Minutes

Faculty Policies Committee

September 24, 2001

3:00 p.m.

 

Present:  Roxann Bustos (secretary), Barbara Coleman, Bill Dodd, Beth Fanning, Jim Garvey, Peggy Ruth Geren, Paul Harris (chair), Andy Hauger, Wayne Mixon, Jana Sandarg, Rob Freeman (guest)

 

  1. Rob Freeman, Dean of the College of Education, outlined his concerns with our current system of governance.  He recommended undertaking a study of: a) the overall governance structure, b) the election procedure, c) the composition of critical committees such as Promotion & Tenure and Research & Development. Commenting that the University has changed considerably since the current statutes were developed in 1976, he suggested that we might want to consider such possibilities as having a Faculty Senate and/or voting by colleges.

 

  1. After Dean Freeman left, the committee discussed various ways to approach the matter.  A 1999 memo from the Faculty Policies Committee addressing this issue was distributed.  As a first step, committee members were assigned to check on current faculty numbers in the colleges to see how proportionate the makeup of the current FPC is. Andy Hauger will check on Arts & Sciences, Peggy Ruth Geren will check on Education, Barbara Coleman will check on Business Administration, and Roxann Bustos will check on others.

 

  1. Minutes of the September meeting were approved with a minor correction. It was agreed there is no need for Paul and Roxann to bring paper copies of the agendas and minutes to the meetings; the e-mail versions will suffice.

 

  1. Cullum Review – Paul will present Jana’s memo to Dr. Bompart.

 

  1. Part-Time Faculty – Paul reported that V.P. Barnabei is agreeable to issuing different colored IDs to PT faculty.  He suggested that rather than putting PT faculty in the Personnel directory, departments could list them on their web pages.  The committee consensus was that they really should be in the printed directory. Paul will follow up on these items, and also see what V.P. Barnabei’s reaction is to a sliding scale for parking fees.

 

  1. Board of Regents Policy Manual – Paul brought the President’s copy marked with his comments.  Bill Dodd took this to review.

 

  1. Sick Leave Policy – Paul told V.P. Bompart of our concerns and is waiting for something he said he would send on the topic.  Barbara Coleman mentioned that the Employee Benefits Committee, which should deal with this issue, has not met.

 

  1. Faculty Secretary – Paul will continue to pursue leads, possibly asking Dean House for suggestions.

 

  1. Intellectual Property/Fine Arts – Paul talked to Jonathan Leightner, inviting him to a future meeting.  Paul will talk to Dr. Bompart and to Jonathan to try to clarify what the FPC is supposed to be doing on this item.

 

  1. Peggy Ruth Geren will find a representative from the College of Education for the Parking Advisory Committee.

 

  1. Andy Hauger has not yet been able to get the necessary software installed on his computer for him to upload the FPC web page.

 

  1. Peggy Ruth Geren verified that the Teacher Education Committee includes all the functions of the College of Education Curriculum Committee.  After making sure that all of Dr. Bompart’s concerns have been handled, she will use Dean Freeman’s original wording to draft an amendment abolishing the Curriculum Committee.

 

  1. Promotion and Tenure – the subcommittee will draft a letter responding to the faculty members who wrote the FPC on this topic.

 

  1. The meeting adjourned at 4:35 P.M.

 

The next meeting will be October 1 at 3:00 P.M.