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Faculty Senate
6-5-1989
Academic Council Meeting Agenda and Minutes,
June 5, 1989
Alphonso L. Smith
Wright State University - Main Campus
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WRIGHT
STATE
Office of the University Faculty
032 Rike Hall
513/873-2039
Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio 45435
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
I.
Members of Academic Council and University Faculty
Alphonso L. Smith, Past Faculty Vice President
Agenda for Academic Council Meeting on Monday. June 5,
1989. 3:10 p.m.. 155 A. B. & C--Universitv Center
Call to Order
II.
Approval of Minutes of May 1, 1989
III.
Report of the President: Paige Mulhollan
IV.
Report of the Steering Committee: Alphonso Smith
V.
Report of Standing and Ad Floe Committees
A. Student Affairs: Fran Landers
B. Building & Grounds Utilization & Planning: Carl Maneri
C. Curriculum: Charles Funderburk
D. Faculty Affairs: Manley Perkel
E. Library: Rudy Fichtenbaum
F. University Budget Review Committee: Jeanne Ballantine
VI.
Old Business
A. Promotion & Tenure Document: Manley Perkel, Faculty Affairs
Committee (See May 1, Academic Council Minutes)-For
Amendment see Attachment A
B. Recommendation for Change in Drop Date: Lillie Howard, University
Task Force on Enrollment Management (See May 1, Academic
Council Minutes)
C. Proposed Dates for 1989-90 Academic Council Meetings (See May 1,
Academic Council Minutes)
VII.
VIII.
IX.
New Business
A. ‘ Salary Inequity Appeals Procedures: Manley Perkel, Faculty Affairs
Committee-Attachment B
B. *Seating of New Council Members
C. ‘ Election of New Members of Steering Committee
D. ‘ Ratification of Committee Appointments for 1989-90
Announcements and Special Reports
A. Next Academic Council: October 2, 1989, 3:10 p.m.
Adjournment
*A suspension of the rules will be asked to allow a vote to be taken at today’s
meeting
/dc
ACADEMIC COUNCIL
MINUTES
June 5, 1989
The meeting o f June 5, 1989, was c a lle d to o rd e r by Alphonso
Smith,
V ic e -P re s id e n t o f the U n iv e rsity Faculty, at 3:10 p.m., in
155 A, B, & C U n iv e rsity Center.
Presen t:
J. B allan tin e,
D. C arlson, P. D eC laire, M. Dunn,
C.
Funderburk,
F.
Gies,
C.
Hathaway,
R.
Hiskey,
R.
Kaczmarek, M. Kapp,
H. Khamis, P. Lauf, M. MacDonald,
P.
M ulhollan,
C.
Nathanson,
W.
R ick ert
(P arliam en tarian ), M. Perk el, J. R u d is ill, J. Sayer, R.
S ife rd , M. S irk in , A. Smith, G. Sturm
Absent:
L. A rlia n ,
S.
Baucher,
S.
Bembry,
J.
B la ir,
J.
B ran deberry, K. Burnett, R. Fichtenbaum, J. Fortman, R.
Fox,
R.
H etherington,
D.
K irk h art,
R.
Millman,
T.
Payne, J. S te k li
The May
1,
d is t rib u te d .
1989,
Academic
Council
Minutes
were
approved
as
Report o f th e P re s id e n t. Paige M ulhollan re p o rtin g :
A.
A p p reciation
to
Council
Members.
On
b e h a lf
of
the
adm inistration
and
the
U n iv e rsity
community,
P resid en t
M ulhollan expressed sin c ere a p p reciatio n to Alphonso Smith,
F aculty V ic e -P re sid e n t, and to the 1988-89 Academic Council
members. He then extended a welcome to the new members o f the
1989-90 Academic Council.
B.
Campus Sch olarsh ip Campaign.
The p re sid e n t thanked th e many
Academic Council members f o r t h e ir r o le s in a id in g th e
Campus
Sch olarsh ip Campaign.
He rep orted t h is y e a r 's campaign as
b e in g th e most su c c e s sfu l ever, not only by th e amount o f money
ra ise d , bu t by reach ing it s g o a l w ithin the planned timeframe.
C.
June Commencement.
Commencement is Saturday, June 10, 1989, at
10 a.m., in th e U n iv e rsity o f Dayton Fieldhouse.
An excess of
1,500
studen ts
are
g rad u a tin g
with
over
1,000
students
p a r tic ip a tin g in the ceremony.
D.
L e g is la t iv e Budget Process.
P re sid e n t M ulhollan d iscu ssed the
sta tu s o f th e le g is la t iv e budget p rocess.
Report o f th e S te e rin g Committee. Alphonso Smith re p o rtin g :
A.
The S te e rin g Committee met once since the la s t AC meeting.
items were discussed :
Two
V.
1*
Agenda.
Agenda.
The committee p rep ared the June 5 Academic Council
2.
Drop Date P roposal.
