FACULTY SENATE MEETING Minutes, April 14, 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: P. Betts, T. Cochran, J. Garrett, A. Gravely, D. Kay, D. Kerr, student The April 14th meeting of the Faculty Senate was called to order at 3:35 pm in the Whitman Room of Ramsey Library by Chair Pamela Nickless. Because secretarial time was spent preparing Senate documents for the Vice Chancellor's review, the minutes of the March 31 meeting will be presented at the April 28 meeting. Dr. Nickless reported for the Executive Committee. Almost all of the Senate documents through #30 have been signed. The Senate has passed 41 documents since September 1987. Also, the Chancellor has signed the Teaching Council document. The Academic Warning and Academic Eligibility documents have also been approved and are now University policy. Dr. Nickless moved Executive Committee document #3 - Statement on University Drug Policy to be Presented to the UNCA Board of Trustees The motion was seconded by Dr. Browning. Dr. Nickless accepted a friendly amendment to insert "The UNCA Senate requests the UNCA Board of Trustees to represent the faculty in these issues to the Board of Governors." Dr. Browning stated that the Drug Policy document will have to be placed in the hands of all employees, and suggested that the Senate's statement on the policy also be included, even though it is not part of the document itself. The document will appear in the Handbook and it was suggested that a copy be placed in employee paycheck envelopes. Dr. Nickless and Dr. Wilson will decide the best way to relay this information to employees. A spelling correcton was made in the last paragraph, third sentence. The document was unanimously approved and became Senate Document #44. Dr. Nickless stated that a member of the Executive Committee would attend the meeting with the Board of Trustees when this document was presented. Dr. Wilson gave the Administrative Report. UNCA has a target of 2405 FTE average for the year. Pre-registration, which is nearing completion, is running approximately 1000 students short of this target, with fewer than 1400 FTE's preregistering. The projected enrollment target for next fall is 600 new Freshmen in comparison with 458 this past fall. Admission applications are 39% ahead of last year and housing applications are up 45% Page 2 compared to last year. The mean SAT for accepted students is 958, which is 30 points ahead of the entering class last year at this time. Minority applications are up 10% and overall applications are up 44%. While UNCA is increasing in both of these categories, black students have not increased in proportion with the entire student body as a whole. Rejections are 105% ahead of last year. Dr. Wilson stated that five students had been invited for Undergraduate Research Fellowships. UNCA raised funds to support 23 scholars. There were 12 Fellows this year, and UNCA will have almost twice as many scholars next year, assuming they all accept. Of these five students, two are also Teaching Fellows. UNCA currently has a Teaching Fellows class of 15 students; 12 are needed to be in good standing with the N. C. Teaching Forum. The average SAT for these students is 1125. Appalachian had a 20 point increase in their SAT profile which they credit entirely to their 104 Teaching Fellows. These students average more than 200 points higher on SAT's than other students. Dr. Betts stated that while the Undergraduate Research Fellows had until May 15 to formally accept the award, the media would release the information shortly. The disciplines represented are two Computer Science, and one each in Literature, Drama, and Psychology. Dr. Wilson also announced the Cohort Teaching meeting which will take place in May. Mr. Sweeney reported for the Academic Policy Committee, and distributed the following documents: APC #30 - Proposal to make Changes in the Department of Mathematics Mr. Sweeney moved the part of this document that the APC had previously approved, and stated that he would present the remainder of the document afterward. Dr. Prokop seconded the motion. This motion concerned items 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, and 9 on the document. APC #30 deleted MATH 102, MATH 103, and MATH 151; changed MATH 163 title to College Algebra and MATH 164 title to Trigonometry. Content description essentially remained the same, with minor changes in prerequisites. This document was unanimously approved and became Senate Document #41. APC #31 - Proposal to make Changes in the Department of Mathematics Mr. Sweeney presented the second part of the document which included items 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, and 12. The APC had not acted officially on these items, but Mr. Sweeney felt this part of the document was worthy of the Senate's consideration. In broad terms, the course changes in the remainder of the document concerned dropping the prerequisite of 104 or departmental approval from several of the descriptions; clarifying course description of Math 105, and deleting prerequisites 155 from MATH 157 and 266. Mr. Sweeney moved this document which was seconded by Dr. Patch. Discussion ensued concerning placement exams, and prerequisites. Editorial changes were made under Page 3 items #6, 10, and 11. This document was unanimously approved as amended and became Senate Document #42. Dr. Browning reported for the Institutional Development Committee and moved the following documents: UPC #3 - Statement on Quality Growth This document is a planning blueprint for outlining a broad strategy to accomplish the goal of UNCA as a quality liberal arts institution. Dr. Browning requested that a copy of this document be forwarded to the UNCA Board of Trustees for their approval. The motion was seconded by Ms. Nelms. Discussion followed concerning growth in terms of FTE instead of head count and if a SAT score of 1000 was realistic. Dr. Browning stated that the Admission's office felt comfortable with these projections. The motion passed unanimously and became Senate Document #45. UPC #4 - Resource Needs of the Masters in Liberal Arts Program Dr. Browning stated that the major changes were under the faculty release time arrangements. The motion was seconded by Ms. Nelms. Discussion followed concerning the FTE Faculty analysis of .25 in FY1988 and FY1989. Dr. Cochran could not recall the specifics of the formula used to generate cost estimates. Ms. Nelms stated that she had made very conservative calculations using the incremental approach and that her figures were not significantly different from Dr. Cochran's. Ms. Nelms calculated a -$3000 faculty cost in year one, and a +$1500 faculty cost in year two. Ms. Nelms felt this was an affordable program. This motion passed unanimously and became Senate Document #46. Mr. Sweeney made a motion that in light of the report from the UPC and the Senate agreeing that resources are available and it supports this program, that this should be listed in the catalog. Dr. Mitchell agreed that the stipulations had been satisfied and seconded the motion. The motion passed with Dr. Reinoso opposing. Dr. Kormanik reported for the Faculty Welfare and Development Committee and moved FWDC #9 as a rewritten document that was withheld at the last Senate meeting. The document concerned overhead and/or indirect costs received by UNCA as a result of grant activity and how to distribute such money. The motion was seconded by Ms. Marshall. A lengthy discussion ensued. Dr. Mitchell moved to send the document back to committee to work out language that would be more viable. The motion was seconded by Dr. Uldricks and passed unanimously. Dr. Mitchell suggested that a poll of the Senate be taken informally to see if the Senate approved of the concept in FWDC document #9. The poll showed that the Senate unanimously approved in spirit what the FWDC was trying to do with this Page 4 proposal. Dr. Kormanik made nominations for individuals to be submitted as a Faculty Conciliator to the Student Government Association. The Student Government Association will pick one Faculty Conciliator and one alternate from the Senate's nominations. The following faculty were nominated: Paul McDonald, Betty Rider, and John Bernhardt. The list was unanimously approved. Under Old Business Dr. Nickless stated that Dr. Obergfell made a correction in the Senate's approved minutes. Dr. Theodore Wilson was referred to as an NEH consultant when in fact he is a consultant to the Humanities Program and came with a matching grant from the American Association of Colleges. This will be added to the Senate's minutes. Under New Business Ms. Marshall suggested a round of applause for the Chair and the faculty Senate and the out-going members of the Senate. Dr. Nickless gave special thanks to the APC for their success on UNCA's Academic Eligibility policy. Dr. Nickless adjourned the meeting at 5:25 PM and announced the next Senate meeting would be April 28. Respectfully submitted by: Sandra M. Gravely Gregg Kormanik