AGENDA SETTING
April 8, 2010
1. Approval of the minutes from the March 11, 2010 meeting
2. 2010-11 Faculty Senate Standing Committee Members – David Malone
3. Appointment. Promotion, Academic Freedom & Tenure – Afshin Ghoreishi,
Chair
Dumke College of Health Professions Tenure Document
4. Academic Calendar
5. Curriculum Committee – Erika Daines, Chair
Computer & Information Literacy
Form
Ad Hoc BA/BS Degree Committee
Curriculum
Performing Arts - Gen Ed Creative Arts course proposal - Introduction to Technical Production - THEA 1053
Performing Arts - Course proposal for Pro Tools 110 - MUSC 4821
Psychology Department - Program change for Psychology Major, Psychology Teaching Major, and BIS Emphasis; Course proposal for Psychology Statistics Lab - PSY 3605
Master of Criminal Justice - Course proposal for Legal Foundations of Criminal Justice - MCJ 6190
Information Systems & Technologies - Program proposal for Information Systems & Technologies; Course proposals for Business Computer Skills - IST 2010, Information Systems Computer Fundamentals - IST 2420, Information Security Basics - IST 4620
Child & Family Studies - Program change for Early Childhood Education Major (BS and BA); Course proposal for Integrated Elementary Education Student Teaching Seminar - CHF 4850
Mathematics Department - Course proposals for Mathematics for Teaching: Numbers and Operations - MTHE 6710, Mathematics for Teaching: Rational Numbers and Proportional Reasoning - MTHE 6720; Mathematics for Teaching: Algebraic Reasoning - MTHE 6760, Mathematics for Teaching: Geometry and Measurement - MTHE 6770, Mathematics for Teaching: Problem Solving and Data Analysis - MTHE 6780
Geography Department - Environmental Studies Track E
Health Promotion and Human Performance - Program proposals for Athletic Training Undergraduate Degree (BS), and Entry-level Athletic Training, Graduate Degree (MS); Course proposals for Introduction to Radiology for the Athletic Training Profession - AT 4700, and Advanced Diagnostic Imaging for the Athletic Training Professional - MSAT 6700
6. General Education Improvement & Assessment Committee – Rick Ford,
Chair
American Institutions Mission, Objectives
7. Salary, Benefits, Budget & Fiscal Planning Committee – Lloyd Burton,
Chair
CUPA Salary Comparisons
2010 Faculty Equity Model and Analysis
Salary Recommendation
Degree Recognition Recommendation
ARCC Funds Recommendation
8. Other Items
MINUTES
PRESENT
Laine Berghout, David Ferro,
Colleen Garside, Azenett Garza, Doris Geide-Stevenson, Ed
Hahn, Sue Harley, Ann Millner, Peggy Saunders, Kathleen
Sitzman, Mike Vaughan – Kay Brown, Secretary
GUESTS
Erika Daines, Afshin Ghoreishi
MINUTES
Colleen
Garside: Moved to approve the
minutes from the March 11, 2010
meeting.
Second: Ed Hahn
Outcome: The
minutes were approved.
2010-11 COMMITTEES
ACADEMIC RESOURCES AND COMPUTING COMMITTEE 2010-11
| Three Year Term | Two Year Term |
One Year Term |
|
Jordan Hamson-Utley, Ed Chris Hauser, Lib Marek Matyjasic, S Eric Swedin, B&E |
Kami Hanson, HP JoEllen Jonsson, COAST Mukhbir Singh, A&H Leah Murray, S&BS |
John Armstrong, S |
| Chair: John Armstrong Liaison: Brian Rague | ||
ADMISSIONS, STANDARDS, AND STUDENT AFFAIRS 2010-11
| Three Year Term | Two Year Term | One Year Term |
|
Tamara Chase, HP Ted Cowan, COAST Valerie Herzog, Ed Eric Smith, B&E |
Don Davies, S Kathy Herndon, A&H Teri Jurkiewicz, HP Barbara Trask, S |
Ruby Licona, Lib Kathryn MacKay, S&BS Becky Jo McShane, A&H Aaron Ashley, S&BS |
| Chair: Kathy Herndon Liaison: Shelly Costley | ||
APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, ACADEMIC FREEDOM, AND TENURE 2010-11
| Three Year Term | Two Year Term | One Year Term |
|
Chris Eisenbarth, Ed Diana Greenm COAST Thom Kuehls, S&BS Yu-Jane Yang, A&H |
Sally Cantwell, HP Gary Dohrer, A&H Yuhong Fan, B&E Chris Hoagstrom, S |
Wade Kotter, Lib Afshin Ghoreishi,S Penee Stewart, Ed Cori Tadehara, S&BS |
| Chair: Afshin Ghoreishi Liaison: Sue Harley | ||
CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW, APPORTIONMENT, AND ORGANIZATION 2010-11
