Faculty Senate Minutes - 4/10/2003
Missouri Western State College
Faculty Senate Minutes
April 10, 2003
Call to order:
The meeting was called to order by President Steven Greiert at 4 p.m.
Senators present:
Larry Andrews, Brenda Blessing, Ben Caldwell, Bill Church, Richard Cluff, Steven Greiert, Marilyn Hunt, Barry Nelson, Michael Ottinger, Keith Rhodes, John Tapia, Sharon Wagner, Randye Williams, Carolyn Windsor
Senators absent:
Susan Hennessy, Mark Mikkelsen, Mike Smith
Ex-officio members:
President James Scanlon and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs David Arnold are not present. They are attending a meeting in Kirksville.
Guests present:
Kevin Anderson, Jon Euchner, Phil Mullins
Approval of minutes:
Minutes of the April 3, 2003 meeting were approved (Hunt/Andrews).
Approval of the agenda:
A motion was made to amend the agenda, deleting the report from faculty senate evaluation of faculty committee from the agenda for this meeting and adding the discussion of the ad hoc grievance committee report to Old Business (Williams/Wagner).
Report from faculty senate executive committee:
1. Appointments to faculty senate committees for AY2003-2004: Senator Nelson stated that the appointments had been made and deferred to Senator Tapia for the presentation. Tapia distributed copies of the proposed Faculty Senate committee assignments and corresponding liaisons. Tapia indicated he is in the process of finalizing the committee assignments and he will also be developing a list of faculty who have volunteered but were not selected this year for committee assignments which will be distributed to department chairs. Senator Williams requested to serve as co-liaison to the curriculum committee, sharing the position with another senator (preferably from LAS). Senator Greiert responded he would identify volunteers who could possibly share this position. Senators reviewed committee assignments, with no objections stated for the following committees: Academic Regulations and Standards; Curriculum; Evaluation; Fringe Benefits; Professional Leave. Senators commented and offered suggestions about the remaining committees:
Promotion/Tenure committee: Senator Williams stated a concern about having two faculty from two departments.
Salary committee: Kevin Anderson to replace Ken Lee.
Scholarship committee: Senator Caldwell suggested that the Director of Financial Aid
be added as an ex-officio member rather than a member.
Motion to approve the nominations as presented by Tapia for the Faculty Senate committees with one substitution and one addition (Andrews/Hunt). Vote taken and passed unanimously.
Tapia indicated he will distribute the final list of committee assignments in the near future.
2. Faculty Senate budget: Greiert distributed copies of the budget and reported a balance of $169.29.
3. Report from CGAC: Greiert reported that the foreign language proposal was accepted. Dean Martin asked questions about the wording “at least 12 credits” and will offer suggestions about changing the language. Greiert indicated that motions which are made at the meeting today will go to CGAC in May.
4. Campus safety survey: Greiert reported that the results of the survey from Sally Radmacher will be provided to senators in the near future.
5. Update on “children in the workplace” issue: Greiert stated he will be talking with Ron Olinger,
support staff, and professional staff to discuss this further.
Report from faculty senate scholarship committee:
Committee chair, George Yang, distributed copies of the report (Attachment A). Yang summarized the committee’s recommendations for AY2003-2004: 1) To work with the Financial Aid office to streamline the application process, to modify the application forms, or to publicize the detailed criteria for each scholarship; 2) To work with the Financial Aid office to eliminate those applicants who do not meet the criteria before the reports are given to the committee members for assignments; 3) Expand the committee membership to seven members with no more than one faculty member from a department. Greiert thanked Yang for his and the committee’s
hard work this year.
Report from faculty senate promotion and tenure committee:
Committee chair, John Euchner, distributed copies of the report (Attachment B) and summarized
the committee findings: 1) Seven candidates for tenure were presented to the committee for consideration during the Fall semester and the committee endorsed all seven for tenure; 2) Eight candidates for promotion were presented to the committee for consideration during the Spring semester. The committee endorsed six candidates and ruled the remaining two candidates were not eligible for promotion. Euchner indicated the committee members voted unanimously to uphold the Policy Guide’s statements of eligibility. Euchner presented the committee’s recommendations for AY2003-2004: 1) The “Ten Minute” rule for any subcommittee hearing should be abolished from the Policy Guide (page 87 for promotion and page 94 for tenure); 2) “Departmental and Institutional Support” should be divided into two components, support to the institution, and support to the community; 3) The faculty senate should address the use of
“support” and “service” in documents and letters in tenure and promotion candidate portfolios.
Senator Wagner commended Euchner and the committee for their work this year. There was discussion among senators about the determination of eligibility for promotion. Motion to receive the report (Andrews/Blessing). Vote was taken and there were ten yes, zero no, two abstentions.
Greiert thanked the committee for their report.
Old Business:
Ad hoc Grievance Report: (Blessing/Caldwell) Motion to suspend the rules to discuss without having a vote Senate discussion ensued. The following recommendations were made: 1) Delete the language “no longer seeking promotion” in #2 after the word “faculty”; 2) Change “division” to “school”; 3) Page 11, Appendix C, change “must” to “should”; 4) Appendix D 2.,
add the word “all” prior to “documents”. Motion to approve the proposal for the policy with the changes listed above (Blessing/Cluff). This motion will be brought forward as SB10.03, under Old Business, at the next meeting.
Greiert distributed copies of the “Proposed Change in Faculty Senate Bylaws, Appendix M, pages 255-256".(Attachment C). Greiert asked senators to review the proposed changes and be prepared to discuss them at the next meeting on May 1. Greiert commended the committee for their hard work.
