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Faculty Assembly
Faculty Assembly Minutes
January 27, 2003

 

Members Absent: J. LeFlore, P. Cox, J. Farrell, R. Chaldu, G. Graham, W. Silky, B. Schaber, S. Preston, J. Freire, D. Baer, K. Kurst-Swanger, G. Bacalles, J. Langenfeld-Rial, M. Martin,

Meeting was called to order at 3:16 PM.

  1. Approval of Agenda

    2. The Agenda was approved.

  2. Approval of minutes

    3. The minutes from December 2, 2002 were approved unanimously. The minutes for December 9, 2002 were distributed.

  3. Report from the Faculty Senator - E. O'Shea

    4. E. O'Shea gave a report regarding the recent Faculty Senate meeting at Geneseo (report to follow).

  4. FA Chair's Report - D. King

A. Highlights of the Faculty Senate meeting held at SUNY Geneseo (January 23-25)

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Report

1. President’s Report (Joe Hildreth)
    • General Education Conference will continue to address issues
    • Assessment of Major is progressing well across SUNY
    • "New Vision in Teacher Education" is being implemented
    • Task Force on Teacher Education addressed many issues
    • ACGE - new Advisory Committee on General Education
    • Faculty Development Initiative is being advanced by Provost Salins
    • Student Transfer Initiative is being studied by the Transfer Task Force
    • Distance Learning Initiative is still being discussed
    • System-wide Assessment continues to be a controversial issue
    • Policy on misconduct in research is being drafted
    • Levin Institute (NYC) raises issues about faculty control of the curriculum
    • Trustees meeting proposed tuition increase of up to $1400
    • Rational Fiscal Policy Task Force report was accepted by the Senate
    • Budget updates were given by Brian Stenson
    • Funding for TAP & EOP need to be protected

2. Provost's Office Report (Don Stevens)
    • Enrollment planning has produced a small increase in SUNY enrollment
    • MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) guidelines will be updated
    • Provost's enrollment planning group oversees setting SUNY enrollment targets
    • "Campus in transition" category provides extra funding for colleges of technology
    • General Education procedures have been refined
    • Faculty Survey was useful process that yielded much information

Senate Plenary Sessions
    1. Provost Salin's Report
    • Campus liasons now established for all campuses
    • Enrollment planning is a high priority
    • Senate's Rational Fiscal Policy proposal endorsed by Provost Salins
    • Faculty Survey data now available for analysis
    • ACGE - new committee to oversee SUNY General Education programs
    • "New Vision in Teacher Education" is underway
    • Transfer issues are being addressed
    • Recognitions and Awards criteria is being reviewed
    • Faculty Development Initiative
    • Homeland Defense Initiatives - SUNY is pursuing research funds
    • SUNY Connect - advantages for local campuses of comprehensive on-line databases
    • Assessment is still be discussed
    1. Chancellor King's Report
    • Budget and Tuition

- Every state agency will be cut

- Seeking a balance of state tax support and tuition

- Reasonably optimistic about 5 year capital plan re-appropriation

- Tuition issue tied to TAP allocations

- Chancellor committed to retaining TAP and EOP

- Students with family income up to $50,000 will see little impact on cost, even with tuition increase
    • Plagiarism by faculty should be addressed by the Senate

B. FA/FAEB schedule - The meeting schedule has been revised for Spring '03. The General Faculty meeting is rescheduled for February 24th, following an abbreviated Faculty Assembly meeting.

C. Resignation as FA Chair - Due to his recent and unexpected appointment as Interim Provost, effective on February 4th, D. King will be resigning as the Faculty Assembly Chair.

D. Electing a new FA Chair - The Executive Board will meet next week to discuss the situation, then bring recommendations back to the Assembly for the next meeting. According to the Bylaws, the decision about what to do rests with the Assembly. W. Opello will chair the February 10th meeting in his role as Vice Chair.

E. Assessment of the past four years - D. King expressed his gratitude for the opportunity he has had to serve as FA Chair for the past four years. He had intended to step down at the end of the Spring term.

In recent years, the Assembly and its Councils has moved through a lot of business:

• addressed the mandates for the new General Education requirements

• worked in association with the Mission Review process, the Middles States review, and strategic planning process

• helped to facilitate the re-certification of dozens of programs in education

• amended most the Articles of the FA Bylaws, allowing us to re-organize the council structure of the Assembly and their functions

• aided the accreditation processes in the School of Business and School of Education

• reviewed many courses, programs, policies and procedures

• established FA webpage with an archive of minutes, agendas and Bylaws

F. Faculty Senate Executive Committee - D. King will stay on through this semester as Convenor of the Campus Governance Leaders due to the number of issues that are in process with System Administration. The Faculty Senate will hold its Fall Plenary meeting on our campus next October 23rd - 25th.

G. Student Conduct Committee - Two faculty volunteers are needed to serve to replace P. Brand and M. Ryniker. Please notify W. Opello if you are interested or wish to nominate someone else.
  1. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces
    1. Personnel Policies Council - Met on January 10, and discussed that J. Presley will be moving on to the position of Provost at Illinois State University, and that an Interim Provost would be needed here. Several candidates were considered and ultimately D. King was recommended, though he will not be a candidate in the initial national search for the permanent position. It is not clear exactly when the new Provost will be appointed. A search committee will be elected in the near future.
    2. Priorities & Planning
      3. - In the meeting on January 24, the Cognitive Science Minor was passed, however, the Cognitive Science Major (BA, BS) was tabled. Program representatives will be invited to discuss and clarify the programs and issues surrounding instructional resources. Meeting dates were set for the semester. Also set were semester objectives in conjunction with the Middle States Report Recommendations.
    3. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
      4. - The Council is considering amendments to the proposed procedures and the format for new course proposals. Anyone with ideas should send them to Jim Nichols by email at <jnichol1@oswego.edu>.
    4. Academic Policies Council
      5. - Will meet on January 31, 2003.
    5. Information Technology Council
      6. - Will meet on January 31, 2003.
  1. Unfinished Business
    1. Election of one faculty and one professional staff representative to Student Association Senate-

These positions are still available. Please consider nominating someone to serve in this important role.
  1. New Business

No new business was brought to the floor.

Meeting was adjourned at 4:39 PM.
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