University of North Carolina at Asheville FACULTY SENATE MEETING Minutes, February 22, 1990 Senate Members: A. Comer, L. Friedenberg, B. Greenawalt, A. Hantz, J. Heimbach, M. Marshall, C. Mitchell, L. Nelms, S. Obergfell, S. Patch, C. Prokop, B. Sabo, D. Sulock, A. Wengrow, B. Wilson, L. Wilson Visitors: W. Boland, C. Brown (SGA), Chancellor Brown, P. Brunner, T. Cochran, B. Corbin (SGA), F. Davenport, L. Driggers, J. Garrett, D. Harmon, W. Lang, D. Lisnerski, M. Manns I. Call to Order The 1989-90 Faculty Senate met on Thursday, February 22, 1990, in the Whitman Room of Ramsey Library. Charles Prokop, Chair, called the meeting to order at 3:33 pm. II. Minutes Ms. Marshall presented the February 8, 1990, Senate minutes for approval. Dr. Friedenberg seconded the motion. The minutes were approved as distributed. III. Chancellor Brown's Report Chancellor Brown reported on his recent recruiting tour to Charlotte, Raleigh, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem with John White (Admissions) and Chris Brown (SGA). At virtually every place, UNCA managed to attract 25 different high school counselors and applications have soared from these locations. Chancellor Brown cited the following statistics as an example of UNCA's recent growth. Fall 1984 Fall 1989 Applications Applications Mecklenberg County 17 81 Orange Co. (Chapel Hill) 6 35 Durham 7 38 Guilford Co. 11 76 On the tour, Chancellor Brown commented that NC does not have an institution more selective than the flagship, such as William & Mary is to the University of VA. He explained to the tour audiences that UNCA is striving to become NC's William & Mary. As the audiences understood these plans, their reactions became extremely positive. 70% of UNCA's acceptances for next year are in the top 5th of their class. Five years ago, 20% of accepted applicants ranked in the bottom half of their class compared to 3% last fall. Chancellor Brown reported that as a result of recent publicity and the tour, UNCA is getting requests from editors for feature articles and people are beginning to understand what we want to become. On the other hand, the Chancellor also noted that there Page 2 was a risk of closing off our traditional constituency before we build fully our new constitency. Budget Chancellor Brown stated that 4th quarter budget allocations are unknown at this time. UNCA did not purchase 3,000 library books or animals needed for biology labs due to previous budget cuts. To date, $305K has been frozen from UNCA's budget allocations; $105K of which will not be returned, and $200K frozen from the 1st and 2nd quarters which we are pessimistic about getting back. Chancellor Brown stated that if an additional $100K is withheld for the last quarter, this loss can be covered awkwardly by the kinds of freezes experienced to date. However, if more than $100K is frozen, additional cuts will be necessary. IV. Executive Committee Report Dr. Prokop reported for the Executive Committee. Revised Meeting Schedule The Senate meeting schedule has been revised as follows: March 8 March 29 April 12 April 26 (if necessary) May 3 (organization of 1990-91 Senate) Computerized Senate Document System Faculty members have been notified that the computerized Senate document system is now available on ACVAX. Faculty Development List Dr. Prokop sent departmental chairs and program directors a copy of the FWDC's list of faculty development opportunities, requesting comments. After March 5th, a final list will be developed and printed. Accountability of Standing Committees Dr. Prokop and Dr. Wilson notified committee chairs that FWDC #5: Accountability of Standing Committees had been passed by the Senate. SGA Meeting Dr. Prokop will meet with the Student Government Association on February 28th. If anyone wants any particular information transmitted to the SGA, notify Dr. Prokop. Chancellor Brown's Comments President Spangler has stated that the 20-year defined mission of every campus is to be re-examined. Our mission is to be totally re-examined centrally and we are going to need to participate as a community in the re-examination of this mission. This could not come at a more convenient time for UNCA since we are starting up the accreditation review. Student Government Report Mr. Brian Corbin gave the Student Government report. Under the Public Relations Committee, Chairman Roland Leatherwood has organized a group of people, some