Faculty Senate Minutes - 9/7/2000

FACULTY SENATE MINUTES
September 7, 2000



Call to order


President Mikkelsen called the meeting to order at 4:10 p.m. He
recognized and welcomed the newest senator, Ben Caldwell, who was recently
elected to complete the term begun by former senator Tony Wallner.


Senators present


Aschermann, Bargar, Cadden, Caldwell, Fowler, Greiert, Hamzaee,
Klostermeyer, McLear,
Mikkelsen, Nelson, Noynaert, Radmacher, Roberts, Tapia, Williams


Senators absent


None


Ex-officio


James McCarthy, interim president of Missouri Western State College
James Roever, vice president for academic affairs, Missouri Western State
College


Guests present


None


Meeting agenda


The proposed agenda for today's meeting was approved with no alterations.


Minutes of the previous meeting


The minutes of the May 4 meeting were approved as written (Nelson/Fowler).


Report from the interim college president


MWSC interim President James McCarthy reported that the most recent
college capital campaign had generated $8.6 million. A distinct trend had
developed during this campaign in the direction toward deferred gifts,
including some through estates. These deferred gifts approximately
amounted to $6 million. Some of the funds were raised through the sale of
insurance policies taken out on MWSC students by donors. These insurance
policies, amounting to no more than $100,000 each, connected the students'
respective estates to the college. Funds from the sale of these insurance
policies totaled about $1 million. Dr. McCarthy noted that donors were
more eager to give after they had been given case statements explaining
how the money was most likely to go toward such things as faculty
development or the Student Excellence Fund for student
scholarships. Prospective donors also learned how the MWSC Foundation
program is connected to community service, including financial assistance
to Pass the Power, the Salvation Army, and the St. Joseph
Symphony. Dr. McCarthy explained that MWSC spends about eight cents on
the dollar to raise one dollar
a very lean operation when compared with other colleges, which frequently
spend as high as twenty-two cents on the dollar to raise one dollar.


He then turned his attention to parking issues at MWSC. From year to year
the revenue garnered through vehicle registration fees has ranged from
$80,000 to $100,000. Expenses for maintaining parking facilities,
however, regularly have exceeded $100,000. Therefore, Dr. McCarthy said
that the Vehicle Registration Committee is forwarding to the president's
cabinet a proposal that will double the annual parking fee for faculty and
staff to $40. He stated that he thought everyone, including students,
should pay the same fee. Nearly all of this money would be spent on
maintenance of current parking facilities. The goal of the administration
is to present a plan for increasing parking fees to the Board of Regents
by its November meeting. (See Attachment A)


Dr. McCarthy also emphasized that the administration faces a very
difficult challenge in addressing salaries for faculty and staff. In
order to resolve this issue in a fair and equitable manner, it may be
necessary to implement a three-year plan rather than to attempt to handle
salaries on a year-by-year, haphazard approach.


Questions were raised by various senators about: 1) parking of Continuing
Education students, especially those in the Police Academy; and 2) Lot
H. Dr. McCarthy responded that it is likely that an increase in reserved
parking spaces for faculty and staff will occur. Senator Mikkelsen noted
that one could anticipate less resistance from faculty about an increase
in parking fees if a clear spending plan is included in the proposal that
explicitly states how the money will be used.


Dr. McCarthy reported that a federal grant is being written for campus
sidewalk construction along both Faraon and Mitchell. Senator Noynaert
advised that sidewalks should meet standards necessary for handicapped
students. Senator Radmacher raised the issue of ambulance accessibility
to the new Janet Gorman Murphy Building.


Report from the vice president for academic affairs


James Roever, vice president for academic affairs, stated that the
Computer Committee had recommended a computer fee increase. All computers
used by students have been acquired on three-year leases. The increased
fees will be directed toward the addition of new computer labs not on the
present schedule for rotation of renovation. Dr. Roever also reported
that his office now has within its budget a permanent amount of $100,000
to be used for the replacement of faculty computers on a four-year
rotation. He also addressed the issue of faculty salaries by explaining
that, in response to a request by the Faculty Senate in Spring, 2000, he
has formed a committee to meet to investigate the feasibility of a
proposal emanating from the Faculty Senate Salary Committee. This new ad
hoc committee will be comprised of: the two academic deans of LAS and PS,
respectively; and members of the FS Salary Committee. Dr. Roever has
established a deadline of March 1, 2001, for this ad hoc committee to
submit its report on salaries for faculty and staff. This is the same
deadline for another report by another committee on the reclassification
system for staff.


