E13Nov97

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES (Approved 1-8-98) Thursday
November 13, 1997
SS 115, 1:30 p.m.
PRESENT
Julie Arbuckle, Karen Dewey, Dave Eisler, Judy Elsley, Carl Grunander, Judith Mitchell - Vice Chair, Diane Pugmire, John Sohl, Jerald Storey, President Thompson, Kay Brown - Secretary
EXCUSED
Candadai Seshachari
MINUTES
      Diane Pugmire - Motion to accept the minutes of November 6, 1997.
      Second - Karen Dewey
      The minutes were approved.
STUDENT HOUSING
    President Thompson - Weber State is considering building additional student housing. President Thompson is seeking feedback from faculty, staff, and students on whether or not we should build new student housing units. If we build new units, where should they be built? Construction would be for two or three story apartment style housing units totaling 400-500 beds.
MOTION
    John Sohl - Motion to put the student housing issue on the Faculty Senate Agenda.
    Second - Karen Dewey
    The voting was unanimous.
FMLA POLICY
    Dave Eisler distributed the FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) policy. The committee felt that the maternity/paternity benefits extended to employees of Weber State exceeded FMLA standards.
APAFT PEER REVIEW
    Gary Dohrer, Chair, Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee - The committee is seeking direction from the Senate. The APAFT Committee would like to enhance faculty files with peer review reports that assess, through a variety of mediums, the teacher's knowledge, pedagogy, and methods used for assessment of student learning. Currently, teacher files primarily contain student evaluations. The APAFT Committee will refine the "evaluation of teaching document" and this item will be placed on the January agenda.
ASSA DEVELOPMENTAL FEE
    John Thaeler, Chair, Admissions, Standards, and Student Affairs Committee - The terms "proficiency" and "competency" have been confusing. These terms have been dropped. The term "quantitative literacy" will be used and "QL" will be placed before the course numbers to indicate that the course is used to fulfill the quantitative literacy requirement. Students requiring developmental courses in math and English will be charged an additional fee for each term until both the math and English requirements have been met. We currently charge $25 per quarter - $75 for the year. This fee will be prorated when we change to semesters.
MOTION
    Judy Elsley - Motion to place the Developmental Fee issue on the Faculty Senate Agenda, with additional wording to option 1.
    Second - John Sohl
    The voting was unanimous.
    John Sohl will work with John Thaeler to revise the Developmental Fee document.
MATH 105/1010
    Math 105 has been renumbered Math 1010. It will not be a remedial course.
CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE
    Yas Simonian representing - Clinical Laboratory Mathematics and Laboratory Statistics - Discipline specific math requirement for the A.A.S. Degree. This course was cleared with Dr. Kidman, Chair of the Math Department, to be offered within the Department of Clinical Laboratory Science as discipline specific math for the A.A. S. Degree only.
      As a courtesy, the policy has been, to contact other departments teaching similar courses in their discipline that would be equivalent to the proposed course. Yas Simonian will send a memo to the College of Business and Economics, the Department of Sociology, and the Department of Psychology, who also teach statistical courses, with a copy of their course proposal.
MOTION
    Julie Arbuckle - Motion to send the course proposal forward to the Faculty Senate.
    Second - Karen Dewey
    The voting was unanimous.
LIBRARY SCIENCE
    Carol Hansen representing - Humanities on the Internet: Culture, Content, and Access. Concerns: Who teaches? Release Time? Signature page dated last February. This course needs to be budget related. Assessment? Student papers published on the Web.

MOTION
    Carl Grunander - Motion to send the course proposal forward to the Faculty Senate.
    Second - Julie Arbuckle
    The voting was unanimous.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE WORKING MODEL
    Discussion of the Bachelor of Science Policy Statement. Revision to statement . . . "a minimum of six (6) credit hours over and above general education courses that emphasize . . ." Minor changes were made to the model and the B.S. Degree Requirement Course Proposal Form.
MOTION
    Julie Arbuckle - Motion to accept the B.S. Policy Statement, Model and Course Proposal Form with the changes made by the Executive Committee.
    Second - John Sohl
    The voting was unanimous.
A.A./A.A.S. DEGREES
    Discuss in January the A.A. and A.A.S. degrees. Are they clearly defined? Math requirement?
ADJOURN
    The meeting adjourned at 3:55 p.m.

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