Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate
Thursday, January 16, 2014
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2:00 p.m.
2.
YouTube video on Executive Committee Outtakes eHoliday & Birthday
Greeting.
3.
A Report on how the Online Course Evaluations went for Fall 13 Semester –
Gail Niklason, Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Heather Chapman
Action
Items
4.
Curriculum Committee – Fran Butler, Chair
COAST
Electronics Technology - Julie McCulley
Electronics Engineering Technology (EET)
Program
Change Proposal
EET1140 DC Circuits -
Course Proposal Change
EET2010 AC Circuits -
New Course Proposal
(with sylla
Automotive
Service Technology - John D Kelly
AAS in Automotive Service Technology -
Program
Change Proposal
AUSV1021 Automotive Braking Systems 1 -
Course
Proposal Change
AUSV1022 Steering & Suspension Systems -
Course
Proposal Change
AUSV1023 Automotive Braking Systems 2
- New Course Proposal
AUSV1025 Steering and Suspension Systems 2 -
New
Course Proposal
AUSV1042
General Motors Steering and Suspension Systems -Course Proposal Change
AUSV1052 Chrysler Steering and Suspension Systems
- Course Proposal Change
AUSV1120
Automotive Engines -
Course Proposal Change
AUSV1124
Automotive Engines 2 -
New Course Proposal
AUSV1320
Automotive Electronics -
Course Proposal Change
AUSV1323
Automotive Electronics 2 -
New Course Proposal
Network
Management and Business Multimedia - Diana Green, Allyson Saunders, Laura
MacLeod, and Thomas Bell
Network Management Technologies Institutional
Certificate -
Program Change Proposal
Name Change to “Network Security Technology Certificate”
(Board of Regents)
Network Technologies Institutional Certificate –
Program Change Proposal
Name Change to “Network
Technologies Certificate” (Board of
Regents)
BS Business Education Composite Teaching Major -
Program Change Proposal
Name Change to “Business/Marketing Education Composite Teaching Major”
User Experience Design for Web and Mobile Minor -
NEW Program Change Proposal
(Board of Regents)
Business/Marketing
Education Teaching Minor -
Program Change Proposal
(Removal of this minor)
(Board of Regents)
AAS Business/Multimedia Technologies -
Program
Change Proposal
BS in Business/Multimedia Technologies - Program
Change Proposal
Business/Multimedia Technologies Minor/BIS
Emphasis
Business Education Teaching Minor -
Program
Change Proposal
NTM2335 Introduction to User Experience Design
for Web & Mobile –
New Course Proposal
CS2335 Introduction to User Experience Design for
Web & Mobile –
New Course Proposal
NTM3645 Advanced User Interface Design -
New
Course Proposal
CS3645 Advanced User
Interface Design -
New Course Proposal
SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Anthropology
- Brooke Arkush
Anthropology
- Program Change Proposal
Political
Science - Carol McNamera
POLS4865 State and Local Internship,
New Course
Proposal
Master’s of Education - David Byrd and
Peggy Saunders
Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction -
Program Change
Proposal
MED6085 Developing a project Proposal -
Course Proposal
Change
MED6229 Instructional Technology for Pre-Service Teachers-
New Course Proposal
MED6317 Arts Integration for Elementary Teachers -
New Course Proposal
HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Medical Laboratory Sciences - Janet Oja
MLS1010 Core Clinical Laboratory Skills
5.
COAST Tenure & Post Tenure
Document - Stephen Francis, Chair
APAFT Committee & Steve Peterson
6. PPM 6-2, Admissions – Becky Marchant, ASSA Chair
7.
Faculty Board of Review Committee
Kent Kidman, Science (Alternate -
replaced Brian Davis)
8.
University Ranking Tenure
Evaluation Committee
Taowen
Le (Goddard School of Business Alternate) replaced Brian Davis)
Doris Geide-Stevenson (Alternate)
Information Items
9.
Other Items
Faculty Communication with the Senate
-
Handling Difficult Issues in the Classroom - Patti Cost
Report from Liaison’s on Respective Committees
Next
Meeting: Faculty Senate, January
23, 2014 at 3:00 pm WB206-207
Thursday, January 16, 2014
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2 PM
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
AGENDA SETTING MEETING MINUTES - Approved
PRESENT
Eric Amsel, John Armstrong, Patti Cost, Alicia Giralt,
Kirk Hagen, Ed Hahn, Kathleen Herndon, , Jim
Turner, Mike Vaughan, and Brenda
Stockberger
EXCUSED
Carol Naylor and Chuck Wight
GUESTS
Fran Butler, Steve Peterson, Gail Niklasen, Heather Chapman, Leigh Shaw,
Becky Marchant, and Susan Matt
1. MINUTES – Approval of the
minutes from Agenda Setting meeting – November 21, 2013.