| Three Year Term | Two Year Term | One Year Term |
|
Dave Durkee, B&E Claudia Eliason, Ed Luis Guadino, A&H Carol Naylor, HP |
Larry Dooley, A&H erry Kennedy, S&BS Allison Saunders, COAST Mohammad Sondossi, S |
Art Carpenter, Lib Tim Herzog, S Michelle Heward, S&BS| Justin Jackson, COAST |
| Chair: Michelle Heward Liaison: Brian Rague | ||
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE 2010-11
| Three Year Term | Two Year Term | One Year Term |
|
Greg Anderson, COAST Mahail Cocos, S Kristin Hadley, Ed Cheryl Hansen, A&H |
Fran Butler, Ed Matt Domek, S Seokwoo Song, B&E Pat Shaw, HP |
Erika Daines, A&H Megan Davis, Lib Bob Fudge, S&BS Steve Francis, S&BS |
| Chair: Erika Daines Liaison: Colleen Garside | ||
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES COMMITTEE 2010-11
| Three Year Term | Two Year Term | One Year Term |
|
Meg Leatherbury, COAST John Marshall, S Richard Pontius, Ed Volkan Sahin, Ed |
Hal Crimmel, A&H Shaun Jackson, Lib Therese Grijalva, B&E John Mull, S |
Larry Clarkson, A&H Eric Ewert, S&BS Kara Hansen-Suchy, HP Alice Mulder, S&BS |
| Chair: Hal Crimmel Liaison: Michael Hernandez | ||
FACULTY BOARD OF REVIEW 2010-11
| Two Year Term | One Year Term | Alternates |
|
Judy Elsley, A&H Marie Kotter, HP Sally Shigley, A&H Chair: Marie Kotter |
|
Elect four from the following list, Bruce Christensen (B&E), Jonathan Clark (S), Laura MacLeod (COAST), Susan Matt (S&BS), Molly Smith (Ed), Jim Wilson (S). The four elected will serve two year terms; the other two will serve as alternates.
GENERAL EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT & ASSESSMENT 2010-11
| Three Year Term | Two Year Term | One Year Term |
|
Jeff Grunow, HP Steve Peterson, COAST Matt Schmolosky, S&BS Rick Sline, A&H |
Todd Baird, S&BS Shannon Butler, A&H Barbara Wachocki, S Mary Wrenn, B&E |
Rick Ford, S George Kvernadze, S Judy Mitchell, Ed Drew Weidman, COAST |
| Chair: Rick Ford Liaison: Ed Hahn | ||
HONORARY DEGREE 2010-11
| One Year Term |
|
Rosemary Conover, S&BS Dawn Gatherum, S Ann Ellis, Ed |
| Chair: Ann Ellis Liaison: Peggy Saunders |
RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH 2010-11
| Three Year Term | Two Year Term | One Year Term |
|
Nazneen Ahman, B&E Brian Chung, S Gary Johnson, S&BS Sheree Josephson, A&H |
Kirk Hagen, COAST Kathy Payne, Lib Wei Qiu, Ed Mike Wills, S |
Isabel Asensio, A&H Pati Cost, Ed Valerie Gooder, HP Marjukka Ollilainen, S&BS |
| Chair: Marjukka Ollilainen Liaison: Azenett Garza | ||
SALARY, BENEFITS, BUDGET, AND FISCAL PLANNING 2010-11
| Three Year Term | Two Year Term | One Year Term |
|
David Ferro, COAST Ralph Van der Beek, A&H Natalie Williams, Ed |
Lloyd Burton, HP Sara Dant, S&BS Steve Hill, B&E |
Catherine Earl, HP Bill Lorowitz, S Carol Hansen, Lib |
| Chair: Lloyd Burton Liaison: David Malone | ||
TEACHING, LEARNING, AND ASSESSMENT 2010-11
| Three Year Term | Two Year Term | One Year Term |
|
Rich Fry, COAST Louise Moulding, Ed Michele Skopec, S Jim Turner, B&E |
Adam Johnston, Chair Ann Bialowas, A&H Geri Conlin, Ed Susan Thornock, HP |
Craig Bergeson, A&H JaNae Kinikin, Lib Leigh Shaw, S&BS Michele Zwolinski, S |
| Chair: Adam Johnston Liaison: Peggy Saunders | ||
APAFT
Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom &
Tenure Committee – Afshin Ghoreishi, Chair
Dumke College of Health Professions Tenure Document
Introduction: Following extensive revisions with representatives from the eight departments in the college (including over 70 faculties), our Associate Dean, Ken Johnson, and with the considerable help of APAFT committee chair, Afshin Ghoreishi, the Dumke College proposes changes in the tenure document on a college level rather than eight separate department documents. Our proposed changes are consistent with the College of Education and Library Sciences documents approved earlier (please see examples of both drafts provided). Using examples from these resources as a template, we have simplified our introduction and review process to include language that is consistent with that of our esteemed colleagues.
