University of North Carolina at Asheville FACULTY SENATE MEETING Minutes, January 16, 1992 Senate Members: A. Coyne, F. Davenport, L. Dorr, M. Gillum, B. Greenawalt, A. Hantz, D. Lisnerski, C. McClary, D. Mullen, P. Nickless, J. Rackham, B. Sabo, D. Van Engelen, L. Wilson Excused: G. Henderson, S. Obergfell Visitors: S. Browning, T. Cochran, M. Fox (SGA), J. Garrett, D. Harmon, S. Schuman, J. Stevens I. Call to Order The 1991-92 Faculty Senate met on Thursday, January 16, 1992, in Karpen Hall - room 005. Alan Hantz, Chair, called the meeting to order at 3:32 pm. The next two Senate meetings will be held on February 13th and March 5th respectively at 3:30 pm in Karpen Hall - room 005. II. Minutes Dr. Hantz made a spelling correction to the December 12, 1991, minutes before presenting them for approval. The minutes were approved as corrected (Coyne/Sabo). III. Faculty Assembly Report Dr. Browning and Dr. Stevens reported on the September 20th and November 22nd Faculty Assembly meetings. The representatives were given a grim budget analysis review; Vice President Joyner reported there was little hope for funds for libraries, maintenance, or repairs, nor were funds available for capital expansion unless the bond issue was approved. Vice President Joyner hinted at a possible 3-4% salary increase next year depending on the state's economy and inflation. General Administration endorsed UNCA's reclassification request; the Board of Governors will consider this at its next meeting. Long range plans were discussed as five or six schools in the system are conducting self-studies for SACS. General Administration rejected the AAUP resolution approved by the assembly which would have required written reasons for non- reappointment. The Governance Committee is looking at evaluations of administrators and how terminal contracts are used. Senate Chairs are invited to the February Faculty Assembly meeting. UNCA's SAT scores continue to improve with a score of 1028 in comparison to NC State at 1048 and UNC-G at 951. Although UNCA's SAT scores are impressive, the university continues to slip in terms of minority students. UNCA has 3.01% minority students, the lowest in ten years. At one time 4.8% of UNCA's student body was minorities. Ray Dawson reported that 125K FTE students were enrolled in the University system and 24% of North Carolina's high school graduates enter into the NC system. The Faculty Development Committee received funding from GA for a conference to be held on June 7 - 9. Three representatives from each institution will attend the annual symposium workshop as well as individuals involved nationally in faculty development. IV. SGA Report Upon invitation by the Executive Committee, Michelle Fox reported for the SGA. The SGA has been discussing the smoking policy. A resolution will likely pass the Senate this semester with implementation beginning next Fall. V. Executive Committee Report Dr. Hantz gave the Executive Committee Report. The Executive Committee will meet next week to discuss the summer school report. Child Care Discussions continue with Highland Hospital concerning the feasibility of leasing the Old Children's Grammar School. Dr. Iovacchini has been working on this project. VI. Administrative Report Chancellor Schuman's Comments Dr. Schuman believes that Highland Hospital will lease the Old Children's Grammar School building to a consortium composed of UNCA, the Forestry, possibly MAHEC, and Highland Hospital. A committee on the Board of Governors seems to be wholehearted in its endorsement of UNCA's reclassification request. The request is scheduled for the February Board of Governors meeting. Ray Dawson, Vice President for Academic Affairs, is retiring from the VPAA position the end of March when he will return to the classroom at UNC-Wilmington. An interim VPAA has been named and a search will be forthcoming. VII. Academic Policies Committee Report Dr. Bill Sabo reported for the Academic Policies Committee. - Second Reading Dr. Sabo presented the following documents for consideration: APC #5: Catalog Changes in Psychology. This document moves a 200 level course to a 300 level. The course deals with motivation and emotion, which has become increasingly an empirical field. The department prefers to have students take the research methods class prior to taking this course. The motion was seconded by Dr. Rackham. APC #5 passed unanimously and became Senate Document #0692S. APC #7: Catalog Changes in Soc 215 and General Education. This document adds Soc 215, Introduction to Anthropology, to a list of courses which satisfy the social science general education requirement and also removes Soc 100 as a prerequisite. Dr. Dorr seconded the motion. APC #7 passed unanimously and became Senate Document #0792S. APC #8: Catalog Changes in Art. Dr. Sabo replaced the word "This" with "These" under Rationale in an editorial change. This document drops several courses with low enrollment as well as some advanced courses, and streamlines prerequisites. Dr. Davenport seconded the motion. APC #8 passed unanimously and became Senate Document #0892S. APC #9: Changes in Biology and Physics Teacher Certification Programs. This document reduces the number of required hours and restructures the catalog copy to conform to a regular major which will help students, advisors, and the registrar understand the requirements of the program. Dr. Dorr seconded the motion. The number of hours required still exceeds the recommended level and various options for lowering the requirements were discussed. Dr. Wilson stated that the Senate will consider this issue again, even if this document is passed. The legislature is considering a sunset regulation within the system whereby any program with more than 128 hours ceases to function after January 1, 1993. This move could possibly eliminate 579 faculty positions. In Dr. Henderson's absence, Dr. Sabo stated that she would argue that these hours are needed, especially in the natural science programs, and there is no room for flexibility if the state emphasis is on quality teacher education. Dr. Sabo stated that, in the short term, this document