Dr. Roever reiterated that MWSC had undergone a very successful review
from the North Central Accreditation body. A self-study is available in
the MWSC library, as is a very positive report from the North Central
accreditation people.


Dr. Roever noted that enrollments at MWSC for Fall, 2000, are very close
to those of last year. The average age of MWSC students is 25. He
believes that the heterogeneity of the student population at the college
is a significant factor in maintaining current enrollment levels.


Report from the faculty senate executive committee


President Mikkelsen reported on the presidential search process. The
Presidential Screening Committee has begun meeting to review
applications. He distributed a list of the members of the new committee,
dated August, 2000. It includes 20 total voting members (6 women and 14
men).
The size of this new committee has increased by 5 more non-faculty members
without any increase in faculty representation. (See Attachment
B) Interim President McCarthy has informed the faculty senate executive
committee that that decision was rendered by the Board of Regents, a
prerogative which it has always possessed and which it has decided to
exercise. While the faculty senate executive committee hopes this
alteration in the composition of the committee will not lead to an
alteration in the search process that was followed during the last search
(in which faculty members generally seemed to have significant influence
on the thinking of the other committee members), Mikkelsen strongly
suggested that, at the completion of the search, a report should be
written recommending procedures that should be followed in future
presidential searches. Mikkelsen reminded the faculty senate that the
Board of Regents is a public board and makes the final decision to hire
the college president. He also noted that, thus far, he would evaluate
the inclusion of community members on the committee as a positive, rather
than a negative, factor in that body's deliberations.


Faculty senate committee replacement appointments


The following recommendations for faculty senate committee replacement
appointments were presented:


General Studies Committee:
Jerry Aschermann (Education) replaced by Cindy Heider
(Education)
Robert Klostermeyer (CJ/LS) be allowed to remain on
committee

Grievance Committee:
Kevin Burger (CS/M/P) replaced by Cosette Hardwick
(Biology) (term ends
December 31, 2001)


Evan Noynaert (CS/M/P) replaced by Yona Rasis (ET) (term
ends December 31,
2001)
Sally Radmacher (Psychology) replaced by Kimberly
Callicott (Education) (term ends December 31, 2001)
Timothy Miller (CS/M/P) replaced by Don Vestal
(CS/M/P) (term ends December 31, 2002)

Professional Leave Committee:
Keith Brandt (CS/M/P) replaced by Timothy Miller (CS/M/P),
who is resigning from the Grievance Committee

Curriculum Committee:
Diane Watson (Education) replaced by Alicia Sindt
(Nursing)
Frederica Nix (CJ/LS lecturer) replaced by Christa Adam
(Biology)

Scholarship Committee:
Benjamin Caldwell (Chemistry) replaced by Stacia Bensyl
(E/FL/J)

All of these faculty senate committee replacement appointments were
approved unanimously.
(Noynaert/Tapia)


Institutional committee recommendations


Number in parenthesis after committee name = number of positions to be
filled (Senate has
traditionally forwarded to the college president twice as many
names as there are positions
to be filled; appointments to institutional committees are made by
the president and NOT
by the Senate).
Number in parenthesis after name = priority interest (1 = highest) of
faculty who responded to
e-mail request who were willing to serve on more than one
committee.
* = served on committee during AY 1999-2000.


