FACULTY SENATE
FULL MINUTES OF APRIL 20, 2010
The eighth regular meeting of the 2009-2010
Agenda
Item I. Call to Order
Marianna Walker, Chair of the Faculty called
the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m.
Agenda
Item II. Approval of Minutes
The
minutes of March
30, 2010, were approved as distributed.
Agenda
Item III. Special Order of the Day
A. Roll
Call
Senators absent were: Professors Zoller (Art
and Design), Chandler (Hospitality Management), Talente and Willson (Medicine),
Larson (Nursing), Coddington (Technology and Computer Science), Niswander
(Business/Academic Deans Representative), and Tovey (English/Past Chair of the
Faculty).
Alternates present were: Professors Hodge for
Grobe (Education), Schmidt for Jeffs (Education), Lillian for Deena (English),
Farrell for Glascoff (Health and Human Performance), Mahar for Vail-Smith
(Health and Human Performance), Johnson for Schenarts (Medicine), Boklage for
Coleman (Medicine), Kellum for McAuliffe (Nursing), Kenney for Shinpaugh
(Physics), and Sanders for Pagliari (Technology and Computer Science).
B. Announcements
1. The
Chancellor has approved the following resolutions from the February 23, 2010,
and
March 30, 2010,
10-07 Foundation Curriculum Course for Social
Science HIST
3669 History of the Middle East.
10-09 Proposed implementation dates for revised University Undergraduate Catalog, Section 5: Academic Regulations (Faculty
Senate Resolution #09-42) relating
to Dropping and Adding Courses, Grading System, and Academic Eligibility
Standards.
10-11 Request
for a new Ethnic
and Rural Health Disparities (ERHD) Graduate
Certificate Online
Program.
10-18 Curriculum matters contained in the January
14, 2010, and January
28,
2010 University
Curriculum Committee minutes.
10-19 Approval of Spring 2010 Graduation Roster,
including honors program graduates, subject to the completion of degree
requirements.
2. We are
missing the following academic units’ reporting of 2010/11 Faculty Senate
representation: Chemistry, Physics,
Allied Health Sciences, and Nursing.
Please provide this information to the Faculty Senate office at facultysenate@ecu.edu as soon as
possible.
3. A preliminary call for nominations for
the Board of Governors Award for
Excellence in Teaching, Board of
Governors Distinguished Professor for Teaching Award, Alumni Award for
Outstanding Teaching, University Scholarship of Engagement, and University
Award for Outstanding Teaching will be distributed in early May. Nomination
materials will be due September 1 and portfolios due November 1. Information on
the different award nominating procedures is available online at:
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/aa/academicawards.cfm.
4. Faculty interested in periodically
receiving issues of The Chronicle of
Higher Education are asked to call the
C. Chancellor
Steve Ballard reported that Speaker Hackney on campus. He would be touring the Howell Building; the
Chancellor said that he remained optimistic that advanced planning funding will
be available for the new Bioscience Building.
Chancellor Ballard stated that the governor’s
budget was just released today and the latest report from Dr. Boardman
regarding March revenues. had been received and that that report would be
distributed to the faculty. No one yet
knows whether there will be an April surprise which will be the major predictor
of next year’s budget.
There are several things about the governor’s
budget that are worth noting. The first is that are some expansion items in the
budget for expenses like the dental school. The Chancellor reported that
$1million in the operating expenses for the Dental school had been included and
that ECU was the only campus with something in the expansion budget. All other
items in this budget are system wide allocations. The governor’s budget estimated a $1.2 billion
shortfall this year. It is estimated 70-80 positions could
be lost about half of these vacancies
would be from the academic rather than administrative side. Enrollment growth
funding is currently fully funded.
The current plan is a 4% base budget cut that
amounts to about $11million which added to the base budget cuts of the previous
years is a considerable amount of money.
ECU has currently planned for a 5% cut and some of these cuts may have
an impact on the academic , rather than administrative, programs.
Another aspect of the governor’s budget is
that the campus tuition and fee increases are to remain on campus and not be
used to reconcile the state budget as was the case last year. Some of this
money can be used to pay for financial aid as well as for retention and
graduation programs. More students , about 70% of all students in the
university system, are asking for
funding this year. Pell Grants appear to
still be available for next year. The North Carolina College Foundation is no
longer active after federal legislation on financial aid passed last month.
