FACULTY SENATE MEETING Minutes, January 28, 1988 Senate Members: S. Browning, M. Gillum, G. Henderson, G. Kormanik, B. Larson, M. Marshall, C. Mitchell, L. Nelms, P. Nickless, S. Patch, C. Prokop, R. C. Reinoso, P. Sweeney, T. Uldricks, K. Whatley, L. Wilson Visitors: T. Cochran, J. Garrett, A. Gravely, D. Harmon, D. Kerr, J. Rackham, B. Sabo, A. Wengrow The January 28th meeting of the Faculty Senate was called to order at 3:35 pm in the Whitman Room of Ramsey Library by Chair Pamela Nickless. The minutes of the December meeting were approved. Dr. Wilson gave the Administrative Report. He stated that Ben Holden, former President of Warren Wilson College, is the interim Director of The Center for Creative Retirement. Also, on January 26 the Chancellor and Dr. Wilson met with Dr. Dawson in Chapel Hill. They discussed the salary structure at UNCA, stressing that it was low, and asked him to devise a way to base UNCA's salary allocations in a higher Carnegie category, even though we don't have graduate programs. Dr. Dawson strongly supports the role of UNCA as a primarily undergraduate institution. They discussed additional funding for the library and ways to recover unrealized owed revenue from Western. Dr. Dawson responded positively on the library issue, and while no guarantees were given, UNCA should receive an increase in the next budget. We may also receive an increase in our operating budget as a result of graduate programs on campus. The enrollment projection of 2,405 for next year was discussed and Dr. Dawson was confident that funding would be available for 9.8 additional faculty positions. Part of this would be used to hire adjuncts and to raise adjunct salaries, which are low. Last, Dr. Wilson stated that nine searches for faculty positions are currently in progress. They include: drama, psychology, history, physics, Spanish, accounting, biology, sociology, and a l/2-time art position. Dr. Nickless reported for the Executive Committee. She discussed the Drug Policy with the Chancellor and learned that the new policy has been changed to include due process. The Chancellor, Dr. Wilson, Dr. Iovacchini, and Dr. Nickless will be assembling a group to tailor our campus Drug Policy to match the system-wide policy. FWD will have input on this policy and Dr. Nickless suggested anyone who was interested contact Dr. Iovacchini's office. It was recommended that Dr. McClary also be involved in this process. Page 2 Dr. Kormanik reported for the Faculty Welfare and Development Committee. He presented the following documents: FWD #1 - Senate Document #4 - Off-Campus Scholarly Assignments. (The March 23, 1987 version re-presented.) A proposal to change the last sentence under #3 Eligibility to read: "The university . . paid health and PROPORTIONAL RETIREMENT BENEFITS, BOTH PURSUANT TO THE CURRENT STATE GUIDELINES. Also, to delete the last sentence under #4. This document was previously passed by the Senate and approved in a form that was modified by Administration. The latest version is an attempt to allow the payment of health and retirement benefits, as specified in the OCSA document to "float" with current state guidelines and any changes that might occur in the future. This document was moved by Dr. Kormanik, seconded by Ms. Marshall, unanimously approved, and became Senate Document #14. FWD #7 - A Five Year Plan For Faculty Development at UNCA This document resulted from an attempt to summarize perceived needs of the faculty with respect to Faculty Development and was presented as a "Sense of the Senate". Discussion regarding travel money, specific sums of money, distribution of funds, parity, and the amount of money in the travel budget followed. Dr. Cochran stated that $30-35K goes directly into the departments. $10K is set aside for recruiting, $8-10K for university required faculty travel, field trips, and instructional-related activities, and the $18K balance is absorbed in Thrust areas. Ms. Mitchell made a motion to strike (a) & (b) under Section IV. This was seconded by Dr. Reinoso. A friendly amendment to the motion was made by Dr. Browning to retain the Responsibility section, which was acceptable to Ms. Mitchell and Dr. Reinoso. A vote on the amendment to the motion to strike (a) & (b) under Section IV and replace Responsibility with "Office of VCAA & FWDC" was passed with Mr. Sweeny and Dr. Patch opposing. In a friendly amendment Dr. Kormanik agreed to delete under Section I.B.b. source: "$3,000 from Spring '88 academic budget" and to add "Target substantial funds from the 88-89 academic budget. University Relations: target $3,000 for 88-89 with continual yearly augmentation". Dr. Kormanik was also agreeable to Dr. Browning's suggestion to replace "the" with "a" under Section I.A. Dr. Mitchell moved to table FWD #7 until the Senate had an opportunity to discuss FWD #8. This was seconded by Ms. Nelms and passed with Dr. Kormanik opposing. Page 3 FWD #8 - University Teaching Council Dr. Kormanik presented this document with the addition of J. under section I (see document). The document resulted from discussions and suggestions on several different fronts and was planned as a companion document to the URC. After considerable discussion Ms. Marshall moved to strike editorially under section II. A. (2) "professional programs (i.e.", with the Senate agreeing. In response to Dr. Larson's question, Dr. Kormanik stated the UTC would eliminate the Distinguished Teaching Award Committee. However, at least two recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Award would serve on the newly established UTC. Dr. Sabo expressed concern, stating that this document was putting