EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES Approved 12-3-98
Thursday, November 12, 1998
SS115, 2:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Karen Dewey, Dave Eisler, Judy Elsley, Bruce Handley, Thom Kuehls, Judith Mitchell - Vice Chair, Monica Mize, Diane Pugmire, Candadai Seshachari - Chair, Alden Talbot, Kay Brown - Secretary
EXCUSED: President Thompson
MINUTES
Judith Mitchell: Moved to accept the minutes of
November 5, 1998.
Second: Judy Elsley
Outcome: The minutes were approved.
HONORS PROGRAM
Mikel Vause represented the course proposal from the Honors Program for Senior Thesis Research, honors 4800, and a Program Proposal to incorporate this course as a requirement for the Honors Program.
MOTION
Judith Mitchell: Moved to accept the course
proposal for Senior Thesis Research, HONORS 4800, and the Program Proposal and to
place this item on the Faculty Senate agenda for the November 19, 1998 meeting.
Second: Diane Pugmire
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
FYE
Judy Elsley and Michael White represented the course proposal from the FYE Program, First Year Experience Mentor Leadership Seminar, EDUC 3170. This is not a required course.
MOTION
Thom Kuehls: Moved to accept the course proposal
for First Year Experience Mentor Leadership Seminar, EDUC 3170 and to place this item on
the Faculty Senate agenda for the November 19, 1998 meeting.
Second: Judith Mitchell
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
BIS PROGRAM
Daily Oliver represented the course proposal for the BIS Program, Bachelor of Integrated Studies Senior Capstone, HIST 4800. The Honors Program and BIS Program are now separate programs, therefore, the capstone course now needs to be separate from the Honors Program.
MOTION
Karen Dewey: Moved to accept the course proposal
from the BIS Program, Bachelor of Integrated Studies Senior Capstone, HIST 4800 and
place it on the Faculty Senate agenda for the November 19, 1998 meeting.
Second: Alden Talbot
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
IS&T and TBE
Dolly Samson and Margaret Bennett represented the course proposals for IntranetWare NetWare 4.11 Administration (Novell Course 520) - IS&T/TBE 2610, IntranetWare NetWare 4.11 Advanced Administration (Novell Course 525) - IS&T/TBE 2620, IntranetWare Installation and Configuration Management Workshop (Novell Course 804) - IS&T/TBE 2630, IntranetWare NetWare 4.11 Design and Implementation (Novell Course 532) - IS&T/TBE 2640, Service and Support (Novell Course 801) - IS&T/TBE 2650, IntranetWare Networking Technologies (Novell Course 200) - IS&T/TBE 2660 Building Intranets with IntranetWare (Novell Course 540) - IS&T/TBE 2670.
MOTION
Alden Talbot: Moved to accept the course proposals
for IS&T and TBE, IntranetWare NetWare 4.11 Administration (Novell Course 520) -
IS&T/TBE 2610, IntranetWare NetWare 4.11 Advanced Administration (Novell Course 525) -
IS&T/TBE 2620, IntranetWare Installation and Configuration Management Workshop (Novell
Course 804) - IS&T/TBE 2630, IntranetWare NetWare 4.11 Design and Implementation
(Novell Course 532) - IS&T/TBE 2640, Service and Support (Novell Course 801) -
IS&T/TBE 2650, IntranetWare Networking Technologies (Novell Course 200) - IS&T/TBE
2660 Building Intranets with IntranetWare (Novell Course 540)- IS&T/TBE 2670,
and place them on the Faculty Senate agenda for the November 19, 1998 meeting.
Second: Judy Elsley
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
IS&T and TBE
PROGRAM PROPOSAL
Dolly Samson and Margaret Bennett represented the Program Proposal for Professional Network Certificate - Novell Option to be housed in both the Goddard School of Business and Economics and the College of Applied Science and Technology.
MOTION
Judith Mitchell: Moved to accept the Program
Proposal for Professional Network Certificate - Novell Option to be housed in both the
Goddard School of Business and Economics and the College of Applied Science and Technology
and place it on the Faculty Senate agenda for the November 19, 1998 meeting.
Second: Diane Pugmire
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
IS&T
Course proposals from IS&T for Software Development II, IS&T 2130 and Enterprise Software Development, IS&T 4710. The course number was discussed as 4710 is a prerequisite for 4510.
Thom Kuehls: Moved to accept the course proposals
from IS&T for Software Development II, IS&T 2130, and Enterprise Software
Development, IS&T 4710 and place them on the Faculty Senate agenda for the November
19, 1998 meeting.
Second: Diane Pugmire
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Kent Weaver represented the course proposals from Computer Science for Networking Essentials and Supporting Microsoft Windows 95 - CS 2410, Administering & Supporting Windows NT 4.0 Core Technologies - CS 2420, and Internetworking with TCP/IP NT 4.0 & Supporting Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise Technologies - CS 2430, and Microsoft SQL Server System Administration, CS 2440, and the Program Proposal for Professional Network Certificate - Microsoft Option.
