Minutes, Faculty Policies Committee,
Present:
Michelle Benedict, Barbara Coleman, Bill Dodd, Gordon Eisenman, Cliff Gardiner,
Andy Hauger (chair), Donna Hobbs (acting secretary), Bill Reese, Jana Sandarg
Minutes
of
Agenda
items: Old Business
1.Cullum recommendations–Jana Sandarg presented a revised proposal on changes to the
Cullum Series. FPC approved these
changes. Andy Hauger will speak to Drs.
Bloodworth and Sullivan about the logistics of implementation.
2. Employee
Benefits Committee – The Survey of New Faculty regarding Employee Benefits
was approved with a few clerical changes.
It will be sent to faculty mentors, who will be asked to deliver it to
each new faculty member.
3. TRS
retirement – The FPC will ask the Employee Benefits Committee to look at
retirement issues, focusing on how to provide future retirees with the
information they need to make sound retirement decisions.
4. Lyceum Series Committee responsibilities –The
proposal on changes in the Cullum series also involves a change in the
responsibilities of the Lyceum committee that would encourage coordination of a
Lyceum and Cullum event each year. Jana
Sandarg spoke to Dharma Thiruvaryaru, Lyceum Committee chair, about this
change. Thiruvaryaru will bring the
issue to the full committee for discussion.
5. Retention and Graduation Rate Study –Andy
Hauger will ask FPC committee members to come up with a list of
"hypotheses" that may explain low graduation and/or retention rates
at ASU as well as a list of things we could do better in this area. Next week
FPC will look at these issues and decide which should be studied more
extensively.
Meeting
adjourned:
Next Meeting: