Minutes of the meeting of November 18, 2002
Meeting was called to order at 4:06.
Chairperson Boynton announced a change in agenda to exclude report on Faculty and Professional Affairs. Motion to amend the agenda M. Nelson/Graff. Amended agenda approved.
Motion to accept the minutes M. Nelson/Reddy. Approved.
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT
Chairperson Boynton made as a point of information that the SLN subcommittee is under Academic Affairs and will report back to the Senate. The next meeting will be coming up quickly on December 9th. The preference sheets for ballots are out and people should be encouraged to fill them out and serve.
VPAA Search (D. Herman/M. Karnes)-the search has been narrowed to 14 candidates and the committee is meeting on Wednesday or Thursday to finalize the names of candidates to be brought to campus Beginning December 5th campus visits will start. There will be 4 candidates visiting and they should all be here by the end of the semester.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Chairperson Boynton reported for the President who was unable to be at the meeting. President Hefner provided information on the final review of the Administrative Division with reports being available. The dog will not be coming to campus as the cabinet had concerns. There is no new information on budget cuts or a tuition increase.
REPORT OF THE VPAA
L. Faulk presented the findings of the report for the Psychology Department The department is on its way to being nationally recognized-a very positive review. There was discussion of multiple assessment measures and the focus on program improvement.
Governance Officer C. Davis - By-Law Changes
* Terms of Office - change to all in Fall - unanimously approved.
* Planning and Budget Advisory Committee - 3 year staggered terms - unanimously approved.
* Graduate Council - as a standing Committee - unanimously approved.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES:
*
Ray Belliotti for CCC -
Discussion of the 6 credit Foreign Language requirement. Much discussion and commentary of exactly what this means-high school credit, Regent's scores, etc. N. Graff asked about the American Sign Language issue as a fulfillment of the requirement. Ted Schwalbe questioned if a student did not get an 85 could they get credit and how are they assessed. The response was that it is at the discretion of the Modern Languages Department. T. Goetz said that there had not been any problems. N. Bowser discussed the Registrar issue of having the language requirement "met". Reddy observed that students do not generally complain about the language placement. It was stated that much of this was for the new catalog. C. Telly asked about the departmental requirements and also whether we had the resources to do this. A. Zevenbergen asked if there would be new faculty hiring. Dean Schwartz said it can be satisfied with current resources or with a couple of adjuncts. Approval-all voting aye except one abstention.
*
Academic Integrity Policy - Sarah Hamilton/Joan Burke
Various discussion about the policy as it was gone over page by page. Question about why taking out considering student's educational record at Fredonia. Can a student drop a course ?amend to withdraw. Various discussion of the composition of the review board. A question was raised whether a student can have an attorney present. D. Herman responded that a student can have an attorney present but cannot present the case. C. Telly asked about deleting 5B which dealt with consideration of GPA's . The response was that they wanted to treat all GPA's the same. K. Beilman questioned the fairness of that. The Academic Integrity policy was unanimously approved.
NEW BUSINESS:
Report on the evaluation of teaching - Joan Burke
- the 9 committee members have been working on the issue. There is a conceptual framework and a proposal for an institutional policy. . L Maheady talked about evaluation as an ongoing process designed to improve instruction. Reddy pointed out it can be an ongoing process. Chilberg commented on whether this was campus wide and how to administer the test. J. Calarco said he seeks uniformity and consistency as much as that is possible. T. Steinberg spoke against outside evaluators (from the department) as being unnecessary). Motion to extend meeting 10 minutes Reddy/Nelson. N. Feit questioned the intent ?does it provide recommendations on what to do. J. Kraus questioned the letter format and pointed out the wide variety of letters that is covered in the review. L. Maheady talked about evaluation for promotion not improving instruction. M. Vink recommended it be adopted. J. Miller pointed out that students would like access to the evaluations as a matter of public record. He wants to have the evaluations be available to the student body. Various discussion continued.
Motion to adjourn Reddy/Courtney
Meeting adjourned 5:50 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Ray Rushboldt-College Senate Secretary
College Senate
Minutes of the meeting of November 18, 2002
Meeting was called to order at 4:06.
