Executive Board
Meeting Minutes
January 04, 2005 | 3:00-5:00 p.m.
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Present: S. Agarwal (FS President); B Allen (Provost);
C. Baldwin (FS President-Elect); S. Carlson (Assoc. Provost); S. Crase
(FDAR Council Chair); A.M. Fiore (Family and Consumer Sciences Caucus
Chair); J. Girton (Past-President & RPA Chair); C. Heising (Engineering
Caucus Chair); D. Holger (Assoc. Provost); B. Mennecke (Business Caucus
Chair); G. Palermo (Academic Affairs Council Chair); G. Phye (Education
Caucus Chair); B. Robinson (Judiciary and Appeals Council Chair);
E. Thacker (Vet Med Caucus Chair); D. Vrchota (Governance Council
Chair); T. Zanish-Belcher (FS Secretary)
Absent: J. Maves (Design Caucus Chair); A. Van Der
Valk (LAS Caucus Chair); Yang, B. (Agriculture Caucus Chair)
Guests: W. Dillon (Ames Tribune)
Call to Order - 3:10 p.m.
Agarwal called the meeting to order at 3:10 p.m.
Consent Agenda - 3:10 p.m.
Agenda
Minutes, Executive Board, November 30, 2004
Girton moved, Heising seconded, and the consent agenda
was approved.
Announcements and Remarks - 3:15 p.m.
President
President Agarwal made the following announcements:
Dan Saftig will speak to the Faculty Senate at the
upcoming meeting.
Honorary degree nominations are due by January 10.
While these degrees have traditionally been academics only, President
Geoffroy would like to expand the pool.
The Regents Excellence Award will now carry an award
of $1,000.
The Provost has sent out a call for Faculty and Staff
awards.
President-Elect
Baldwin has no announcements.
Palermo asked about the Spring Faculty Conference.
There will be a meeting next week to discuss potential topics. The
date will scheduled in April and the conference will be held in the
Memorial Union.
Provost
Provost Allen made the following announcements about
continuing issues in his office:
The new Dean of Engineering
Budget issues continue of importance, particularly
if new funds need to be reallocated
Promotion and tenure
Strategic plan
The combination of the two colleges
Palermo asked about how the colleges are handling
implementation of the strategic plan. The Executive Board then discussed
the role of the Faculty Senate Caucus and its relationship to College
Deans.
Old Business
The ISU Strategic Plan is currently on the Faculty
Senate agenda for approval. Agarwal will present the document for
any kind of commentary or conceptual impact. The document itself cannot
be edited. The Senate should look at it on the whole.
New Business
A. Request from Department of Construction Engineering
to allow them to recruit PhD students and appoint them as lecturers-FDAR
This new rule would focus on those individuals working
in industry with experience. The Dept. would like them to get PhDs
and at the same time use them as lecturers. Currently the document
does not allow this. Some precedence does exist (Vet Med) but they
are called Adjunct Instructors. Thus, FDAR is recommending the Dept.
follow this precedent.
Carlson noted that there is a similar request from
Animal Science. Palermo asked about the criteria of academic progress.
Crase and Girton noted they would fall under the regular contract
review.
Phye brought up the following issues: proliferation
of titles across Colleges that does not allow for oversight and constant
redefinition of faculty.
Girton noted the official appointment aspect needs
to be stressed. The Senate needs to approve each instance, so that
departments can't simply bring in any graduate students and have them
function as faculty.
There are larger concerns of equity for other disciplines,
Palermo noted.
The language currently reads: “Adjunct instructor:
DVM or post MS students in specific departments for a limited number
of PhD students with business, industry, and government experience.
Must be approved by Faculty Senate and the Provost.”
Motion for adding this language in the handbook, and
the Handbook Committee will figure it out.
The Executive Board approved this plan of action and
motion.
B. Changes to Handbook-J&A
The Judiciary and Appeals Council reported on recommended
changes to the Handbook.
The language concerning the Ombudsperson office will
continue to be discussed.
The Executive Board then spent time discussing Revision
A1: non-mandatory cases (early tenure cases, final year reviews)
The recommended changes state that late development
information must be considered. If information
is available before a decision is made, it must be
considered. This must be received before the final decision is made.
Palermo noted that there needs to at least be a statement
in relation to review.
The Executive Board then discussed the additional
information and its role in the tenure decision. While it cannot be
grounds for appeal, but the faculty member appeal if it is not considered
The Provost made the following comments, as revision
A1 has been discussed with Deans. The assumption is that people will
use the best judgment possible. There may be equity issues, as everyone
does know the rules. Second guessing is possible, and this “additional
information” should not diminish peer reviews. “Bad” information should
also be considered.
There are also logistical issues in terms of departmental,
college, and university deadlines.
The Executive Board agreed that the language needs
to be developed further. There is a real need for consistent guidelines.
Memorial Resolutions
There are to be 5 individuals to be presented at the
upcoming Faculty Senate meeting. The Executive Board agreed they should
be presented to the Senate.
Council Reports
A. Academic Affairs
The Academic Affairs Council, in the future, will
be discussing possible revisions for a unified academic probation
with the goal being a more uniform policy. There will also be a Program
Review of the US Diversity and International Perspectives.
B. FDAR
FDAR reported on a question in regards to the NTT
faculty. Is there an increment to be given to NTT faculty at the time
of their advancement? FDAR said yes, and forwarded this to the Executive
Board.
Girton asked if this is a “track?” Palermo said yes,
that would certainly be the lecturers' perception. Crase stated that
it would be fair and equitable for these employees. Palermo asked
how this is different from Promotion and Tenure? Baldwin responded
to the need for a positive evaluation (as opposed to the promotion
and tenure process).
The Executive Board approved the proposal, with one
abstention.
C. Governance
The Governance Council reported on the recommended
changes in the handbook language. Since there is no substantive change
(to remain consistent with language in other areas) the motion will
be to approve and forward to the Faculty Senate to be included in
the agenda.
The Executive Board decided to continue this discussion
at its next meeting.
D. J&A
The Ombudsperson advice has been rendered and the
Executive Board will further discuss at nextmeeting.
E. RPA
There was no report from RPA.
VII. Approval of the Agenda for the Faculty Senate
Meeting-January 11, 2005.
Some revisions to the agenda included special orders
for the memorial resolutions and the election of the President-Elect.
New business will include everything approved by the
Executive Board.
Girton moved, Heising seconded, and the Executive
Board approved the agenda.
Adjourn - 5:00
p.m.
The Executive Board adjourned at 5:00 p.m.
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January 25, 2004 3:10 -5:00
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