of which are from the SGA (Leatherwood, Haywood Spangler, Kevan Frazier, Gigi Leaks, Robert Straub), and faculty/staff (June Radcliff, Dr. Jim Petranka) to create a campus wide smoking policy. This is a joint committee Page 3 made up of smokers and non-smokers and is working with Dr. Iovacchini and Anita Rose on this matter. The SGA passed the following legislation: Bill #73: Formal Resolution on Highsmith Funding Bill #81: Formal Resolution on Library Renovations Funding V. Administrative Report Dr. Larry Wilson (VCAA) gave the Adminstrative Report. Student Retention In response to an earlier request, Dr. Wilson reported that retention of Freshman from Fall to Spring for this year is almost exactly what it was for each of the last two years. We had a much higher pre-registration, but the actual number of students who returned was 88.1%. Last year it was 88.8%, the year before 87.2%. Students who pre-registered and did not return had an average GPA of 1.3. Students who did return for second semester had an average GPA of almost 2.5. Academic Calendar Academic calendars for 1990-91 and 1991-92 were distributed and Dr. Cochran explained minor differences in the two drafts. Preregistration, advising, convocation, and drop dates were discussed. VI. Academic Policies Committee Report Dr. Friedenberg reported for the Academic Policies Committee. Documents for Presentation Dr. Friedenberg distributed the following APC documents for first reading presentation: APC #18: Catalog Changes in Environmental Studies APC #19: Catalog Changes in Political Science APC #20: Catalog Deletions in Health and Fitness APC #21: Catalog Changes in Health and Fitness APC #22: Catalog Changes in Mathematics Documents for Consideration Dr. Friedenberg moved approval of the following documents: APC #15: Catalog Changes in Management. Dr. Mitchell seconded the motion. APC #15 passed unanimously and became Senate Document #2090S. APC #16: Catalog Changes in Computer Science. Dr. Mitchell seconded the motion. In a friendly amendment, the words "senior seminar" were changed to "senior project" on pages 11 and 21. In a friendly amendment, the words "Discussion of" on pages 11 and 21 were deleted. APC #16 passed unanimously as amended and became Senate Document #2190S. APC #17: Catalog Changes in Sociology. Dr. Mitchell seconded the motion. A misspelled word on page 3 was corrected. APC #17 passed unanimously and became Senate Document #2290S. Page 4 VII. Institutional Development Committee Report Ms. Linda Nelms reported for the Institutional Development Committee. First Reading Presentation Ms. Nelms distributed UPC #3: Enrollment Services for first reading presentation. Document for Consideration Ms. Nelms moved approval of UPC #2: Admissions Deposit. Mr. Wengrow seconded the motion. UPC #2 passed unanimously and became Senate Document #2390S. Distinctives The UPC has heard three distinctive presentations which will be discussed at their next meeting. VIII. Faculty Welfare and Development Committee Report Ms. Marshall reported for the Faculty Welfare and Development Committee. First Reading Presentation Ms. Marshall distributed the following FWDC documents for first reading presentation: FWDC #6: Change in Term of Service on the Feldman Committee FWDC #7: Composition of the Graduate Council FWDC #8: Addition of an alumni to serve with the University Teaching Council in selecting the recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award Faculty Development Opportunities Ms. Marshall distributed a list of faculty development opportunities developed by the FWDC. Suggestions are welcome. Tenure Election Results The tenure election results follow: Humanities - Mel Blowers Natural Sciences - Wayne Lang Social Sciences - Jack Reinecke Elections Hearing ballots will be out next week; the grievance ballots and Senate ballots will follow shortly thereafter. Grievance Committee The current Grievance committee officers are as follows: Martha Marshall - Chair Larry Dorr - Secretary IX. Old Business There was no Old Business. X. New Business Dr. Patch expressed concern over the amount of paper used for Senate meetings and the expense of producing these documents. Several options were discussed, including the feasibility of using Page 5 a smaller pitch or two-sided paper. XI. Adjournment Dr. Prokop adjourned the meeting at 4:20 PM. Respectfully submitted by: Sandra Gravely Martha Marshall