would be a good, practical aid, regardless of changes made in the future. APC #9 passed with one abstention and became Senate Document #0992S. APC #6: Catalog Changes in Bibliography. Dr. Sabo explained the changes this document makes in the current bibliography requirements. Students could take a competency exam once, at the end of the semester. Students would register for the course and receive a list of topic workshops to be held throughout the semester by the library staff. There is no attendance requirement or class discussion. Students would take the exam and receive a grade as well as one hour of credit. Several senators expressed concern over the logistics of enforcing such a policy; more than 1,500 students have not met the bibliography requirements, of which 500 are juniors and seniors. After discussing several options, Dr. Rackham made a motion to return APC #6 to committee to work out the logistics of coupling Bibliography with Language 102 and also to work with the administration in terms of other complications. Dr. Lisnerski seconded the motion. APC #6 was returned to committee for further consideration by a vote of 6 to 2 with three abstentions. VIII. Administrative Report Dr. Larry Wilson, VCAA, gave the Administrative Report. Hours Needed to Graduate & What Constitutes a Full Time Student Ray Dawson has stated that if the universities in the system have not reduced "time to graduate" and "hours in majors" by May 1993, there will be legislative action to raise FTE from 12 to 15, the number of hours which constitutes a full time student. If this occurs, there will be a loss of 579 faculty positions. Dr. Wilson stated that GA is very worried and action could take place in the short session this year. The Legislature is very angry about what it perceives as the State subsidizing students education for too long. Tuition only underwrites about 20% of the actual cost of education. One component of this is hours per majors. A proposal has come forward whereby each institution would be informed that by January 1993, any programs that require more than 128 hours to complete would be withdrawn from degree granting capability. Budget Flexibility Option (BFO) Ten universities within the NC system have elected to participate in the budget flexibility option. UNCA has not chosen this option at this time. Universities who have opted for the BFO must revert from their allocation the average reversion of the previous five years and prepare a plan that will show "clearly" how they relate improved student learning to the use of budget flexibility. Eventually all institutions will be required to do this. Budget State revenues are down for December. Approximately $300M will be available for the university system next year without new taxes. $250M will likely be committed to public schools, increased enrollments, and state-wide health care, with the remaining $50M used for salary increases of 1%. There is a possibility of a reduction in operating budgets to free up money for salaries. Asbestos Removal Materials from the old section of Ramsey Library have been removed to facilitate asbestos removal. This has caused serious crowding in the library. A large portion of these materials are bound periodicals which have been stored in Barnardsville. New Facilities The Board of Trustees approved the next phase of the new residence hall. The first phase will include a 95 bed $2.8M joint complex with 100 parking spaces. Eventually this will include three or four buildings totally perhaps 300-400 students. Construction will take place on the ridge behind the physical plant in late summer or early fall with occupancy in 1993. UNCA has also rented space for 40 students at the Mountain Trace apartment complex near campus. Bond Issue GA has insisted that each institute retain the priority list of four years ago if the bond issue passes. In descending order, UNCA's priority list is completion of Ramsey Library, completion of Karpen Hall, the physical education complex, and the Conference center. Intercollegiate Athletic Task Force The intercollegiate athletic task force has not finalized their report at this time, but will probably submit its report to the chancellor in two to three weeks. Pass/Fail Dr. Wilson has approved the request for a pass/fail grade in the African American Collegium discussed at the last senate meeting. Enrollment UNCA is at the bottom or slightly below the bottom window for enrollments this semester. Fewer unclassified part time students enrolled this semester. There is no adverse effect if an institution is + or - 2% of enrollment projections. Applications for next year have decreased by 9% but the quality continues to be substantially improved. UNCA has accepted 40% more students for next Fall than a year ago at this time. The average SAT's are 1065 and nearly 80% are in the top-fifth of their class. UNCA may need to be more generous on acceptances in order to make enrollments targets and avoid a penalty for missing projections by more than 2%. IX. Institutional Development Committee Report There was no Institutional Development Committee report. X. Faculty Welfare and Development Committee Dr. Bruce Greenawalt gave the Faculty Welfare and Development Committee Report. - Second Reading Dr. Greenawalt presented FWDC #1: Revision of UNCA Reappointment, Tenure, Promotion Guidelines for Formal Application for second reading. After making an editorial correction on page two and explaining changes in the document, Dr. Greenawalt moved approval of FWDC #1. Dr. Lisnerski seconded the motion. Dr. Rackham commended the committee for its work in presenting a clean and valuable document. After discussion, Dr. Nickless moved to add a clarification statement to the document in an editorial change. Dr. Greenawalt seconded the motion. The motion to insert a clarification statement passed unanimously. FWDC #1 passed by a vote of 10 to 1 and became Senate Document #1092S. XI. Old Business There was no Old Business. XII. New Business There was no New Business. XIII. Adjournment Dr. Hantz adjourned the meeting at 5:15 pm. Respectfully submitted by: Sandra Gravely Bruce Greenawalt