Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate 
Thursday, November 21,  2013
MA 211K
2:00 p.m.

1.   Approval of the minutes from the 31 October 2013 Agenda Setting meeting.

Action Items

2.   University Curriculum Committee - Fran Butler, Chair

HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Health Administration Services - Pat Shaw

HIM3600 - Advanced Diagnosis and Procedure Coding - New Course Proposal with Syllabus   

HIM3610 - Advanced Principles of Revenue Cycle Management - New Course Proposal with Syllabus

HIM3620 - Principles of clinical Documentation Improvement - New Course Proposal with Syllabus

 

Emergency Care & Rescue - Jeff Grunow

Paramedic Institutional Certificate and Paramedic Studies AAS - Program Proposal Change

PAR3010 Cardiac & Medical Emergencies -  Course Proposal Change

 

Nursing- Sally Cantwell

Nursing AS degree PN-RN Program of Study  - Program Proposal Change  

 

ARTS & HUMANITIES

Communications - Ryan Cheek

Communications Associates Degree -  New Program Proposal (Board of Regents) 

 

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

School  of Accounting & Taxation - David Malone

Finance Emphasis: Business Administration - Program Proposal Change    Catalog Requirements

 

School  of Accounting & Taxation - Ryan Pace

Master of Accounting - Program Proposal Change

MACC6695 Graduate Accounting Internship - New Course Proposal     Syllabus

 

Master of Taxation - Program Proposal Change

MTAX6405 Accounting for Income Taxes - New Course Proposal   Syllabus

MTAX6435 State & Local Taxation/Federal Tax Practice - New Course Proposal   Syllabus

MTAX6445 Gifts, Estates, Trusts and Exempt organizations - New Course Proposal    Syllabus

MTAX6495 Graduate Tax Internship - New Course Proposal    Syllabus

 

Business Administration - Wendy Fox-Kirk

BS in Business Administration - Program Proposal Change

 

Master in Business Administration - Matt Mouritsen

Graduate Certificate in IST: Information Assurance - Program Change Proposal

Graduate Certificate in Environmental Sustainability for Business - Program Change Proposal

      Name Change to: “Sustainability for Business Graduate Certificate”(Board of Regents)

MBA6715 Sustainability Tools and Methods - New Course Proposal  Syllabus

MBA6850 Entrepreneurship - New Course Proposal    Syllabus

 

3.   APAFT - Tenure and Post-Tenure Documents - Stephen Francis, Chair
      College of Education – Jennifer Turley
        College of Applied Science and Technology – Brian Rague, Steve Peterson       
        C
ollege of Social & Behavioral Sciences – Mark Denniston

 

4.     LGBT Resource Center – Draft a Vote of Support at  Executive Committee and Faculty Senate – Eric Amsel       Document

 

5.     Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs (ASSA) – Becky Marchant

                Policy 6-22  Student Code PPM Section VIII Jurisdiction

                Policy 6-22  Student Code PPM Section IV Student Responsibilities

 

Information Items

 

6.     Credit Hour /Number of Hours of Coursework Expected -  Kathleen Herndon

 

7.     Salary Comparison Discussion – Mike Vaughan

 

8.     Report on Committee Activities - Liaisons

 

9.     Board of Trustee’s December Meeting – Patti Cost

        Is there a faculty member in your department or college that Patti could recognize at the next Trustee’s meeting.

 

10.     Other Items

Next Meeting:  Faculty Senate, December 5, 2013 at 3:00 pm WB206-207

Next Agenda Setting Meeting:  January 16, 2014 at 2 pm in MA211K

 

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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

AGENDA SETTING MEETING MINUTES - Approved

 

 

PRESENT

Eric Amsel, John Armstrong, Patti Cost, Alicia Giralt, Kirk Hagen, Ed Hahn, Kathleen Herndon, Carol Naylor, Jim Turner, Chuck Wight,  Mike Vaughan, and Brenda Stockberger

 

GUESTS  Scott Rogers, Fran Butler, Stephen Francis, Leigh Shaw, Shane Farver

 

1.      MINUTES – Approval of the minutes from Agenda Setting meeting October 31, 2013.

 

Motion to approve the minutes from Agenda Setting meeting October 31, 2013 by Ed Hahn.