Follow ing a len gth y d isc u ssio n , the
drop date p ro p o sa l was ta b le d and w ill be scheduled on the
1989-90 S te e rin g Committee's agenda (see Old Business, VI.
B. o f to d a y 's m eeting).
Report o f Standing and Ad Hoc Committees:
A.
Student A f f a i r s . David Reynolds re p o rtin g f o r Fran Landers:
The Student A f f a i r s Committee d iscu ssed the drop date is su e and
the
p o lic y
of
when
the
"W"
g rad e
should
appear
on
a
tra n s c r ip t .
As a re s u lt, i t supp orts an action to ta b le the
motion th at would change the c u rre n t drop date p o lic y (see Old
B usiness, VI. B. o f to d a y 's meeting).
B.
B u ild in g
&
re p o rtin g :
!•
2.
Grounds U tiliz a tio n
&
P la n n in g .
C arl
Maneri
C ap ital Recommendation to the
Board o f Regents.
The
committee looked at the c a p ita l recommendation th a t is to
be submitted to the Board o f Regents and a lso approved the
recommendations
presented
by
Robert
Fenning
to
the
U n iv e rsity B u ild in g s
& Grounds Committee.
Some o f the
major items in the coming th re e b ie n n ia in clude:
a.
F ir s t
Biennium:
Completion
of
th e
Engineering
B u ild in g ; the Campus S e rv ic e s B u ild in g ; the Student
S e rv ic e s renovation (mostly to the P h y sic a l Education
B u ild in g ); and the Fawcett H all renovation.
b.
Second Biennium:
There w ill be a re q u e st f o r a new
academic
b u ild in g
(that
would
house
n u rsin g
and
com m unity-related p ro gram s); and oth er renovation to
vacated b u ild in g s .
c.
Third Biennium:
M ostly renovation o f vacated space.
Campus Road Names.
The committee has been asked to
recommend campus road names. S u ggestio n s are encouraged.
C.
D.
Curriculum . C h arles Funderburk re p o rtin g :
1.
The committee has met tw ice sin ce the la s t Academic Council
Meeting.
Routine action s in clude: ad d ition o f 15, d eletion
o f 1, and m odification o f 12 courses to the in ven tory.
2.
An
A sso ciate o f A p p lied Science Degree P ro p o sal from the
Lake Campus was review ed in May and approved June 2.
M ajors in t h is d egree a re I n d u s t r ia l E n gin eerin g Technology
and D ra ftin g and Design.
Faculty A f f a i r s . Manley P erk e l re p o rtin g :
1.
2.
The
committee met th re e tim es concerning th e fo llo w in g :
a.
Promotion & Tenure. The FAC in v ite d C h arles Hathaway,
Richard Millman, James Sayer, Rudy Fichtenbaum, and
Alphonso Smith to d isc u ss the
le t t e r s o f evaluation
section o f the Promotion
& Tenure Document (see Old
Business, VI. B., o f to d a y 's m eeting).
b.
S a lary In eq u ity Appeals.
The committee continued it s
d isc u ssio n on S a la ry In eq u ity A ppeals P rocedures (see
New Business, V II. A., o f to d a y 's m eeting).
The
FAC f e e ls stro n g ly about
th e fo llo w in g is su e s
su g g e sts they be placed on the 1989-90 FAC's agenda:
a.
Sexual harassm ent issu e.
b.
Questions ra ise d
Committee:
re g a rd in g
the
Promotion
&
and
Tenure
1)
What are the g u id e lin e s under which the U n iv ersity
P & T Committee operates?
2)
What is the the r o l l o f the U n iv e rs ity P
&
Committee, and ex actly where is t h is r o l l defined?
3)
I f the r o l l o f the P &T Committee is not defined
anywhere, should th e re
be an amendment to the
bylaw s c la r ify in g i t s r o l l in the P & T process?
E.
L ib r a r y .
F.
U n iv e rs ity
re p o rtin g :
T
No re p o rt.
Budget
Review
Committee.
Jeanne
B allan tin e
The UBRC met once since the la s t AC meeting.
At th at meeting a
summary
of
the
year
was
made
to
determ ine
if
any
recommendations were in ord er. P re sid e n t M ulhollan and Donald
P abst re p o rte d on the fr in g e b e n e fits situ a tio n ; th e re are a
number
of
in form ation al
meetings
scheduled
fo r
s ta ff
and
fa c u lty .
The meeting was then turned o v e r to Alphonso Smith,
c h a ir o f next y e a r 's committee.
An agenda
wasp rep ared f o r the
June 6, 1989, meeting o f th e 1989-90 UBRC.
VI.
Old Business
A.
Promotion
& Tenure Document: Manley P erk el, F aculty A f f a ir s
Committee (see May 1, 1989, AC Minutes, Attachment B and June
5, 1989, AC Agenda, Attachment A).
Manley P e rk e l made a motion (with Dean M illm an's perm ission)
to
withdraw
and re p la c e Dean M illm an's amendment of May 1 with
the memo dated May 8, 1989 (Attachment A, June 5, 1989 AC
Agenda).