The Chancellor reported that a 44 person SACS
planning committee, co chaired by chair
of faculty , has been formed and that
1/3 members of this committee are faculty members. Finally, he reported that a reasonable
compromise is being developed for the serious illness policy with the
assistance of Faculty Welfare Committee. He stated that this was a policy that
is sustainable. and that the policy will
take us into the future. The Chancellor said that Dr.Horns was present today
and ready to answer any questions from
the faculty senate.
Professor Sprague (Physics) thanked the
Chancellor for his efforts on obtaining financial support for a new science
building. He stated that both the Biology and Physics departments would be
willing to help in any way possible. The Chancellor replied that the best thing
for the legislators to witness was how the Howell Building was about to fall
down. He noted that the legislators were impressed with how productive the
faculty were with continuing to work
through the bad working conditions.
Chair Walker thanked the Chancellor for his
hospitality in the upcoming faculty
senate reception and for his remarks to the Faculty Senate.
D. Deirdre
Mageean, Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies
Vice Chancellor Mageean stated the last time
that the legislators visited the Howell building that they were impressed with
the quality of the faculty and the research work in the old building. She then
discussed the new Ramesus data management system . She stated that this
software had been developed at Chapel Hill and made available to all campuses,
and that ECU will have several training
sessions for learning to use Ramesus. ECU is the last of the large
universities to implement the program. ECU will be adding IRB and three other
modules soon.
In terms of external awards. ECU is
outstripping the other universities not in dollar volume but in terms of
growth. $30 million in additional research funding had been acquired this year.
Internal awards are being cut back this year along with .research development
and start up awards. Dr Mageean reported that Dr. Alan White, is charged with
forming a committee to find a dean of the graduate school. She stated that she
expect three candidates to be brought to campus.
Two other items related to graduate issues
were mentioned by Dr Mageean. The Strategic Enrollment Task Force had issued a
report that focused on the undergraduates. A significant part of our enrollment
were graduate students. These 6 thousand graduate students made up the fastest
growing portion of the student body. Thus, a Graduate Enrollment Task Force had
been developed to create management plan for the graduate school. Dr. Steve
Thomas will chair this group; they will produce an interim report that will be
presented in the fall semester 2010
Dr Mageean also reported that graduate
student stipends at ECU are lower than other institutions of higher education.
The average stipend is the cost of tuition plus
$700.for health insurance. Thus, many graduate students are having to
work second jobs as well as a course load of 20hrs. She concluded that ECU
cannot look to the institution alone to support the students; faculty need to
write students into their grants and that a lot of hard work was ahead of the
University in this regard.
Dr. Mageean reported that some colleges split
positions into ¼ or ½ time positions. In fiscal year 2007 there were 173 FTE
positions split among 358 students. She reported that this was a common
practice in the College of Business where it is used as a recruiting incentive
for new faculty since the positions can be used to support faculty in teaching
as well as research. This was also the case in Allied Health Science where
students in clinically intensive training programs did not have enough time to
work more than 20 hours a week as research assistants or teaching
assistants. There were also 464students
with full time support of $8,120/ yr. which amounted to an equivalent of $10.42
an hour in pay after deductions for tuition, fees and health insurance. Dr.
Mageean reported the university goal was to raise the average assistantship to
$12,000 per year over the next four years. The cost of this increase would be
$750,000 per year for a total of $3.0 million over the next four year period.
Professor Novick (Medicine) questioned the
availability of startup funds and
funding for internal grants ; he stated that a few years ago faculty received a
little startup funds and last year nothing was received. The indirect funds were distributed with
Medicine getting 30% and his department getting 2/3 of that allocation He stated that there should always be
resources for startup funds and wondered what the prospects were for this
upcoming academic year and he asked what
the mechanics were for getting funding.
He also stated that the Department of Public Health was being excluded
from obtaining some of the indirect funds.
VC Mageean responded that startup funds came from lapsed salaries. Thus,
the budget cuts have reduced funding due to lapsed salary dollars being
reduced.
Professor Bauer (English) thanked VC Mageean
for breaking down the pay for graduate assistants and noted how difficult it
was for the teaching graduate students who taught the Freshman Comp 1000
classes to make a living at $2/ hr. Dr. Mageean responded that many departments
were paying their graduate students more than this.
