Faculty Senate
MINUTES
March 23, 2000
MEMBERS - Listed Alphabetically
Scott Amos
Eric Amsel
Richard Beatch
Mark Biddle - Jim Jacobs representing
Sharen Brady
Delroy Brinkerhoff
Michael Cena
Mike Chertudi - Student
Bruce Christensen
Bill Clapp
Erika Daines
Betty Damask-Bembenek - Excused
Tom Day - Excused
Karen Dewey
Rick Dove - Excused
Anand Dyal-Chand - Admin
Dave Eisler - Admin.
Ron Galli - Admin.
Jim Gaskill
Dawn Gatherum
David Greene - Admin. - Excused
Frank Guliuzza - Parliamentarian
Bruce Handley
Mark Henderson
Warren Hill
Joan Hubbard - Excused
Ken Johnson
Paul Joines
Brenda Kowalewski - Linda Eaton representing
Thom Kuehls - Marcy Everest representing
Jeff Livingston - Excused
Kathleen Lukken - Admin.
Jim Macdonald
Dwayne Meadows
Judith Mitchell - Vice Chair
Randy Parker - Excused
June Phillips - Admin.
Margaret Pilcher - Student
Valory Quick - Excused
Richard Sadler - Admin. - Excused
Dan Schroeder
Randy Scott
Candadai Seshachari - Chair
Gene Sessions
Sally Shigley
John Sillito - Jill Newby representing
John Sohl
Mohammad Sondossi
Timothy Steele - Monika Serbinowska representing
Adam Suttlemyer - Student - Excused
Alden Talbot
President Paul Thompson - Admin.
Jennifer Turley
Michael Vaughan - Admin - Excused
Wangari Wa Nyatetu-Waigwa
Lydia Wingate - Roger Nichols representing
Kay Brown, Secretary
Elected Senate Members for 2000-2001
Eric Amsel
Rick Bingham
Gary Dohrer
Dawn Gatherum - Excused
Ron Holt
Sheree Josephson
Marie Kotter
Chloe Merrill - Excused
Jill Newby
Diana Page - Excused
Dan Schroeder
Monika Serbinowska
Mali Subbiah
1. ROLL CALL
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion: Moved to approve the minutes from the
February 17, 2000 meeting.
Made: Karen Dewey
Second: Richard Beatch
Outcome: The minutes were approved.
3. ELECTION OF FACULTY SENATE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR 2000-2001
Bruce Christensen, Gary Dohrer, Ron Holt, Dan Schroeder, Sally Shigley and Alden Talbot removed their names from the Faculty Senate Chair ballot. Senate members for the 2000-2001 academic year cast their ballots. The remaining names on the ballot were Marie Kotter, Judith Mitchell and Gene Sessions. Judith Mitchell was elected to serve as Faculty Senate Chair for 2000-2001.
Bruce Christensen, Gary Dohrer, Ron Holt, Dan Schroeder, Gene Sessions, and Sally Shigley removed their names from the Faculty Senate Vice Chair ballot. The remaining names on the ballot were Marie Kotter and Alden Talbot. Alden Talbot was elected to serve as Faculty Senate Vice Chair for 2000-2001.
4. UAAP FACULTY GOVERNANCE AWARD
Richard Alston gave a brief history of the award. The Weber State University UAAP Chapter established an account to provide an endowment from which the interest will fund an annual UAAP Faculty Award for Service to Faculty Governance. The award is for one stipend per year of approximately $800. The Executive Committee selects a faculty member who has lead efforts to improve faculty governance at Weber State. The UAAP charge to the Executive Committee was to give special consideration to chairs and members of committees such as the Executive Committee, Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, Constitutional Review, Apportionment, and Organization Committee, Curriculum and General Education Committee, and the Salary Benefits, Budget and Fiscal Planning Committee, but not be restricted to them.
The UAAP Faculty Governance Award and plaque for the 1999-2000 academic year was awarded to Candadai Seshachari.
5. CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE
B Jim Wilson, ChairForeign Language course proposal for Senior Assessment - Forlng 4990, and program changes for Foreign Language Major, Foreign Language Major: Commercial Emphasis, and Foreign Language Teaching Major.
Motion: Moved to approve the course proposal from
Foreign Language for Senior Assessment - Forlng 4990 and program changes
for Foreign Language Major, Foreign Language Major: Commercial Emphasis,
and Foreign Language Teaching Major.
Made: Judith Mitchell
Second: Sally Shigley
Outcome: The motion passed with 1 opposed vote.