SECOND           Carol Naylor

OUTCOME       Unanimous

 

2.      Curriculum – Fran Butler, Chair

 

Motion to move the Curriculum as a package forward to Faculty Senate by Ed Hahn.

 

DISCUSSION

Concerns were addressed on the Nursing Program Change on the dropping of General Courses due to their Accreditation Requirements. Cannot officially require them. 

Students can choose to take them

Associate’s in Communication no new resources required. Help students get better paying jobs prior to getting their Bachelor’s degree.

School of Business are updating courses to be in line with new information and New faculty have expertise in these areas.

Concern that PAR3010 may be looked at being required in an Associate’s Degree.  This is to help students transfer to other institutions to complete a BS degree program.

 

Second      John Armstrong   

Outcome   Unanimous

 

HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Health Administration Services - Pat Shaw

HIM3600 - Advanced Diagnosis and Procedure Coding - New Course Proposal

HIM3610 - Advanced Principles of Revenue Cycle Management - New Course Proposal

HIM3620 - Principles of clinical Documentation Improvement - New Course Proposal

   

Emergency Care & Rescue - Jeff Grunow

Paramedic Institutional Certificate and Paramedic Studies AAS - Program Proposal Change

PAR3010 Cardiac & Medical Emergencies -  Course Proposal Change

 

Nursing- Sally Cantwell

Nursing AS degree PN-RN Program of Study  - Program Proposal Change

 

ARTS & HUMANITIES

Communications - Ryan Cheek

Communications Associates Degree -  New Program Proposal (BOR)

 

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

School  of Accounting & Taxation - David Malone

Finance Emphasis: Business Administration - Program Proposal Change

 

School  of Accounting & Taxation - Ryan Pace

Master of Accounting - Program Proposal Change

MACC6695 Graduate Accounting Internship - New Course Proposal

 

Master of Taxation - Program Proposal Change

MTAX6405 Accounting for Income Taxes - New Course Proposal

MTAX6435 State & Local Taxation/Federal Tax Practice - New Course Proposal

MTAX6445 Gifts, Estates, Trusts and Exempt organizations - New Course Proposal

MTAX6495 Graduate Tax Internship - New Course Proposal

 

Business Administration - Wendy Fox-Kirk

BS in Business Administration - Program Proposal Change

 

Master in Business Administration - Matt Mouritsen

Graduate Certificate in IST: Information Assurance - Program Change Proposal

Graduate Certificate in Environmental Sustainability for Business - Program Change Proposal

      Name Change to: “Sustainability for Business Graduate Certificate”(BOR)

MBA6715 Sustainability Tools and Methods - New Course Proposal

MBA6850 Entrepreneurship - New Course Proposal

 

 3.      APAFT Post-Tenure and Tenure Documents – Stephen Francis

 

Motion to move documents forward to Faculty Senate by

 

         College of Education Post-Tenure Document

Made recommended changes and brought back to APAFT committee.  Document is ready to forward. 

 

         College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Post-Tenure Document

DISCUSSION

         Concerns on language referring to another policy.  Don’t create new language when a policy that outlines them already exists.  The document seems to be vague.  Committee discussed whether the document is strong enough to meet the tenure requirements.  Members thought that the language met the requirements through the PPM 8-11.

 

Motion to move the College of Education Post-Tenure Document and College of Social & Behavioral Sciences Post-Tenure Document forward to the Faculty Senate by Ed Hahn.