SB07.03 - (Rhodes/Andrews) “Approve the proposal set out in Appendix 1 of the faculty senate salary committee report presented to the faculty senate on April 3, 2003. Change numbering of the MWSC Policy Guide, Pages 116-117, SECTION THREE: PERSONNEL POLICIES. III.
SALARY ADMINISTRATION. C. FACULTY SALARY. 1. Initial Academic Placement. The purpose of this motion is to eliminate inconsistent application of the term ‘terminal degree’ for salary and qualification purposes.”
from: “C. FACULTY SALARY.
1. Initial Academic Placement:”
to: “C. FACULTY SALARY.
1. a. Initial Academic Placement:”
Add a new part to SECTION THREE: PERSONNEL POLICIES. III. SALARY ADMINISTRATION. C. FACULTY SALARY. 1. Initial Academic Placement:
from: (nothing currently in MWSC Policy Guide)
to: “1.b. Current faculty
Individuals currently at the rank of assistant, associate, or professor, who have
the earned doctorate or other appropriate terminal degree as defined in the
MWSC Policy Guide, pages 97-98, SECTION TWO: ACADEMIC AND
INSTRUCTIONAL POLICIES. X. TERMINAL DEGREES. for the
position in which the appointment is made shall be paid at the doctoral level.
Persons not holding the earned doctorate or other appropriate terminal degree
as defined in the MWSC Policy Guide, pages 97-98, SECTION TWO:
ACADEMIC AND INSTRUCTIONAL POLICIES. X. TERMINAL DEGREES.
for the position in which the appointment is made shall be paid at the MA +30
or MA + 60 levels, as those designations are defined in SECTION THREE:
PERSONNEL POLICIES. III. SALARY ADMINISTRATION. C. FACULTY
SALARY. 1.a. Initial Academic Placement.”
Motion made to approve with two changes. Discussion among senators ensued. Questions were raised about the fiscal impact, clarification of the two-year doctoral degree and the six-year doctoral degree, and need to define “terminal degree”. Motion to table the motion (Tapia/Ottinger). Vote taken, with six yes, four no and two abstaining. Motion to table passes.
SB.08.03.- (Rhodes/Andrews) - “Approve the proposal set out in Appendix 2 of the faculty senate salary committee report presented to the faculty senate on April 3, 2003. Change language in the MWSC Policy Guide, Page 117, SECTION THREE: PERSONNEL POLICIES. III. SALARY ADMINISTRATION. C. FACULTY SALARY. 1. Initial Academic Placement. The purpose is to permit a report from the vice president for academic and student affairs to the faculty senate salary committee in lieu of a meeting about salary adjustments.”
from: “In academic areas where there is low availability of qualified persons for
faculty positions, the Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs with the
written agreement of the appropriate department Chairperson and Dean may have
the option of increasing the initial contract salary up to thirty percent beyond the
initial salary placement. The Faculty Senate Salary Committee will meet with the
Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs by November 1 of each year to
evaluate the appropriateness of such initial salary adjustments and the advisability
of continuing to do so.”
to: “In academic areas where there is low availability of qualified persons for
faculty positions, the Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs with the
written agreement of the appropriate department Chairperson and Dean may have
the option of increasing the initial contract salary up to thirty percent beyond the
initial salary placement. The Faculty Senate Salary Committee will meet with the
Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs by February 1 of each year to
evaluate the appropriateness of such initial salary adjustments and the advisability
of continuing to do so. In lieu of a meeting, the Faculty Senate Salary Committee
may request and receive a report from the Vice President for Academic and
Student Affairs setting out the number of such salary adjustments, the departments
for which such adjustments are made, and the extent of the adjustments.”
Senators discussed the motion and the rationale for the motion. Senator Nelson called the question. Vote taken and passed unanimously. Greiert thanked the committee for their work.
SB.09.03 - (Windsor/Nelson) “Approve the proposal put forth by the faculty senate academic regulations and standards committee in its report to the faculty senate on March 20, 2003. Change the wording in the MWSC Policy Guide, Page 47, SECTION TWO: ACADEMIC AND INSTRUCTIONAL POLICIES. IV. INSTRUCTIONAL POLICIES. H. Grade Appeal Process:
from: “If the appeal is not resolved at the departmental level, the student may appeal
to the Academic Regulations and Standards Committee in accordance with their
rules and regulations. This step shall be in writing no later than ten calendar days
after receipt of the departmental decision. The department will forward all
pertinent documents to the committee. The committee will notify, in writing,
the student, instructor, and department of its decision within thirty calendar days
of receipt of written appeal. The decision of the Academic Regulations and
Standards Committee is final.”
to: “If the appeal is not resolved at the departmental level, the student may appeal to
the Academic Regulations and Standards Committee in accordance with their
rules and regulations. This step shall be in writing no later than ten calendar days
after receipt of the departmental decision. The student must inform the
department and ask that any relevant documents regarding the case be sent to the
Academic Regulations and Standards Committee. The department will forward
all pertinent documents to the committee. The committee will notify, in writing,
the student, instructor, and department of its decision within thirty calendar
days of receipt of written appeal. The decision of the Academic Regulations
and Standards Committee is final.”
There was no discussion among senators about the motion. Vote taken, motion passed unanimously.
New Business:
S.B.11.03(Rhodes/Andrews) Motion to “Amend Section One, Part X of the Policy Guide, page 97, to add the Master of Fine Arts as the terminal degree in English for those with appointments in Creative Writing.” This motion will be discussed at the next meeting.
S.B.12.03(Caldwell/Blessing) Motion to amend the Policy Guide, page 260, Scholarship Committee membership, changing the membership of the Director of Financial Aids to that of a non-voting ex-officio member.
Adjournment:
Meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m. (Blessing/Ottinger)
Respectfully submitted,
Carolyn Windsor
Faculty Senate Secretary
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