Calendar Committee:
James Bargar* (Psychology/Senate member)

Cultural Events Committee (5):
Robin Findlay* (CS/T//LAS)
Jerry Anderson* (Music//LAS)
Kevin Muente* (Art//LAS)
Geri Norman* (HPER//PS)
John Hall (E/FL/J//LAS) (2)
Reza Hamzaee (B/E//PS/Senate member)
George Yang (ET//PS)
Deborah Freedman (Music//LAS)
Jessica Leonard (CS/T//LAS)
Michael Ottinger (CS/M/P//LAS)
Also expressed willingness to serve - Earl Haynes
(Education//LAS)
Dale Krueger
(B/E//PS)


Registration Procedures Committee (2 = one from Senate and one at large
representative):
Senate representative
Barry Nelson (ET//PS)
At large representative
Kathleen Andrews (Nursing//PS)

Appelate/Traffic Appeals Committee (1):
Nancy Edwards (Education//PS)

Lou Fowler (B/E//PS)
plus 2 representatives
David Tushaus (CJ/LS//PS) (1)
Patricia Scott (G/S/S//LAS) (2)
R. J. Dick (B/E//PS) (1)
Michael Ottinger (CS/M/P//LAS) (2)

ADA:
FS liaison, appointed by Senate EOC:
FS liaison, appointed by Senate
Evan Noynaert (CS/M/P//LAS)
plus 2 representatives
Joanne Katz* (CJ/LS//PS)
R. J. Dick (B/E//PS) (2)
David Tushaus (CJ/LS//PS) (2)
Martha Ellison (G/S/S//LAS) (3)

Environmental Impact Committee (2 LAS and 2 PS):
John Rushin* (Biology//LAS)
William Eickhorst* (Art//LAS)
Brandon Neal (HPER//PS)
Virendra Varma (ET//PS)
Martha Ellison (G/S/S//LAS) (2)
Kevin Muente (Art//LAS)
Earl Haynes (Education//PS)
Dale Krueger (B/E//PS)


Homecoming Committee (1):
David Ashley (Biology//LAS)


All of these institutional committee recommendations were approved by
acclamation.

Preliminary presentation of goals/agenda


President Mikkelsen presented the following list of goals that the faculty
senate executive committee had agreed to suggest to the entire faculty
senate:
(Ai) Completion of presidential search
(Aii) Show general studies program to be in compliance
with new state guidelines
(Aiii) Further development of salary proposal (cf. North
Central Self-Study recommendation #10)
(Bi) Increase faculty awareness of budget/planning process
discussions (strategic
planning)
(Bii) See that space utilization issues are raised and
properly considered (cf. North Central Self-Study recommendations #8 and
#19)
(Biii) Promote development of a plan for increased
recruitment of mid-range students (cf. North Central Self-Study
recommendation #16)

Mikkelsen solicited other suggestions from the Faculty Senate regarding
goals/agenda. None was forthcoming. (See Attachments C, D, and E)


Approval of committee charges


All of the following charges to the respective Faculty Senate committees
were unanimously approved (Tapia/Williams).


Academic Regulations and Standards


Charges


1. Perform duties as listed in the 2000-2001 MWSC Policy Guide, p. 257:
(a) Act as an appeal board for students placed on scholastic probation or
suspension.
(b) Act as final review board in case of student grade appeals.
(c) Review and recommend academic regulations concerning grading, grades
on transcripts, admissions standards, test-out programs, etc.
(d) Review criteria for scholastic
status: probation; suspension; honors; etc.
(e) Forward reports regarding student and faculty personnel matters to
the appropriate administrator with a copy to the Senate President for
inclusion in the Senate locked file (see Duties of President, paragraph
8).
(f) Forward recommendations to the Senate Executive Committee for
appropriate action.
2. Continue discussion with concerned faculty and appropriate
administrators of the need for changes in Section Two IV.B of the Policy
Guide viz. what constitutes "consideration" in cases
of "genuine illness, emergency, or when acting as a representative of
MWSC" (MWSC 2000- 2001 Policy Guide, p. 45) and report to the Senate
with recommendations regarding future action on this issue (tentatively
scheduled for October 19, 2000).
3. Develop a specific plan for possible changes to the mid-term grade
policy based upon the results of information gathered by the 1999-2000
Academic Regulations and Standards committee and additional analysis of
this issue and provide the Senate with recommendations regarding such
changes during the fall 2000 term (tentatively scheduled for October 19,
2000).
4. Provide the Senate information on the number of students placed on
probation and suspension and the number of students who receive honors
each semester, including an assessment of trends in these areas.
5. Continue to monitor enforcement of the Twice Enrollment Policy by
providing the Senate with a report of the number of appeals which come
before the Admissions and Graduation Committee concerning this policy,
including data on the number of cases involving general studies and
non-general studies courses as well as the number of appeals granted.
6. Review 1999-2000 committee discussion of the meaning and intent of duty
(e) above and make certain that appropriate action is taken either to
clarify the intent of this duty or to have it deleted from the Senate
Bylaws prior to the publication of the next Policy Guide.
7. Provide the Senate executive committee regular reports, including
minutes and attendance records, of all committee meetings, and prepare a
final report, to be presented to the entire Senate (tentatively
scheduled for March 1, 2001).