Eligibility: Appropriate degrees have been outlined by each department and where available, the Doctorate is mandated as the terminal degree in Health Administrative Services, Health Sciences, and for the school of Nursing. Each department outlines minimal standards within each discipline considered appropriate for tenure within the college.
Professional File: A brief narrative of the professional file is included to suggest that candidates are responsible for updating their professional files according to the dated guidelines of the review process (see PPM 8 12 and 8 13). This file should clearly document the candidate’s teaching and teaching philosophy, scholarship and administrative and/or professionally related service activities. Candidates should include brief narrative summaries throughout the professional file. Candidates may create an appendix in the professional file for items that are referenced in the narrative summaries.
Evaluation Summary: Discussion within the Dumke College has centered on mirroring evaluation channels consistently within the University. As such, the college has adopted channels A – E (adding the later two) to remain consistent with colleagues from other colleges in the University setting. This opportunity clearly gives evaluation committees more options when rating candidates for tenure. In the past, it was merely noted in the evaluation that a candidate exceeded the channels minimal rating for the three categories represented, i.e., if a candidate was rated as excellent but the channel only allowed a good rating for a category, it was duly noted.
Categories and Criteria: The evaluation categories remain outlined as teaching, scholarship and in administrative and/or professionally related service. Simplified language recommended by Afshin has been incorporated by reordering content and to include changes for consistency and clarity while maintaining the intent of the college tenure document. We are appreciative for the time and effort Afshin has dedicated to the task at hand.
Teaching: Criteria are established for the evaluation of teaching by three mechanisms, 1) the peer review, 2) by student evaluations and 3) the teaching portfolio. This is assigned by the Department and/or College Ranking and Tenure Evaluation Committee based on the overall evaluation of the candidate’s evidence as outlined by examples (a g) in the body of the text. This list of evidence follows guidelines established within the University and by our colleagues in the College of Education and in Library Sciences. Teaching is defined by language consistent with other colleges within the University setting. Generally, we espouse teaching to be the processes or behaviors related to organizing and delivering knowledge; evaluating and facilitating learning; and in general, transmitting content to students (see PPM 8 11.IV.E). Buy retaining language that is consistently outlined by others limits misrepresenting our intent to tenure only highly qualified faculty within the college.
Scholarship: A point system is maintained in the evaluation of scholarship and outlined by evidence (a-f) or examples consistent with activities throughout the University with the exception of the maintenance of a peer reviewed professional clinical practice. This descriptor means that candidates for tenure from the School of Nursing practice nursing, Dental Hygienists practice dental hygiene, Health Administrators practice health administration, etc. Work related practice should be included in category lll) within Administration and/or Professionally related Service. It is expected that candidates for tenure have at least one refereed publication.
Administrative and/or Professionally Related Service: The college has again established criteria based on evidence outlined by evidence (a-h) or examples which remain consistent with those established within the University setting. Additionally, the college assigns points for 1) department level, 2) college level, and 3) University level, including committee assignments in Faculty Senate. It should be noted that most Health Professions faculty are highly active in their professional associations by work on a state/regional or on a national basis and are leaders in their respective disciplines. Service activity points reflect the minimum number to achieve a particular rating within the service category.
Overall, the expectation remains much the same as the original document(s). Language has been updated for consistency throughout the document and mirrors that of our colleagues throughout the University. The college seeks to tenure only highly motivated faculty who are leaders in their respective disciplines. Indeed, those practitioners who choose to teach do so because of a love and responsibility for their profession. We are fortunate to be represented by who achieve tenure given the fortitude a candidate must show to reach this achievement.
A change was made in the Introduction of the document to site the PPM reference: " The following requirements have been set to assure that only candidates who exhibit high performance levels shall receive tenure. These requirements meet or exceed the University’s expectations for tenure (see PPM 8.11)."
A question was raised about including Faculty Senate and Executive Committee service under Category III: Administrative and/or Professionally Related Service. Is this problematic? It points junior faculty in the direction of the Executive Committee and the Faculty Senate.
A complete copy of the tenure document is available in the Faculty Senate Office. The new tenure document replaces all other department documents.