Professor Jones (Allied Health Sciences)
asked for clarification on how a faculty member could include a graduate
research assistant into a research project. She asked if it was appropriate to
write in a single Master level assistant and Doctoral-level student. She stated
that the Office of Sponsored Programs has supported this effort in the past and
that grant money was a useful supplement for funding graduate student
assistants. Vice Chancellor Mageean appealed to faculty to write student
research assistant funding into their grant proposals.
Dr.
Mageean recognized Mary Ellen O’Brien, new Director of Sponsored
Programs who clarified that federal grant guidelines do not allow tuition to be
paid from the grant. Different departments
have different criteria. However, a researcher should be able to hard
wave the $750 can be written into the grant; she stated that a researcher
should be able to write in $15 thousand into the grant for graduate student
assistance.
E. Marianna
Walker, Chair of the Faculty
Professor
Walker (Allied Health Sciences) provided the following remarks to the Faculty
Senate.
“It’s hard to believe
that it is the last regular senate meeting of the year. It’s been a very busy
and productive year, but I’m sure that I don’t have to remind you all about
that. We are busy wrapping up our classes, with the last two weeks of the
semester, finishing theses and dissertations, preparing for summer work in
teaching and research, and completing old business in committee work. Yes,
members of the faculty are busier than ever, in traditional roles and
responsibilities. This year I have
witnessed a blend of academic and university traditions with contemporary
issues that faculty and the larger university committee must face. From the revision of the faculty manual to
the role of faculty in retention of students, such issues have required the
faculty to play a key role in exploring solutions to problems or issues. Such issues have required a serious discourse
among faculty and administrators.
So how would we
describe the discourse of academia this year?
In general, I would describe the conversations and dialogues as
informative, collaborative, debated, honest and open. This year faculty have
helped to formulate the process by which faculty are able have input into all
academic matters pertaining to the curriculum, tenure and promotion, degree requirements, and instructional standards. As a result of these
successful discussions and negotiations, the faculty took ownership in
reviewing and revising the faculty manual and in assuring the faculty’s voice
and the role of the faculty senate in the Policy on Policies. While the faculty manual is an important
tradition that will continue, thanks to the Chancellor, the Policies on
Policies and the University Policy Manual are new entities. The faculty senate,
as stated in the UNC Code, represents the general faculty and is the
legislative body of the faculty. Again,
tradition even at the system level has assisted in preserving faculty roles in
shared governance. This year, I have noticed more dialogue and teamwork than
ever in attempting to solve university issues. These teams have included
faculty, administrators, staff, and students.
This discourse has been dynamic and as a result of various meetings,
written documents, and direct oral communication, many initiatives have been
“completed” or are in the process of being developed. As a result of these working groups, more
camaraderie has developed and the university is solving problems as a whole.
The administration has expressed their appreciation of the work and commitment
of the faculty. I am equally happy with the level of commitment on the part of
the faculty. In these situations, there has been “cohesion without a loss of
identify” (in the words of Christine Zoller), and faculty continue to engage in
traditional roles.
However, as a senate
and faculty, we cannot sit back and enjoy our accomplishments without
contemplating new issues to focus upon. One major issue that we must face is
retention and graduation rates for our university. What can we do, as faculty, to ensure that
students are able to complete a degree once admitted, and that our students
return to campus each year in good academic standing? We, as university faculty, must ask ourselves
what we can do to help with this problem – Should we raise standards in
admission, give students an academic home earlier than normal, or require
students to declare a major earlier than usual.
Whose problem is this?
Administratively, is it Admissions, the professional advisors, the
Strategic Enrollment Director, and or the Provost who must solve this
problem? Once the students are here, who
has to retain and graduate them? The
faculty! We must be involved in this
discussion and part of any solution. A
number of initiatives, relating to this and other academic matters, are
currently being discussed which requires that faculty must be involved. Issues
such as a University 1000 course, which is being discussed to replace COAD
1000, where faculty have the responsibility and opportunity to teach this
course. Others issues include an Honors College, which is being formally
proposed to help in retaining academically gifted students. How about faculty
involvement with Freshman Orientation and more communication with intended or
declared majors? How do we have access to these students, in their freshman and
sophomore years? How do they have access to us?
