2007-2008
FACULTY SENATE
The fourth
regular meeting of the 2007/2008
Tuesday, December 4, 2007, at 2:10
p.m. in the
AGENDA
Revised 11-27-07
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
November
7, 2006
III. Special Order of the
Day
A. Roll Call
B. Announcements
C. Steve Ballard, Chancellor
D.
Phyllis Horns,
Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
E.
Virginia Hardy, Chief Diversity Officer and Senior
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Discussion
on the Climate Survey conducted in Spring 2007
F. Ken
Wilson, Faculty Assembly Delegate
1. Report on November
16, 2007, Faculty Assembly Meeting
2. Resolution relating to UNC Tomorrow
(attachment 1).
G. Mark
Taggart, Chair of the Faculty
H. Question
Period
IV. Unfinished Business
Discussion on proposed new student
e-mail system and how it affects teaching.
Linked here for information:
Student
Email Committee Charge
Hosted Strategy for Student Email
ITCS
Response to Committee Survey
Proposed 2008-2009
(attachment 2).
C. Educational
Policies and Planning Committee, Dale Knickerbocker
1. Request to establish minors in Clinical Microbiology,
Clinical Chemistry and
Hematology, Hematology and Immunohematology, and Clinical Laboratory Science
Generalist, Department of Clinical
Laboratory Science, College of Allied Health
Sciences.
2. Request
to deliver Master of Science in Environmental Health as a DE program, Department of
3. Proposed
revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual,
Part V. relating to curriculum development (attachment 3).
This
report is being withdrawn pending further deliberations.
D. Faculty
Governance Committee, Puri
Proposed
revision to the ECU Faculty Manual, Appendix
C. relating to emeritus status (attachment 4).
E. Faculty Welfare Committee, Bruce Southard
Proposed revision to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part VI. relating to
phased retirement
(attachment
5).
Curriculum matters contained in the minutes of the October
25, 2007, Committee
meeting.
G. Unit Code Screening Committee, Garris
Conner
1.
Proposed new Department
of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Unit Code of Operation.
2.
Proposed revised College
of Nursing’s Unit Code of Operation.
VI. New Business
December
4, 2007
Attachment 1.
UNC FACULTY ASSEMBLY REPORT
Whereas, the UNC Tomorrow initiative is of crucial importance to the
State of North Carolina, the University System, and East Carolina University;
and
Whereas, more than 1000 faculty members from throughout the System have
recently attended faculty listening forums and have followed the progress of
the UNC Tomorrow Commission and the Scholars Council in other ways; and
Whereas, the Faculty Assembly has
requested each campus to have substantial faculty
involvement in the next stage of the
UNC Tomorrow initiative effective.
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED,
1. The
2. The
3. The
4. The
December
4, 2007
Attachment 2.
AGENDA COMMITTEE REPORT
Proposed
2008-2009
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December 4, 2007
Attachment 3.
This report is being withdrawn pending further
deliberations.
EDUCATIONAL POLICIES AND PLANNING COMMITTEE REPORT
Proposed Revisions to the ECU Faculty Manual, Part V. Section III.
Curriculum Development
Replace the current text (noted at the end) with the new text noted in bold print.
Curriculum and program development
is a faculty responsibility. Curriculum and program 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.
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 Graduate School concerning graduate
programs under consideration. The office of Continuing Studies processes
requests to deliver new and existing academic programs through distance education.
The Chancellor has the final campus authority on academic program decisions.
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 masters-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.
3. Other
Certificates
Certificates other than the CAS combine specific
degree-credit courses at the graduate or undergraduate level to provide
professional development. The chancellor has final approval for
certificates. All certificates are
categorized individually in the University's academic program inventory at the
twelve-digit CIP code level.
4. 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
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 program is/will be housed;
§
Curriculum committee of the college
in which program is/will be housed and
Teacher Licensure Areas proposals to Council on Teacher Education (simultaneously);
§
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;
§
Chairperson/director of dept/school
in which program is/will be housed;
§
Curriculum committee of the college
in which program is/will be housed and Teacher Licensure Areas proposals to
Council on Teacher Education (simultaneously);
§
Dean of the college in which the
program is/will be housed;
§
§
§
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 program
name changes, and moving or discontinuing programs.