Chairperson Boynton announced a change in agenda to exclude report on Faculty and Professional Affairs. Motion to amend the agenda M. Nelson/Graff. Amended agenda approved.
Motion to accept the minutes M. Nelson/Reddy. Approved.
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT
Chairperson Boynton made as a point of information that the SLN subcommittee is under Academic Affairs and will report back to the Senate. The next meeting will be coming up quickly on December 9th. The preference sheets for ballots are out and people should be encouraged to fill them out and serve.
VPAA Search (D. Herman/M. Karnes)-the search has been narrowed to 14 candidates and the committee is meeting on Wednesday or Thursday to finalize the names of candidates to be brought to campus Beginning December 5th campus visits will start. There will be 4 candidates visiting and they should all be here by the end of the semester.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Chairperson Boynton reported for the President who was unable to be at the meeting. President Hefner provided information on the final review of the Administrative Division with reports being available. The dog will not be coming to campus as the cabinet had concerns. There is no new information on budget cuts or a tuition increase.
REPORT OF THE VPAA
L. Faulk presented the findings of the report for the Psychology Department The department is on its way to being nationally recognized-a very positive review. There was discussion of multiple assessment measures and the focus on program improvement.
Governance Officer C. Davis - By-Law Changes
* Terms of Office - change to all in Fall - unanimously approved.
* Planning and Budget Advisory Committee - 3 year staggered terms - unanimously approved.
* Graduate Council - as a standing Committee - unanimously approved.
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES:
*
Ray Belliotti for CCC -
Discussion of the 6 credit Foreign Language requirement. Much discussion and commentary of exactly what this means-high school credit, Regent's scores, etc. N. Graff asked about the American Sign Language issue as a fulfillment of the requirement. Ted Schwalbe questioned if a student did not get an 85 could they get credit and how are they assessed. The response was that it is at the discretion of the Modern Languages Department. T. Goetz said that there had not been any problems. N. Bowser discussed the Registrar issue of having the language requirement "met". Reddy observed that students do not generally complain about the language placement. It was stated that much of this was for the new catalog. C. Telly asked about the departmental requirements and also whether we had the resources to do this. A. Zevenbergen asked if there would be new faculty hiring. Dean Schwartz said it can be satisfied with current resources or with a couple of adjuncts. Approval-all voting aye except one abstention.
*
Academic Integrity Policy - Sarah Hamilton/Joan Burke
Various discussion about the policy as it was gone over page by page. Question about why taking out considering student's educational record at Fredonia. Can a student drop a course ?amend to withdraw. Various discussion of the composition of the review board. A question was raised whether a student can have an attorney present. D. Herman responded that a student can have an attorney present but cannot present the case. C. Telly asked about deleting 5B which dealt with consideration of GPA's . The response was that they wanted to treat all GPA's the same. K. Beilman questioned the fairness of that. The Academic Integrity policy was unanimously approved.
NEW BUSINESS:
Report on the evaluation of teaching - Joan Burke
- the 9 committee members have been working on the issue. There is a conceptual framework and a proposal for an institutional policy. . L Maheady talked about evaluation as an ongoing process designed to improve instruction. Reddy pointed out it can be an ongoing process. Chilberg commented on whether this was campus wide and how to administer the test. J. Calarco said he seeks uniformity and consistency as much as that is possible. T. Steinberg spoke against outside evaluators (from the department) as being unnecessary). Motion to extend meeting 10 minutes Reddy/Nelson. N. Feit questioned the intent ?does it provide recommendations on what to do. J. Kraus questioned the letter format and pointed out the wide variety of letters that is covered in the review. L. Maheady talked about evaluation for promotion not improving instruction. M. Vink recommended it be adopted. J. Miller pointed out that students would like access to the evaluations as a matter of public record. He wants to have the evaluations be available to the student body. Various discussion continued.
Motion to adjourn Reddy/Courtney
Meeting adjourned 5:50 p.m.
Minutes submitted by Ray Rushboldt-College Senate Secretary