Senate Document SD 02-5

(Amended and Approved, 11/18/2002)

(Pending ratification by the Faculty)

(Ratified, 12/9/2002)

TO: Fort Wayne Senate

FROM: Peter Hamburger, Speaker of the Purdue Faculty

DATE: November 18, 2002

SUBJ: Amendment to the Constitution: Definition of Voting Faculty

DISPOSITION: To the Nominations and Elections Committee for submission to the Voting Faculty for approval by secret mail ballot; upon approval, to the Faculty for information and to the presiding officer for implementation

WHEREAS, the following document:

Terms and Conditions of Employment of Lecturers (C-48)

PURDUE UNIVERSITY

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

EXECUTIVE MEMORANDUM NO. C-48

February 1, 1999

was approved by the Board of Trustees of Purdue University,

AND WHEREAS, this document states:

Any deviation by the regional campuses from the provisions of this Executive Memorandum or the Lecturer policy as approved by the Board of Trustees on September 4, 1998, require approval of the President or his/her designee.

AND WHEREAS, this document further states:

II. Definition of Terms

Lecturer — A classification of University staff consisting of Continuing Lecturers and Limited-Term Lecturers, as defined below.

III. Nature of Appointment

Lecturers are a separate staff classification at the University. They do not have faculty voting privileges, nor are they eligible for tenure or sabbatical leave.

AND WHEREAS, the following document, University Guidelines for Clinical Faculty within Purdue University, was approved by the Board of Trustees of Purdue University in May, 1994

AND WHEREAS, this document states "Nontenured clinical faculty shall…be considered members of the University faculty and be given full voting rights as instructional faculty ...."

AND WHEREAS, academic freedom is the cornerstone of higher education, and faculty without tenure are not protected against infringement of academic freedom,

AND WHEREAS, there have been changes to and additions and deletions of faculty titles since the framing of the Constitution of the Faculty of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne; and

AND WHEREAS, the Constitution is unclear on the principles upon which the list of Voting Faculty was constructed; and

AND WHEREAS, the principle of tenure is crucial for the full and open participation of faculty in shared governance of the university;

BE IT RESOLVED, That the Senate approve the attached amendment to the Constitution; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this amendment becomes effective immediately after ratification by the Voting Faculty.

I. DEFINITIONS

C. The Voting Faculty shall consist of those full-time members of the Faculty and those Faculty who are on partial retirement, who are not enrolled in an undergraduate degree program at IPFW nor in a graduate degree program in their home department and who:

1. Are tenured or hold tenure-track appointments in academic units subject to those powers of the Fort Wayne Faculty detailed in Section VI, below, and perform duties at least half of which consists of teaching or other creative/scholarly work; or

2. Are tenured or hold tenure-track appointments with the rank of Librarian or Associate, Assistant, or Affiliate Librarian; or

3. Hold the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Clinical Professor.

D. Associate Members of the Faculty shall consist of emeritus, continuing lecturers, and visiting members of the Faculty and persons who have academic appointments but who are not Faculty. These individuals shall have the privilege of attending Faculty assemblies and convocations, but shall not possess the right to vote.