Faculty Affairs Committee

December 8, 2008

 

Present:  P. Dragnev, C. Erickson, J. Garrison, K. McDonald, B. McKinney, N. Younis.

 

1.  Approval of November 17 minutes.

 

2.  Discussion of WOST P&T procedures.  C. Erickson will take suggestions to WOST committee.

 

3.  Discussion of Biology P&T procedures.  No suggestions.

 

4.  VCAA McKinney’s new business: Purdue had proposed a new Research integrity Policy intended to replace the existing policy.  There is very little new in the statement, but what is different is that the new policy requires a new position, a Research Integrity Officer.  McKinney is unsure about whether or not this is an IPFW appointment or a system-wide appointment.  He will discover more about this role.

 

5.  Meeting adjourned.  Next meeting is January 12, 2009.

 

 

Submitted by C. Erickson

 

 

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Faculty Affairs Committee Meeting

November 17, 2008

 

Present:       Peter Dragnev, Chris Erickson, Judith Garrison, Kimberly McDonald,

                         Karen Moustafa, Nash Younis, Peter Iadicola (guest)

  

Handouts:  Questions for question time.

 

1.      Approval of the Minutes of October 27, 2008

 

         The minutes were approved as distributed.

 

2.      Senate Document SD 08-2

        

Peter Iadicola presented SD 08-2 (see attached) for committee’s consideration and provided

background information.  Kim will invite Alan Sandstrom for comment to the next meeting.

        

3.      Salary Increments

          

Questions submitted for question time regarding salary increments were reviewed.  Kim will compose final list decided upon and circulate before submitting to Executive Committee. 

 

Kim will also respond to the questions received that were not about salary increments with suggestions about how to find the information requested.  It was noted that SD 06-09 may need clarification. 

 

        

4.      Meeting Schedule

 

The next meeting is scheduled for December 8 at 2:45 ET 206.

 

 

 

Submitted by Judith Garrison



 

SD 08-2    Proposal for Defending Departmental Faculty Rights of Discussion and Recommendation for Departmental Curriculum

            <http://www.ipfw.edu/senate/DOCUMENT/2008-09/SD08-2.html>

 

Question Time Questions…attached.


Question Time

 

Per Senate Document SD 06-09, which requires the Faculty Affairs Committee to send questions concerning faculty salary increment distribution to the administration:

 

 

  1. What was the total increment monies allotted, how were they dispersed and by whom?

 

  1. Of the increment monies distributed by the Deans and VCAA, how many faculty received increments for equity and special merit and what was the total dollars distributed in each category?

 

  1. How many faculty were recommended to the VCAA by the Deans in each category? How many faculty received funds from the VCAA who were not recommended by the Deans in each category?

 

  1. From which administrative level(s) does recommendation for equity, compression, and/or super merit come?

 

  1. How are promotion increments determined?

 

  1. Why has the focus of equity increases been at the full professor level?   How have equity increases been distributed among the faculty ranks?

 

  1. Why must the department be sure to give some extra merit to those that are recommended for merit increases at the college or university level?  How can we encourage those working adequately or even to their full ability when we must award them less than the suggested increment?

 

 

 

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Faculty Affairs Committee Meeting

October 6, 2008

 

Present:       Peter Dragnev, Chris Erickson, Kimberly McDonald, William McKinney,

                         Nash Younis

  

Handouts:  Policy of Faculty Workload, Evaluation, and Reward-Department of Computer Science

                        Department Personnel Committee-Department of Psychology

                        Tenure and Promotion-Department of Communication

                        Promotion and Tenure Procedure-Department of Communication

 

1.      Approval of the Minutes of September 17, 2008

 

            The minutes were approved as distributed.

 

2.      Vacancies on the Committee

             

          The Committee has appointed Judith Garrison and Karen Moustafa as the replacement members for the remainder of the 2008-09 academic year.  Upon the approval of the Senate, they will be members on the committee.

        

3.      Promotion and Tenure Documents

           

              Kim will communicate the recommendations regarding the P&T documents submitted to the Faculty Affairs Committee.

 

        

4.      Meeting Schedule

 

             The next meeting is scheduled for October 27 at 2:30.

 

Submitted by Nash Younis



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Faculty Affairs Committee

9/17/08

 

 

Present:  Peter Dragnev, Chris Erickson, Kimberly McDonald, William McKinney, Nash Younis

 

1.  K. McDonald is elected chair by unanimous consent.

 

2.  K. McDonald will ask Jacqui Peterson to send an email to solicit nominations to serve on FAC.  FAC is short two members. 

 

3.  C. Erickson will send to members via email any unfinished business (from the previous chair of FAC, Craig Hill) from early summer.

 

4.  VCAA W. McKinney will distribute copies of Communication’s revised Promotion and Tenure documents for discussion at the next meeting.

 

5.  Discussion re: P and T criteria and the possibility of revisiting IPFW documents to make sure that they are consistent with each other.

 

6.  Next meeting is scheduled for October 6 at 2:30 in ET 206.

 

 

Submitted by C. Erickson