Membership (2 per division + 1 at large)


* Blessing, Brenda (HPER, PS)
Dagel, Kenneth (H/P/G, LAS)
Kibirige, Joachim (G/S/S, LAS)
Maxwell, Leroy (CJ/LS, PS)
*Sawin, Elizabeth (E/FL/J, LAS), chair
Ex-officio: Registrar, Director of the Center of Academic Support, one
counselor
Liaison: Patrick McLear (H/P/G, LAS)


Curriculum Committee


Charges


1. Perform duties as listed in the 2000-2001 MWSC Policy Guide, p. 258:
(a) Consider proposals for major changes in the curriculum (excluding
changes in General Studies curriculum structure and/or philosophy) and
for continuous development of the quality of the curricula in the
various divisions and departments.
(b) Review proposals regarding curriculum, other than those treating
General Studies curriculum structure or philosophy, and make
recommendations on each to CGAC. Included within the report will be the
rationale and justification for the committee's recommendation.
(c) Request and hold a conference with the originators of proposals
before making any recommendations if such conference is required for all
proposals (excluding General Studies proposals) involving addition or
deletion of courses and/or programs.
(d) Forward informational reports to the Senate regarding proposals
affecting curriculum prior to submitting their recommendations to CGAC.
(e) Maintain a central file documenting all transactions involving
programs.
2. Develop a standardized format for listing of all degree program
requirements, including minors,
for college Catalog.
3. Keep informed of any issues under discussion by committee appointed by
academic vice-president to review catalog design during the
fall 2000 term which may be of significance to
the curriculum committee.
4. Report to the Senate on the effectiveness of the curriculum constraint
guidelines adopted during the 1998-1999 academic year.
5. Provide the Senate executive committee regular reports, including
minutes and attendance records, of all committee meetings, and prepare
final report, to be presented to the entire Senate (tentatively scheduled
for January 18, 2001).


Membership (5 per division + 3 at large, no chairs) (3 year term)


Adam, Christa (Biology, LAS)
*Bruse, Carolyn (Nursing, PS)
*Cluff, Richard (Psychology, LAS)
Haney, Mitchell (H/P/G, LAS)
*Hiley, Shauna (Chemistry, LAS)
Holian, Timothy (E/FL/J, LAS)
**Johnson, Darell (CS/M/P, LAS)
*Kamali, Ali (G/S/S, LAS)
McKnight, Douglas (Education, PS)
Nulph, Robert (CS/T, LAS)
Sindt, Alicia (Nursing, PS)
**Walker, Gerry (Nursing, PS), chair
*Yeager, Ken (ET, PS)
Ex-officio: Vice President of Academic Affairs
Liaisons: Mike Cadden (E/FL/J, LAS) and Kelly Williams (HPER, PS)


Evaluation of Faculty


Charges


1. Perform duties as listed in the 2000-2001 MWSC Policy Guide, p. 259:
(a) Annually provide information and recommendations regarding the
interpretation and comparison of current and past student evaluation
data to the Faculty Senate and the Promotion and Tenure Committee.
(b) Periodically review and recommend procedures for the evaluation of
faculty members by peers, department chairs, and the college
administration. (May 1998)
(c) Conduct a continuing study of faculty evaluation at MWSC.
(d) Provide information regarding interpretation of data.
2. Review work of previous committees and chart a viable future direction
for the committee, i.e., review the reasons why all recent efforts to
alter the college's system for student evaluation of faculty have
failed to win support from administrators and/or faculty, identify areas
of major concern, and make specific recommendations about what sorts of
issues should be examined by future committees.
3. Provide the Senate executive committee regular reports, including
minutes and attendance records, of all committee meetings, and prepare a
final report, to be presented to the entire Senate (tentatively
scheduled for March 2, 2000).


