthier
lifestyle for ECU faculty, staff, and students.