The APC action item was amended to reflect this preference of the faculty, and was then passed with a vote of 17 in favor, four opposed and two abstentions.

8. Curriculum Committee report [15 minute time limit]

a. Curriculum changes for Physical Education (Exercise and Sports Studies) Program

Senator Wang presented an action item to add HED 300 Foundations to Health to the Physical Education Non-Teaching (Exercise and Sports Studies) program and to lower the 20 free electives to 17 free electives. This was approved unanimously.

b. Curriculum changes for Physical Education (Teaching) Program

The next item approved by the Curriculum Committee adds HED 221 Personal Health 1 (2 Credit Hours) and PHE 302 Human Physiology (4 Credit Hours) to the Physical Education (Teaching) curriculum. This also was passed by the Senate unanimously.

9. 9. Professional Concerns Committee report [10 minute time limit] In the absence of Committee Chair, Senator Valentine, Senator Helen Smith reported for the PCC. She noted that the committee continues to receive more supporting data on the salary compression issue addressed at the last Senate meeting. Senator Stratton is working with Dr. Schneller on setting up a formal faculty mentoring program. In addition, the committee revised the proposed changes to the Faculty Handbook on the selection and evaluation of deans and chairs that was presented at the last Senate meeting.

At this point, Senator Smith presented the committee’s revised language for the relevant sections of the Faculty Handbook. She noted that language on qualifications for deans had been revised in line with the feedback from the full Senate and that the date for chair elections had been clarified as mid-spring in the final year of the term.

Dr. Andries raised questions about the wisdom of rotating terms that could deprive a unit of institutional knowledge and about the concept of electing chairs, which he noted has not been actually practiced at KSU.

Noting that Senator Lai, who had done most of the work on this action item, had already had to leave the meeting, Senator Smith withdrew the proposed item and asked Dr. Andries to join PCC at its next meeting.

10. Budget and Academic Support Committee report [10 minute time limit]

Vice-Chairperson Fariba Kashan reported on the technology survey that, as was noted in the president's report, has now been distributed to all faculty. With this accomplished, the committee's next goal is to produce a resolution calling for the university to prioritize academic quality when making the budget for the next fiscal year. Senator Clay will be bringing information on the KSU budget process to the next BASC meeting.

11. Faculty Regent Updates [10 minute time limit] a. COSFL discussion with CPE President Thompson

Regent Moffett recently participated in a meeting of the Coalition of Senate and Faculty Leadership (COSFL) which brings together faculty leaders from all of the Kentucky universities. This organization had been more active in the past and is now being resuscitated. COSFL met with Aaron Thompson, president of Kentucky’s Council on Post-secondary Education (and form interim president of KSU). Much of the discussion centered on questions about the Gray & Associates program reviews initiated from CPE.