Membership (2 per division + 1 at large)


Muente, Kevin (Art, LAS)
Norman, Geri (HPER, PS)
*Schmidt, Cynthia (Education, PS)
Scott, Patricia (G/S/S, LAS)
Thorne, Ann (E/FL/J, LAS)
Liaison: Ian Roberts (E/FL/J, LAS)




Fringe Benefits


Charges


1. Perform duty (a) as listed in the 2000-2001 MWSC Policy Guide, p. 265:
(a) As part of its annual report to the Faculty Senate, make
recommendations for the upcoming fiscal budget regarding improvements in
benefits for the Instructional Faculty of Missouri Western State College
and justify these recommendations with appropriate data.
2. Meet, together with the Salary Committee, with the Vice President for
Academic Affairs by November 1 to evaluate the appropriateness of any
initial salary adjustments made during new contract negotiations in the
past year and to determine the advisability of continuing to offer such
adjustments to new faculty in high demand fields of study, as mandated by
paragraph 3 of Section III.C.1 of the 2000-2001 MWSC Policy Guide
(p. 121).
3. Meet regularly with Salary Committee to co-ordinate planning on any
measures with long-term financial implications for the college and to
develop a long-term plan for improvements in the the college's
salary and fringe benefits package.
4. Monitor and report to the Senate on the college's efforts to change
MOSERS policies in order to make it possible to assign MOSERS benefits
to individuals other than one's spouse.
5. Continue discussion of increasing the amount of life insurance benefits
provided to each faculty member from $10,000 to an amount equal to each
faculty member's contractual salary; include representatives from
the professional and staff support groups in such discussion to determine
the advisability of extending this benefit to all college employees.
6. Continue to monitor the effects of recent changes in the college's
prescription drug plan.
7. Continue efforts to identify additional fringe benefits that may be
available to faculty at other colleges and universities that are not
currently available to Missouri Western faculty, including benefits
that might prove beneficial in efforts to hire new faculty.
8. Review the intent, circumstances, and rationale for the Senate's
February 1993 decision to remove the "1008 hour cap for record-keeping
purposes for reporting to MOSERS at time of
retirement...retroactive to July 1992" (see 2000-2001 MWSC Policy Guide,
p. 131) and keep the Senate informed of the status of the lawsuit
resulting from this change in policy.
9. Determine what, if any, action might be taken that could result in a
change of Consortium policy that would make it possible for the college
to extend health insurance benefits to faculty holding salaried
half-time appointments.
10. Provide the Senate executive committee regular reports, including
minutes and attendance records of all committee meetings, and
prepare preliminary and final reports to be presented to the entire
Senate (tentatively scheduled for December 7, 2000, and April 5, 2001,
respectively).


Membership (2 per division + 1 at large)


Frick, Jane (E/FL/J, LAS)
Gille, Sue (Nursing, PS)
Henry, Kelly (Psychology, LAS)
Krueger, Dale (B/E, PS)
Steiniche, David (G/S/S, LAS)
Liaison: Evan Noynaert (CS/M/P, LAS)


General Studies Committee


Charges


1. Develop an institutional plan for new state-wide General Studies
Guidelines (i.e., "Credit Transfer Guidelines for Student Transfer and
Articulation among Missouri's Colleges and Universities").
2. Revise General Studies reporting procedures outlined in the 2000-2001
MWSC Policy Guide and the Faculty Senate's Bylaws in order to
eliminate contradictory elements of existing procedures (e.g.,
viz. forwarding proposals to the Curriculum Committee) while guaranteeing
adequate review of committee proposals by faculty and college governance
bodies.
3. Provide a full report, including recommendations for the Policy Guide
and Catalog revisions, to the Senate at its March 22, 2001 meeting on
both of these charges.