A unit proposing a new
degree program presents both the planning document and the Request for
Authorization to Establish first to the Academic Program Development
Collaborative Team.
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 degree programs, to
change a program’s name, move a program, or discontinue a program involves three distinct steps:
Step I: Notification of Intent to
Plan
Step II: Program Requirements/Course Approval
Step III: Request for Authorization to Establish (RAE)
In Step I, a notification of intent to plan (NIP) is submitted.
The following is the order for
seeking campus approval of a notification of intent to plan:
§
Consultation with APD Collaborative Team (new degree programs
only)
§
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 program is/will be housed;
§
Curriculum committee of the college
in which program is/will be
housed; TLA proposals to Council on
Teacher Education (simultaneously);
§
Dean of the college in which the
program is/will be housed;
§
University Curriculum Committee (not
necessary for changing a name, moving or discontinuing a program)
§
Educational Policies and Planning
Committee and Academic Council;
§
Chancellor
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 is submitted.
§
Consultation with APD Team (new
degree programs only);
§
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 program is/will be housed;
§
Curriculum committee of the college
in which program is/will be housed; TLA proposals to Council on Teacher
Education (simultaneously);
§
Dean of the college in which the
program is/will be housed;
§
University Curriculum Committee
§
Educational Policies and Planning
Committee and Academic Council;
§
Chancellor
The following is the order for
seeking campus approval for undergraduate minors, certificates, concentrations.
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 program is/will be housed;
§
Curriculum committee of the college
in which program is/will be
housed; TLA proposals to Council on
Teacher Education (simultaneously);
§
Dean of the college in which the
program is/will be housed;
§
University Curriculum Committee (for
curriculum requirements);
§
Educational Policies and Planning
Committee and Academic Council;
§
Chancellor
The following is the order for
seeking campus approval to plan or establish new graduate degree programs and
certificates, add a concentration within an existing degree program, rename,
move, or discontinue a program.
§
Consultation with APD Team (new
degree programs only);
§
Curriculum committee of dept/school
in which the program will be
housed;
§
Voting faculty of dept/school in
which the program will be housed;
§
Chairperson/director of dept/school
in which program will be housed;
§
Curriculum committee of the college
in which program will be housed;
§
Dean of the college in which the
program will be housed;
§
External review (Step III, Request
to Establish only)
§
§
§
Educational Policies and Planning
Committee and Academic Council;
§
Chancellor
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 Program
submits the new program request and chancellor’s communiqué to UNC GA.
Instructions on specific procedures and documents for curriculum and program
development proposals are available on the office of Academic Programs
website.”
Curriculum development is a faculty responsibility. Curriculum
development in the academic affairs division is under the authority of the
chancellor and the provost. Curriculum development in the health sciences
division comes under the authority of the chancellor and the vice chancellor
for health sciences. Actions that require the approval of the
A. Who May Initiate
Curriculum Change?
Curriculum changes
include planning and establishing new programs, changing a program’s name,
moving programs, discontinuing programs, developing new courses and revising
courses and degree requirements. These changes may be initiated, prepared and
presented for review to all relevant ECU campus bodies by:
1. The curriculum committee or faculty of the department or
school that will house the program.
2. The department chairperson, school director or college
dean of the department, school or college that will house the program.
3. The provost or the vice-chancellor of health sciences.
4. The
chancellor.
B. Steps to follow, in order, in seeking
campus approval to plan or establish new programs, change a program’s name,
move programs or discontinue programs:
Obtain approval from the following:
1. Curriculum committee of the department or
school in which a program will be or is housed (for proposals to create new
programs or to rename or discontinue existing programs) or curriculum
committees of the departments or schools in which a program is housed and to
which it may be moved (for proposals to move programs). Interdisciplinary
programs will obtain approval of curriculum committees in each of the units
that will or do support the program (for proposals to create new programs or to
rename or discontinue existing programs) or the curriculum committees of the
units that support the program and that may support the program (for proposals
to move the program).
2. Voting
faculty of the department or school in which a program will be or is housed
(for proposals to create new programs or to rename or discontinue existing
programs) or voting faculty of the departments or schools in which a program is
housed and to which it may be moved (for proposals to move programs) and the
code unit voting faculty of the department(s) or school(s), if not identical
with the department voting faculty.
