Thursday Approved 2/14/08 Februa

Approved 2/14/08

Thursday
February 7, 2008
2:00 p.m.
MA 211K

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESENT
Laine Berghout, Lloyd Burton, Dave Ferro, Colleen Garside, Peggy Saunders, Gene Sessions, Mike Vaughan, Jim Wilson – Kay Brown, Secretary

EXCUSED
Bruce Handley, Ann Millner

GUESTS
Bruce Bowen, Louise Moulding

MINUTES
Wade Kotter: Moved to approve the minutes from the January 17, 2008 meeting.
Second: Peggy Saunders
Outcome: The minutes were approved.

ASSA
Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs Committee – Louise Moulding reporting.

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 Weber State.
• 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

Response to Recommendations
1. A national search for a director is currently underway.
2. Funding - The developmental math program is self supporting and generates enough money to support full-time faculty. Currently about 35% of the instruction is by adjunct faculty.
3. Disaggregation of MAPP data. This is being done.
4. Moving Math 1050 to the developmental program - If Math 1050 moved, 30 to 50% of the mathematicians would lose their jobs.

Some Suggestions
• Instructors could combine certain sections to teach 0960 and continue with those same students and teach 1050. Some sections of Math 1050 would still be taught in the Math Department.
• Need information beyond the cut scores to understand how to help the students succeed in their math courses.

The Provost pointed out that bullet 3, (Consider including Math 1050 in the developmental math program or allowing colleges to teach Math 1050 in the context of majors.) is not a development
issue. The Executive Committee, however, felt this recommendation should be shared and discussed with Developmental Math.

MOTION
ade Kotter: Moved to have Louise Moulding take her report and recommendations to Developmental Math, discuss the issues, and have Developmental Math report back to the Executive Committee.
Second: Colleen Garside
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

14-WEEK SURVEY

On October 4, 2007 a task force was established as follows:

Task Force Committee Members
• Arts & Humanities - Shelley Thomas
• Applied Science & Technology - Al Talbot
• Business & Economics - Tony Allred
• Education - Kim Hyatt
• Health Professions - Yas Simonian
• Library - Ed Hahn
• Science - Michelle More
• Social & Behavioral Sciences - Rob Reynolds, Chair
• Executive Committee - Bruce Handley, Liaison

Kim Hyatt from Education is no longer at Weber State and Rob Reynolds is unable to fulfill his assignment as chair.

The Executive Committee discussed having Bruce Handley ask Eric Amsel to chair the 14-Week Semester Task Force. The Provost suggested having Eric's role be that of a consultant. Much of the administrative work could be done by Bruce Bowen, Institutional Research, and the Provost in the design and implementation of the survey. Eric and the Task Force would review the survey questions, make suggestions, and sign off on the survey. This will need to be done quickly as we are in the middle of the semester and there is only a four or five week window before the final weeks of the semester.

The question was raise about the need to do a survey. The Executive Committee felt that a survey needed to be done as it was stated in Faculty Senate that a survey would go out to all faculty.

MOTION

Laine Berghout: Moved to have Bruce Handley ask Eric Amsel to chair the 14-Week Semester Task Force as advisory with Bruce Bowen, Institutional Research, and the Provost putting together the survey and administering the survey pending final approval of the questions by the 14-Week Task Force.
Second: Colleen Garside
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.

GOVERNANCE AWARD

The deadline for nominations for the Faculty Governance Award is Friday, February 29. Information will be sent to all faculty outlining the criteria.

Criteria: Members of the Faculty Senate will nominate current faculty for the Faculty Governance Award. Faculty can work through their Faculty Senate member.

Nominations should include a written statement indicating:

1. the committees that the nominee has worked on,
2. accomplishments that the committees have made during the nominee’s tenure on the committee,
3. the role that the nominee played in those accomplishments, and their service to the committee and the university,
4. membership on standing committees and the role played on those committees, and
5. other information that is pertinent to the nominee’s service to faculty.

Nominees will be reviewed and the awardee selected by Executive Committee members that are not nominated.

LIAISON REPORTS

ARCC, Dave Ferro reporting - Proposals should be geared more toward individual faculty. Massive college proposals are not going to be allowed any more. Mike Vaughan has made available to the Deans $300,000 on a match basis (one on one funding)for building renovation and upgrade of computer technology. This is one time funding. Requests have come to the Provost’s Office through the deans, and most will receive what they have requested. There is a 12 to 18 month delay in construction scheduling for electrical upgrades to buildings.

RSPG, Dave Ferro reporting - Therese Grajilva, Chair of RSPG, has streamlined the proposal process.

ASSA, Peggy Saunders reporting - The ASSA Committee has set up two subcommittees to work on the remaining two charges.

APAFT, Wade Kotter reporting - Frank Guliuzza, Chair of APAFT, has communicated to all department chairs the policy requiring student evaluations passed by the Faculty Senate April 19, 2007 - PPM 8-11, B Student Evaluations - In an attempt to chart ongoing teaching performance, student evaluations shall be administered and compiled by an impartial third party. Each year, all contract, non-tenured, and adjunct faculty members will have student evaluations administered in every course taught and each tenured faculty member shall have student evaluations administered in at least two of the courses . . . This information will also be put in the newsletter. The APAFT committee is still discussing the Intellectual Property issue and the Conflict of Interest issue.

CRAO, Lloyd Burton reporting - The apportionment report was presented to the Faculty Senate in December and approved. No other issues have come to the committee at this time.

CURRICULUM, Laine Berghout reporting - This has been a light year for curriculum. The moratorium on S.I. and Diversity course has now been lifted.

GENERAL EDUCATION, Jim Wilson reporting - The committee has been preparing for the Roundtable to be held February 8.

HONORARY DEGREE - This committee has completed its work for the year with the exception of looking at commencement, the uneven nature of the December commencement and the May commencement. Dispensing with December Commencement is being revisited.

SBBFP, Gene Sessions reporting - The new policy, PPM 3-26, on Maternity leave is being discussed in terms of what it means to faculty.

Equity data has been presented that shows a larger equity cap for full professors. There doesn’t seem to be a pattern at the full professor level across colleges, but there seems to be a pattern of full professor relative to lower ranks in every college except one. The Salary Negotiation Team will be selected shortly.

TLA/TLF, Colleen Garside reporting - The New Faculty Retreat was held in August, the Symposium took place in October, and the Adjunct Faculty Retreat was held last weekend with 106 participants. Workshops have been change to a drop in format in an effort to have more participation by faculty.

ASSOCIATE PROVOST
The Provost’s Office has posted a nation advertisement for an Associate Provost. They have advertized twice, and have not found a candidate, however, three applicants under consideration withdrew their names. The new posting will be listed at Associate Provost and Dean of Under Graduate Studies. Responsibilities include accreditation, assessment, and program review; and oversight of teaching with excellence programs: service learning, undergraduate research, and honors.

ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 3:35 p.m.