Telecommunications & Business Education course deletions for Records and Information Management - TBE 2020, and Office Systems and Technology - TBE 2530; new course proposals for Introduction to FrontPage for Web Design - TBE 2532, and 2-D Graphics - TBE 2533; changes to existing courses for TBE 2410 and TBE 2420 changed to Cisco TCP/IP Routing Protocols and Router Configuration - TBE 2415, TBE 2430 and 2440 changed to Cisco Advanced LAN and WAN Switching and Routing Theory and Design - TBE 2435; program changes for Business Education Major: Business Education Composite Teaching Emphasis, Business Education Major: Business Education Office Technologies Emphasis, Telecommunications Administration Major, Bachelor Degree, Office Technologies, AAS Degree, Telecommunications, AAS Degree, Telecommunications and 2440 changed to Cisco Advanced LAN and WAN Switching and Routing Theory and Design - TBE 2435; program changes for Business Education Major: Business Education Composite Teaching Emphasis, Business Education Major: Business Education Office Technologies Emphasis, Telecommunications Administration Major, Bachelor Degree, Office Technologies, AAS Degree, Telecommunications, AAS Degree, Telecommunications
Motion: Moved to approve from Telecommunications & Business Education course deletions for Records and Information Management - TBE 2020, and Office Systems and Technology - TBE 2530; new course proposals for Introduction to FrontPage for Web Design - TBE 2532, and 2-D Graphics - TBE 2533; changes to existing courses for TBE 2410 and TBE 2420 changed to Cisco TCP/IP Routing Protocols and Router Configuration - TBE 2415, TBE 2430 and 2440 changed to Cisco Advanced LAN and WAN Switching and Routing Theory and Design - TBE 2435; program changes for Business Education Major: Business Education Composite Teaching Emphasis, Business Education Major: Business Education Office Technologies Emphasis, Telecommunications Administration Major, Bachelor Degree, Office Technologies, AAS Degree, Telecommunications, AAS Degree, Telecommunications Institutional Certificate Program, Business/Marketing Education Teaching Minor, Business Education Teaching Minor, Office Technologies Minor, and Bachelor of Integrated Studies Emphasis.
Political Science diversity course proposal for Sex Roles and The Law - Polsc 4070.
Motion: Moved to approve the diversity course proposal
from Political Science for Sex Roles and The Law - Polsc 4070.
Made: Gene Sessions
Second: Karen Dewey
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
Women=s Studies diversity course proposals for Topics in Women=s Studies: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Studies: An Introduction to the Scholarship - WS 4900D.
Motion toTable: Moved to table the diversity course proposal
from Women=s
Studies for Topics in Women=s
Studies: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Studies: An Introduction to
the Scholarship - WS 4900D.
Made: John Sohl
Second: Dan Schroeder
Outcome: The motion to table passed unanimously. This
course proposal will be on the agenda for the April 20 Faculty Senate
meeting.
Dental Hygiene a diversity course proposal for Professional Ethics - Densci 2250.
Motion: Moved to approve from Dental Hygiene the
diversity course proposal for Professional Ethics - Densci 2250.
Made: Judith Mitchell
Second: Erika Daines
Outcome: The motion passed with 4 opposed.
Dental Hygiene course deletion for Human Behavior in the Dental Setting - Densci 3315; a course change for Dental Medicine II - Densci 3305; new course proposal from Dental Hygiene, Health Sciences and Nursing for Interdisciplinary Health Care Teams - Densci 4010; a program change for the Dental Hygiene Associate Degree.
Motion: Moved to approve from Dental Hygiene a course
deletion for Human Behavior in the Dental Setting - Densci 3315; a course
change for Dental Medicine II - Densci 3305; new course proposal from
Dental Hygiene, Health Sciences and Nursing for Interdisciplinary Health
Care Teams - Densci 4010; a program change for the Dental Hygiene
Associate Degree.
Made: Karen Dewey
Second: John Sohl
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously
Geoscience course deletions for Mineral Resources - Geosci 4530, X-Ray Diffraction - Geosci 4700, Senior Seminar - Geosci 4990, course changes for Geologic Field Methods - Geosci 4060 to Geoscience Field Methods - Geosci 4060, Geology Field Camp - Geosci 4510; new course proposals for Quaternary Environmental Change - Geosci 3210, Engineering Geology - Geosci 4100, Environmental Assessment - Geosci 4150, Special Topics in Geoscience - Geosci 4750; program changes for Geology B.S. or B.A. Degree, Applied Environmental Geoscience B.S. or B.A. Degree, Geology Minor, and Geospatial Analysis Minor.