3.
Chairperson or director of the department or school in which a program
will be or is housed (for proposals to
create new programs or to rename or discontinue existing programs) or
chairpersons or directors of the departments or schools in which a program is
housed and to which it may be moved (for proposals to move programs).
4.
Curriculum committee of the college in which a program will be or is
housed (for proposals to create new
programs or to rename or discontinue existing programs) or curriculum
committees of the colleges in which a program is housed and to which it may be
moved (for proposals to move programs).
5. Dean
of the college in which a program will be or is housed (for proposals to create
new programs or to rename or discontinue existing programs) or deans of the
colleges in which a program is housed and to which it may be moved (for
proposals to move programs).
6. Provost or the vice-chancellor for health
sciences, as appropriate.
7.
Academic Council.
8.
Educational Policies and Planning Committee:
(a) for a Notice of Intent to Plan, a Request for
Authorization to Plan a Degree Program or a Request for Authorization to
Establish a Degree Program the Educational Policies and Planning Committee
makes a recommend to the chancellor and reports its recommendation to the
(b) for a request to change the name of a program, move a
program or discontinue a program, the Educational Policies and Planning
Committee reports its recommendation to the
9. Chancellor.
The chancellor
shall, at his or her discretion, communicate to the OP his or her intention or
request with respect to instructional program developments and changes whose
implementation requires authorization by the OP and BOG.
Final approval of the Certificate
of Advanced Studies rests with the chancellor, after he or she receives
notification of approval of the program by the State Board of Education. The chancellor of the institution then
notifies the OP senior vice president for academic affairs of the approval of
the Certificate of Advanced Studies.
C. Program
Development.
Program development is governed by policies and procedures
of the OP. These policies and procedures are stated in OP Administrative
Memorandum 406. Memorandum 406 can be found at the OP web site.
To
assist institutions preparing to plan new programs, OP Division of Academic
Affairs provides a link to the CIP taxonomy (an up-to-date Academic Program
Inventory for UNC institutions). Institutions planning a new degree program
will be expected to contact other institutions awarding the proposed degree
during the planning process regarding their experience with program
productivity (applicants, majors, job market, placement, etc.).
C-1.
Kinds of Programs:
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 six-digit CIP
code level. As a general rule, in order to be considered for degree program
status, a course of study should require coursework in the proposed program
area of at least: 27 semester hours at the undergraduate level; half the total
hours required at the master’s level; 21 semester hours at the doctoral level.
Anything less than this within an existing degree program should be designated
a concentration, a decision that can be made at the campus level.
Although in general a discipline specialty
is represented by a four-digit CIP, the level of disaggregation
in some of the CIP codes is such that consultation through Academic Affairs
with the appropriate staff person in the OP is recommended before submitting
any request for a new degree program if there are any questions about its
classification or categorization.
Certificate of Advanced Study Programs (C.A.S.):
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 basic licensure requirements for
public school teachers and administrators are defined by the State Board of
Education. It is the policy of the Board of Governors to use the designation
"Certificate of Advanced Study" with respect to all sixth-year
programs established for public school personnel and to authorize no Ed.S. (Specialist in Education) degree programs beyond
those now in existence.
Other Certificates:
These other certificates combine specific
degree-credit courses at the graduate or undergraduate level to provide
professional development for practitioners.
Teacher Licensure Areas (T.L.A.)
These are specific course clusters in
approved teacher licensure areas 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 to offer
a T.L.A. from the State Board of Education, the senior vice president for
Academic Affairs should 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.
C-2. The Review Required for Creating Different Kinds of Programs:
Kinds of programs addressed herein: Minors
and Concentrations, Certificates of Advanced Study and Other Certificate
Programs, Baccalaureates and Master’s degrees, Doctoral degrees and First Professional
degrees in law, education, dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, and veterinary
medicine. For the procedure to be followed by the body seeking to plan or
establish one or more of the kinds of programs covered herein see the
appropriate sub-section below and Section III.B, above.
For Strategic Planning,
a letter of intent to plan a new program should be submitted to the provost or
to the vice chancellor for health sciences, as appropriate, prior to preparing
a Notice of Intent to Plan or a Request for Authorization to Plan a new
program.
