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Faculty Senate Meeting June 17, 2010

Faculty Senate Meeting June 17, 2010. RP&A Motion Change Requirements with Respect to Required Major Field Test or Fundamentals of Engineering Test. Current Entry: Major Field

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Faculty Senate Meeting June 17, 2010

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  1. Faculty Senate MeetingJune 17, 2010

  2. RP&A Motion • Change Requirements with Respect to Required Major Field Test or Fundamentals of Engineering Test

  3. Current Entry: Major Field Seniors take a major field test, such as the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) test or the Major Field Test (MFT), before being approved for graduation.   Students receive MFT notification from their department. Information about FE test dates and requirements are available through the engineering departments. Participation in the assessment program ensures continuous improvement and a quality education for current and future generations of students.   Assessment requirements affect enrolled students immediately. Assessment requirements are not linked to catalog year and may change during a student’s undergraduate career.

  4. Proposed Revision: Major Field Students’ learning in their major field will be assessed in their senior year by methods or programs developed by departments and approved by the Provost.   Information about assessment dates and requirements are available through departments. Those students taking the Major Field Test (MFT) will receive MFT notification from their departments. Participation in the assessment program ensures continuous improvement and a quality education for current and future generations of students.  Assessment requirements affect enrolled students immediately. Assessment requirements are not linked to catalog year and may change during a student’s undergraduate career.

  5. Referral to Budgetary Affairs on Administration Budgets RP&A requests that budgetary affairs examine the budgets of administration units on campus. In particular, RP&A proposes that Budgetary Affairs examine the growth in budget size, growth in staff, and when possible compare the growth in administrative budgets with the growth in academic units. In addition, in conjunction with the Student Council, Budgetary Affairs should prepare a survey to determine the efficacy of the allotments.

  6. Referral on Summer Teaching Issues to Personnel Committee The Personnel Committee had received a concern regarding salary for faculty teaching in summer classes. In the past, the “standard” compensation was 1/10 of the academic year salary for a 3 credit-hour course. Recently, faculty members have reported they accepted less than 10% for a course, in particular so that low enrollment classes could be offered. Currently, the funding algorithm used by the Office of Academic Affairs requires an enrollment of more than 20 students to fully fund the salary of a faculty member. RP&A requests the Personnel Committee examine the present policies and make recommendations for change as needed. Professor Gelles was asked to draft a memo to the Department Chairs council requesting they study the funding algorithm and salary policy.

  7. RP&A Resolution to IFC Representatives In his report to FP&A, Professor Wunsch expressed the concern of the ITCC that the initiative to create shared services across all campuses may not address the unique technological requirements of the S&T campus. A motion was passed for RP&A to present a resolution to the IFC requesting S&T faculty representation on the Shared Services Steering Committee.

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