Grandfathering - How long do we have to maintain the department documents for people who entered under existing department documents and have been evaluated using those documents? In the past we have let people who were hired under the current document declare which document they wanted to be evaluated under. The college will need to design a system for tracking faculty.
MOTION
Kathleen Sitzman: Moved to
forward the Dumke College of Health
Professions tenure document to the
Faculty Senate. This document
replace all existing department and
college tenure documents.
Second: Sue Harley
Outcome: The motion passed
unanimously.
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
The Faculty Senate Chair will bring a grid
outlining the positive and negative aspects of various
academic calendars to the Senate. He visited with the
Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom & Tenure
Committee, the Salary Benefits, Budget & Fiscal Planning
Committee, and has talked with various chairs. There is
a fair amount of support for a 14-week approach, but
there are some concerns as well. He wants to gather some
information from the Senate and bring that information
to the Registrar and the Associate Provost.
CURRICULUM
Curriculum Committee – Erika Daines, Chair
Charge 4: Develop new general education approval forms for the core general education areas that incorporate the learning outcomes for those areas as they are approved by Faculty Senate.
COMPUTER LITERACY
The Computer & Information Literacy mission
statement and learning outcomes were approved by the
Faculty Senate March 19, 2009. The Curriculum Committee
has developed a form for all computer and information
literacy proposals. The form will go to the Faculty
Senate as an information item.
BA/BS AD HOC COMMITTEE
With the approval of the BA/BS proposal
the Executive Committee suggested constituting the
committee with charges so that they would be set to
begin the process of evaluation of programs and degrees
Fall semester 2010.
Membership could consist of college curriculum committee chairs.
Proposed committee membership:
Laine Berghout (Chair)
Mark Simpson (ex-officio, Administration)
Erika Daines (ex-officio, Curriculum Committee)
COAST Curriculum Committee Chair
A&H Curriculum Committee Chair
B&E Curriculum Committee Chair
Education Curriculum Committee Chair
HP Curriculum Committee Chair
COS Curriculum Committee Chair
S&BS Curriculum Committee Chair
Library
If a college curriculum committee chair is unable to serve, the Ad Hoc committee chair will consult with the dean of that college to identify an appropriate replacement, preferably a member of the college’s curriculum committee.
MOTION
Sue
Harley: Moved to have Laine Berghout
chair the Ad Hoc BA/BS Degree
Committee and the proposed
membership stated above.
Second: Doris
Geide-Stevenson
Outcome: The
motion passed unanimously.
CURRICULUM
Curriculum Committee –
Erika Daines, Chair
Curriculum
Performing Arts - Gen Ed Creative
Arts course proposal - Introduction to Technical Production - THEA1053
Performing Arts - Course proposal
for Pro Tools 110 - MUSC 4821
Psychology Department - Program
change for Psychology Major, Psychology Teaching Major, and BIS Emphasis; Course
proposal for Psychology Statistics Lab - PSY 3605
Master of Criminal Justice -
Course proposal for Legal Foundations of Criminal Justice - MCJ 6190
Information Systems & Technologies -
Program proposal for Information Systems & Technologies; Course proposals
for Business Computer Skills - IST 2010, Information
Systems Computer Fundamentals - IST 2420,
Information Security Basics - IST 4620
Child & Family Studies - Program
change for Early Childhood Education Major (BS and BA); Course proposal for
Integrated Elementary Education Student Teaching
Seminar - CHF 4850
Mathematics Department - Course
proposals for Mathematics for Teaching: Numbers and Operations - MTHE 6710,
Mathematics for Teaching: Rational Numbers and
Proportional Reasoning - MTHE 6720; Mathematics for
Teaching: Algebraic Reasoning - MTHE 6760,
Mathematics for Teaching: Geometry and Measurement -
MTHE 6770, Mathematics for Teaching: Problem Solving
and Data Analysis - MTHE 6780
MOTION
Ed Hahn:
Moved to forward the above
curriculum to the Faculty Senate.
Second: Kathleen
Sitzman
Outcome: The
motion passed unanimously.
GEN ED
General Education Improvement & Assessment
Committee – Rick Ford, Chair
AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS (AI) CORE REQUIREMENT
MISSION – The mission of Weber State’s American Institutions requirement is to adhere to the Utah State Code, specifically 53B-16-103(b) which reads: "A student shall demonstrate a reasonable understanding of the history, principles, form of government, and economic system of the United States prior to receiving a bachelor’s degree or teaching credential." The overarching goal of this requirement is to have all students gain the basic knowledge necessary for informed and responsible citizenship.
