Senate
Reference No. 02-15
TO: The Senate
FROM: Executive Committee
DATE:
SUBJ: Items under Consideration by Senate Committees
and Subcommittees
The Agenda
Committee has asked Senate committee and subcommittee chairs to report items
under discussion in the various committees.
The following is a compilation of what was submitted.
Educational Policy
Committee
Linda
Hite, Chair
1. Revision
to Senate Bylaws regarding Academic Advising Subcommittee membership (Bylaws
5.3.3.12.1) (sent to Senate)
2. Revisions
to SD 98-22: Regarding Assessment
Council
3. Information
about IPFW becoming a “partnership school” with
4. ETCS
proposal to review withdrawal policy for engineering courses.
5. Implementation of the plus and minus grading system.
Subcommittees of
the Educational Policy Committee:
Academic Advising Subcommittee
Douglas Neitzel and
Michael Slaubaugh, Co-Chairs
1. Nothing
at this time.
Calendar Subcommittee
James Haw, Chair
1. Proposed
academic calendar for 2005-2006.
Continuing Education Advisory Subcommittee
Dennis Marshall, Chair
1. Currently
looking into the possibility of hosting a resource day for associate faculty
teaching off-campus. Multiple workshops
are being considered.
Curriculum Review Subcommittee
Carol Lawton, Chair
1. Nothing
at this time.
Developmental Studies Subcommittee
Douglas Townsend, Chair
1. We have added two members: Mark Myers and Kim
McDonald.
2. Collecting data on the success of students in
developmental courses. Looking at a report that was produced many years ago (ca.
1984) that recommended a "Transitional Semester" for students who
placed into developmental courses in two of the three areas (math, English and
reading).
Distance Education Subcommittee
Dennis Marshall, Chair
1. Nothing
at this time.
General Education Subcommittee
Beverly Parke,
Chair
1. ENGR
101/ETCS 101- Introduction to Engineering, Technology, & Computer Science
2. ENGR
120 – Graphical and Spatial Analysis
Grade Appeals Subcommittee
Lenore DeFonso,
Chair
1. Heard one grade appeal in September.
2. Scheduled
two appeals for October and early November.
3. Awaiting
information on a fourth appeal.
Graduate Subcommittee
David Turnipseed,
Chair
1. Discussing
appropriate use of graduate students as teachers and the need for resources to
support graduate education.
Honors Program Council
Brenda Lundy, Chair
1. Revisiting job description for HPC Director
2. Strategic
Planning for Honors Program
3. Assessment
of Honors Program
International Studies Program Advisory
Subcommittee
Max Montesino,
Chair
1. Nothing
at this time
Faculty Affairs Committee
Elaine
Blakemore, Chair
1. Procedures for promotion and tenure for
librarians.
2. Continuing lecturers: their roles; procedures for
appointment and reappointment; and status as members of the voting faculty.
3. Ways to document excellence in teaching for
promotion and tenure.
4. The UCLA Higher Education Research Institute Study:
implications of the findings for faculty.
Subcommittee of
the Faculty Affairs Committee:
Professional Development Subcommittee
James Moore, Chair
1. Reviewed
international travel request.
2. Awaiting faculty proposals for a) sabbaticals and
b) IPFW Summer and PRF grants.
Michael Nusbaumer, Chair
1. Nothing at this time.
Nominations and Elections Committee
Ron Friedman,
Chair
1. Looked into the membership
of the Honors Program Council.
Peter
Hamburger, Chair
1. Nothing at this time.
Student Affairs Committee
Linda Fox,
Chair
1. Proposed student code revisions.
Subcommittee of the
Student Affairs Committee:
Athletics, Subcommittee on
David Young, Chair
1. Substance Abuse Policy and Program.
University Resources Policy Committee
John Brennan,
Chair
1. Nothing
at this time.
Subcommittees of the
University Resources Policy Committee:
Academic Computing and Information
Technology Advisory Subcommittee
Margaret Kimble, Chair
1. Upgrading
some of the mobile computer presentation units into fixed units. This is part of a recommendation written by
John Fitzgerald in April, 2002, which ACITAS supports.
2. NetOps, a computer classroom management system, has been
reviewed.
3. IPFW
network security and adherence to national security requirements have been discussed.
Budgetary Affairs Subcommittee
George Bullion, Chair
1. Athletic
department’s immediate past, present, and projected near-term budgets.
2. IPFW’s 2003-05 budget request.
3. Management
agreement that is reportedly up for renewal.
4. Whether
to “issue a biennial report to the Senate regarding the changes in staffing
across the major categories of employment at IPFW; and include in the
biennial
report to the Senate any notable changes in funds allocated cross the major
budgetary/administrative categories reflecting levels of faculty support,
student services, physical facilities, and administrative activities.”
Library Subcommittee
David Oberstar, Chair
1. Nothing at this time.