(i) Minors and
concentrations:
(a) Campus approval
is not required in order to plan.
(b) Campus
review of the material presented in a proposal to establish a minor or
concentration that states the requirements of and justification for the
minor or
concentration (see the steps listed in III.B, above).
(c) The
authority to establish new minors and concentrations is delegated to the ECU
chancellor by the
OP.
(ii) Certificates
of Advanced Studies or other certificate programs:
(a) Campus review
and approval of the material presented in a Notice of Intent to Plan document
(see Section C-3, below) is required prior to beginning to plan. To initiate
campus review, follow the steps listed in Section III.B, above. Upon approval by the chancellor, a Notice of
Intent to Plan is submitted to the OP. (See Administrative Memorandum 406,
Appendix A.)
(b) Notification of intent
to plan may be sent to the OP Division of Academic Affairs at any time but must
be sent at least six months prior to the date of establishment.
(c) Authorization to establish new Certificates of Advanced
Study is delegated to the chancellor, who should notify the OP senior vice president
for Academic Affairs when the program has been approved by the State Board of
Education and the date of program implementation established. The chancellor
should also notify the senior vice president when other certificates (e.g., the
combination of specific degree-credit courses to provide professional
development for practitioners) are established, providing the title of the
certificate and the title and level of courses included in the certificate.
(iii) Baccalaureate
and Master’s programs:
(a) Campus review
and approval of the material presented in a Notice of Intent to Plan document
(see Section C-3, below) is required prior to beginning to plan. To initiate
campus review, follow the steps listed in Section III.B, above. Upon approval by the chancellor, a Notice of
Intent to Plan is submitted to the OP. (See Administrative Memorandum 406,
Appendix A.)
(b) Notification of intent
to plan may be sent to the OP Division of Academic Affairs at any time but must
be sent at least six months prior to the proposed date of establishment. Following
submission of the Notice of Intent to Plan to the OP,
(c) Campus review and campus, OP and BOG approval of the
material presented in a Request
for Authorization to Establish a New Degree Program document
is required prior to establishing a new baccalaureate or master’s program (see
Section C-4, below, and OP Administrative Memorandum 406, Appendix C.). To initiate review, follow the steps listed in Section
III.B, above. A request to establish a master’s or C.A.S. program also will be
submitted to the
(d) Upon approval by the
chancellor, the chancellor notifies the OP senior
vice president. The BOG has final statutory responsibility to authorize
changes in the academic programs of the constituent institutions.
(iv) Doctoral
and First Professional programs:
(a) Campus review
and approval of the material presented in a Request for Authorization to Plan
document is required prior to beginning to plan (see Section C-3, below and OP Administrative Memorandum 406, Appendix B). To initiate campus review, follow the steps listed in
Section III.B, above. With the approval of the chancellor, a Request for Authorization to Plan may be submitted
to the OP.
(b) Requests for authorization to plan may be
submitted annually to the OP by a fixed date established by the OP senior vice
president for Academic Affairs. Upon approval by the chancellor, the OP senior
vice president receives the plan and the Board of Governors decides whether to
grant authorization to plan. Following authorization to plan,
(c) Campus review and campus, OP and BOG approval of the material
presented in a Request for Authorization to Establish a New Degree Program
document is required prior establishing a new program (see Section C-4, below,
and OP Administrative Memorandum 406, Appendix B.). To initiate review, follow
the steps listed in Section III.B, above. A request to establish a doctoral or
first professional program will be submitted to the
(d) Upon approval by the
chancellor, the chancellor notifies the senior vice
president in the OP. The BOG has final statutory responsibility to
authorize changes in the academic programs of the constituent institutions.
(v) New Degree Program Classified with the
Same Six-Digit CIP Code as a Currently Authorized Program at the Same Level:
Requests for authorization to establish a
new degree program that would be properly classified with the same six-digit
CIP code as a currently authorized program at the same level, provided it will
require no additional resources, may be made at any time by letter from the
chancellor to the OP senior vice president for Academic Affairs. The review process is the same as
listed in C-2(iv) immediately above. (See Section C-4, below, and OP
Administrative Memorandum 406, Appendix D.)