SECOND  John Armstrong

OUTCOME Unanimous

 

         College of Applied Science and Technology Tenure & Post-Tenure Document

DISCUSSION

         Brought forward as one document.  APAFT discussed the document in two sections and voted on each separate.  The college is diverse and gives each department flexibility to adapt it to their specific needs.   Some editorial changes need to be looked at.  Document needs to be further looked at by Executive Committee.   Committee recommended to postpone the COAST Tenure & Post-Tenure to look at more carefully by the Executive Committee.   Possible problem in the area of definition of minimum degrees.  

 

Motion to postpone the COAST Tenure & Post-Tenure Document to the next Agenda Setting meeting January 16 so that the Executive Committee can review the document closer and note any concerns about the document by John Armstrong.

SECOND Kathy Herndon

OUTCOME Unanimous

        

 

4.      LGBT Resource Center –  Draft a Vote of Support by Executive Committee & Faculty Senate – Eric Amsel

 

Our statement isn’t necessary, but nice to have the support of the Faculty Senate. A copy of the Partner Benefits statement of support was distributed.  Do you want to do this by yourself or get input from the committee. 

 

Eric Amsel will write a statement in the next week to be reviewed by the Executive Committee.   It will be listed on the December 5, 2013 Faculty Senate Agenda. 

 

 

 

5.      ASSA item was postponed.

 

 

Information Items

 

6.      Credit Hour /Number of Hours of Coursework Expected -  Kathleen Herndon

         Scott Rogers was invited to talk about this issue on what is expected of students outside of class.  This formula is not easy to find.  This information is in the Curriculum Policy & Procedure Manual, Section 5.  Does this need to be written in policy?    Is it worth creating a requirement for faculty to adhere to?   The main issue is that the formula is hard to find.  Check with Northwest Accreditation to see the definition of a credit hour is and if we are following that.  If we are following this, then just a reference to the Curriculum PPM in the University PPM may all that is required.  The Curriculum Committee shall be charged with this recommendation.

 

Motion to charge the University  Curriculum Committee  to address the definition of credit hours and the suggested number of hours a student spends outside of class including the online and hybrid classes by Kathy Herndon.

SECOND  John Armstrong

Outcome Unanimous

 

7.      Salary Comparison Discussion – Mike Vaughan

DISCUSSION

         Handout was given out on the wage comparison of other institutions. 

         WSU at 85% of CUPA

         Sibson Consulting did an assessment on WSU’s Faculty Total Compensation

         Do the Dean’s and Chairs have this information? Yes they do.

         Retirement is a recruiting strategy.

         Will pass on this information to the Salary, Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning.

                          

8.      Report on Committee Activities - Liaisons

         TLA  - Adjunct Retreat in November.  Very good participation and went well. 

         Discuss again about Adjunct representation.  Possibly a rotating representation.

        

9.      Trustee’s December Meeting – Patti Cost

Is there a faculty member in your department or college that Patti could recognize at the next Trustee’s meeting?  Please let her know of any recommendations by November 26.

 

10.    Other Items

 

         Recommend a joint charge to Curriculum Committee and General Education Committee to investigate General Education Course requirements compared to other USHE institutions.  Do we require more general education courses than other institutions?  Fran Butler and Leigh Shaw to meet and report back their findings to the Executive Committee.  No real rush to complete this, but it would be good information to know as other Associate’s degrees are created. They plan to return to the next Agenda Setting meeting on 16 January 2014.  

 

Shane Farver, Executive  Communication

 

         Discussed the eHoliday Message sent out to members of the community by the President.  New Year theme as well.  Videoing members of the WSU campus for this message.  Determining the availability of the Executive Committee for this activity.  Let Shane know if you are available at the appointed time and he will send out more information next week.

 

 

Meeting adjourned at 4:15 pm.

 

 

 

Next Meeting:    Faculty Senate, December 5, 2013 at 3:00 pm WB206-207

 

 

 

Next Agenda Setting Meeting:  January 16, 2014 at 2 pm in MA211K