Download
1 / 29
290 likes | 406 Views
Faculty Senate Meeting April 29, 2010. Agenda. I. Call to Order and Roll Call N. Book, Secretary II. Approval of February 18, 2010 meeting minutes III. Election of New Officers IV. Campus Reports and Responses V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business
E N D
Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call • N. Book, Secretary II. Approval of February 18, 2010 meeting minutes III. Election of New Officers IV. Campus Reports and Responses V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn
Reports of Standing and Special Committees • RP&A • Curricula • Budgetary Affairs • Administrative Review • Student Affairs • Personnel • ITCC
Grievance Panel and oversight Committee Currently serving with terms not expired yet: Panel: A. Miller Oversight committee: L. Haynes, R. Bieniek 5 APPLICANTS: Meggie Cheng, Nuran Ercal, Cihan Dagli, Chaman Lal Sabharwal, Prakash Reddy All indicated they would be willing to serve on either body. Since 4 of the applicants indicated preference for panel, we will first elect member of panel and then of oversight committee from same pool minus the person elected to the panel
Referral to Budgetary Affairs • Work with the upper administration to determine the effect of the budget cuts on the academic and administration units.
Referral to Academic Freedom and Standards Committee • The RP&A approved a motion to have the Academic Freedom & Standards Committee examining the issue of possible time conflicts between common exams and students taking regularly-scheduled classes.
Referral to Student Affairs Committee • The RP&A Committee made a referral to the Student Affairs Committee to examine the existing procedures for recognizing student organizations. • The RP&A Committee made a referral to the Student Affairs Committee to endorse (or not) the following statement on academic integrity:
General Version Academic honesty is essential for the intellectual life of the University. Faculty members have a special obligation to expect high standards of academic honesty in all student work. Students have a special obligation to adhere to such standards. In all academic evaluations of students, the instructor shall assess the student’s performance and make an academic judgment about the student's grade on that work and in that course based on the academic standards of the course, including any standards of academic integrity and/or professional standards for which students have been provided notice in the course syllabus, other course materials, or other program materials. In cases where the student fails to meet the academic integrity standards of the course, the instructor may take that into account in grading the student’s performance, but only to the extent necessary to make the academic evaluation of the performance. In such cases the instructor shall report any alleged academic dishonesty to the Primary Administrative Officer, who is the individual responsible for the administration of the due process procedures which can lead to sanctions being imposed against the student for violations of the Conduct Code. Version Directed to Students (e.g. on Syllabi) (Adapted from the student Standard of Conduct and Rules of Procedures in Student Conduct Matters, Sections 200.010 and 200.020 of the Collected Rules and Regulations of the University of Missouri)
Referral to Personnel Committee • Draft of documents concerning classroom intellectual property rights was referred to the personnel committee for review. • Professor Neogi also reported to RP&A that the personnel committee had developed a proposed policy statement concerning spousal and relative conflict of interest.
Referral to Curricula Committee • A policy was recently instituted by the Columbia campus to accept transfer credit for military experience and education. The Curricula Committee was charged with developing a Missouri S&T policy using UMC’s policy as a reference.
Report on Administrative Review Committee • Professor Mariesa Crow reported that the survey of those administrations under review was complete and provided the tabulated results and comments to Professor Schulz.
Report on Campus Assessment Committee • Vice-Provost Schwartz made a request of RP&A that we elect two representatives to the Campus Assessment Committee to replace Professor Isaac, who was stepping down. RP&A elected Professor Keith Nisbett and Professor Mark Fitch to serve on the committee as faculty representatives.
Report on Planned RP&A Retreat • RP&A adopted a resolution to have a retreat early in the Fall semester for Faculty Senate officers and newly-elected chairs of standing committees.
Report on Instructional Capacity Taskforce • A motion was made and passed to forward the following resolution to Dean Jay Goff: RP&A has received a briefing by two faculty representatives on the task force on Student Educational Capacity at S&T. RP&A commends the committee’s good work in a very difficult task, and recognizes that there are many issues associated with the mandate of the committee. After deliberation, the RP&A committee encourages the taskforce to address, as a prominent part of its final recommendations, issues concerning faculty shortage and the ability to attract high-quality graduate students.
Report on Instructional Capacity Taskforce • Taskforce on Educational Capacity: Balakrishnan and Raper were members of this task force, serving on one or more subcommittees. The report can be found at the following enrollment management website: http://enrollment.mst.edu/capacity/index.html • The report went through several drafts and iterations before the final report was issued. The taskforce will meet with Chancellor Carney on May 4th from 2-4 pm in the Silver & Gold Rm. in the Havener Center.