How will you and your unit answer the call about retention and
graduation rates? What data is necessary
to track our students and to provide a true “picture” of our students, majors,
and predictors of success or failure at the university?
I encourage each of
you to think about these new initiatives and to be involved in discussion and
in offering suggestions for your unit to be represented in this university
issue. Remember, we are successfully accomplishing the review and revision of
the faculty manual, participating in providing formal advice and feedback
relative to administrative policies, participating in the SACS reaccreditation
and strategic action plans, as well as numerous standing university academic
and appellate committees. The university committee needs our academic
discourse.
I thank each of your
for your work this year, for all your thoughtful remarks, laughter, concern,
protective dialogue, reflective ideas, respect, collaboration with fellow
colleagues and administrators, and diligence on all university committees and
for being part of our faculty senate. Thanks for preserving our academic
heritage and in making the senate a strong and appreciated body.”
F. Mark Sprague, Faculty Assembly Delegate
Professor Sprague
(Physics), Vice Chair of the Faculty and a Faculty Assembly Delegate, provided
a written report available as a link on the April
16, 2010, Faculty Assembly Meeting.
Professor Rigsby
(Geological Sciences) asked if the copyright information would be distributed
to faculty? Professor Sprague said that
it was provided as a hardcopy handout but that he would try to make it
available
G. Question Period
Professor Wilson (Sociology) stated that in relation to the budget cuts, would
the 5% taken last year be given back before the next cut is determined? Chancellor Ballard responded no.
Professor Bauer (English) asked who sets the general administration funding? For example why
is there a $7,500 limit for the master student support at ECU while. Chapel
Hill awards $11,500 and pays tuition,
Wilmington pays $11,000 ,and NCSU pays $8,000 plus tuition and fee. Dr. Mageean
responded that these decisions are made on campus but has to be based on available funding at
each University.
Agenda
Item IV. Unfinished Business
Faculty Welfare
Committee, Katrina DuBose
Professor DuBose (Health and Human
Performance), Chair of the Committee, presented proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part VI. Section
VII. C. Serious Illness and Disability Leave for Faculty Policy. As noted,
Faculty Senators were being asked to vote on the formal faculty advice being
given to the Chancellor and Academic Council about this policy.
One issue Professor Dubose noted was
that there was confusion on who covered the funds for the faculty member’s
leave. She noted that the Committee
recommended that a statement be added that financial funds come from the
academic unit and if they cannot secure the necessary funds, the academic unit
administrator should go to the next higher administrator to resolve the matter,
even if that means going all the way up to the appropriate the vice chancellor.
Professor Matthews
(Anthropology) noted that a lot of faculty have been involved in the review of
the proposed new policy and that there were several items that still needed to
be addressed. Nine-month faculty ought to be eligible for
leave year-round. All faculty ought to
be able to negotiate the start date of their paid leaves with their unit
administrators. She then moved to amend the committee report to
include three additional revisions to the policy. Those revisions include:
o Delete §2.4 (and
re-number §2.4.1 accordingly).
o In §3.2.3, change “beginning
on the date of the documented qualifying event” to “any time within the 12
month period immediately following or briefly prior to the documented
qualifying event.”
o Revise the second
sentence of §3.1.1 to read: “The start date of the first leave sets the clock
for the 12-month period for leave with or without pay under this policy.”
Professor Matthews
noted that §2.4 states that nine-month faculty are ineligible
for the benefit during the summer, between Commencement and Convocation. This implies that, if a serious illness or
childbirth should occur even the day before Convocation, the employee would be
ineligible for any leave under the policy.
We believe that this is an unintended oversight that should be
corrected. (We note that we do not advise
revision of subsection 2.4.1, regarding summer teaching contracts.) She noted that §3.2.3, which pertains only to
the primary caregiver of a newborn, adopted or foster child, states that “the
primary caregiver is eligible for leave with pay for 12 consecutive calendar
weeks beginning on the date of the documented qualifying event.” We believe that this does not take into
account the reality of most faculty members’ responsibilities during the
academic year. It may be advantageous
for both the faculty member and the academic unit to begin a paid leave before
or after the precise date of the qualifying event so as better to accommodate
the faculty member’s teaching schedule and the needs of the unit. The start date of a leave ought to be a
matter for good faith negotiations between the faculty member and his or her
unit administrator. (We also remind the
Academic Council, Chancellor and Board of Trustees that a primary caregiver is
not necessarily the child’s birth mother, and so there is little reason to tie
the leave strictly to the date of birth and much reason to give the caregiver
and academic unit flexibility in scheduling the leave.) We , therefore , advise that the phrase
“beginning on the date of the documented qualifying event” be removed and
replaced with language allowing for the aforementioned flexibility. §3.1.1 should be revised to reflect the same
flexibility. None of the
other UNC institutions and none of our peer institutions restrict the
eligibility of nine-month faculty for leave. All make it available year-round.