Upon receipt of the notification of intent to plan or request
for authorization to plan, the OP division of academic affairs will 1)
acknowledge receipt of the notification; 2) provide any additional information
not yet posted regarding location of similar programs; and 3) add this
program-planning activity to a list that will be maintained by Academic Affairs
and made accessible to all UNC institutions. All UNC institutions are expected
to consult this list periodically to remain informed about programs being
planned by other UNC institutions.
Authorization from the OP to plan a new degree program does not
constitute a commitment on the part of the Board of Governors to approve a
subsequent request to establish the program. Such authorization constitutes
clearance for the institution to document
and further justify the need and demand
for the proposed program. After an institution
receives authorization to establish a new degree program from the OP, it must
submit two progress reports to the OP senior vice president. The first such
report will cover the first one to two years of implementation, and the second
report will cover the first three to four years of operation of the program.
Both reports will include information on the extent to which an institution has
met projected enrollments and degrees conferred and, if start-up funds were
provided, will report on the readiness of the program to continue once start-up
funds are discontinued (generally, at the end of the third year). These reports
will be submitted as a part of the institution's biennial long-range planning
submission.
C-3. The Notice of Intent to Plan
and the Request for Authorization to Plan:
To request permission to plan a new
program, a document entitled “Notice of Intent to
Plan” is prepared for undergraduate, master’s, C.A.S. and other certificate
programs (see OP Memorandum 406 Appendix A).
A document entitled Request for Authorization to Plan is prepared for
doctoral and first professional degree programs (see OP Memorandum 406 Appendix
B). The appropriate document is
submitted to the curriculum committee of the department in which the program
will be housed. See section III.B, above, for a list of the steps to be
followed when seeking campus approval of a request for permission to plan or a
request for authorization to plan a new program. The Notice of Intent to Plan
or Request for Authorization to Plan shall describe the proposed degree program
and how it fits into the institution’s mission and strategic plan. This document shall present a justification
for the program’s duplication of other programs if similar programs already
exist in the UNC system.
A Notice of Intent to Plan or Request for Authorization to Plan document shall
include all information requested by the OP as well as evidence that the
planned degree activity is a priority in the unit’s strategic/operational plan,
the relevant school and college strategic plan, the appropriate division
strategic plan (academic affairs or health sciences), and the ECU strategic
plan. In addition, preliminary budget
projections must indicate that the proposed program will generate at least
enough student credit hours to support itself or explain how it will generate
additional non-enrollment based resources to cover the balance needed to
support the program. Finally, the
document shall include evidence that the administrators of other academic and
administrative units that may be affected by the implementation of the new
program have been consulted. These
administrators include, but are not limited to, department chairs, school
directors and college deans, the library director(s) (Joyner and/or Laupus), the director of information technology and
computing services, and the director of planning and institutional
research. If the request is for a
post-baccalaureate program, additional information may be required by the
Graduate School Administrative Board.
C-4. The Request for Authorization
to Establish:
After the Notification of Intent to Plan has been filed
with the OP or when the OP grants a Request for Authorization to Plan, the
provost will advise the group responsible for the Notice of Intent to Plan or
for the Request for Authorization to Plan to create a proposal requesting
authorization to establish the new degree program (excepting minors,
concentrations and C.A.S. programs, none of which requires OP approval). The
proposal shall address the following concerns: program description, program
justification, projected enrollment, degree requirements, faculty required to
deliver the program, library resources required, facility resources required,
and budget resources required to deliver the program. Budget projections must
indicate that the proposed program will generate enough student credit hours to
support itself or explain how it will generate additional non-enrollment based
resources to support itself.
In general, the OP expects that funding to
support new degree programs will be provided through a combination of internal
reallocations, enrollment increase funds, and external grants. Where
appropriate (i.e., in cases where there is convincing evidence of potential for
program success if initial support is provided) and when central funds are
available, start-up funds may be provided, generally for no more than three
years, with the expectation that the program will ultimately be self-sustaining
and the start-up funds will be returned and recycled for the use of other UNC
programs. In cases where the allocation of start-up funds is appropriate but
they are not immediately available, recommendation from the OP of approval of
the program may be delayed until such funds are available.
