The University of North Carolina at Asheville FACULTY SENATE April 21, 1983 The Faculty Senate met at 3:00 p.m. in Library 1 with Dr. John Stevens, Chairman, presiding. Members present: Dr. Browning, Dr. Comer, Dr. Dorr, Dr. Gillum, Dr. Grams, Dr. Greenawalt, Dr. Howard, Dr. Moseley, Dr. Rackham, Dr. Rainey, Dr. Shoaf (alternate), Dr. Stevens, Dr. Thurman (alternate), Dr. Walker, Mr. Wengrow, and Dr. Williams. Members absent: Dr. Stoughton and Dr. Wilson. Visitors: Dr. Bergemann, Mrs. Cadle, Dr. Cochran, Dr. Coyne, Dr. McCormack, Dr. Ready, Dr. Stern and Mr. Sweeney. I. Dr. Stevens called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. The minutes of March 24 were approved as distributed. II. Dr. Stevens stated that there will be a senate organizational meeting on Thursday, April 28th at 4:30 p.m. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be Thursday, May 5, which will include agenda items from the April 12th meeting. Dr. Stevens expressed that he has enjoyed working with the Senate. Dr. Stevens informed the members that they can utilize the computer to review senate minutes and documents and other materials and they can have access to this information by typing "hello senator". III. Report of the Academic Policy Committee A. APC Document #34 - Policy on Admissions. Dr. Rainey stated that this document was carried over from the previous meeting. Therefore relinquished the discussion of this document over to Mr. Sweeney. Dr. Greenawalt inquired if foreign language was considered when determining high school units required. Mr. Sweeney replied that after considerable discussion it was felt that foreign language was not a parallel category and that it was not suitable to the document. Mr. Wengrow moved and Dr. Moseley seconded that the following amendment be added to page 4 as paragraph #2 under the heading unclassified students: "Students who have applied for admission as regular degree seeking students and have been denied admission for reasons of academic Page 2 deficiency, or previously enrolled students who have been dismissed, may not then be enrolled as Unclassified Students." The motion to amend APC #34 carried. After considerable discussion and several motions that failed, Dr. Browning moved and Dr. Grams seconded that on page 4 after the statement number 3 the following amendment should be added: "In addition to the above 3, students are encouraged to complete two units of foreign or classical language." The motion to amend carried. Dr. Stevens suggested that on page 4 of paragraph 2, second sentence after good standing the following should be added: "(2.0 grade average). Dr. Browning moved that on page 4, paragraph 2, third sentence should be deleted - "Conversion to regular student status..." and seconded by Comer. The motion carried. Drs. Thurman and Stern expressed the need to have foreign language as a requirement. Dr. Grams moved and Dr. Comer seconded that this document go into effect as soon as possible. The motion carried. At the March 24th meeting, as you recall Dr. Rainey moved and Dr. Browning seconded that APC Document #34 be approved. The motion carried with the amended and editorial changes. B. APC Document #30 - Engineering's Request for Non- Credit Co-Op Courses. Dr. Rainey moved and Dr. Williams seconded that APC #30 be approved. The motion carried. C. Minor Changes in the 83/84 Catalog. Dr. Rainey presented the changes to the members and there were no objections to the changes. IV. Report of Institutional Development Committee. A. IDC Document #6 - Faculty Search Committee. Dr. Browning moved and Dr. Comer seconded that IDC Document #6 be approved. The motion carried. B. Status Report of Student Evaluations - Dr. Browning stated that the IDC wil meet with Dr. Dorr next Wednesday to discuss core questions described in SD #14. The University-wide instrument will be available this fall. VI. Report of Faculty Welfare Committee. A. FWC Document #5 - Grievance Committee Procedure. Dr. Greenawalt stated that the Grievance Committee did not meet for years and met this year and found loopholes in the Grievance Committee Procedure. Therefore they revised the document. Dr. Greenawalt moved and Dr. Comer seconded that this document be adopted. Dr. Dorr stated that he thinks that there is a real need for revision of this document and the Page 3 statement in the handbook is rudimentary and open to interpretation that is not in line with legal matters. Dr. Dorr suggested that this document be tabled so that it will be reconcilled with instructions that were given by President Friday. Concerns were expressed that this document should be reviewed by legal counsel before being adopted. Dr. Howard moved and Dr. Moseley seconded that this document be returned to the FWC to hear the concerns of Dr. Grams and Dr. Dorr. Dr. Howard also expressed that the FWC had done a good job in revising the document. The motion passed to refer FWC Document #5 back to the FWC for study. B. FWC Document #6 - Annual Review of Committees. Dr. Greenawalt moved and it was seconded that FWC Document #6 be approved. There was discussion of the Energy Committee's role. The motion carried. V. Adjournment - The meeting adjourned at 5:25 p.m.