In addition, all of the UNC institutions, with the exception of UNCC, state
only that leave must be taken within a 12-month period following
birth/placement or the qualifying event. We should strive to be consistent with
the policies of other UNC institutions. Because this flexibility is
completely consistent with the policies of the other constituent members of
UNC, it is unreasonable to argue that we need to take into account public
perception of the ECU faculty when the other UNC campuses work the required
flexibility into their policies.
Professor
Lillian (English) stated her appreciation of the committee’s hard work and
expressed her support of Professor Mathews’ amendments to the policy. The cost savings for denying faculty members
the full 12 weeks leave is minimal and risks not being fair to all
faculty. She noted that her unit would not
risk the education of students by having one teacher teach for several weeks
then bring the faculty member back for a few weeks at the end of a
semester. The costs for replacement
should cover the full semester, and not only the few weeks that the regular
member was out. The English Department
does not hire a replacement teacher for half a month.
Professor
Estep (Academic Library Services) stated that he did not like the term “faculty
member’s partner” because it portrayed a bias and should be rephrased. No motion was offered to rephrase the
wording.
Professor
MacGilvray (Medicine) stated that he cannot comprehend the 9 month faculty
contract. If they were not getting paid
during the summer, and if they have a baby in the summer, why pay them to be
off in the Fall? Professor Van Willigen
(Sociology) stated that people would not get paid extra over the summer and
that other policies state a person has to take the 12 week leave anytime during
a 12 month period. If someone had the
baby in August they would have had the summer to work for ECU and then have the
time off in Fall. It is an assumption
that people who have their babies 2 days before school starts can have the 12
weeks off because this policy is not clear.
She noted that in Section 4.5 – the faculty member’s responsibility was
to alert the unit administrator within 15 days.
This should also be revised to reflect social norms.
Professor
Given (Foreign Languages and Literatures) spoke in support of the motion to
revise the policy in three sections and provided additional information on the
rationale including reference to paternity leave and the fact that within the
Division of Academic Affairs, from 2006-2010 there had been only 4 paternity
leaves. He also noted that faculty did
not think “paternity leave” was the same as “secondary caregiver”.
Professor
Bauer (English) noted that in reference to 9 month versus 12 month faculty, if
someone had a baby over the summer and were not scheduled to teach over summer,
they were not going to be paid technically over the summer.
Following
discussion, the motion to amend the policy to include the following revisions
was approved as presented:
o
Delete §2.4 (and re-number §2.4.1
accordingly).
o In §3.2.3, change
“beginning on the date of the documented qualifying event” to “any time within
the 12 month period immediately following or briefly prior to the documented
qualifying event.”
o Revise the second
sentence of §3.1.1 to read: “The start date of the first leave sets the clock
for the 12-month period for leave with or without pay under this policy.”
Professor
Van Willigen (Sociology) moved to modify the timeline for notification of the
qualifying event in section 4.5 from a 15 day requirement to a requirement more
in keeping with existing social norms regarding public revelations that a woman
is pregnant. Professor Roberts (Philosophy) stated that he did not have a
problem with the motion and the spirit of its intent was clear but that the motion was a bit vague. Professor Van Willigen stated his opinion
that one of the difficulties in this section was that it was written like
medical and maternity leaves were the same.
Professor
Kenney (Physics) stated his support of the motion and noted that it needed to
be expanded because even with a stroke 15 days was not manageable.
Professor
Howard (Communication) expressed his support and noted that so much of this
policy was tied to Human Resources.
Professor Boklage (Medicine) stated that the faculty member should let
their administrator know in a reasonable time and that he agreed, this section
needed additional work. He also noted
that in reference to maternity and paternity, adoptions did not follow the same
timing sequence and should be reflected in the policy. Professor Sprague
(Physics) stated that perhaps it can be phrased in terms of a due date, maybe
word it “within a projected due date”.