Motion: To approve from Geoscience course deletions for
Mineral Resources - Geosci 4530, X-Ray Diffraction - Geosci 4700, Senior
Seminar - Geosci 4990, course changes for Geologic Field Methods - Geosci
4060 to Geoscience Field Methods - Geosci 4060, Geology Field Camp -
Geosci 4510; new course proposals for Quaternary Environmental Change -
Geosci 3210, Engineering Geology - Geosci 4100, Environmental Assessment -
Geosci 4150, Special Topics in Geoscience - Geosci 4750; program changes
for Geology B.S. or B.A. Degree, Applied Environmental Geoscience B.S. or
B.A. Degree, Geology Minor, and Geospatial Analysis Minor.
Made: John Sohl
Second: Dan Schroeder
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
Geoscience
certificate program for Certificate in Geomatics (Applied Mapping Sciences).Motion: Moved to approve from Geoscience the
certificate program for Certificate in Geomatics.
The certificate program will provide recognition to students who complete a more rigorous program in the mapping sciences. It will also allow professional that already have a degree to return and gain the Geomatics Certificate.
This program will impact the Department of Computer Science by providing them with additional students in two classes (CS 1022 and CS 1023). The Chair of the Computer Science Department has been contacted. Hal Elliott, Chair of the Geography Department, expressed the department
=s concern about possible overlap of curriculum between the Geoscience Department and the Geography Department. It was pointed out that the Certificate in Geomatics does not include any new course proposals. This certificate is composed of courses already being taught through the Geoscience Department on a regular basis.Previous Question: Margaret Pilcher
Outcome: The motion passed.
Motion: Moved to approve from Geoscience the
certificate program for Certificate in Geomatics.
Made: Dan Schroeder
Second: John Sohl
Outcome: The motion passed with 4 abstentions.
6. APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND TENURE
B Frank Guliuzza, ChairThe APAFT Committee presented for the consideration of the Faculty Senate the following change in PPM 8-11, C
. . During the fourth and seventh years of the probationary period, and other years when requested, the full review process shall include evaluations by the dean and the ranking tenure evaluation committees at the levels of the department and the college. At his or her sole discretion, the provost may review and make separate recommendations for or against a candidate's tenure or evaluation of a candidate's progress towards tenure. An exception is that in the event that there is a conflict among recommendations from the dean, the college Tenure Evaluation Committee and the department Tenure Evaluation Committee, the provost must make a separate recommendation. Furthermore, after the Department Tenure Evaluation Committee, the College Tenure Evaluation Committee, and the Dean have completed their respective reviews, there is an opportunity for the candidate to appeal to the University Tenure Evaluation Committee. The University Committee is an appellate body which evaluates the substantive issues of teaching, scholarship, service and ethics. The University Committee shall review the files of all candidates for advancement in rank or tenure who appeal their case (see 8- __ ). The recommendation(s) of the University Committee will be forwarded to the Provost. The Provost is the final institutional recommendation unless overturned by the president or the Faculty Board of Review, as is the dean's recommendation when the provost makes no recommendation. All these reviews shall follow established procedures allowing for formal evaluative contributions from students, faculty peers, and supervisory administrators and shall give faculty members under review written evaluations with the right of due process review by the Faculty Board of Review (as described in PPM 9-9 and following). . .
V. EVALUATIVE CRITERIA FOR ACADEMIC RANK
It shall be the policy of the University to make promotions
in rank to competent and deserving members of the faculty. Upon their request,
faculty members will be considered for advancement in rank by the
department and college ranking/tenure evaluation committees the Dean
and the ranking tenure evaluation committees at the levels of the department
and the college. At his or her sole discretion, the provost may review and
make separate recommendations for or against a candidate
PPM 8- ___ ACTION BY THE UNIVERSITY RANKING TENURE EVALUATION COMMITTEE
POLICY
The University Ranking & Tenure Evaluation Committee shall review the files of all candidates for advancement in rank or tenure who appeal their case. Typically, an appeal will be predicated by a disagreement in the recommendations among the Department Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee, College Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee or the Dean, although a candidate may appeal to the University Committee even if there is no disagreement among the reviewers identified above.
