The University of North Carolina at Asheville FACULTY SENATE November 18, 1982 The Faculty Senate met at 3:30 p.m. in Library 1 with Dr. John Stevens, Chairman, presiding. Members present: Mr. Bernhardt (alternate), Dr. Browning, Dr. Comer, Dr. Gillum, Dr. Grams, Dr. Greenawalt, Dr. Howard, Dr. Moseley, Dr. Rainey, Dr. Shoaf (alternate), Dr. Stevens, Dr. Thurman (alternate), Dr. Walker, Mr. Wengrow, and Dr. Williams. Excused absent: Dr. Rackham, Dr. Wilson, Dr. Stoughton I. Dr. Stevens called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. He asked for the approval of the October 28th minutes and stated that he will ask approval of the November 4th minutes at the December meeting. It was moved and seconded that the October 28th minutes be approved. The motion carried. II. Dr. Stevens in reporting for the Executive Committee stated that Chancellor Highsmith has signed the Policy Statement on Student Evaluation of Teacher Effectiveness. Secondly, he stated that he has questioned the Chancellor concerning the transfer agreements between UNC-A and Asheville-Biltmore Technical College, completed last year without significant faculty contribution. The chairman will report later about this and other agreements with two-year institutions. Lastly, the student grievance policy will be sent to Chapel Hill for review by legal staff. III. Dr. Greenawalt presented the following documents for approval from the Faculty Welfare Committee. A. FWC Document #1 - Committee on Committees. Dr. Greenawalt stated that FWC Document #1 was established because of a concern expressed last May regarding committee overload. Dr. Greenawalt moved and Mr. Wengrow seconded that FWC Document #1 be approved. Dr. Greenawalt briefly discussed each of the items addressed in this document. He corrected Item 6, lst sentence, to read as follows: "That any objection by the Vice Chancellor to Faculty Welfare Committee appointments to committees be reviewed by the Executive Committee (and the Vice Chancellor)." It was moved by Dr. Comer and seconded by Dr. Moseley that item 3, should read: That (University-wide) special or ad hoc committees or task forces not meet until the Faculty Welfare Committee has had an opportunity to review Page 2 faculty membership and to make suggestions for change; and" The motion carried and the document as amended was approved. (Note: Changes are in parentheses). B. FWC Document #2 - Senate By-Laws. Dr. Greenawalt stated that the Faculty Welfare Committee was given the responsibility to create by-laws that will give guidance to vote counters and the Executive Committee in the conduct of elections. Dr. Greenawalt moved and Dr. Comer seconded that this document be adopted. Dr. Moseley moved and Mr. Wengrow seconded that item 1, lst sentence, should delete the phrase, "announcement of the election results" and add "deadline for return of ballots." The proposed amendment passed. Dr. Grams then moved and Dr. Rainey seconded that the last sentence in item 1 should be deleted. The motion to amend carried and FWC Document #2 was approved with the amended changes. C. FWC Document #3 - Constitutional Amendment. Dr. Greenawalt moved and Dr. Comer seconded that Amendment #1 in FWC Document #3 be adopted. Dr. Moseley suggested that the word "plus" in the first sentence should be deleted and the word "and" added, and that the comma after librarians should be deleted. The motion for adoption of Amendment #1 carried with the editorial changes noted. Dr. Greenawalt moved and Dr. Moseley seconded that Amendment #2 in FWC Document #3 be adopted. After discussion, Dr. Browning moved and Dr. Gillum seconded that the phrase "until the next election" in the first sentence of Amendment #2 be deleted. The motions to amend and adopt Amendment #2 were approved. D. Other Business. 1. Dr. Greenawalt presented a revised listing of faculty members eligible to vote, noting the persons that had been deleted and why deleted. There was some discussion as to why some names were on the list and others weren't. Dr. Browning stated that approval could be done by the committee responsible for issuing the ballots, the Faculty Welfare Committee. It was suggested by Dr. Comer that the list be included in the Faculty Senate minutes or sent to the Department Chairmen for comments. Dr. Browning moved and Dr. Moseley seconded that the list be returned to the Faculty Welfare Committee to determine as usual the eligibility of persons listed. The motion carried. Lastly, Dr. Thurman suggested that the list be included in the minutes and the rank held be noted. 2. Dr. Greenawalt stated that every year the Faculty Welfare Committee surveys various insurance policies. He stated that he has some information on the current cancer indemnity policy and will circulate this information later. Additionally, he stated that he can schedule a lunch-time meeting with the insurance Page 3 representative for faculty if interest is shown. 3. Dr. Greenawalt reported that the Faculty Welfare Committee is working on the following: a. comparison of summer school salaries across the state b. sabbatical leave c. the distribution of secretarial help on campus. IV. Dr. Browning stated that the Institutional Development Committee has three documents for which the Planning Council would like advice; namely, Planning Council Documents numbers 1, 3, and 4. A. Planning Council Document #1 - Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. Dr. Bergemann stated that the Education Department has been working on improvements for the last six years and have added new courses as mandated and courses that have been suggested by the evaluation team. She stated that they want to maintain UNC-A's strong liberal arts program. Last summer the Education Department made a decision to propose a bachelor of science degree in education. Dr. Bergemann stated that she would be interested in hearing some comments and opinions from the Senate so they can take the document back to the department for further work before returning to the Planning Council. Dr. Browning stated that the Planning Council believes that the system presently used produces better results than elsewhere in the state. Dr. Rainey stated that it would seem that the proposed changes would give the student something tangible. Dr. Browning stated that Dr. Rice indicated that having a degree in education as opposed to certification makes it easier to attract potential education students. Dr. Stevens stated that due to the time the remaining Planning Council documents will be carried over to the December meeting. He brought to the attention of the Senate once again that the following Senate documents have not been located and would appreciate any assistance he can get in locating them. 1974-75 - April 1. Doc 1-6B re: Evening courses offered in conjunction with WCU 2. Doc 7 re: Incomplete grades 3. Doc 8 re: Continuing Education 4. Doc 10 re: Bachelor of Science degree 5. Doc 11 re: Provisions for S/U grading 6. Doc 12 re: Revised statement of aims and objectives 7. Doc 13 re: Guidelines for CLEP credit and exemption 8. Doc 14 re: Department of Education Page 4 1975-76 1. Oct. 28 - APC #2 re: Department of Psychology The meeting adjourned at 5:40 p.m. Approved Submitted Bruce Greenawalt Nayyir Bayyan Secretary, Faculty Senate Faculty Senate Secretary