OBJECTIVES – An American Institutions (AI) course will meet the following objectives: Upon completing an AI course a student shall demonstrate a reasonable understanding of
1. the significant political, economic, and social changes in American history.
2. the major principles of American civilization, including the concepts of popular sovereignty, liberty, and equality.
3. the institutions and practices of the government provided for in the United States Constitution.
4. the basic workings of the economic system of capitalism in the United States.
This item will come back Fall 2010 to the Executive Committee.
SBBFP Salary, Benefits, Budget & Fiscal Planning Committee – Lloyd Burton, Chair
WSU Salaries Compared to CUPA
|
Year |
WSU Salaries as % of CUPA Market |
WSU Salary Increase |
Change |
|
96-97 |
94.28 |
4.48% |
0.74% |
|
97-98 |
91.88 |
2.78% |
-2.40% |
|
98-99 |
90.41 |
3.69% |
-1.47% |
|
99-00 |
88.11 |
0.83% |
-2.30% |
|
00-01 |
88.69 |
6.00% |
0.58% |
|
01-02 |
89.52 |
6.00% |
0.83% |
|
02-03 |
86.44 |
0.00% |
-3.08% |
|
03-04 |
85.93 |
2.00% |
-0.51% |
|
04-05 |
86.54 |
2.00% |
0.61% |
|
05-06 |
87.06 |
4.38% |
0.52% |
|
06-07 |
87.43 |
3.50% |
0.37% |
|
07-08 |
91.29 |
5.00% |
3.86% |
|
08-09 |
90.96 |
4.00% |
-0.33% |
|
09-10 |
87.17 |
0.00% |
-3.79 |
|
10-11 |
85.87 |
0.00% |
-1.30 |
Salary Resolution
The Salary, Benefits, Budget & Fiscal Planning Committee having conducted an analysis of faculty salary compression, inversion, and equity at Weber State University recommends that the Faculty Senate adopt the following resolution:
Resolve that the President and administration of Weber State University at the earliest opportunity, funding permitting, adopt and implement rank ratios based on comparable institutions for faculty salaries in order to reduce salary compression on a university-wide basis.
Further, resolve that the President and administration of Weber State University give priority to equity adjustments to faculty qualified for a merit increase and whose salaries are furthest below equivalence to peer mean rank ratios.
The Provost would like the Salary Committee to look at full professor ranks at the other institutions and separate those faculty that are outliers making well beyond the average.
Recommendation regarding degrees and compensation.
Weber State rewards faculty and staff for attaining degrees while they are employed. In general a University is committed to increasing levels of education for not only students but faculty and staff. University rewards faculty and staff with a $500 increase in salary for attaining an Associates, Bachelors, Masters, and/or PhD from an accredited institution. As it stands now, the College can have a policy that rewards by level of degree. The library currently exhibits that practice.
The mission of the University is to promote advanced levels of education. In addition, there are increasing requirements for faculty for tenure at WSU. It is the recommendation of the Salary Committee that University Policy includes an increase in salary for faculty commensurate with the level of degree attained from an accredited body. The Salary Committee does not recommend commensurate amounts buy requests the Executive Committee to charge a future salary committee to work with the administration and the colleges to arrive at an amount.
The Provost felt that colleges need to decided on any compensation beyond the $500 increase in salary that is currently policy. The Salary Committee felt that the university as a whole should be rewarding more for advanced degrees, but they also said that the college should determine the dollar amount.
It was suggested that the Salary Committee prioritize their recommendations. The Salary Equity Model will not be sent to the Faculty Senate.
Discussion of where the Academic Resources & Computing budget is housed will come back next year.
MOTION
Colleen
Garside:
Moved
to
forward
to
the
Faculty
Senate
the CUPA
salary
comparisons,
the
salary
resolution
and
the
recommendation
for
degree
completion
to
the
Faculty
Senate.
Second: Kathleen Sitzman
Outcome: The motion passed
unanimously.
PROGRAM REVIEW
Program Review Committee – Doris Geide-Stevenson,
Chair
A brief report will be given the Faculty Senate on the process of the Program Review Committee as they reviewed the Mechanical Engineering Technology program for discontinuance. A folder will be kept in the Faculty Senate office of all the documents reviewed by the Program Review Committee and made available upon request.
The Executive Committee discussed the need for a "road map" on how to discontinue a program. Very little guidance is given in the PPM regarding the process for discontinuance of a program. The President felt that the best place for in depth discussion of the process for program elimination would be at Dean’s Council.
The Provost feels there are some statements in the policy that are problematic, i.e.,"The review action is to be a one-time event per case." The Provost would like to have this policy looked at next year for revision.
OTHER ITEMS
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 4:20 p.m.