Thursday
January 17, 2008
MA 211K
2:00 p.m.
AGENDA SETTING
1. Approve the minutes from the November 29, 2007
meeting
2. Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs Committee
Louise Moulding, Chair
Report on Mandatory Assessment and
Placement Policy (MAPP)
Online Professor Evaluation Proposal
Recommendation
3. Curriculum Committee Craig Bergeson, Chair
Computer Science
Program proposal for Software Engineering
Criminal Justice - Course proposal for Introduction to Corrections - CJ 1300. Program proposal for Criminal Justice/Forensic Science Investigation
Master of Business Administration - Course proposal for Strategic Business Tax Planning - MBA 6590
Telecommunications & Business Education- Program changes for Business Education Major - Business Systems Technologies Emphasis, Business Systems Technologies (Minor and BIS), Business Education Major - Composite Teaching Emphasis, Telecommunications Administration, and Business Systems Technologies (AAS Degree). Course change for Business Systems Technologies Practicum - TBE 4860
Psychology - Program changes for Psychology Major/Minor, Teaching Major/Minor, and BIS Degree.
Course proposal for Directed Readings - PSY 2830
Visual Art - Course proposal for Museum Methods - ART 4010
Clinical Laboratory Science - Program change for Clinical Laboratory Sciences, BS Degree. Course
proposals for Applied Working Lab. I - CLS 4442, and Applied Working Lab. II - CLS 4446
Teacher Education - Secondary Licensure Track within the Masters Program. Course proposals for
Practicum in Education - EDUC 5860, Student Teaching in Secondary Education for MED Students - MED 5880, and Introduction to Classroom Management - MED 6110
4. General Education Improvement and Assessment
Committee Becky Johns, Chair
Faculty Retreat, February 8, 2008
5. Environmental Issues Ad Hoc Committee Hal Crimmel
6. Faculty Senate Packets Colleen Garside
7. Faculty Senate Membership Overview Bruce
Handley
8. Professional Development Funds for Executive
Committee Members Bruce Handley
9. Other Items
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Thursday Approved 2-7-08
January 17 2008
2:00 p.m.
MA 211K
AGENDA SETTING
PRESENT
Laine Berghout, Lloyd Burton, Dave Ferro, Colleen Garside, Bruce Handley, Peggy
Saunders, Gene Sessions, Jim Wilson Kay Brown, Secretary
EXCUSED
Ann Millner, Mike Vaughan
GUESTS
Craig Bergeson, Louise Moulding
MINUTES
Colleen Garside: Moved to approve the minutes from the November 29, 2007
meeting.
Second: Lloyd Burton
Outcome: The minutes were approved with 1 abstention.
ASSA
Admissions, Standards and Student Affairs Louise Moulding, Chair
MAPP Report - Data presented showed that students who score 39 or below on the
ACCUPLACER are not succeeding at high rates in MATH 0950 and 0955. The data at
this time have not been disaggregated to examine other factors that may
influence success or lack thereof. These factors include age (traditional versus
non-traditional students) and years since high school graduation.
Recommendations
Conduct a national search for a director of the developmental math program who
has previous experience with such a program and can provide new insight into the
circumstances at WSU.
Establish funds to hire more full time faculty for developmental math to
create greater stability and continuity.
Consider including Math 1050 in the developmental math program or allowing
colleges to teach Math 1050 in the context of majors.
Implement, as standard practice, disaggregation of MAPP for examining the
validity of placement, and further evaluate the efficacy of MAPP
The Executive Committee would like to discuss the recommendations with the
Provost before forwarding the recommendations to the Faculty Senate.
MOTION TO TABLE
Dave Ferro: Moved to table the discussion until the Provost can meet with the
Executive Committee.
Second: Lloyd Burton
Outcome: The motion passed.
PROFESSOR EVALUATIONS
Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs discussion of Electronic Professor
Evaluations -
They provide an opportunity for students to gain information about courses and
professors.
They felt that the current system of course evaluations during class time
creates a situation conducive to participation by most students.
Concerns raised over the Student Senate proposal -
Evaluations are an important source of information, but requiring students to
complete the
evaluation prior to viewing their grades (RS07-03, line 49) would be punitive
rather than motivational. As a result, students may not put sufficient thought
and time into providing valid answers to the questions, thus invalidating the
results.
The lack of requests for evaluations while housed at the library may be an
indication that students are not interested in the infomation. This raises the
concern as to whether the proposed evaluation system is needed.
The coordination of online information with existing course evaluations,
particular to departments, is unclear. The need for a dual system is not
supported by ASSA committee members.
Results of online evaluations may be unreliable and misinterpreted when viewed
out of context.
Recommendation
ASSA does not support the forming of a subcommittee to further investigate the
viability of the proposal and does not recommend that Faculty Senate support the
proposal.
MOTION
Gene Sessions: Moved to accept the recommendation of the ASSA Committee to not
support the proposal for Electronic Professor Evaluations.
Second: Laine Berghout
Outcome: The motion passed with 1 opposed.
SWAT
Hanalee Hawking, Prevention Specialist, Drug and Alcohol Program. Hanalee is
over student wellness and reports to the Student Health Center under Student
Affairs. A $5,000 mini grant was received from the federal government. She
partnered with James Bemel in Health Promotion and Human Performance to form a
student coalition, Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT). They are working
toward having the University develop a comprehensive tobacco policy which would
include a smoke free campus. They are gathering input from different groups on
campus and have met with PSAC, CSAC, and student government groups.
