Senate Document SD 97-7
(Amended & approved, 12/8/1997)

TO:	IPFW Faculty Senate

FROM:	Purdue Faculty Grievance Board
	W. Jeffrey Wilson, Chair

DATE:	November 21, 1997
SUBJECT: Response to Revision of Purdue University Executive Memorandum C-19 					regarding Grievance Procedures
DISPOSITION: To the Presiding Officer for Implementation

Whereas, the faculty of IPFW were not consulted about the final form of the revised 
	procedures specified in C-19; and
 
Whereas, the revisions increase the disparity between grievance procedures for 
	Indiana University and Purdue University faculty at IPFW; and
 
Whereas, the revised procedures will likely treble the number of faculty serving on 
	grievance-related committees, and
 
Whereas, the revised procedures require that hearings be closed unless both the 
	initiator and the respondent request otherwise; and
 
Whereas, the revised procedures preclude even collegial representation of the 
	grievant at the hearing; and
 
Whereas, the revised procedures require that the audio tapes be held by the Vice
	Chancellor for Academic Affairs rather than by the chair of the Hearing Panel, and
 
Whereas, the revised procedures do not address the issue of publication of the 
	report containing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Hearing Panel, 
 
Therefore be it resolved that the IPFW Faculty rejects the revised procedures; and
 
Furthermore be it resolved that the Faculty Affairs Committee be charged with 
	working with President Beering or his designee to construct and implement procedures that 
	address the concerns raised herein and that address the special circumstances of the dual
	campus in Fort Wayne.