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Faculty Council
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April 1, 2005
2PM, Library Board Room
Present: Barb Sauls (Chair), Dave Baggett, Derrick Boucher, Charles Brooks, Jim Dolhon, Howard Fedrick, Brian Pavlac, Margarita Rose
There were no reports from either A&P or C&T committees.
I. Barb Sauls distributed a working draft of the Policy for Setting, Adjusting, and Maintaining Course Capacities. Certain major points emerged from the ensuing discussion:
Caps for Core courses should be set by the Core Project Team Leader in consultation with appropriate department chairs and faculty members.
Some Core areas are the domain of a specific department (e.g., the 130s), whereas others are multidisciplinary (e.g., the 150s). There is a need for a consistent policy and application of that policy across the different Core areas. Barb Sauls said she would initiate discussion with Dr. Holodick on this matter.
Whenever a course cap is exceeded, that fact must be reported to the course faculty member.
II. Announcements from the Chair:
There is no news on plans for using the Gold Room as a faculty lounge.
The Faculty Meeting with members of the Board of Directors is scheduled for April 8th. The single issue for discussion will be tenure quotas. Barb Sauls noted Fr. Grimes hopes for robust Board attendance and she hopes the faculty attendance will be noteworthy.
Attendance commitments for the faculty celebration scheduled for May now number 52.
III. The Chair distributed data summarizing nominations to date for various positions in the new government structure, both at-large and divisional. The bottom line is simple: there is a dearth of candidates. Certain Council members indicated their willingness to be nominated.
Council discussed strategies for generating more applicants, including becoming more aggressive in seeking colleagues willing to run for office, plus having a faculty meeting on April 22nd at 2 PM. At that meeting, the faculty will separate and meet as divisional entities to discuss any issues relevant to the division and to elect committee representatives for 2005-2006. That process worked very effectively in the past. Barb Sauls will work to put the meeting together.
IV. Derrick Boucher distributed a draft/outline of issues and suggestions for a policy on requirements/expectations for faculty in certain disciplines (e.g., those subject to accrediting bodies). This issue goes back to the Council meeting of March 18, 2005, when members of the Business School were present to share their opinions. Council members noted again that standards of performance must be communicated to affected faculty, and that any faculty member should be aware of how to obtain these standards.
Meeting adjourned at 3:25.
Respectfully submitted
Charles Brooks
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