Professor
Lillian (English) stated that to avoid writing text on the floor of the Senate,
she trusted that the Academic Council (Vice Chancellors Sheerer, Horns, and
Mageean) could provide the necessary correct text in reference to this
issue. No further action was taken on
Professor Van Willigen’s motion to modify the timeline for notification.
Following
discussion, formal faculty advice on the Administrative Serious Illness and
Disability Leave for Faculty policy was approved as amended. RESOLUTION #10-46
Agenda
Item V. Report of Committees
It was moved and
agreed upon that additional items of business from various committees would
be considered at this
time.
A. Faculty Welfare Committee
Professor Katrina DuBose (Health and Human Performance), Chair of the
Committee, presented proposed additional revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part V. Academic Information, Section II.
Academic Facilities, C. Emergency Action Plan. (Final action on other revisions
in Section II. Academics was taken in March 2010, FS Resolution #10-15.) There was no discussion and the proposed
additional revisions to the ECU Faculty
Manual, Part V. Academic Information, Section II. Academic Facilities, C.
Emergency Action Plan were approved as presented. RESOLUTION #10-47
Professor DuBose then
presented proposed revisions to the ECU
Faculty Manual, Part VI. Section VII. C. Serious Illness and Disability
Leave for Faculty Policy.
Professor
Rigsby (Geological Sciences) moved to put a period after “parental leave” and remove “as defined by the Family and Medical Leave Act” since the revisions the
Faculty Senate just made are better than the Act. Professor DuBose stated that there were
guidelines within the ACT that provided additional information for those
interested. Professor Lillian
(English) offered a friendly amendment to delete “as defined by the Family and Medical Leave Act” and reword to
read: “the faculty serious illness and leave policy”. There was no second to this motion.
Professor
Given (Foreign Languages and Literatures) asked if we took the current policy
out of the manual before the new policy was written, what policy would the
faculty follow? Chair Walker stated that the Chancellor and Board of Trustees
needed to approve the new revised policy before it would go into effect.
Professor
Sprague (Physics) asked if there were any legal reasons to have the text “as defined by the Family and Medical Leave
Act” even stated in the policy.
Professor DuBose responded that it was intended to define the serious
illness provisions. The motion to
amend the sentence by deleting “as
defined by the Family and Medical Leave Act” was approved.
Following discussion,
the proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty
Manual, Part VI. Section VII. C. Serious Illness and Disability Leave for
Faculty Policy were approved as amended.
RESOLUTION #10-48
C. Academic Standards Committee
Professor Linda Wolfe
(Anthropology), Chair of the Committee, presented the approval of Foundation
Curriculum Course for Arts, ART
1250: Digital Photography for Non-Art (SOAD) Majors. There was no discussion and the Foundation
Curriculum Course for Arts was approved as presented. RESOLUTION
#10-50
Professor Wolfe then
presented approval of Foundation Curriculum Course for Humanities, CLAS
1500 Classical Mythology. There was no
discussion and the Foundation Curriculum Course for Humanities was approved as
presented. RESOLUTION #10-51
Professor Wolfe then
presented additional proposed revisions to
the ECU Faculty Manual, Part V.
Academic Information, Section I. Academic Procedures and Policies, New
Subsection: Final Examinations.
Professor Rigsby (Geological Sciences) asked if last month
weren’t the Senators told that online courses do not have to hold campus
meetings? Professor Wolfe responded that
their was concerned about being tethered to ones office and that is why the
phrase designed location was written into the proposed wording
Professor Howard (Communication) stated that the current
passage noting that exams must occur during final exam time was problematic for
him.
Following
a brief discussion, the additional proposed revisions
to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part V.
Academic Information, Section I. Academic Procedures and Policies, New
Subsection: Final Examinations were approved as presented. RESOLUTION
#10-52
Professor Wolfe then
presented proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty
Manual, Part V. Academic Information Section I. Academic Procedures and
Policies, Subsections K. Office Hours and L. Ordering Textbooks and
Collateral Material.
In reference to
Subsection K., Professor Lillian (English) stated her appreciation for the
adaptation because some faculty do meet in the library and moved to delete “who
come to their office” in two sections.