MOTION
Thom Kuehls: Moved to accept the course proposals
from Computer Science for Networking Essentials and Supporting Microsoft Windows 95 - CS
2410, Administering & Supporting Windows NT 4.0 Core Technologies - CS 2420, and
Internetworking with TCP/IP NT 4.0 & Supporting Windows NT 4.0 Enterprise
Technologies - CS 2430, and Microsoft SQL Server System Administration, CS 2440, and
the Program Proposal for Professional Network Certificate - Microsoft
Option and place them on the Faculty Senate agenda for the November 19, 1998 meeting.
Second: Monica Mize
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Mark Henderson represented the course proposal for ACDFA Participation, DANCE 2950/4950. Committee concerns were: course title, course description, grading, credit/no credit, and workshop attendance. The Executive Committee felt that, "Students may be responsible for their own registration fees and transportation, lodging and meals cost," should not be included in the course description.
MOTION
Judith Mitchell: Moved to accept the course
proposal for ACDFA Participation, DANCE 2950/4950 and to place it on the agenda for the
Faculty Senate meeting November 19, 1998.
Second: Alden Talbot
Outcome: The motion failed . This course will be sent back to Joanne Lawrence to
address the concerns of the Executive Committee.
Mark Henderson represented the course proposal for Opera Production, MUSIC 2810 and Theatre Management, THEATR 3340. The Executive Committee would like the course syllabus to be corrected. It contained a number of errors.
MOTION
Alden Talbot: Moved to accept the course proposals
for Opera Production, MUSIC 2810 and Theatre Management, THEATR 3340 and place
it on the agenda for the Faculty Senate meeting November 19, 1998.
Second: Monica Mize
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
Mark Biddle represented the program proposals for BFA in Art and BA, BS in Art: 2D Emphasis.
MOTION
Alden Talbot: Moved to accept the program
proposals for BFA in Art and BA, BS in Art: 2D Emphasis and to place them on the
agenda for the Faculty Senate meeting November 19, 1998.
Second: Monica Mize
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
GEOGRAPHY
Hal Elliott represented the course proposals for Cooperative Work Experience, Geogr 2890 (course deletion), World Environmental Issues, Geogr 3060, Wetland Environments, Geogr 3070, Geography of Asia, Geogr 3640, Geography of India and Southeast Asia, Geogr 3650 (course deletion) and the program proposal for the changes in the Geography Program.
MOTION
Judith Mitchell: Moved to approve the course
proposals for Cooperative Work Experience, Geogr 2890 (course deletion), World
Environmental Issues, Geogr 3060, Wetland Environments, Geogr 3070, Geography of Asia,
Geogr 3640, Geography of India and Southeast Asia, Geogr 3650 (course deletion), and place
them on the agenda for the Faculty Senate meeting November 19, 1998. The program proposal
will come back to Executive Committee December 3, 1998, as one of the course proposals in
the program has not been approved by the Curriculum Committee.
Second: Judy Elsley
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
TLA COMMITTEE
Kathryn MacKay, Eric Amsel and Sally Shigley represented the Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Committee. The Student General Education Skills Assessment Pilot Project includes a Student Perception Survey and a Portfolio Project to assess the writing and numerical skills students develop as a result of taking General Education courses. Writing and other assignments will be collected from faculty. Students are randomly selected to participate in the Portfolio Project. The Writing Assessment and Numeracy Committees will evaluate the writing and numerical skills exhibited in the student artifacts by using rubrics (primary trait scoring scales) which they have developed.
This is assessment other than standardized tests, and is unobtrusive for both students and faculty. The model was developed, and will be implemented by faculty. Faculty are devising the scoring rubrics and setting the standard for student performance, and they are responsible for the necessary curriculum improvement. The outcomes are operationally defined and artifacts are scored by interdisciplinary faculty teams. The responsibility for General Education in terms of design, delivery, assessment, and improvement resides with the faculty.
MOTION
Judith Mitchell: Moved to place this informational
item from the Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Committee on the Faculty Senate
agenda for the November 19, 1998 meeting.
Second: Monica Mize
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
SALARY COMMITTEE
Alma Harris reported on the progress of the Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee. The elements currently under discussion are: (1) Across the Board Percentage Increase - Discussion to this point has been in the 1.5 to 2% range. (2) Merit Pay - The Salary Committee has rejected the Eastern Washington merit bonus pool approach. A fixed dollar amount per faculty, distributed as merit, and merit considerations factored into equity adjustments have both been mentioned. (3) Promotion Increase. (4) Minimum Salary by Rank. (5) Target 1, Equity Adjustment Salary - CUPA salary for discipline and rank, adjusted for time in rank. (6) Target 2, Equity Adjustment Salary - Median or mean salary by rank, adjusted for time in rank.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m.