In order to provide a context for their review, the University Committee shall have access, as needed, to the professional files submitted by candidates for promotion and tenure during the academic year from the appellee
=s college.The University Committee shall inform the Provost of its recommendations adding its own evaluation. The University Committee shall also send copies of its recommendations to the department chair and candidate. The chair shall send the report to the dean for inclusion in the candidate
=s professional file.Committee recommendations for advancement in rank, for tenure, or for making favorable progress toward tenure shall require a majority vote of the total Committee membership. A quorum, for voting purposes, shall consist of five Committee members. Individual Committee members may issue a separate dissenting or concurring evaluation, which shall be forwarded to the provost, individual members and placed in the respective candidate
=s file.PPM 8-____ COMPOSITION AND SELECTION OF UNIVERSITY RANKING TENURE EVALUATION COMMITTEE
POLICY
The University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee shall consist of eight tenured professors representing each of the seven colleges and the library. The faculty from each college and the library will select one person to serve on the University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee and shall select an alternate member from a different department. Persons serving on the University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee are allowed to serve on a Department Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee or College Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee with the understanding that if a member of the University Committee is involved in a case before the Committee; is a member of a department from which a case arises; or is serving on either the Department Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee or the College Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee germane to a particular appeal, that member shall be disqualified to hear or investigate the appeal.
The election of University committee members shall be by secret ballot in each college. Tenured and tenure-track faculty
members of each department in the college are eligible to vote. In the event of a vacancy on the University Committee, the alternate from the college affected by the vacancy will become the member of the University Committee and serve out the remainder of the previous member=s term. The college would then select a new alternate member to serve out the remainder of the previous alternate= term.The chair and the vice chair of the University Committee shall be elected from among its members. The chair shall preside at meetings of the University Committee. In case of a tie, the chair may cast the deciding vote. Members of the University Committee shall serve two-year terms. One-half of the membership of the University shall be elected each year to staggered two-year terms (the first year, one-half of the committee members shall be elected to two-year terms and one-half to one-year terms with those electing members to one-year terms to be determined by lot).
The Faculty Board of Review looks explicitly at due process issues. The University Committee is another level of review at the request of the candidate.
Motion: Moved to approve the proposed PPM 8-__ ACTION BY THE UNIVERSITY RANKING TENURE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, and PPM 8-__ COMPOSITION AND SELECTION OF UNIVERSITY RANKING TENURE EVALUATION COMMITTEE and that language reflected in PPM 8
B11, C IV. stated above.The questions was raised,
AIs it appropriate for the University Committee to have the ability to overturn decisions made by the department, the college, or the University?@Amended Motion: Moved to have the review by the University
Committee be excluded if the candidate had three negatives.
Made: Bill Clapp
Second: Randy Scott
Outcome: The motion failed.
Main Motion: Moved to approve the proposed PPM 8-__ ACTION BY THE UNIVERSITY RANKING TENURE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, and PPM 8-__ COMPOSITION AND SELECTION OF UNIVERSITY RANKING TENURE EVALUATION COMMITTEE and that language reflected in PPM 8
B11, C IV. as stated above.Suggested revisions to PPM 8-11were discussed at length.
Main
Motion: Moved to approve the proposed revisions for PPM 8-11, III. POST TENURE REVIEW.Friendly Amendment - a. Satisfactory performance in
all areas of evaluation allows the faculty member to remain in the
regular evaluation process with the possibility of merit pay raises.
Amended
Motion: Moved to strike out Ain all areas of evaluation@ from the above statement.Dr. Galli would hate to see a faculty member put on probation because they have received an unsatisfactory rating in one of the three areas. It was not suggest that the three areas, teaching, service and scholarship be eliminated.
Amended
Motion: Moved to strike
Aany single area of@ and A(e.g., teaching)@ from b. Unsatisfactory performance will require the faculty member to enter one of two processes, depending upon the extent of deficiency.Made: Ron Galli
Second: Bruce Christensen
Outcome: The motion failed with 12 in favor and 13
opposed.
PPM 8-11 revisions for II. STUDENT EVALUATIONS, III. POST-TENURE REVIEW, IV. TENURE REVIEW, and V. EVALUATIVE CRITERIA FOR ACADEMIC RANK.
Senate members stated the importance of having clearly defined criteria, and the need to have this policy be in compliance with North West standards. It was mentioned that the University cannot recommend retirement. The process is not defined.
Motion: Moved to send PPM 8-11, III. POST-TENURE
REVIEW, IV., TENURE REVIEW, and V. EVALUATIVE CRITERIA FOR ACADEMIC RANK
back to the Appointment, Promotion, and Academic Freedom Committee to
discuss accreditation issues and compliance with North West standards,
reword the document looking at a holistic approach, and general
campus-wide discussion and hearings of the document.
Made: Dan Schroeder
Second: Judith Mitchell
Outcome: The motion passed unanimously.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.