The persons responsible for creating the proposal
requesting permission to establish a new program shall consult with the
administrators of other academic and administrative units that may be affected by
the implementation of the new program.
These administrators include, but are not limited to, department chairs,
school directors and college deans, the library director(s) (Joyner and/or Laupus), the director of information technology and
computing services, and the director of planning and institutional research. A
record of the outcome of said consultations will be included in the
proposal.
If the request is for a post-baccalaureate program,
additional information may be required by the Graduate School Administrative
Board. In addition to submitting the
proposal to establish a new degree program for approval, the proposed degree
requirements and any new and/or revised courses must be submitted to the
appropriate curriculum committees for approval.
Requests for authorization to establish a new
degree program that would be properly classified with the same six-digit CIP
code as a currently authorized program at the same level, provided it will
require no additional resources, may be made at any time by letter from the
chancellor to the senior vice president for Academic Affairs. (This category of
program is comparable to what was formerly called a "track." To avoid
the confusion that prevailed in the past over this designation, that term will
no longer be used. However, programs with the characteristics of a track [e.g.,
a common "core" of courses shared with the other program in that CIP
code, but differentiating by as much as 27 s.h. (baccalaureate) or 50 percent (graduate)] may be authorized by the senior vice president.) A copy
of the curriculum of the current degree program should be submitted along with
the curriculum of the proposed new degree program. It should be consistent with
the guidelines for the number of semester hours in the program area (OP
Administrative memorandum 406, Appendix C, Section 3).
The format for requesting authorization to establish a new degree program in
the same area as a previously authorized degree program is included in Appendix
D of Administrative memorandum 406.
D. Changes to Existing Programs.
D-1. Request for authorization to change the name or title of an existing
program.
(i) The
campus review of a request to change a name or title of a degree program
follows the steps
in Section III.B, above.
(ii) Upon approval by the chancellor, the chancellor notifies the senior vice president
in
the OP. The BOG has final authority to authorize a change in the name or
title
of a degree program.
D-2. Moving an Academic Degree or Certificate
Program
(i) The review of a request to move a program
follows the steps in Section III.B, above.
(ii) After the request for authorization to move a
degree program goes through the campus review procedures and is approved by the
chancellor, the chancellor notifies the OP senior vice president.
D-3. Discontinuation of an Academic Degree or
Certificate Program
Recommendations to discontinue
initiated on campus (see III.A,
above) follow the procedures in (a), below. Recommendations to discontinue a
program identified by the BOG as failing to meet its productivity criteria
follow the procedures in (b) below.
(a) Discontinuation recommendation initiated
on campus:
(i) The
review of a request to discontinue a degree program follows the steps in
Section III.B, above.
(ii) After the request for authorization to
discontinue a degree program goes through the campus review procedures and is
approved by the chancellor, the chancellor notifies the senior vice president
in the Office of the President.
(iii) Requests for authorization to discontinue a degree program may be
made by letter from the chancellor to the OP senior vice president at any time,
giving the effective date of discontinuation and explaining the reason for the
request. The senior vice president will request the concurrence of the
Committee on Educational Planning, Policies, and Programs and (through it) the
approval of the Board of Governors. Students enrolled in discontinued degree
programs must be allowed to complete their courses of study within a reasonable
period of time. Notice of discontinuation of C.A.S. programs or other
certificates may be submitted to the senior vice president for Academic Affairs
at any time. The party initiating the request to discontinue a program will
prepare a statement of justification.
(1) Review Criteria:
As part of its preparations for revision
of the UNC BOG, Plan the Office of the President conducts a review of academic
program productivity. This review is conducted in the spring of odd-numbered
years. The Guidelines and Criteria used by the OP to identify programs with low
productivity are as follows:
(i)
Bachelor's degree programs: the number of degrees awarded in the last two years
is 19 or fewer -- unless upper division enrollment in the most recent years
exceeds 25, or degrees awarded in the most recent year exceeds 10.
(ii) Terminal master's
degrees: the number of degrees awarded in the last two years is 15 or fewer --
unless enrollment in the most recent years exceeds 9. Ed.S.
and CAS programs: the number of certificates awarded in the last two years is
15 or fewer -- unless enrollment in the most recent year exceeds 9.