teaching on par with research, when his understanding was that UNCA was primarily a teaching institution. Also, that this was simply a symbolic gesture. Dr. Mitchell made a motion to add to Section I. H. the following: "The committee shall follow the current gudielines for selecting a recipient of that award until or unless the committee shall propose amendments to the Senate to those guidelines. This was seconded by Dr. Prokop and passed. Dr. Mitchell questioned the motion. The amended document passed, and became Senate Document #15. A motion that the Distinguished Teaching Award be awarded by the old committee this year (1988) was made by Dr. Mitchell, seconded by Ms. Marshall and unanimously approved. After discussion of FWD #8, FWD #7 was brought before the Senate again. At this time Dr. Larson suggested deleting the sentence under Secton I.C.(a) with Dr. Kormanik agreeing. This motion was then seconded by Ms. Marshall, unanimously approved, and became Senate Document #16. Dr. Kormanik distributed a document on Release Time for 1986-87. The allocation method was changed to the Department level by Dr. Rackham during his tenure as VCAA. The figures, which were collated by Dr. Wilson, may not completely represent faculty loads as some Departments use a multiple counting system for large classes, with several classes meeting at the same time, in the same room, etc. Dr. Kormanik also announced that he attended a meeting last fall as a representative of the Senate with student representatives, Mr. Carreno, Dr. Iovacchini, Mr. Pott, and Dr. Canon, to discuss parking changes. Suggestions from the Chancellor, students, and various representatives were addressed. It resulted in changes in parking procedures, including increasing the fee structure for fines. He suggested that the changes and resulting document be endorsed by the Senate, but that did not occur. Last, he stated that FWDC is receiving nominations for the Ruth and Leon Feldman Professorship Fund. The deadline for nominations has been extended to 2-15-88. Page 4 Dr. Browning reported for the Institutional Development Committee. IDC continues to meet with UPC. Until Spring Break, meetings will be held every Tuesday from 1-3 PM in the private dining room. The Planning Council hopes to finalize the resolution statement on Quality Growth in one of its upcoming meetings. Feburary 1 is the deadline to receive Thrust requests. UPC is in the process of looking at the 1989-91 Capitol Improvement Budget. They have set a high priority ranking to seven items, low priority to eight items, and still have nineteen items to categorize. Dr. Browning has a copy of the minutes of the Planning Council if anyone is interested in knowing a particular ranking. A subcommittee consisting of Ms. Nelms, Dr. Cochran and Dr. Uldricks is looking at the resource impact issue of the MLA. The report is still in draft form and will be discussed hopefully next Tuesday, so they can bring the report to the next Senate meeting. The minimum grade point prerequisite issue for declaration of a major is on the agenda. Also, they have received from Dr. Cochran a summary of the budgets for the three existing Thrust areas and how they have expended their funds. Mr. Sweeney reported for the Academic Policy Committee. He presented the following documents: APC #10 - a Department of Classics number change on pg. 80-81 of the 87-88 Catalog: from CLAS 111 & Clas 112 to CLAS 211 and CLAS 212, effective Fall, 1988. This reflects a change as a result of their introduction of new General Education courses in Latin and Greek. This was seconded by Dr. Larson, unanimously approved, and became Senate Document #17. APC #11 - a Change in Titles in the Department of Mathematics: ______ CHANGE on pg. 146 of the 87-88 Catalog: from MATH 157 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers (3) Math 158 Geometry for Elementary School Teachers (3) to MATH 157 Structure of Mathematics I (3) MATH 158 Structure of Mathematics II (3) ___ ADD to descriptions for MATH 157 & 158: "Required for Elementary Teacher Certification." ______ DELETE from description for MATH 158: "A continuation of 157 designed for elementary and middle school teachers;", beginning the description with "An intuitive and deductive study . . ." Effective: Fall, 1988 Mr. Sweeney stated that this document was in response to the State Board of Public Instruction's recommendation. The motion was seconded by Dr. Prokop, unanimously approved, and became Senate Document #18. Page 5 Mr. Sweeney moved APC #8 - Catalog Copy for the MLA Program, with the understanding that only the catalog issue be discussed at this time due to the late hour. The resource issue will be discussed at another meeting. Dr. Reinoso questioned why we were discussing the catalog issue before the resource issue had been discussed. He motioned to table this document but the motion went unseconded. Mr. Sweeney deferred to Dr. Browning's suggestion to delete paragraph three. Dr. Prokop made a motion to delete "300 or" in the first sentence of the first paragraph. Also, in the first sentence of the second paragraph, to insert a period after the word "program", and add "Graduate courses must be approved by the UNCA Graduate Council. Undergraduate courses seeking approval for cross-listing as graduate courses must be approved by the UNCA Graduate Council and the APC." This was seconded by Ms. Marshall and passed with a 8 to 4 vote. APC Document #8 was then moved, seconded by Ms. Marshall and passed with Dr. Reinoso opposing. This became Senate Document #19. Dr. Nickless adjourned the meeting at 6 PM. Respectfully submitted by: Sandra M. Gravely Gregg Kormanik