Membership (3 per division + 1 at large, no chairs) (Jan. 1, 1999 to
Dec. 31, 2001)


Bennett, David (Music, LAS), chair
Buglewicz, James (CS/TH, LAS)
Heider, Cindy (Education, PS)
Hennessy, Susan (E/FL/J, LAS)
Klostermeyer, Robert (CJ/LS, PS)
Van Dyke, Cornelius (CS/M/P, LAS)
Windsor, Carolyn (Nursing, PS)
Ex-officio: Vice President of Academic Affairs, Academic Deans
Liaison: Robert Klostermeyer


Grievance Committee


Charges


1. Perform duties as listed in the 2000-2001 MWSC Policy Guide, p. 261:
(a) To accept written grievances in a form consistent with the form
attached to these procedures as Attachment 1 and to serve a copy of
that grievance upon those persons identified as Respondents in the
grievance. (May 1994)
(b) To determine whether the grievance is timely or whether the grievance
raises a claim governed by these faculty grievance procedures. Such
determination shall be made according to a majority vote of the committee
officers. (May 1994)
(c) To appoint, through action of its officers, a panel of five of its
members from whom the three member Hearing Board shall be selected. The
officers shall resolve objections concerning committee members sitting on
the Hearing Board. (May 1994)
2. Report to the Senate on the general operation and activities of the
committee during the past calendar year, including recommendations for any
specific changes in procedures which the committee wishes to bring before
the Senate (tentatively scheduled for November 2, 2000).


Membership (12 faculty, no more than 7 from either division, no chairs) (2
year Jan.-Dec. term)


Committee membership Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2000 Committee membership
Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2001


*Andrews, Larry (CJ/LS, PS) *Bergland, Bob (E/FL/J, LAS)
Bergland, Bob (E/FL/J, LAS) *Callicott, Kimberly (Education, PS)
Callicott, Kimberly (Education, PS) Deka, Teddi (Psychology, LAS)
Dick, R. J. (B/E, PS) *Dick, R. J. (B/E, PS)
Findlay, Robin (CS/T, LAS) *Findlay, Robin (CS/T, LAS)
Fulton, Karen (E/FL/J, LAS) *Fulton, Karen (E/FL/J, LAS)
Hardwick, Cosette (Biology, LAS) Gay, Mary Jo (Nursing, PS)
*Katz, Joanne (CJ/LS, PS) Hardwick, Cosette (Biology, LAS)
*Lillie, Don (CS/T, LAS) Haynes, Earl (Education, PS)
Rasis, Yona (ET, PS) *Rasis, Yona (ET, PS)
Vargha, Nader (B/E, PS) *Vargha, Nader (B/E, PS)
*Wolford, Nannette (HPER, PS) Vestal, Don (CS/M/P, LAS)
Liaison: Sally Radmacher (Psychology, LAS) Liaison: Sally Radmacher
(Psychology, LAS)


Professional Leave


Charges


1. Perform duties as listed in the 2000-2001 MWSC Policy Guide, p. 262:
(a) Make recommendations regarding granting of sabbatical leaves to
faculty applicants.
(b) Explore ways of improving opportunities for professional and/or
sabbatical leave (short-term or long-term) and make recommendations for
implementation.
(c) Monitor the fulfillment of the obligations incurred by persons
receiving leave monies. (July 1992).
2. Provide the Senate executive committee regular reports, including
minutes and attendance records, of all committee meetings, and prepare a
final report, to be presented to the entire Senate at its March 1, 2001
meeting.