MOTION Motion to approve the minutes from Agenda Setting meeting, November 21,
2013, by Ed Hahn.
SECOND Alicia Giralt
OUTCOME Unanimous
2. YouTube video on Executive
Committee Outtakes eHoliday & Birthday Greeting.
Shane Farver
provided a clip of bloopers on the Executive Committee which was entertaining to
watch.
3. Report on how the Online
Course Evaluations went for Fall 13 Semester – Gail Niklason and
Heather Chapman, Office of Institutional Effectiveness
A handout with data on Response Rates by Colleges and departments was handed
out.
See Faculty Senate Web Page/16 Jan
Meeting for link to this information.
DISCUSSION
Transition from paper to online evaluations is a concern.
Look at the standard deviation
Concerns on evaluations not being anonymous.
One student in a class is not anonymous.
Evaluation has to have a name if points are given for completing evaluation.
Some faculty give points when giving an evaluation or require one before taking
the final exam.
Some faculty do not give points for students completing an evaluation.
They believe that this is an incentive to get
a good evaluation. Some
students submit without answering any questions.
This is rated as “no response”.
The open window on when to take evaluations varies by faculty member.
Some want this early others are fine with the two weeks before finals week.
Paper evaluations are still acceptable.
Online evaluations are optional.
Can students have their evaluations reset?
Yes, they can if the student is identified correctly and the window is
still open. Currently, an informal
policy exists on this subject.
Should this reset policy be reviewed?
Should an ad-hoc committee be convened and discuss and review this feedback on
class evaluations?
ASSA would be the committee to review this subject in case policy needs to be
changed.
Gail suggested that a question and answer session could take place during a
Teaching & Learning Forum Brown Bag session for faculty.
The information gathered would be given
to the Executive Committee to determine what the next step would be.
The committee agreed that this would be the best action right now.
4. Curriculum Committee – Fran
Butler, Chair
COAST
Electronics Technology - Julie McCulley
Electronics Engineering
Technology (EET) Program Change Proposal
EET1140 DC Circuits -
Course Proposal Change
EET2010 AC Circuits –
New Course Proposal
Automotive Service Technology - John D Kelly
AAS in Automotive
Service Technology - Program Change Proposal
AUSV1021 Automotive
Braking Systems 1 - Course Proposal Change
AUSV1022 Steering &
Suspension Systems 1 - Course Proposal Change
AUSV1023 Automotive
Braking Systems 2 - New Course
Proposal
AUSV1025 Steering and
Suspension Systems 2 - New Course Proposal
AUSV1042 General Motors
Steering and Suspension Systems -Course Proposal Change
AUSV1052 Chrysler
Steering and Suspension Systems - Course Proposal Change
AUSV1120 Automotive
Engines 1 - Course Proposal Change
AUSV1124 Automotive
Engines 2 - New Course Proposal
AUSV1320 Automotive
Electronics 1 - Course Proposal Change
AUSV1323 Automotive
Electronics 2 - New Course Proposal
Network Management and Business Multimedia - Diana Green, Allyson
Saunders, Laura MacLeod, and Thomas Bell
Network Management
Technologies Institutional Certificate - Program Change Proposal
Name Change to “Network Security Technology Certificate” (Board of
Regents)
Network Technologies
Institutional Certificate – Program Change Proposal
Name Change to “Network Technologies
Certificate” (Board of Regents)
BS Business Education
Composite Teaching Major - Program Change Proposal
Name Change to “Business/Marketing Education Composite Teaching Major”
User Experience Design
for Web and
Business/Marketing Education Teaching Minor - Program Change Proposal (Removal
of this minor) (Board of Regents)
AAS Business/Multimedia
Technologies - Program Change Proposal
BS in
Business/Multimedia Technologies - Program Change Proposal
Business/Multimedia
Technologies Minor/BIS Emphasis
Business Education
Teaching Minor - Program Change Proposal
NTM2335 Introduction to
User Experience Design for Web & Mobile – New Course Proposal
CS2335 Introduction to
User Experience Design for Web & Mobile – New Course Proposal
NTM3645 Advanced User
Interface Design - New Course Proposal
CS3645 Advanced User Interface Design - New Course Proposal
SOCIAL & BEHAVIORAL
SCIENCES
Anthropology - Brooke Arkush
Anthropology - Program
Change Proposal
Political Science - Carol McNamera
POLS4865 State and Local
Internship, New Course Proposal
Master’s of Education - David Byrd and
Peggy Saunders
Master of
Education in Curriculum and Instruction - Program Change Proposal
MED6085 Developing
a project Proposal - Course Proposal Change
MED6229
Instructional Technology for Pre-Service Teachers- New Course Proposal
MED6317 Arts
Integration for Elementary Teachers - New Course Proposal
HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Medical Laboratory Sciences - Janet Oja
MLS1010 Core
Clinical Laboratory Skills
DISCUSSION No
discussion
MOTION
Move to approve Curriculum as a package
and forward to Faculty Senate by Eric Amsel.
