this. Gilliam replied that she thought the issue was about faculty contact hours. A Senator noted that faculty had to determine for SACS the number of contact hours, but that we are harder on ourselves than SACS is on us. Moffett responded that we need to revisit this issue in APC. A Guest noted that it's a huge problem for labs because some labs only meet 3 hours a week on Mondays. If students miss a lab, they miss a lot of instruction. A committee member said that if we take away fall break and give faculty the two holidays, that would keep the same number of contact hours. A Senator noted that we get a lot more snow days in the spring than in the fall. The concern was that when you add two holidays and the snow days, we would be falling below the contact hour minimum. Moffett restated that he'll be visiting APC to help determine a solution.
Eric Robinson from Health, Safety and Environment came to their meeting to look at the classroom survey, and he gave some helpful feedback. They are working on revising and seeking more input on the survey questions.
They are still waiting on Instructional Budget documents from the administration.
They discussed the textbook adoption deadline, which is next Friday.
Program Area Coordinator Survey: Gibson acknowledged that the duties of this position vary widely and that there is now no monetary compensation. The committee is trying to come up with uniform criteria and an associated stipend for the position. They have developed a survey and asked Moffett to circulate it. This version is just a draft. After receiving feedback on the draft and revising it, the committee will disseminate the survey and get responses to generate an Action Item on duties and compensation. Committee member Clifton Wise said that he would like to know more from people who have been in that position before. We need more details from whoever has been in that position so we can come up with a justification and a list of responsibilities associated with the Coordinator positions.
The committee also examined the dress code policy. The lab techs did not want to be in business attire and carry out their lab duties. However, in the policy, there are departmental exceptions for those whose job duties require that they not wear business dress: the list of exceptions includes lab technicians. Wise researched some other local schools: UK does not have a dress policy. At other schools which do have dress code policies, the policies are program-based, not campus wide.
0 Moffett stated that he would like to know about the genesis of the dress code policy.
0 A Guest noted that the code is not discipline specific and is arguably sexist.
0 A Senator said that there has always been a dress code at the other HBCU's where she has worked.
0 A Senator asked if there have been any enforcement actions. Moffett replied that he didn't know.
0 A Senator noted that the skirt length requirement was ambiguous, and there is no mention of shorts-length for men.
Ombudsman Wilfred Reilly noted that this issue is on the agenda for his next meeting with University President Brown. Reilly said that there are indeed exceptions for people in special duties. The dress code itself is not that limited; the issue really is that some attire is strictly prohibited. The basic message is to look clean and reputable. He will ask the President who exactly the code covers.