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WSU FACULTY SENATE MEETING Senators Present: Matt Bosworth, David Bratt, Marianna Byman, Narayan Debnath, Darrell Downs, Mark Engen, Pat Ferden, Matthew Hyle, Colette Hyman, Joe Jackson, Mary Kesler, Cindy Killion, Daniel Lintin, Christa Matter, Peter Miene, Bill Ng, Christine Pilon-Kacir (in Rochester), Susanne Smith, Jo Stejskal, Cathy Summa, Bruce Svingen, Kerry Williams, Alex Yard. Senators Absent: Sara Barbor, Danning Bloom, Frances Ragsdale, Paul Vance. Others Present: Charla Miertschin, Darrell Krueger, Cal Winbush, John Ferden, Scott Ellinghuysen. I. Call to Order David Bratt called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m. II. Approval of minutes of November 19, 2001 Senate Meeting D. Linten/C. Killion moved to approve minutes of Nov. 19th as written. Motion Carried. III. Agenda Additions/Revisions and Approval: Item NB-D will be postponed. C. Killion/D. Lintin moved to approve agenda items.
IV. President's Report I have received a letter of thanks from Becky McConnell for the flowers sent to her father's funeral and a thank you note from Rollie Sallings of Local 945 (AFSCME). I attended a meeting in St Paul that reported on progress being made on one element of the Chancellor's Work Plan--the one dealing with accountability standards. The IFO Board of Directors meeting last week included the following items of interest: Faculty who are members of state IFO committees must now contact the IFO office to request a hotel room before attending meetings. Reservations will not be made automatically for all members of these committees. PP and G should be aware that, during grievance hearings, MnSCU is being hard nosed about 'timeliness,' and arbitration awards are sometimes going their way for that reason. The Academic Vice Chancellor is sending a letter to Tech Colleges, informing
them that, unlike the AA degree, the AAS degree being offered by TCs is not a
transfer degree (i.e., it does not automatically carry When talking to legislators: remember that HEAPR projects spend less time in the pipeline than capital improvement projects do; therefore they put people to work faster and may be a good way of stimulating the economy. A Finance Department budget gnome and a hard-nosed rep from the Governor's office spoke with Board members. Both noted that some HEAPR money appropriated as far back as 1998 (perhaps even earlier than that) remains unspent. This undercuts institutions' claims that they badly need funding for these sorts of projects. Does WSU have unspent HEAPR money? If so, I'd like to be able to give Russ Stanton the exculpatory details so that he can defuse this criticism. Iowa's three state universities are raising tuition by 17%. The Chancellor is reported to have said (not publicly), 'The allocation model doesn't work all that well, and, to make matters worse, we're trying to implement it without sufficient funding.' USS may wish to invite MnSCU Central's two Collaboration and Transfer types to come to WSU for a meeting (ask them to bring their booklets). WSU's list of accredited programs seems a bit skimpy compared to some other SUs. Is Cardiac Rehab accredited? Counselor Ed? Criminal Justice? WSU faculty may be at a disadvantage compared to other schools in terms of their intellectual property rights, according to the terms of a policy being drafted by MnSCU Central. One of the key factors may be the fact that all WSU faculty have laptops supplied by the university. [D. Bratt explained that MnSCU has a policy that contains a provision that states if an institution has provided resources relative to intellectual property rights would have more intellectual property rights than its faculty.] Names of faculty who will serve as delegates at the IFO Delegate Assembly are due at the IFO office by February 15. Bruce Svingen is on the IFO President Nominating Committee. The election will be the second Tuesday in April. It may be worthwhile to hold our local election for Senate and committee members at the same time. Southwest and Moorhead Board members expressed cautious appreciation of their new Presidents because "they actually listen to us." Regarding the systemwide planning for reduced budgets, some Board members were surprised/disconcerted that their Presidents were inviting them to help devise "principles" which would govern the decision-making. V. Review of Meet and Confer Notes of December 3, 2001 Meet and Confer Notes received by Senate. VI. Committee Reports
I. Course/Program Proposals A. New Courses B. Revised Course & Program
II. University Studies Courses A. Arts & Science Core - Social Science
Faculty Senate approved courses/program listed in items I and II. III. Flag Courses A. Writing Flag
B. Oral Flag HHP 380 Laboratory Methods in Exercise Science (3) C. Mathematics/Statistics or Critical Analysis Flag HHP 403 Epidemiology (3) K. Williams/C. Summa moved to separate MATH 330 and STAT 210. Faculty Senate approved A2C2 recommendations listed in item III. (except MATH 330 and STAT 210.) MATH 330 and STAT 210 Senate discussion: D. Bratt ruled that these two courses did not come in good form from A2C2 (lack of real recommendation because of an incorrect procedural vote on A2C2 Chair's interpretation relative to MATH 330 and STAT 210), therefore must be returned to A2C2. M. Kesler/M. Hyle moved to challenge/appeal Bratt's ruling. Motion Defeated. D. Bratt ruling affirmed by Senate. MATH 330 and STAT 210 will be returned to A2C2. IV. USP Other A. Course Substitution
