Faculty Policies Committee Minutes,
Present:
Michelle Benedict, Barbara Coleman, Bill Dodd, Gordon Eisenman, Cliff Gardiner,
Jim Garvey, Andy Hauger (chair), Jeff Heck (secretary), Donna Hobbs, Bill Reese
Minutes
of
Agenda items: Old Business
1. Faculty
Manual Correction – Andy Hauger will discuss the proposal with VPAA Sam
Sullivan. The proposal has been narrowed to the deletion of one sentence, which
mentions a position no longer in existence at ASU
2. Cullum Ad Hoc Committee – Andy Hauger discussed further the
ad hoc committee’s recommendations with VPAA Sam Sullivan . Sullivan felt
professional development credit is already provided. The committee discussed
weighting of credit provided by deans for activity such as Cullum. VPAA
Sullivan also sought additional details about release time for the chair of
Cullum. Hauger will speak with previous chairs for more information on if and
how this committee differs from other committees, and if the difference
supports additional release time.
3. Memorials for Campus Faculty – President
Bloodworth had questions in his weekly meeting with Andy Hauger about the
implementation of this memorial. How would it be handled for faculty who had
been here 30 years compared to those who had been here 6 months, etc.? His
preference is that memorials be included in the annual faculty/staff
recognition process, with students submitting written stories and elegies. Michelle
Benedict felt the memorial passages written by students could be published in
the Bell Ringer. Student editors have chosen to write about the two recent
deaths of current and retired faculty, as Jim Garvey noted. VPAA Sam Sullivan
felt the memorials should be handled at the department level. Michelle Benedict
will speak with Lisa Webb about handling staff memorials. Faculty who have
already retired will not be focused on, as there’s a probability many will
undertake other jobs once leaving here, and handling that process would be
awkward. Benedict felt instructions on how to handle the process should be
written and given to each department.
4. Retention/Graduation Study – Andy
Hauger found that some programs we thought might not be counted properly were
included in the official four-year figures, but that AA degrees in Nursing were
not. Even this small number (58 students) makes a significant difference in
graduation rates.
Bill
Reese felt that the official Web figures OIIT is using are incorrect for
showing the number of students who enter ASU with academic deficiencies. 71.6 percent
had no deficiencies of any kind according to the report. Reese provided a URL
for review at www.usg.edu/pubs/info_digest/
Bill Dodd wondered if we could pull numbers on freshmen intending to graduate
in four years, going full time. Cliff Gardiner noted that we also need to
summarize what we do to help student retention and graduation. Dodd wondered if
we had numbers on students whose parents didn’t attend college. He noted that
because we are not a residential school, there are few difficulties and
consequences from dropping or stopping out.
Meeting
adjourned:
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