Faculty Senate Minutes
                                March 6, l986

I.   Dr. Coyne called to order the special call meeting of the 
     Faculty Senate on 3/6/86 at 3:30 in RL1.

     This meeting was called to take up a series of proposals
     from the Faculty Welfare Committee.  All regular business
     was deferred until the regular March 13th meeting.

II.  B. Farzanegan presented the Faculty Welfare Committee 
     Proposals.  First he thanked everyone involved for their
     help and assistance in putting together these proposals.
     They are really working draft documents that will hope- 
     fully stimulate some thinking and discussion on Faculty
     Welfare and Developmental issues.

     Three Faculty Welfare Development proposals were submitted to
     the Senate.  The first one was a resolution on faculty travel.
     Resolved, the faculty travel budgets for academic departments 
     and programs be distributed on an equitable basis and admini-
     stered at the departmental level beginning in the academic year
     1986 - 1987.  The rationale is to encourage the entire faculty
     to participate at conferences, present papers, and attend 
     professional meetings.  The committee feels a certain portion 
     of the travel budget be distributed at the beginning of the 
     year to the departments and allow the departments to set their
     own priorities and goals for faculty development and faculty
     improvement of teaching, research, and so on.  As a policy
     faculty travel should be in the hands of the departments to
     administer as effectively as possible for their own depart-
     mental needs and objectives.  Dr. Coyne asked for a motion.
     B. Farzanegan moved the motion.  There was a second.  Much
     discussion followed.

     An argument against the proposal was that an equitable 
     distribution on the basis of the number of individuals just
     doesn't work out well especially with small departments.
     Because it encourages people to use the money who necessarily
     don't need it.  It doesn't make it available for those who do.
     It was also stated that there are other problems that come with 
     it.  This proposal was not passed by the senate.

     The second proposal was concerning release time. 
     Resolved, that the Faculty Senate endorse in concept and 
     encourage the UNCA administration to move toward the adoption
     of a 9-hour teaching load before 1990 in order to improve 
     scholarship and teaching.
     Resolved, that the Faculty Senate endorse and encourage the 
     UNCA admiistration to adopt the following policies regarding
     release time:
     1.  Policies and resources governing release time be reported
         to the faculty annually.
     2.  Faculty members be permitted to apply for release time
         through policies and procedures developed by the UNCA
         administration.
     3.  An appropriate committee of the Senate should be involved
         in recommending policies and procedures for allocation
         and distribution of release time.  Discussion followed.

     A motion was made to move this proposal.  It was seconded.
     This proposal was passed by the Senate and became SD # 33.

     The third proposal was that a Faculty Development Program
     be developed at UNCA.  The discussion of this proposal was
     postponed to a later date.

     The meeting was adjourned.


     Submitted by:                 Approved by:                   
   

     Susan Elliott                 B. Farzanegan
     Recording Secretary           Secretary of Faculty Senate