B. Director's Term
Faculty Senate approved USS recommendations on Course Substitution and USP Director's Term. V. Notifications A. Sociology/Social Work, B.S. Major - Sociology: Criminal Justice 1. Change required courses: Delete CS 115 Personal Computer Use (3) and add SOC 205 Social Interaction (3) or PSYC 210 General Psychology (3). 2. Delete the distinction between "Foundation" courses and "Core" courses. These courses will be combined and referred to as "Required" courses. 3. Delete the statement "no grade lower than a "C" except for statistics from both the WSU Undergraduate Catalog and the Criminal Justice Student Handbook. The Criminal Justice Program will now require all students to complete the statistics requirement of the major with a grade of at least a "C." B. Health & Human Performance, B.S. Major - Exercise Science: Athletic Training Option 1. Add an asterisk (*) to PSCY 210 General Psychology (3). C. Psychology - B. A. Major - Psychology: Option A and Option B. - Delete STAT 110 Fundamentals of Statistics (3) from Required Courses. (currently an option and deletion will not change the number of credits within the major.) D. Geoscience 1. GEOS 280 Field & Analytical Methods I - Change in prerequisite from "GEOS 220 and instructor's permission" to "Corequisite GEOS 220, and Prerequisites ENG 111, and instructor's permission." 2. GEOS 340 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy - Change in prerequisite from "GEOS 220" to "ENG 111 and GEOS 220." 3. GEOS 370 GIS & Imaging Techniques - Change in prerequisite from "GEOS 220 and instructor's permission" to "CMST 191, GEOS 130, and instructor's permission." 4. GEOS 370 GIS & Imaging Techniques - Change course description to read, "Basic principles and uses of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for geological and environmental applications. Hands-on experience with ESRI's ArcView commercial GIS package. Prerequisite: CMST 191, GEOS 130, and instructor's permission. Offered alternate years." Senate received notifications.
B. Graduate Council The Graduate Council, at their 11/27/01 meeting, approved the proposal by the College of Nursing Master's degree program to provide graduate credit by portfolio. Summary of Proposal: The nursing department will allow students to earn graduate credits if they can show by portfolio that they have met or exceeded the requirements for any M.S. level Nursing course in their program. The student must first register for the course, then present their portfolio. If upon review the portfolio is not accepted, the student continues to take the course as registered. P. Miene/D. Downs moved to postpone (until info/clarification on how credits/requirements can be met by students in the program can be answered). Motion Carried. Faculty requested a knowledgeable member of the proposal be present at the next Senate meeting.
C. Government Relations (statewide and local) Darrell Downs briefly reported the following:
D. Personnel Policies and Grievance PP&G chair P. Miene reported that: Upon receiving/reviewing State University data on combos of AA/HR into one position, it was revealed that WSU is not alone. In fact, more than 50% of SU's do this. PP&G will not pursue this issue further. D. Bratt will forward the SU's AA/HR data to the Feminist Issues Committee. E. Committee on Committees The Committee on Committees recommends that the following committee/task forces/teams be removed from the IFO list of active committees/task forces/teams: 1. Outreach Planning Design Team Senate approved these deletions. Additionally, Committee on Committees requests that Faculty Senate advise as to the status of the Advisory Committee on Liberal Arts Programming in Rochester. Senate Comments: Kerry Williams and Marianna Byman vaguely remembered working on this committee (with Peter Henderson) to examine the number of new Liberal Arts faculty needed in Rochester. No new money, no new faculty, no need for continuation of this committee. Faculty Senate will advise Committee on Committees to delete this committee also. At the Committee and Committees meeting on December 5, the Committee on Committees considered the issue of unfilled "reserved" IFO committee slots. By "reserved" the Committee is referring to committee slots that are to be occupied by IFO members from a designated department or college. The Committee on Committees discussed the need to retain such reserved committee slots as well as the need to recommend the appointment of sufficient numbers of interested IFO members to allow such committees to function effectively. We request that Senate direct the Committee on Committees to recommend the appointment of additional non-voting IFO members to fill vacant reserved committee slots. Such recommendations would typically be made after the results of the Fall Solicitation were considered. It is understood that the appointment of a non-voting member would not preclude the later appointment of a member who meets the necessary criteria to occupy the reserved slot. Lastly, all appointments of such non-voting committee members would be effective for one year. Senate Comments: P. Miene/S. Smith moved to amend by removing non-voting member, and replace with voting member. Motion defeated. Main Motion Carried. Faculty Senate approved the Committee on Committees recommendation on the appointment of additional non-voting IFO members to fill vacant reserved committee slots. F. Ad hoc Hazing Policy Committee No report.
