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Vol. 24, #30
May 9, 19135
1985 Meeting 420 - May 2, 1985
The regular May meeting of the faculty Senat
was called to order at 3:08 p.m. by
President Ron Cameron in the LaSells Stewart
Center.
The Minutes of the April 1985 meeting
were approved as published in the Staff
Newsletter Appendix.
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faculty Senate Officers/Staff Present:
Ron
Cameron, Senate President; .609 MeMellan, Senate
President-Elect; Thurston Doler, Executive Sec./
Parliamentarian; Shirley Schroeder, Admin. Asst.
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Senate Me.bership:
Deborah J. Allen, George
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Bailey, Eleen Baumann, Robert R. Becker,
J. Richard Bell, Ralph E. Berry, Robert Bescht ,
Peter Bottomley, Victor Brookes, H. D. Brunk,
Dwight Bushnell, John V. Byrne (Ex-Officio),
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Charles Carpenter, Kenton Chambers, Mark
Christensen, Neil W. Christensen, Carol Colley
Robert Collins, Curtis R. Cook, A. Morrie Crai
Robert Dale, Charles Dane, E. JUlius Dasch, Jo
Davis, Gary DeLander, Harold Dorn, John Dunn,
David Eiseman, David Enfield, David Faulkenber y,
francis J. Flaherty, Leslie Fuchigami, James
Funck, Wil Gamble, Ralph Garren, Louis Gordon,
Dahli Gray, Lawrence Griggs, David Hannaway,
J. Robert Hardison, Dianne Hart, Kathleen Heat,
Martin Hellickson, Doyle Hensley, H. Warren
Hov land, Simon Johnson, W. Curtis Johnson, Har Id
Kerr, Robert Kiekel, Robert L. Krahmer, James
Krueger, James Leklem, Nancy Leman, Greg Look,
George Martin, Michael Martin, Donald E. Matts n,
Thomas McClintock, Edward McDowell, Charles
Miller, Stanley Miller, Terry Miller, Dallice
Mills, Al Mosley, Gary Musser, David Nicodemus
(Ex-Officio), Janet Nishihara, Eldon D. Olsen,
Mariol R. Peck, Jean Peters, Roger G. Petersen
David Philbrick, Nancy Powell, Fred Rickson, J n
Root, Louise Sarasohn, Thomas Savage, Henry
Sayre, Jane Siebler, Margaret Smith, Robert
StaIley, Sam Stern, Les Streit, Dorice Tentcho f,
Gary Tiedeman, Fred Tonge, R. Charles Vars,
Hollis Wickman, Robert E. Wilson, and Ron
Wrolstad.
Reports Fro_ The faculty:
Faculty Recognition and Awards Committee,
Chairman John Dunn reporting.
Chairman Dunn presented to the Senate criteria for determining
recipients of the new Burlington Northern
Foundation Faculty Achievement Awards.
These
Awards are financed by a Grant from the
Burlington Northern foundation and are to be
given annually for three years. The following
criteria were recommended (Motion 85-420-1) and
approved by the Senate: (Summarized below: Full
text available from Dean Nicodemus or faculty
Senate Office.)
Title: Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty
Achievement Awards.
Intent: To recognize outstanding teaching.
Purpose:
To reward faculty-scholar excellence'
and retain good teachers.
Eligibility:
A regular full-time tenured or
tenure-track faculty member.
Criteria:
Devoted to quaH ty, high scholarship
standards, involvement with students, noml nations by current and former students.
Eligibility:
Unusual, Significant, and meritorious achievement in immediately p reced i nq
year.
Criteria:
Publication of high quality in
nationally recognized profeSSional journal.
Amount and Duration of Awards:
Three $2,500
awards for each of the next three years.
Distinguished Service Awards:
The Senate wen!:
into Executive SeSSion, citing the requisite
authority, to hear a confidential report (motion
85-420-2) recommending Distinguished Service
Award recipients for conferral at this year's
Commencement.
After hearing the recommendations,
the open meeting session was resumed and ballots
were returned in which all four of the
committee's recommendations were approved.
ROLL CALL: Hembers Not Present Were Re resent d
AilroIIOWi:
Becker,~cDonald;
Berry,
~owalter;
Hensley, D. Miller; Kerr, Goetz;
Leman, Schwartz; Nishihara, Gallo; Peck, Maugh n;
StaIley, Harris; and Wrolstad, Torres.
Me_bers Absent were: Bailey, Brunk, Collins,
Craig, Dane;-rnfield, Flaherty, Funck, Gordon,
Look, G. Martin, M. Martin, C. Miller, Mosley,
Powell, Rickson, Savage, Sayre, Smith, Stern,
Tentchoff, Tonge, Wickman, and Wilson.
Faculty Statua Co-.ittee, Dale McFarlane,
Chairman, reporting.
