THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

 

FACULTY SENATE

 

 Senate Document Number     6309S

 

 Date of Senate Approval      04/09/09

 

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

 

FWDC 10 Revised:           Revision of the Appointment process for Faculty ILS Oversight

                                       Committee and its constituent subcommittees (Revision of

                                       SD0703F, SD0304F, SD0105F, SD8307F; Faculty Handbook 10.3.8)

 

 

Effective:          Immediately

 

Delete               from Faculty Handbook under Section 10.3.8 the entire section beginning with “Structure:” and ending immediately before the section beginning with "Duties:"

The section currently reads as follows:

 

Structure:

 

The Faculty ILS committee is composed of:

 

    * Six voting faculty members, in staggered three-year terms, with at least one member from each of the three academic divisions. The committee will be nominated by the FWDC (in consultation with ILSOC) and voted upon by the Faculty Senate.

    * One member of APC, chosen by APC (ex officio, without vote)

    * Dean for University Programs (DUP) or designate (ex officio, without vote)

One voting member will be chosen as chair of the committee at the first meeting of the academic year.

 

Each member of the Oversight Committee will be responsible for coordinating a particular area of the ILS.

 

          o One member will work with the DUP to coordinate Liberal Studies Colloquia.

          o One member will coordinate topical clusters

          o Four members will each chair one of the four subcommittees overseeing the intensive areas: Diversity, Writing, Quantitative and Information Literacy.  Membership on these subcommittees is organized by the subcommittee chairs, and reported to ILSOC and FWDC for approval. Membership for each subcommittee is set at a minimum of three, and will consist of staggered two or three-year terms.

 

Replace with:

 

Structure:

 

The Faculty ILS Oversight committee is composed of:

 

    * Six voting faculty members.

    * One member of APC, chosen by APC (ex officio, without vote)

    * Associate Provost for University Programs (APUP) or designate (ex officio, without vote)

 

The voting members of the committee will be the chairs of the six subcommittees and will be elected for one-year, renewable terms by the members of the ILSOC subcommittees from among the members of those subcommittees.

 

One voting member will be chosen as chair of each subcommittee at the first meeting of the academic year; one voting member of ILSOC will be chosen as chair at the first meeting of the academic year.

 

Each subcommittee will be responsible for coordinating a particular area of the ILS: Liberal Studies Colloquia; Topical Clusters; Diversity Intensives; Writing Intensives; Quantitative Intensives; and Information Literacy Intensives.

 

Members of intensive subcommittees are appointed by Faculty Senate, upon nomination from the FWDC.  Subcommittees will consist of a maximum of five members, except for the Writing Intensive subcommittee, which will have eight appointed members in addition to the Director of the University Writing Center who will serve ex officio, without vote.  Members will serve staggered, non-consecutive four-year terms. In choosing subcommittee members the Senate should give consideration to candidates’ experience and/or interest in the particular intensive area of the subcommittee.

 

RATIONALE and PROCEDURES FOR TRANSITION:

 

The FWDC believes that having the ILS Oversight Committee elected from among the members of the various subcommittees serves the need of assuring knowledge and competence on ILSOC. With this change it is no longer desirable to have the Oversight committee continue to choose members of the subcommittees; instead, having those persons nominated and appointed by FWDC and the Senate provides needed representativeness and input from the faculty at large.  The FWDC is mindful of the desirability that members of the subcommittees be knowledgeable about the intensives they are to oversee; but recognizes also that faculty who do not teach in one of the intensives may also have relevant knowledge and interest.

 

Current members of the intensive subcommittees will serve their current terms and replacement members, or additional members as may be needed to fill out subcommittee memberships, will be appointed as provided in this document. Election of members of ILSOC from the six subcommittees will begin (as existing members rotate off) in Fall, 2009.