VII. Old Business A. Adjunct/Fixed-Term for 00-01 (previously requested information) Senate Comments:
D. Lintin/M. Bosworth moved to forward list to departments for review. Motion Carried. B. Response to "Strategic Options" (recommendation from Exec Committee) The Executive Committee recommends that Senate respond as follows to the "Strategic Options" presented by the administration regarding the budget and enrollment situation: (a) Senate requests more specific details about what WSU might gain by the various options. What are realistic target figures? (For instance, how many students could we realistically expect to gain if we increase retention efforts? Are we not already very near the highest level we can reasonably expect to achieve in this regard?) (b) Senate requests more specific details about how the various options might be implemented. (For example, how might summer offerings be expanded, particularly in light of low compensation for summer teaching and the fact that many students leave the area and/or work during the summer? What are current summer session profits? Where do they go?) (c) Senate encourages the exploration of efforts to increase income from external gifts, grants, contracts, and special programs. In this connection, Senate recommends exploration of incentives to encourage faculty to write grants. (d) Senate encourages the exploration of the degree to which tuition increases might alleviate the budget problem. (e) Senate is particularly concerned about efforts to expand on-line offerings. Issues include, but are not limited to, the need to (1) agree on a definition of the intellectual property rights of the faculty, (2) undertake such courses only when the instructor (or department?) finds this mode of instruction to be appropriate in light of a course's content and pedagogy, and (3) adequately compensate the instructor for the numbers of students enrolled. Faculty Senate approved these Recommendations.
VIII. New Business A. All-University Committee memberships (MAPE/Coalition, Wellness, Sesquicentennial) The following is a list of university-wide committees that MAPE would like to have reps on: AUTC 2 rep's, Calendar, Students Affairs, Lyceum, Safety, Gender Issues, Orientation, Space Utilization, Long Range Planning and Assessment, Commencement and Honory Degrees, Sesquicentennial, Technology. A similar request might be forth-coming from Coalition. The Wellness Committee requests the addition of the Fitness Center Director to the Wellness committee. At this time the Fitness Center Director is a MSUAASF position and the committee allocation is for 1 MSUAASF rep. Currently the Director of Student Health Services is the MSUAASF rep. Both of these positions seem to be appropriate to the committee roster.
Faculty Senate approved requests from MAPE and the Wellness Committee.
B. WSU response to NCA report Senate received the report.
C. All-University Task Force on Financial Stability (recommendation from Exec Committee) Due to budget problems, the administration has requested a university-wide Task Force to study the situation. Task Force composition: 2 faculty, 2 administration, 1 MAPE, 1 AFSCME, 1 MSUAASF, and 7 students. [VPAA and Student-Senate-President as co-chairs] The Task Force charges are to explore how the following issues can affect the deficit:
The Task Force should start immediately and report on findings ASAP, no later than early April. The Senate Exec Committee recommends that Faculty Senate participates in the university-wide Task Force. Motion Carried. C. Hyman/S. Smith moved to refer to Committee on Committees for appointments. Substitute Motion: B. Ng/D. Downs moved to substitute the previous motion by moving to appoint D. Bratt/C. Summa on the university-wide Task Force. Motion Carried. ( The Hyman/Smith motion was substituted by the Ng/Downs motion) [Past President Yard was heartbroken ; with the substitution.]Ng/Downs Motion Carried. D. Dean Jannik - Science Building (3:30) Item postponed till January. E. John Ferden, Scott Ellinghuysen, et al., Residence Hall repair/ renovation (3:45) [Darrell Krueger and Cal Winbush also present] The following questions and comments were generated prior to and from discussion of these issues at the 10/29/01 Faculty Senate meeting Residence Hall funding: --how many WSU students live in residence halls? --how do retention rates compare between students in residence halls and students in private housing? --do the two choices, bonding and internal funding, both result in large increases in room/board charges? are these increases roughly equivalent in size? --to what degree is the increase in charges alleviated if we go to a 15-20 year timeline rather than 10 years? Does WSU have the OK to use a 15-20 year timeline? --why does the administration believe that internal funding, as opposed to bonding, is the wiser course to take? --which is the more 'dangerous' funding source? Which harms WSU the most if conditions turn bad, internally? Does either funding source protect WSU (or leave us financially exposed) if dorms at other schools are unfilled? --is there any indication of which funding source is preferred by student organizations, either locally or at the state level? A document QUESTIONS /RESPONSES Faculty Senate Meeting December 10, 2001" was presented by the administration. Pages 2-4 responds to the above questions. Comments: being used for extra needs. Leases can be broken if enrollment drops. Many new WSU-owned beds might be dangerous if enrollment drops. 5. WSU opens at 120% occupancy. Drops to ~99% in spring semester. 6. ~10% increase per year for room & board, smaller increases in later years over 15 years. 7. Students have endorsed internal funding over bonding. 8. Largest dorm projects would be roofs right now, next would be H-Vac's 9.Master planners are working on space/need/number allocations for dorms. 10. ~$1.5M will be spent each year toward housing. C. Summa/J. Stejskal moved for Faculty Senate endorsement of Internal Funding (instead of Bonding) of Res. Halls. Motion Carried. IX. Adjournment D. Downs/C. Killion moved to adjourn at 5:07 p.m. Motion Carried.
Respectfully submitted, Bill Ng. |