THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

                          Faculty Senate Minutes
                                 May 4, 1978



	The Faculty Sente met on Thursday, May 4, 1978, at 3:15 pm in
RL1 with Dr. Browning, chairman, presiding.  

Members present:  Dr. Browning, Dr. Gillum, Dr. Otti, Dr. Reed,
Dr. Remington, Dr. Seitz, Dr. Shoaf, Dr. Squibb, Dr. Stern,
Dr. Stevens, Dr. Trullinger, Mr. Wengrow, Dr. Wilson.

Visitors:  Dr. Cochran, Mrs. D. Sulock, Dr. J. Sulock, Dr. Williams.


	The minutes of the April 14 Senate meeting were approved as
published.

	Dr. Browning called on Dr. Remington, in the absence of Dr.
Cole, for a report from the Institutional Development Committee
regarding revisions to the 5-year plan.

	Dr. Remington said IDC had met once formally and it was more
or less a meeting in which they laid plans of where they were in the
5-year plan starting with the plan a year ago.  That plan asked for
several programs, all of which were rejected except one, a B.S. degree
in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology.  The committee felt it needed
to get a better reading from the people in charge of program requests
so a meeting has been set up with Drs. Dawson and Saunders in Chapel
Hill to ask where we stand, the regions in which we could hope for
success, why certain programs were deleted, etc.  This meeting is set
for Wednesday, May 10.  Since we have permission to put in a program
in atmospheric sciences and meteorology a meeting has been scheduled
with the National Climatic Center to see if they have any suggestions
as to what should be in the program.  Beyond this, it was felt that
we should try again on programs which were turned down last year and
try to find out why they were turned down so we would be in a better
position to submit them.  Dr. Remington said the two programs the
committee felt would be the most reasonable to push would be the
environmental studies program and the Master's program in management.
The Chancellor agreed with this and he also felt a program in Speech
and Debate might be useful.  It was also felt the committee should
consider again the role of the Computing Center and whether or not it
should be autonomous or a part of the Physics Department, and whether
we should explore the possibility of planning our 5-year plan in
conjunction with Western Carolina University.  It seemed to the
committee that in planning a program such as the atmospheric sciences
and meteorology that it would be advisable to use consultants since
the committee did not feel UNC-A had the expertise to develop a good
program.  This would involve asking for money to hire the consultants.
Dr. Remington said any department chairman who wished was welcome to
attend the meeting in Chapel Hill on Wednesday.  Also, chairmen are
invited to attend the meeting with the National Climatic Center.

	There was discussion as to how the changes in the 5-year plan
evolve and the fact that additions were made to the last revision of
the plan which did not go through APC and the Senate.  The Senate felt
there was not too much that could be done to involve the community
and faculty in the present revision of the 5-year plan but that work
should be started next fall on the revision to be made two years from
now.  It was also felt that the faculty should be involved in the
planning through the time the revision is submitted to Chapel Hill.
There was feeling that the Senate needed to have some discussion with
the Chancellor regarding planning and Dr. Gillum made a motion that
the Senate place on its agenda for the first Senate meeting after 
the first faculty meeting in the fall of 1978 discussion on the
question of long-range planning and that the Chancellor be invited to
that meeting to discuss the matter.  The motion was seconded and
passed unanimously.

	Next on the agenda was consideration of the report on student
evaluations of courses and instructors.  Dr. Browning explained that
this meeting was called mainly because of a resolution proposed by Dr.
Cole to study this matter.  He said this report was accepted by the
Senate at its last meeting and a motion was made to the effect that the
Senate go on record as supporting the concept of faculty being evaluated.
This motion was tabled.  Dr. Browning called on Dr. Stevens, chairman
of the committee to study student evaluations.

	Dr. Stevens said at the last meeting a number of things were
left hanging.  One thing that was pointed out was that the Senate had 
not had time to study the report.  He said he hoped everyone had had
a chance to study the report carefully by now.  Dr. Stevens moved that
the Senate accept the report of the Committee on Students Evaluations
of the Faculty and adopt the recommendations that were stated in that
report.  Dr. Gillum seconded the motion.

	Dr. Trullinger moved to amend Section II, G of the report as
follows:  "This new evaluation process is to begin at the end of Term I,
Spring Semester, 1978-79."  He said he did not feel there was time to 
begin it in the fall.  The motion, seconded by Mr. Wengrow, carried
8-1.

	Dr. Squibb moved to amend Dr. Stevens motion as follows:  "The
Senate accept the report of the Committee on Student Evaluations of
the Faculty."  Dr. Wilson seconded the motion.

	There was general discussion.  Dr. Stern felt it would be
better to accept the report and discuss it later, perhaps next fall,
when the entire Senate was present.  The type of evaluation was
discussed and it was pointed out that this report left it pretty much
up to each department as to the type of evaluation it should give.  
Dr. Stevens and Dr. Squibb read several comments from different
articles for and against student evaluations.  The usefulness of
evaluations was discussed (what is learned from them, how are the 
results used, were they just put in a drawer and forgotten, etc.).
It was felt that there needed to be some provision made in the report
for the method that would be chosen for a department and of how
evaluations would be reviewed.  It was also pointed out that it might
be better to have an evaluation system in effect at the time the new
Vice Chancellor arrived.

	Dr. Reed called the question on Dr. Squibb's motion to amend
the original motion made by Dr. Stevens.  The motion failed, 6-3,
with one abstention.

	Dr. Trullinger moved to table the motion on the floor to
accept the report and adopt the recommendations that were stated in
the report.  Dr. Wilson seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.

	Dr. Browning announced that a special ad hoc committee of the
Senate had been set up to study the tenure criteria for administrators.
The committee is made up of Professors Reed, Shoaf, and Squibb.  He
suggested that this committee communicate with the Chancellor and
Dr. Dorr.  Also, there will be a meeting of the Senate this summer to
act on the revisions to the 5-year plan.

	The meeting adjourned at 5:15 pm.

APPROVED:  Jack Wilson                   Jacquelyn Peterson
           Faculty Senate Secretary      Secretary