SECOND
Kathy Herndon
OUTCOME
Unanimous
Report on WSU
General Education Requirements Comparison with other institutions in the state.
General Education Comparrison Chart
Discussion
WSU is higher in
the General Education Requirements compared with other institutions in the
state.
Computer and
information literacy is not required and no credits are given.
CIL compared who takes the test and who takes the course.
More are taking the test than the course.
Computer literacy is taught in Jr. High and High School.
Can this be a
developmental course rather than courses part of the core.
Scholarship money will not cover the test.
Some students are
computer savvy some are not.
The numbers will
really matter on whether or not students will pay for the test or have to pay
for a developmental course.
A lot of students
aren’t tech savvy. Keep the
Information literacy part.
A lot of students
think it is a silly requirement.
Will dropping
courses harm the NTM department?
What does
Northwest Accreditation require us to have?
Issues of transfer
articulation
Nursing department
has a point that WSU is high on credits required for General Education..
MOTION
Move to have the
Gen Ed committee review further the Gen Ed Coursework Comparison and find
alternative ways that WSU can reduce the number of credit hours on General
Education Credits required.
Second
Kathy Herndon
Outcome
Unanimous
Recommendation
on Coursework and student work outside the classroom based on credit hours.
It was discussed
in Curriculum Committee.
The University
Curriculum committee is not in favor of identifying this as a specific time
requirement.
It would be too
restrictive for departments to follow.
Communication
should be between faculty and students.
Student doesn’t
understand that a 3 credit course requires 9 hours of outside time.
Where could this
reference reside in PPM so that faculty to find this information?
Fran to follow up
with Craig Bergeson to discuss further how to identify where to put a reference
to this concern and then return with recommendation(s) to the Executive
Committee.
5. COAST Tenure & Post
Tenure Document - Stephen Francis, Chair APAFT Committee &
Steve Peterson
DISCUSSION
Concern on minimum credentials required on Page 5.
Language made clearer on Scholarship section, page 12,
2.e.d.
Document is better now than the old version.
MOTION
Move to approve the COAST Tenure & Post Tenure Document by Ed Hahn.
SECOND
John Armstrong.
OUTCOME
Unanimous
6.
PPM 6-2, Admissions – Becky Marchant, ASSA Chair
There were many updates
to the policy including language clarifications and updating the document to
current practices in the Admissions Office and definitions.
DISCUSSION
SECOND
Eric Amsel
OUTCOME
Unanimous
7. Faculty Board of Review Committee –
Kent Kidman, Science, was an Alternate member, who is replacing Brian
Davis.
Recommendations to replace two alternates on the Faculty Board of Review
Committee
The following faculty
was selected by their college and are recommended by the Executive
Committee.
Business & Economics
Tony Allred and Shane
Schvaneveldt
COAST
Allyson Saunders and Vel
Casler
An election to take
place at Faculty Senate on January 23, 2014 to fill the two Alternate spots.
Information Items
8. University Ranking Tenure Evaluation
Committee
The
9. Other Items
Faculty Communication
with the Senate Discussion
Susan Matt, Chair of
the History Department in the college of Social & Behavioral Sciences was in
attendance at the Executive Committee to bring concerns from the faculty about
the remodeling plans for the Stewart Library.
A petition was circulated and 122 signatures were acquired from 27
disciplines on campus. Faculty
concerns included – closed compact shelving, reducing the number of books to
eBooks, reducing the space for open shelving, and a testing center.
Faculty has a role in sending students to the library for assignments for
research. If books aren’t readily
available it becomes hard for the student to
complete assignments.
Changing bound books
to eBooks will create a hardship to lower income students who do not have access
to tablets and computers with internet connection.
Faculty need to be involved on the process of determining which books to
obsolete.
Administration will
discuss the faculty concerns at Faculty Senate on 23 January 2014.
Discussion will center on Compact Shelving, what types of
books/information will be in the compact shelving and what the access to them
will be. Compact shelving is the
kind that is on runners and the stacks will crank together.
Depending on what book is desired, that shelf is opened and the book can
then be accessed.
Faculty is encouraged
to come to senate to discuss concerns with administration. President Wight will
not be there, but Mike Vaughan, Provost will be there to answer questions along
with Joan Hubbard, Dean, Library.
There should be
further discussions on bound books and another discussion on Testing Center at
future meetings. Is a Testing Center
needed and where should it be located?
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Handling Difficult Issues in the Classroom – Patti Cost Postponed until
next meeting
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Report from Liaison’s on Respective Committees - Postponed until next
meeting
Meeting adjourned
at 4:35 pm
NEXT MEETING: Agenda Setting meeting, February 13, 2014, 2 pm
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