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NOVEMBER 7, 2003
Present: F. Sauls (Chair), B. Bower, C. Brooks, D. Boucher, B. Pavlac, M. Rose, L.Sterling, J. Tierney.
The meeting was called to order at 3 p.m. in the Library Conference Room.
· Dr. Sauls announced that there is some talk about a delay in instituting on-line registration of students. He will discuss the issue with Father Grimes.
· An agenda has to be prepared for the Faculty Meeting scheduled for November 21st in the Walsh Room of the Campus Center. Dr. Pavlac suggested that the governance report from the Academic and Professional Affairs Committee would be a good topic for the meeting. Council concurred.
· The new scheduling procedure for Core courses has elicited a strong reaction from some faculty. After some discussion, it was decided to go forward with the new procedure to see how it works out.
· Committee Reports
Academic and Professional Affairs Committee:
1. Dr. Pavlac, chairperson of the committee, reported that he doesn’t yet know the status of the procedure for converting Professional Specialists to tenure track. He has been unsuccessful in getting the information from those working on the revision of the Faculty Handbook.
2. Dr. Pavlac requested clarification of the necessity for a definition of teaching hours and why it’s a problem. Dr. Sauls responded that there is no problem but hours are computed in various ways from department to department and there is no clear explanation in the Faculty Handbook. Council would like to see such a statement.
3. Dr. Pavlac distributed two documents on faculty governance. One of the documents lists the various models that were considered (available at http://departments.kings.edu/facultygovern/models.html) and the second describes a proposed model for King’s College (attached). They’ll form the basis for the discussion of a new governance structure at the Faculty Meeting scheduled for November 21st.
Curriculum and Teaching Committee:
1. Dr. Boucher, chairperson of the committee, reported that the committee is continuing its review of the Core Curriculum. They’ve added more issues to their list and will categorize them. Committee members are examining the programs of a selection of other colleges and studying material relevant to the creation of the present Core.
2. Dr. Boucher and Dr. Sauls met with Dr. Dan Ghezzi to discuss a statistical analysis of our current evaluation forms, before considering revision. It is not yet clear what conclusions can be drawn from our extant data.
· Family and Medical Leave Act Update – Many of our questions about the FMLA have been answered by Erin Savitski in the document she prepared. The Faculty Benefits Committee will consider the issue in the spring semester.
· Dr. Sauls met with Drs. Barry Williams and Dave Martin to discuss the issue of public scholarship expectations in the Business School, which aren’t congruent with public scholarship as described in the Faculty Handbook. Dr. Martin was asked to write out the Business School policy so that it can be formally considered, approved, and placed in the Handbook. Market supplement policies are also vague and should be clarified and placed in the Handbook. Dr. Sauls will further discuss the matter with the administration.
· The question of class size and who has the authority to override caps has been raised. After some discussion, Dr. Sauls said he’ll investigate the issue, first speaking to the Registrar.
· Announcements
1. Dr. Sauls will schedule three spring semester Faculty Meetings, preferably in the Walsh Room of the Campus Center.
2. Father O’Hara likes the Confidentiality Policy statement and understands the rationale for the addition to the Guidelines for Proportion of Tenured Faculty in the Faculty Handbook. The second must be approved by the Board of Directors.
The next meeting of the Faculty Council will be December 5, 2003, at 3 p.m. in the Library Conference Room.
The meeting adjourned at 4:17 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Judy Tierney
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