There was no objection.
Professor MacGilvray (Medicine) stated that SACS requires
that the same policies apply to on campus courses and online courses. Professor Boklage (Medicine) asked if the
text meant 5 particular hours.
Professor Roberts (Philosophy) expressed his concern with “member's” in the
last paragraph and moved to delete it
from the text. The motion passed.
The revisions to the text on Subsection K were accepted as
amended.
In reference to
Subsection L., Professor Mahar (Health and Human Performance) asked if this
prevented faculty from going to UBE for coursepacks, etc. Professor Wolfe
replied that all items, including textbooks and supplies,
that the students were expected to purchase should be requisitioned each
semester in a format provided by the Dowdy Student Stores. Professor Mahar replied that he had found UBE
to be much more flexible. Professor
Brown (Psychology) stated that the Dowdy Student Store shared the book
requisitions with UBE.
Professor Sprague (Physics) stated that UNC
policy requires that ECU maintain a bookstore and that the bookstore make book
requirements public. The faculty are required to submit book titles and other
identifying information to the campus bookstore.
Professor
Rigsby (Geological Sciences) asked the reason for the last sentence that read,
“Instructors should use the newest edition of a textbook that is available
unless there is a compelling educational reason for using an old edition.” She
explained that usually a financial reason was why faculty used older editions
and that it does not relate to education.
She then made a motion to delete that sentence.
Professor Brown
(Psychology) spoke against the amendment stating that it was a problem because
some people used bad material and it was not too much to ask faculty to use the
newest coursebooks and noted that leaving it in still addressed Professor
Rigsby’s concern.
Professor
Roberts (Philosophy) noted that he understood both points of view but that
faculty should not be told what to do in reference to how they teach their
courses. The motion to delete the
sentence passed. The revisions to the
text on Subsection L were accepted as amended.
Following discussion, the proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part V. Academic
Information Section I. Academic Procedures and Policies, Subsections K. Office Hours and L. Ordering Textbooks and Collateral Material were approved as amended.
RESOLUTION #10-53
D. Educational Policies and Planning Committee
Professor Edson Justiniano (Physics), Chair of the Committee, presented first
the proposal for a Certificate
in Community Health Center Administration, Department of Public Health, in
the School of Medicine and Department of Health Services and Information
Management, in the College of Allied Health Sciences. There was no discussion and the proposal was
approved as presented. RESOLUTION #10-54
Professor Justiniano
then presented the request for Authorization
to Plan a PhD in Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, School of
Medicine. There was no discussion and
the request was approved as presented. RESOLUTION #10-55
Professor Justiniano
then presented the proposal for a Certificate
in Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Department of Geological
Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences.
There was no discussion and the proposal was approved as presented.RESOLUTION #10-56
Professor Justiniano
then presented the proposal for a Certificate
in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Department of
English, College of Arts and Sciences.
There was no discussion and the request was approved as presented. RESOLUTION #10-57
Professor
Justiniano then presented a request for discontinuation
of the Departmental Certificate in Spanish, Department of Foreign Languages
and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences.
There was no discussion and the request was approved as presented. RESOLUTION #10-58
Professor
Justiniano then presented a request to add a new Special
Education Concentration to the
Master of Arts in Teaching Program, Department of Curriculum and Instruction,
College of Education. There was no discussion and the request was approved as
presented. RESOLUTION #10-59
Professor
Justiniano then presented a request to add two new concentrations entitled
Software Design and Development and Software Project Management and Quality
Assurance to the Master
of Science in Software Engineering, Department of Computer Science, College
of Technology and Computer Science. There was no discussion and the
request was approved as presented. RESOLUTION #10-60
Professor Justiniano
then presented a notification of Intent to Plan a Master
of Science in Health Informatics and Information Management, Department of
Health Services and Information Management, College of Allied Health
Sciences. There was no discussion and
the request was approved as presented. RESOLUTION #10-61
Professor Justiniano then presented a
request to change the name of the Bachelor of Science degree in Health
Education and Promotion to Bachelor
of Science in Public Health, College of Health and Human Performance. There was no discussion and the request was
approved as presented. RESOLUTION #10-62
E. Academic Standards Committee
Professor Mike Brown (Psychology), member of the Committee, presented proposed
revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual,
Part V. Academic Information Section I. Academic Procedures and Policies, Subsection X. Student Conduct. There was no discussion and the proposed
revisions were approved as presented. RESOLUTION #10-63
Professor Brown then
presented proposed revisions to the ECU
Faculty Manual, Part V. Academic Information Section I. Academic Procedures
and Policies, Subsection V.
