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3 December 2004
Present: Dave Baggett, Derrick Boucher, Jim Dolhon, Howard Fedrick, Brian Pavlac, Margarita Rose, Laurie Sterling, & Barbara Sauls, Chair, as well as the following members of the A&P Committee to address questions concerning the new faculty governance constitution; Neal Bukeavich, Robert Graves, Jess Kohlert, Joseph Rish, Ryan Sheppard, Bindu Vyas
1. The meeting was called to order @2:00p.m. in Sheehy-Farmer 115.
2. Report from the Academic & Professional Affairs Committee; A & P officially submitted the new faculty governance constitution to Council for review and approval. It will be considered for formal approval at the next Council meeting on December 10th, after members have had time to thoroughly read and review it.
3. Report from the Curriculum & Teaching Committee: C & T is still in the process of transferring information and data from the Core curriculum faculty survey into electronic format for institution-wide access and review.
4. Announcements:
The Registrar is scheduling an on-line registration “pilot study” this spring for first year students, with the intention of expanding such services for the entire student body for the following year.
The Institutional Planning and Resource Committee is currently reviewing the proposal brought to Senior Staff concerning the reinstitution of faculty salary “step increases.”
5. Council decided to restrict students from registering for courses offered on-line until they have accrued thirty college credits. Official appeals for an exception to this restriction may be made through one’s advisor.
6. Council amended the wording to “Page 30; Part D – Evaluation by the Vice President for Academic Affairs” in the Faculty Handbook. Please see the “attachment” for the official revision.
7. Council contemplated the proposal for the creation of a “Faculty Lounge” somewhere on campus. After much discussion (in which the “Gold Room” figured prominently), the issue was tabled in anticipation of formal resolution at the next meeting on December 10th.
8. The meeting was adjourned @3:27p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
James P. Dolhon
Handbook Change page 30
D. Evaluation by the Vice President for Academic Affairs
The Vice President for Academic Affairs, in conjunction with the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs/Dean of the Faculty and Director of the McGowan School of Business, bears responsibility for evaluating the performance of faculty members. Concerning probationary faculty, after the end of each academic year, the AVPAA/Dean or Director of the McGowan School of Business shall schedule a meeting with the chair of the faculty member's department and the faculty member to discuss together progress toward tenure and/or promotion. The AVPAA/Dean or Director of the McGowan School of Business shall provide a written summary of the meeting to the faculty member, a copy of which is also sent to the VPAA. If the probationary faculty member being evaluated is a chair of a department, the probationary faculty member shall, in consultation with the AVPAA/Dean or Director of the McGowan School of Business, designate the chair of another department in a related discipline to take part in the meeting.
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