Executive Board
Meeting Minutes
March 22, 2005 | 3:00-5:00 p.m.
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Present: 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); D. Holger
(Assoc. Provost); J. Maves (Design Caucus Chair); B. Mennecke (Business
Caucus Chair); G. Phye (Education Caucus Chair); E. Thacker (Vet Med
Caucus Chair); D. Vrchota (Governance Council Chair); T. Zanish-Belcher
(FS Secretary)
Absent: S. Agarwal
(FS President); G. Palermo (Academic Affairs Council Chair); C. Heising
(Engineering Caucus Chair); B. Robinson (Judiciary and Appeals Council
Chair); A. Van Der Valk (LAS Caucus Chair); Yang, B. (Agriculture
Caucus Chair)
Call to Order
- 3:10 p.m.
Baldwin called
the meeting to order at 3:14 p.m.
Consent Agenda
- 3:10 p.m.
Agenda
Minutes, Executive
Board, March 1, 2005
Girton moved,
Phye seconded, and the consent agenda was passed.
An Education and Student
Affairs Committee report from the Board of Regents will be presented
by Paul Tanaka at the next Faculty Senate meeting.
Announcements
and Remarks - 3:15 p.m.
President
Agarwal was absent.
President-Elect
Baldwin reported that
the Spring Conference is continuing to develop and speaker panels
are shaping up.
Provost
The Provost reported on
the following:
The Board of Regents held
its meeting last week, and among the agenda items were:
The strategic plan was
presented and well received. It will be back on the agenda for June
for performance measures and metrics.
Changes within the Regents
Office: The Committee of Education and Student Affairs will conducts
reviews of programs, centers and institutes, and policy issues. The
Regents wants the institutions to take over more responsibilities.
The Council of
Provosts (COPs) will also have more responsibility in regards to duplication.
The Provost distributed a handout detailing the changes.
Holger is now
in charge of academic program review and discussed some of the changes
in operation. The Regents will check on the review process every once
in a while. The $25,000 minimum for university funding of centers
and institutes was raised to $200,000 and they are to be reviewed
every 7 years. This applies to only new designations. On April 15,
Diane Birt and Provost Allen will give a presentation on this to the
President's Council relating to the background and implementation.
There will also be a meeting with Jim Bloedel, since many centers
and institutes are research-oriented. Monitoring activities will also
be discussed.
The Provost distributed
a new form for new academic program planning approval, "Authorization
to plan a New Baccalaureate, Masters, Doctoral, or First Professional
Degree Program." The overall plan can be approved, and now the
Regents no longer need to see the detailed curriculum.
Item #6 raised
some issues, as it states that the plan has been approved by the appropriate
campus committees, (i.e the Faculty Senate). There was a question
as to will we have seen enough detail to approve the proposed plans?
The Provost acknowledged there may need to be a new procedure with
two processes: first, a plan and then a detailed plan, although the
detail will no longer be sent to the Regents.
Girton made a
motion to ask the Academic Affairs Council to review this document
and recommend a plan of action. Thacker seconded, and the Executive
Board approved the motion.
Old Business
A. DP and UP
Policy - Governance Council
Vrchota updated the Executive
Board on the revision of the policies for the Distinguished and University
Professor awards. The mission was to create a proposal to make the
differences clear.
Palermo has recommended
an amendment stating that the Distinguished Professor can receive
it for pedagogy. She feels this is a significant change.
B. Adjunct Instructor
Policy - FDAR Council
Crase passed
out the proposal for this policy, detailing the background, recommendation,
and explanation. The new text reads:
a) DVMs and b)
post MS students in departments/programs where a limited number of
PhD students come with previous relevant special experience (with
the relevancy and specialness to be decided by the academic department/program).
Each department/program proposing such use of Adjunct Instructor must
receive approval by the Provost and FS before beginning to use it
in this way.
Zanish-Belcher
moved, Girton seconded, to bring it before the Senate again under
Old Business.
FPDA Policy -
FDAR Council
The Faculty Professional
Development Policy is currently on the floor and will be up for a
vote at the next meeting.
Special Item
Part-Time Tenure
Report
Carlson discussed
the background for the task force's report. The goal is to recruit
and retain more diverse faculty. The report is to be used as a discussion
document during the spring, and then will be brought to the Senate
eventually as a policy proposal.
The Board discussed
the following issues: impact on review and promotion/tenure; length
of the probationary period; impact on quality; annual performance
issues; standards; grant funding; rules in regards to hiring/enforcement;
training and information; hidden costs; benefits; office space; use
as a strategic
tool; publicizing the program; and departmental impact.
Carlson will
introduce this topic at the next Senate meeting for discussion.
Council Reports
A. Academic Affairs
Palermo was absent.
Maves reported on their consideration of the U.S. and International
Diversity policy and its implementation. They are also discussing
a uniform policy for academic standards.
B. FDAR
As part of the
review for the professional development policy, FDAR will also report
on the subvention grants (available through the ISU Press endowment).
C. Governance
Vrchota reported
they are working on a charge for new committee to oversee reorganization
oversight. It could go to the Senate this spring.
She also briefly
discussed some potential issues related to Council memberships and
turnover.
D. J&A
Robinson was
not present.
E. RPA
Girton reported
that they are working on a proposal for internal reorganization and
also working with the Provost on budget issues.
Approval of the
Agenda for the Faculty Senate Meeting-March 29, 2005.
Girton moved,
Crase seconded, and the Faculty Senate agenda was approved.
Adjourn - 5:00
p.m.
The meeting adjourned
at 5 p.m.
NEXT MEETING
April 05, 2004 3:10 -5:00
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