A lso, in the G u ild elin es, p aragrap h 5, second lin e
(May 1, 1989 AC M inutes), "h is " should be re p la c ed with "the
p re s id e n t 's ."
The motion was approved by a v o ic e vote.
D iscussion:
An amendment was proposed to add the fo llo w in g
to I I . 3. A. S ch olarsh ip, C ategories:
j.
A pplied Research
k.
D isc ip lin e In q u iry
The
motion
was
seconded,
and
d iscu ssed .
P resid en t
M ulhollan su ggested th at i f th ese c a te g o rie s are ones that
the Academic Council f e e ls should be added, they should be
d e fe rre d to the
1989-90
Faculty A f f a i r s
Committee fo r
con sid eration . The motion was withdrawn.
Question was c a lle d on the motion as
motion was approved by a v o ice vote.
B.
C.
The
Recommendation f o r Change in Drop Date.
A motion was made and
seconded to t a b le the recommendation f o r change in drop date.
The motion was approved by a voice vote.
Proposed Dates f o r 1989-90 Academic Council M eetings
F ollow ing
a sh ort d iscu ssio n ,
approved by a voice vote.
V II.
amended by M. Perk el.
the
dates
(Attachment
A) were
New Business
Suspension o f th e Rules.
A motion was made, seconded, and approved
f o r suspension o f the ru le s in o rd e r to vote on the fo llo w in g fo u r
items:
A.
S a la ry In eq u ity Appeals Procedures:
Manley P erk el, Faculty
A f f a i r s Committee (June 5, 1989, AC Agenda, Attachment B ).
The S a la ry In eq u ity Appeals Document, c u rre n tly in the fa c u lty
handbook, was modified in A p ril, 1988, and was suspended by the
Board o f T ru ste es in December, 1988.
P re sid e n t M ulhollan
requested th e Faculty A f f a ir s Committee to re v is e the document.
M. P e rk e l made a motion to approve the re v ise d S a la ry In eq u ity
Document
as
presented
in
the
June
5,
1989,
AC
Agenda,
Attachment B, with the fo llo w in g change:
Page 4, paragrap h 4. Appeal, 4a:
" I f th e Complainant is
not s a t is fie d with the P re s id e n t's response, a new appeal
may be in itia te d in the academic y e a r fo llo w in g two y e a rs
from
the
date
of
the
P re s id e n t's
respon se
to
the
Complainant."
D iscussion:
An amendment to the motion was presented
to re p la c e the f i r s t two sentences o f the d e fin itio n :
"F a cu lty sa la ry r a is e s are determ ined by the deans of
the
schools
or
c o lle g e s
to
which
in d iv id u a ls
are
a ssign ed based upon merit.
Research, teach ing, and
se rv ic e m erits a re assessed at th e departm ental le v e l
by
the
chair,
often
with
recommendations
by
a
departm ental
fa c u lty
development
committee,
and
p o s s ib ly
by extram ural
re v ie w e rs ."
Follow ing
d isc u ssio n the amendment was withdrawn.
A
motion was made,
seconded, and
approved to
amend the
second sentence o f 1. D efin itio n :
"R esearch, teaching,
and s e rv ic e m erits are assessed at th e departm ental le v e l
by
the
C h airer,
the
departm ental
F aculty
Development
Committee (o r it s e q u iv a le n t), and
p o s s ib ly by extram ural
re v ie w ers, with concurrence o f the dean ."
Question
was
c a lle d
on
the
S a la ry
In e q u ity
Procedures motion as amended. Motion approved.
B.
Appeals
Seating o f New Council Members.
Alphonso Smith ex pressed h is
ap p reciation to a l l the r e t ir in g coun cil members and committee
c h a irs.
The meeting was then turned o v e r to th e new Faculty
V ic e -P re sid e n t,
James
Sayer,
who
seated,
welcomed,
and
introduced the new coun cil members:
Dean R epresen tative:
P e rry Moore (1989-92)
1989-91 Faculty R ep resen tatives
Name
Constituency
A
B
C
C
D
D
D
F
I
I
George G ayle*
Richard W illiam s
E lizabeth Harden*
Donna Schlagheck
John R ossm iller
Edgar R utter
Paul Seybold
Paul Rodenhauser
George Sp ald in g
Thomas Sudkamp*
*Not p resen t
1989-90 Student R ep resen tatives:
Roni W ilson-V inson, Student Government C hair
E ric Rupert, L ib e r a l A rts
C.
V III.
IX.
E lection of New Members o f S te e rin g Committee and R a tific a tio n
o f Committee Appointments f o r 1989-90.
A motion was made and
seconded to approve the 1989-90 S te e rin g Committee and the
r a t ific a t io n of committee apointments f o r 1989-90 (Attachment
B). The motion was approved.
Announcements and S p e c ia l R eports.
None
Adjournment.
The meeting adjourned at 4:15 p.m.
is scheduled f o r Monday, October 2, 1989.
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Attachments
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