Membership (2 per division + 1 at large)


Bogle, Deborah (Education, PS)
Kepler, Jon (H/P/G, LAS)
Lorimor, Steve (Chemistry, LAS)
Miller, Timothy (CS/M/P, LAS)
Wagner, Sharon (B/E, PS)
Liaison: Jerry Aschermann (Education, PS)


Promotion and Tenure


Charges


1. Perform duties as listed in the 2000-2001 MWSC Policy Guide,
pp. 263-264:
(a) Review quality of instruction, professional activity, and quality of
service of all promotion and tenure candidates and make recommendations to
the Vice President for Academic Affairs to award or deny promotion and
tenure.
(b) Make a continuing study of promotion and tenure policy and make
recommendations to the Faculty Senate for improvement of MWSC promotion
and tenure policy.
(c) Promote consistency in the application of the promotion and tenure
guidelines.
(d) Strive for fair and equitable treatment of all promotion and tenure
candidates.
(e) Keep confidential all reviews of candidates.
2. Promote the development of clearer guidelines/criteria for promotion
and tenure than those that are provided in the present Policy Guide, e.g.,
guidelines/criteria that might make clearer what the minimum standards are
regarding quality of instruction, professional activity, and quality of
service (including instructional/research activities which promote
undergraduate research) and how these guidelines/criteria may or may not
be weighted. Determine an appropriate means for making public such
guidelines/criteria and report on the progress of such discussions both to
the Salary committee and to the full Senate at a meeting held early in the
spring 2001 term (tentatively scheduled for April 6, 2001).
3. Provide the Senate executive committee regular reports, including
minutes and attendance records, of all committee meetings, and a final
report which will be presented to the entire Senate (tentatively scheduled
for April 6, 2001)


Membership (4 per division, tenured, no chairs) (3 year term)


*Andrews, Larry (CJ/LS, PS)
Euchner, Jon (G/S/S, LAS)
**Gray, Sharon (Music, LAS)
**Gregory, Bonnie (Nursing, PS), chair
*Lee, Ken (CS/M/P, LAS)
Leonard, Jessica (CS/T, LAS)
*Nandan, Shiva (B/E, PS)
*Williams, Randye (HPER, PS)
Liaison: John Tapia (CS/T, LAS)


Salary Committee


Charges


1. Perform duty (a) as listed in the 2000-2001 MWSC Policy Guide, p. 264:
(a) As part of its annual report to the Faculty Senate, make
recommendations for the upcoming fiscal budget regarding improvements in
salary for the Instructional Faculty of MWSC, and justify
these recommendations with appropriate data.
2. Meet, together with the FS Fringe Benefits Committee, with the Vice
President for Academic Affairs by November 1st to evaluate the
appropriateness of any initial salary adjustments made during new contract
negotiations in the past year and to determine the advisability of
continuing to offer such adjustments to new faculty in high demand
fields of study, as mandated by paragraph 3 of Section III.C.1 of the
2000-2001 MWSC Policy Guide (p. 121).
3. Meet regularly with FS Fringe Benefits Committee to co-ordinate
planning on any measures with long-term financial implications for the
college and to develop a long-term plan for improvements in the college's
salary and fringe benefits package.
4. Continue efforts begun during AY 1999-2000 to develop a new salary plan
comprised of the following elements:
(i) Raise the salary increases awarded for promotions.
(ii) Develop a system making it possible for faculty who have achieved
the rank of full professor to receive promotion-like salary increases.
(iii) Review promotion and tenure guidelines and develop a system for
ensuring that all faculty awarded rank advancement salary increases and,
in the case of faculty who have already achieved the rank of full
professor, promotion-like salary increases, have demonstrated a comparable
level of achievement for each salary increase awarded.
(iv) Determine an appropriate time period after which a faculty member
achieving the rank of full professor may apply for additional
promotion-like salary increases and review the current time periods
established for promotion.
(v) Increase annually the amounts awarded for rank and post-professor
salary increases at a rate equal to the percentage of any across-the-board
salary increases awarded.
5. Coordinate all efforts to inform the faculty of and win acceptance of
any specific new salary developed with the Senate.
6. Further develop rationale for 5% across-the-board salary increase
recommended by 1999-2000 committee and present these arguments for review
by the full Senate at its December 7, 2000 meeting.
7. Monitor the effectiveness of the change in negotiating range from
twenty to thirty percent.
8. Examine the need for including in position announcements whether or not
a position is subject to the thirty percent negotiating rule.
9. Investigate alternative inducements for attracting qualified applicants
to accept positions in "high-demand" areas, e.g., the establishment of
endowments providing salary supplements in addition to those provided by
the negotiating rule.
10. Make specific recommendation concerning the Policy Guide changes
needed to formalize guidelines used by divisional deans and departmental
chairs in discussing the conditions of "initial academic placement" with
position candidates in order to ensure that all candidates are fully
informed of the importance of such placement in determining their future
earnings.
11. Continue discussion of the effectiveness of arguments calling for
"parity" (at each academic rank level) with faculty salaries at other
Missouri colleges and universities as a major component of salary
committee deliberations.
12. Continue discussion of the following alleged "inequity" issues
addressed by the 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 FS Salary Committees to determine
if any policy changes could be made that would prevent these issues from
re-emerging:
(a) Educational advancement
could a newly hired faculty member benefit financially by delaying
receipt of his/her doctorate until after he/she had begun his/her
employment at MWSC?
(b) Salary compression
could a newly hired faculty member in the same field of study with the
same number of years experience as an existing member of the MWSC faculty
receive a higher salary during the first year of employment than an
existing member of the faculty?
(c) Market demand considerations
does the policy of allowing department chairpersons and deans to
negotiate initial contract salary by "up to thirty percent beyond the
initial salary placement" both adequately guard against gross disparities
in salary among individuals in different disciplines and provide the
college the means to hire qualified faculty in high demand fields of
study?
13. Review the administration's policy of generally not hiring new faculty
at any rank above the assistant professor level.
14. Begin work on a comprehensive campus-wide review of the uses of
part-time faculty, including full-time faculty teaching courses offered
under the auspices of the Division of Continuing Education, and the
methods used for determining how part-time faculty are compensated and
when increases in part-time salary rates are needed.
15. Provide the Senate executive committee regular reports, including
minutes and attendance records of all committee meetings, and prepare
preliminary and final reports (tentatively scheduled for December 2, 2000,
and April 20, 2001, respectively) to be presented to the entire Senate.