It was suggested that she take this issue to the Environmental Issue Committee
for discussion.
MOTION
Wade Kotter: Moved to charge the Environmental Issues Committee to review the
recommendations of the SWAT coalition and decide whether we should seek faculty
input and if so in what way should we get that input.
Second: Peggy Saunders
Outcome: The motion passed with 1 opposed.
CURRICULUM
Curriculum Committee Craig Bergeson, Chair
Computer Science - Program proposal for Software Engineering
Criminal Justice - Course proposal for Introduction to Corrections - CJ 1300. Program proposal for Criminal Justice/Forensic Science Investigation
Master of Business Administration - Course proposal for Strategic Business Tax Planning - MBA 6590
Telecommunications & Business Education- Program changes for
Business Education Major - Business Systems Technologies Emphasis, Business
Systems Technologies (Minor and BIS), Business Education Major - Composite
Teaching Emphasis, Telecommunications Administration, and Business Systems
Technologies (AAS Degree). Course change for Business Systems Technologies
Practicum - TBE 4860
Psychology - Program changes for Psychology Major/Minor, Teaching Major/Minor,
and BIS Degree. Course proposal for Directed Readings - PSY 2830
Visual Art - Course proposal for Museum Methods - ART 4010
Clinical Laboratory Science - Program change for Clinical Laboratory Sciences, BS Degree. Course proposals for Applied Working Lab. I - CLS 4442, and Applied Working Lab. II - CLS 4446
Teacher Education - Secondary Licensure Track within the
Masters Program. Course
proposals for Practicum in Education - EDUC 5860, Student Teaching in Secondary
Education for MED Students - MED 5880, and Introduction to Classroom Management
- MED 6110.
MOTION
Gene Sessions: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate the above curriculum
proposals.
Second: Wade Kotter
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
GEN ED
General Education Improvement & Assessment Committee Becky Johns, Chair
The General Education Improvement & Assessment Committee will hold a General
Education Faculty Roundtable on Friday, February 8, 2008 in the Union Building
Ballrooms from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m. Information has gone to all full time
faculty announcing the event. They would like to have discussion among the full
time faculty first, and then have conversations with the adjunct faculty.
General Format
Lunch - Provided by Provosts Office
General Session - Information and reports about general education assessment
to date.
Break Out sessions - Each table will have a GEIAC member as the facilitator
and spend twenty minutes discussing the topic assigned that table. After twenty
minutes the faculty at that table will rotate to another table, facilitator and
topic.
Final Debriefing - Closing session with the whole body and discussion of next
steps.
Small Table Topics
Breadth and Core general education area concerns
Maintaining high standards in general education courses
Civic Engagement/Service Learning Certificate or diploma designation and
General Education
Role of Major departments in designing general education pathways for
students
Problems with consistency of general education (and thus assessablity) courses
given number of courses possible to take and variety of instructors.
Bruce Handley was asked to take a couple of minutes to welcome the group to the
roundtable event.
MOTION
Colleen Garside: Moved to forward to the Faculty Senate as an information item
the announcement of the General Education Faculty Roundtable on Friday, February
8, 2008 from 12:00 noon to 3:00 p.m.
Second: Peggy Saunders
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Environmental Issues Ad Hoc Committee Gene Sessions, Liaison
Hal Crimmel and Bryan Dorsey met with President Millner and Norm Tarbox to
discuss the Recycling Initiative and the Carbon Emissions Reduction Initiative.
As a result of that meeting, they are rethinking the direction of the committee.
The Executive Committee discussed whether or not the ad hoc committee needed to
be reappointed for a second academic year, and whether or not this should be a
Faculty Senate Standing Committee. The committee was originally established in
April 2007.
It was recommended that the ad hoc committee undertake an initiative to educate
the campus, and gradually build a consensus. Some felt that a resolution from
this committee at this time is premature.
AGENDAS
The College of Arts & Humanities has a caucus that gets together before every
Faculty Senate meeting to discuss the issues before the Senate. Colleen Garside
asked if there was a way for faculty to see the items on the Faculty Senate
agenda sooner. Currently, the agendas are mailed on the Friday before the Senate
meeting.
It was decided that the agenda for the Agenda Setting meeting could be posted
online two weeks prior to a Faculty Senate meeting for anyone interested to
view.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Funds in the amount of $300 will be transferred from the Faculty Senate into
department accounts for Executive Committee members to use for professional
development.
14-WEEK CALENDAR
The faculty survey on the 14-week calendar has been delayed. Rob Reynolds was
asked to chair a subcommittee to develop a survey. Rob is now serving as
department chair of Sociology and Anthropology and will not be able to chair the
subcommittee. Bruce Handley will talk with Rob about the survey and discuss the
issue with the Provost and Bruce Bowen. Executive Committee members felt that
the survey needed to be assigned to another faculty member, finalized, and sent
out.
CIO
Don Gardner, Chief Information Officer, has accepted a position with the
University of California, Long Beach. Jean Fruth will serve as the interim CIO.
President Millner is setting up a search committee to fill the position
permanently.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 3:30.