adherence to deadlines for curriculum action items, first Monday in October and first Monday in March. They discussed policy on acceptance of electronic signatures needs to be addressed.
Academic Policy Committee:
Chair Gebremedhin reported the Registrar requested a change to application for graduation due dates in order to make schedule deadlines consistent and to add a December schedule. Action Item FSAPC-17-18-01 passed with unanimous voice vote.
Professional Concerns Committee:
Chair Reilly reported that the PCC discussed clarification of status of past action items.
Action Item FSPCC-17-18-01, which addresses revisions to the Faculty Handbook on Tenure & Promotion, was presented and discussed. The revisions were discussed extensively in the FY2016-17 Faculty Senate and then disseminated to the full faculty last year, with little additional suggestions. FSPCC-17-18-01 passed unanimously by voice vote with one friendly amendment that the percentage of Divisional meetings required be changed from "not less than 75%" to "more than 50%".
PCC discussed that recognition of retirees across campus has been inconsistent and possibly policy to address a standard should be considered.
Budget & Academic Support:
Chair Rye referred to initial analysis by BASC of the Academic Affairs Restructuring Plan and data. She said faculty and the Faculty Senate was not consulted for input and review, and the faculty Senate members present at the Board meeting received a copy from the press. Several accounts of savings were called into question. (See attached BASC #1 AA Restructure Plan).
Error: "Total Savings" count, as presented, should be $2,380,689 instead of $2,280,698, a difference of $120,000.
The Employment List Jan 29, 2016 Institutional Research shows 13 paid Area Coordinators, totaling 37,000. Even if there are another 6 now (Academic Affairs savings chart lists 19), at the highest rate of 3,000 the total would be 55,000, not 63,000 as reported.
Elimination of the Area Coordinator positions would be the equivalent of a pay cut for those faculty members, and the work they perform at the unit/degree level would still have to be completed.
Cost of Dean office operating expenses and administrative secretaries was not included.
Rationale is not provided for eliminating the Chair position for LLP which is the largest unit, per faculty and students served. Mass Communication and Speech/Communication are in LLP as well.
Rationale not provided for retaining Chair positions in low production units, per students served and degree production.
No analysis of percentage of stipend for administrative duties saved with eliminated positions, when such tenured faculty go back to academic units to teach. Total salaries cannot be counted as “savings”.
Percentage of new administrative positions that will be dedicated to teaching not given.