Membership (2 per division + 1 at large)


*Andrews, Kathleen (Nursing, PS)
Cronk, Brian (Psychology, LAS)
**Eckdahl, Todd (Biology, LAS), chair
Najafi, Mohammed (ET, PS)
Wang, Jinchang (B/E, PS)
Liaison: Reza Hamzaee (B/E, PS)


Scholarship Committee


Charges


1. Perform duties as listed in the 2000-2001 MWSC Policy Guide, p. 265:
(a) Work with academic departments in determining need and criteria for
scholarships.
(b) Act with the Director of Financial Aids in determining the
distribution of scholarships to individual applicants.
(c) Support and augment the efforts of [the] MWSC Foundation and the
President of the College
in their attempts to secure donations for scholarships.
2. Provide the Senate executive committee regular reports, including
minutes and attendance records, of all committee meetings, and prepare a
final report, to be presented to the entire Senate
(tentatively scheduled for April 19, 2001).


Membership (2 per division + 1 at large) (3 year term)


Bensyl, Stacia (E/FL/J, LAS)
Brooks, Evelyn (Nursing, PS)
*Ellison, Martha (G/S/S, LAS)
*Nandan, Monica (G/S/S, LAS)
**Smith, Denise (B/E, PS)
Ex-officio: Director of Financial Aid
Liaison: Ben Caldwell (Chemistry, LAS)



Other


1. President Mikkelsen presented a tentative schedule of items for AY
2000-2001 faculty senate meetings.
2. President Mikkelsen explained certain issues regarding faculty senate
protocol. He differentiated between senate bills and senate
resolutions: 1) senate bills that are passed must go to CGAC; 2) senate
resolutions are position statements made by the faculty senate.
3. President Mikkelsen briefly updated senators on the status of
constitutional amendments that have been proposed.
4. President Mikkelsen read and distributed a senate executive committee
statement on MOSERS benefits issues. (See Attachment F)
5. Senator Tapia was approved unanimously to serve as parliamentarian this
year for the faculty senate. (Roberts/Nelson)


New Business


None.


Adjournment


The meeting was adjourned at 5:43 p.m. (Roberts/Bargar)



Respectfully submitted,



Steven Greiert
Secretary