(iii) Doctoral degree
programs: the number of degrees awarded in the last two years is 5 or fewer --
unless enrollment in the most recent year exceeds 18, or the number of degrees
awarded in the most recent year exceeds 2.
(2) Review Procedures:
(i)
Notification of the programs to be reviewed usually occurs in February of odd-numbered
years with the full campus response being due to OP in mid-May.
(ii) Once the campus
is notified that a program needs be reviewed at the system level, the
administrator of the unit housing the program is asked to prepare a response to
the low productivity notification.
(iii) The faculty
associated with the program shall be consulted by the unit administrator in
preparing the response.
(iv) The response is
forwarded to the provost or to the vice chancellor for health sciences, as
appropriate.
(v) If a decision is
made by the provost or to the vice chancellor for health sciences to
discontinue a program, the response and the justification for the decision is
forwarded to the Educational Policies and Planning Committee.
(vi) The Educational
Policies and Planning Committee makes a recommendation to the chancellor and
reports its recommendation to the
(vii) The chancellor shall communicate to the OP his or her
recommendation with regard to any program whose discontinuation requires OP
and BOG authorization.
Recommendations for new courses, course revisions, changes
in degree requirements, new and revised degree concentrations/options, academic
concentrations, changes in admission requirements to degree programs, creation,
deletion or revisions to minors and honors courses and programs may originate
in the various departments, schools and colleges, within
interdepartmental committees, or at the dean or provost level.
Undergraduate programs and courses (numbered 4999 and below)
require approval by the following: code unit curriculum committee and voting
faculty, the college or school curriculum committee (if the college or school
is not the code unit and has a curriculum committee), the University Curriculum
Committee, the
Graduate programs and courses (numbered 5000 and
above) require review by the following: code unit graduate curriculum
committee, the
December 4, 2007
Attachment 4.
FACULTY GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE REPORT
Proposed revision to the ECU Faculty Manual,
Appendix C. relating to emeritus
status
Add the following, noted in bold print to Appendix C. Section I.D.4. to provide additional
clarity.
Appendix C. Section I.D.4.
“4. Emeritus
status
The titles “emeritus” and “emerita”
will may be conferred upon
those retired faculty with ten or more years
of service to East Carolina University, including those on Phased
Retirement, who have made a significant contribution to the university through
a long and distinguished record of scholarship, teaching, and/or service.
December 4, 2007
Attachment 5.
FACULTY WELFARE COMMITTEE REPORT
Proposed revision to the ECU Faculty Manual,
Part VI. relating to phased
retirement
Replace the
current text (noted at the end in strikethrough with the new text noted
in bold print to allow for ongoing
updates of this program.
H. Phased Retirement
Participation in
Participation in
Participation is not an absolute right.
To be eligible, faculty members must be at least 50, have at
least five years of full-time service at East Carolina University, and be
eligible to receive retirement benefits through either the Teachers' and State
Employees' Retirement System (TSERS) or the Optional Retirement System (ORP).
Faculty members who are considering applying for this
program are encouraged to contact the Department of Human Resources for a list
of the program officers and to schedule an informational session. Faculty
members are also encouraged to consult their attorney and financial advisor
before making a decision to enter the program. A decision to enter the program
is binding once made. However, the period of phased retirement may be
terminated if the faculty member and the university both agree.
Faculty members who are accepted for participation in the
program are required to give up tenure and terminate their current full-time
positions. In return, the university contracts with the faculty member for
half-time re-employment for a period of three years. Each participant
negotiates their specific teaching duties and the time frame for fulfilling
them with the appropriate unit administrator.
Faculty members in the program are initially compensated at
a salary equal to fifty percent (50%) of the salary they received prior to the
phased retirement during their last nine or twelve months of full-time
employment. Their salary is paid over a twelve-month period. The faculty member
continues to be subject to performance reviews. Subject to any limitations
imposed under the State Retirement System and the legislative appropriations
process, faculty members are eligible for salary increases and merit pay in
subsequent years of program participation based on annual evaluations.
Faculty members in the program may participate in all
employee benefits available to half-time employees. They should review their
benefits with a Human Resources benefits counselor.
Faculty members on phased retirement are also eligible to
participate in the other programs discussed in the Retirement section of the
Faculty Manual. (