The Faculty Status
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Committee submitted four recommendations which
were acted upon by the Senate.
Motion 85-420-3:
Moved that an Ad Hoc
Committee, appointed by the Executive Committee
(85-420-5), conSisting, in part, of past presidents of the Senate, be formed to study the
missions, responsibilities and structure of the
Faculty Senate in view of changes in administrative organization, faculty composition, Senate
responsibilities, and the demands made of the
Senate.
Guests of the Senate: Charles Langford,
International Education Comm.; Dale D. Mcfarl ne,
Faculty Status Comm.; Robert Mrazek, Faculty
Senate Executive Comm.; Victor T. Neal,
~Oceanography;
John C. Ringle, Graduate School;
Allen Sellers, English Language Institute;
William Smart, International Education; Jack
Van de Water, International Education; and Joe
Zaerr, Graduate Admissions Comm.
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this conditional category would have prescribed
for them a program of study and supervision to
start them in their curricula, but which would
seek to improve their communication skills to
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achieve the 520 minimum.
For graduate students,
the Graduate School would be in charge; for
undergraduates the head advisors of their respective colleges would be in charge.
(A full text
of the amended document is available in the
Faculty Senate Office, the Graduate School, and
from Mr. Sellers.)
The Associate Dean of the Graduate School, John
Ringle, in response to questions raised, stated
that there are appeal procedures available for
individual cases in which the provisional status
might not be appropriate.
Again, in response to the allegation that the
Graduate School had imposed a two term limit for
raising the TOEFL score to the 520 minimum,
Associate Dean Ringle denied that the time limitation exists.
Motion 85-420-9 was adopted by voice vote.
Senator Miller, College of Agricultural
Sciences, presented the following substitute
motion (85-420-4) which was defeated:
Moved,
that an ad hoc committee be formed to study the
missions, responsibilities and structure of the
Faculty Senate in view of changes in administrative organization, faculty composition, Senate
responsibilities, and the demands made of the
Senate.
The composition of the committee is to
be determined by the Executive Committee of the
Faculty Senate.
The committee shall report its
recommendations at the October, 1985, meeting of
the Faculty Senate.
Motion 85-420-5:
Moved to amend 85-420-3 by
inserting "appointed by the Executive Committee"
between "committee" and "consisting," 2nd.,
passed.
The motion, 84-420-3 as amended, was
adopted by a vote of 30 "yes" to 21 "no."
Motion 85-420-6:
With the exceptions defined
under "other criteria" (FSEC Memo Oct. 10, 1984,
Exhibit 2), Faculty Senate eligibility to vote and
to be elected will be determined solely on academic rank, title, and geographic location of
employment.
Senator Hovland, CLA, observed that the issue
in this motion is whether or not anyone in the
University with the rank of Instructor or above
should be a part of the Faculty Senate. He
stated his intention to vote for the Motion.
Motion 85-420-6 passed by voice vote.
Motion 85-420-7:
Extension Specialists whose
primary duties and responsibilities reside with
units outside the College of Agricultural
Sciences will be allowed the right to petition
for association with the College or School of
primary affiliation for purposes of participating
in Faculty Senate elections.
Approval of the
petition will be based on the majority vote of
the incumbent Faculty Senators of the College or
School of primary affiliation and the Faculty
Senate office shall be promptly notified of any
such changes.
Senator Miller, College of Agricultural
Sciences, asked why only "Extension Specialists"
were included, and Chairman McFarlane replied
that they were the ones who had asked that their
status be reviewed.
Motion 85-420-7 passed by voice vote.
Motion 85-420-8:
Senior Research Assistants
will be included in the Faculty Senate Bylaws
definition of "academic staff on campus with rank
of instructor or above" and thereby be eligible
to vote and be elected to the Faculty Senate.
Apportionment to be allocated under the procedures stated in Article V: "Member Nominations
and Elections" of the current (Oct. 6, 1983)
Faculty Senate Bylaws.
This motion (85-420-8) passed by voice vote.
The question of whether or not the Bylaws
should be amended to accommodate these actions
will be discussed soon by the Executive
Committee.
Acade.ic Regulations Committee, Chairman Donald
Claypool reporting:
The Academic Regulations
Committee recommended that AR ll.f. be amended to
delete the word "undergraduate" so that the
Regulation would apply equally to all students.
It recommended, further, that AR 25.b. be
deleted.
This Regulation permits 6 term hours to
be earned "in absentia" toward a Master's degree
and 12 hours toward a Doctoral degree.
This motion, 85-420-10, was adopted by voice
vote.
fro. the Executive Co••ittee:
In\Brinstitutional racultf senate, David
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Faulkenberry, President 0 the Interinstitional/,"\
Faculty Senate, reported on its meeting of Apri'
12-13. Faulkenberry, the recently elected
President, noted that Senator Kathy Heath, H&PE,
was elected Secretary of IFS.