Student
Advising.
There was no discussion and the proposed revisions
were approved as presented. RESOLUTION #10-64
F. Faculty Governance Committee
Professor Puri Martinez (Foreign Languages and Literatures), Chair of the
Committee, presented proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part XIII. Promotion and Tenure Timeline.
Professor Zeager
(Economics) questioned why the Committee limited the number of weeks for the
various reports. Professor Wacker
(Music) stated that, in reference to the chart, members submit the materials
that will be selected in the next box.
There was no time for the faculty member to provide the materials and
possibly more time is needed for the units to send out the materials. Professor Wilson (Sociology) stated that the
Committee had not considered establishing a deadline for presenting materials.
Following
a brief discussion, the proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part XIII. Promotion and Tenure Timeline were
approved as presented. RESOLUTION #10-65
Professor Estep
(Academic Library Services) made a motion to revise the timeline so that the
people who do not get tenure are provided a full year after the notice of
termination. Chair Walker stated that
the timeline in Section XIII had just been approved by the Faculty Senate.
Professor Roberts
(Philosophy) called a quorum. Due to the
lack of a quorum the meeting adjourned at 5:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Hunt McKinnon Lori
Lee
Secretary of the Faculty
Department of Interior Design and
Merchandising
FACULTY
SENATE RESOLUTIONS APPROVED AT THE APRIL 20, 2010, MEETING
10-46 Formal faculty advice on
Administrative Serious Illness and Disability Leave for Faculty policy.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-47 Proposed additional revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part V. Academic
Information, Section II. Academic Facilities, C. Emergency Action Plan.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-48 Proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part VI. Section VII. C. Serious Illness and
Disability Leave for Faculty Policy.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-49 Curriculum
matters contained in the minutes of the March
25, 2010, and April
8, 2010, meeting.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-50 Approval of Foundation Curriculum Course for
Arts, ART
1250: Digital Photography for Non-Art (SOAD) Majors.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-51 Approval of Foundation Curriculum Course for
Humanities, CLAS
1500 Classical Mythology.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-52 Additional
Proposed Revisions to the ECU Faculty
Manual, Part V. Academic Information,
Section I. Academic Procedures and Policies, New
Subsection: Final
Examinations.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-53 Proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part V. Academic Information Section I.
Academic Procedures and Policies, Subsections
K.
Office Hours and L. Ordering Textbooks and
Collateral Material.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-54 Proposal for a Certificate
in Community Health Center Administration, Department of Public Health, in
the School of Medicine and Department of Health Services and Information Management, in the
College of Allied Health Sciences.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-55 Request for Authorization
to Plan a PhD in Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, School of
Medicine.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-56 Proposal for a Certificate
in Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Department of Geological Sciences, College of Arts
and Sciences.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-57 Proposal for a Certificate
in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), Department of
English, College of Arts and Sciences.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-58 Request for discontinuation
of the Departmental Certificate in Spanish, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, College of
Arts and Sciences.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-59 Request to add a new Special
Education Concentration to the
Master of Arts in Teaching Program, Department of Curriculum and Instruction,
College of Education.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-60 Request to add two new concentrations entitled
Software Design and Development and Software Project Management and Quality
Assurance to the Master
of Science in Software
Engineering, Department of Computer Science, College of Technology and
Computer Science.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-61 Notification of Intent to Plan a Master
of Science in Health Informatics and Information Management, Department of
Health Services and Information Management, College
of Allied Health Sciences.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-62 Request to change the name of the Bachelor of
Science degree in Health Education and Promotion to Bachelor
of Science in Public Health, College of
Health and Human Performance.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-63 Proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part V. Academic Information Section I.
Academic Procedures and Policies, Subsection
X.
Student Conduct.
Disposition: Chancellor
10-64 Proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part V. Academic Information Section I.
Academic Procedures and Policies, Subsection
V.
Student Advising
Disposition: Chancellor
10-65 Proposed revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part XIII. Promotion and Tenure Timeline.
Disposition: Chancellor