Faulkenberry also reported that Larry Pierce,
Assistant to the Chancellor, spoke at the Friday
afternoon session and discussed the proposed pay
packages that are before the Legislature for next
year, and the possible procedures for distributing
the special "merit" category of salary adjustment
funds. Association of Oregon Faculties (AOF)
Public Affairs Counsel Mark Nelson spoke at the
evening session.
President Faulkenberry noted the three objectives of IFS, which are:
1. To serve as the collective voice of Faculty
Senates on matters of state-wide concern.
2. To consider state-wide policies and make
recommendations thereon.
3. To endeavor to strengthen participation of
faculties in governance at the various
insti tutions.
IFS is currently working on ascertaining the
policies and practices of the several campuses in
arranging for retirement, and the policies with
regard to merit pay adjustments.
Graduate Council/International Education
Committee: Charles Langford, Chairman,
OSBHE Meeting, President Cameron reporting:
International Education Committee, and Allen
Sellers, Director of the English Language
Institute, reported.
The recommendations (Motion
85-420-9) inherent in the document revision proposed to the Senate provided for raising from 500
to 520 the TOEFL score that must be attained by
students for whom English is a second language,
as a condition for entering the University.
It
created a "provisional" admission category for
students who score from 460 to 519. Students in
President Cameron reported on his participation
in the OSBHE meeting at WOSC on April 18-19.
Cameron reported that the Board took note of the
fact that there was a moritorium on individual
complaints similar to those being tried in the
Penk case while that case was pending.
Now tha
the moritorium has been lifted, there may be ar
onslaught of cases for which the Board will see.
to cope by streamlining the appeal procedure.
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he proposed appeal route is from the individu I
to the Department Chairman, on to the Institut op
President, then to the Board. Further, attent on
will be given to modifying the paper work
involved in respect to hiring policies. He
observed that the Board needs more information
about just what these hiring procedures are.
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granting of the Honorary Doctorate at OSU and
that it make its recommendation to the Faculty
Senate at the November 1985 meeting; 2nd., pansed
by voice vote.
The meeting was adjourned
Thurston Doler
Recording Secretary
Legislative Update, Executive Secretary Doler
gave the following report: sa 5506, Agency
Budgets, and 58 5560, Unclassified Salaries &
Fringe Benefits, are currently in 8 Joint Ways
and Means Subcommittee, (Frank Roberts,
Chairman).
In regard to sa 5506, earlier spec lations were that salary adjustments for the n
biennium, for "across the board" and for "meri
would have a floor of $30,000,000.
There is
private consideration of raising that floor to
$40,000,000.
The Higher Education salary adjustment matt
will eventually go to a yet unappointed speci
subcommittee of Ways and Means. Thus, faculty
who wish to address Ways and Means should dir
their correspondance to all members of that c
mittee.
New revenue projections, which are due at
mid-May, will have a bearing on final money
appropriations; no action is expected until
that financial report.
Tuition Freeze: A compromise that provides for
a 3% tuition increase the first year of the b"ennium, and a 0% increase the second year is in the
offing.
58 527, that would add two faculty members 0
the OSBHE, has had four hearings.
Options fo
implementing have included linkage with IFS 0 to
retired faculty members.
58 528, that would put Affirmative Action i
the Bureau of Labor, has had four hearings.
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bill is still being actively considered.
58 542, which relates to policies on tenure
grievance, and merit pay procedures, and 58 5 5,
which would establish a special Equity Hearin
Officer, have been combined.
Senators L.B. D y,
Margie Hendriksen, and Steve Starkovich are
involved in seeking to work out acceptable an
workable policies to address these concerns w ich
were introduced at the request of Faculty Wom n
for Equity.
S8 543, which would provide for publishing
tudent evaluations of faculty's classroom teach ng,
has had no public hearings and seems to be
inactive.
SJ II, that would create an Interim Task Fo ce
on Higher Education Governance, introduced fo
Faculty Women for Equity, is now being consid red
as a possible Interim Committee instead.
PERS bills that would make adjustments to t e
retirement system and that would cost money h ve
been put on hold pending the mid-May economic
projections.
Shirley Sch roede r
Editorial Assistant
Faculty Panels for Hearing Committees.
Upon
recommendation of the Executive Committee, the
existing panels A & B, with their alternates,
were extended for one year by vote of the Senate
(Motion 85-420-11).
Reports from the Executive Office.
reports from the Executive Office.
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at 5:10 p.m.
There were no
New Business.
Senator Hovland, CLA, introduced
the following motion (85-420-12):
Moved, that
the taculty Recognition and Awards Committee
investigate the feasibility of re-instituting the
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