PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET

COUNCIL OF FACULTY DELEGATES

MINUTES

7th Meeting April 6, 1998

Present: Professors H. Abramowitz, A. Ahmed, C. Chancey, R. Colon, S. Conners (Sergeant at Arms), M. Dakich (Parliamentarian), T. Dougherty, R. Evans (Presiding Officer), R. Foreman, J. Higley, J. Jennings, S. Lerner, L. Mura, T. Pavkov, D. Pick, K. Pierce, L. Rittenmeyer, S. Sil, R. Stankowski, C. Torres-Robles, J. Walker, G. Wegner, J. Wermuth (Secretary), L. Willer, Vice Chancellor L. Bryant, Vice Chancellor S. Singer, Chancellor J. Yackel

Absent: Professors A. Chelich, C. Stacy, Vice Chancellor G. Newsom, Student Representative J. Casas

I. The meeting was called to order by Professor Evans.

II. Professor Evans requested approval of the minutes of March 2, 1998, meeting of the Council of Faculty Delegates as distributed. Professor Lerner so moved and Professor Dougherty seconded the motion. The motion to approve the minutes passed.

III. Professor Jennings moved approval of the agenda of the April 6, 1998, meeting of the Council of Faculty Delegate. Professor Lerner seconded the motion. Professor Walker moved to add Council Document 98-05 Nominations to Senate Standing Committees to the agenda under New Business and following Council Document 98-04. Professor Lerner seconded the motion to adjourn The motion to amend passed. The motion to approve the agenda passed.

IV. Chancellor's Report

Chancellor Yackel said that budget planning for 1998-99 is proceeding. He said the budget is being built around the following facts and assumptions: tuition and fees (including the technology fee) will increase by 4%, the State of Indiana will increase the base budget by 4% but will reduce that amount by $95 thousand, and projected credit hour production will require the budget to be reduced by $275,000. He said it was agreed that the top priority will be salary increases; consequently the compensation pool will be increased by 4%. He said there will be no increase in S&E and capital, and no funds for new initiatives. He said the state’s non-recurring appropriation of $800,000 will ease the capital funds shortfall, and an increase in credit hours over the present year could provide funds for S&E.

Chancellor Yackel said that salary enhancements will continue to be merit based, with the recommended amount for those performing well being 3%. He said that a person recommended for a 3% increase will be a solid productive employee who is doing well (B to B+); with C persons recommended for 2% , the amount of inflation, and all others to receive from 0 to 1%. He said there should then be sufficient to reward those who have done stellar work. He said that salary compression relief must be linked to merit. He said that there should then be funds available to reward the exceptionally meritorious person and to make adjustments because of market conditions.

Chancellor Yackel said that construction will be extensive beginning in the early summer and will include the following:

• opening the classroom office building and moving 250 persons

• Anderson asbestos abatement (to be bid)

• Gyte and Gyte Annex window and door replace (already bid)

• SFLC dining expansion and elevator

• Lawshe parking lot construction

• First floor Lawshe renovation for the One Stop Student Center

He said the Challenger/Conference Center bids were 70% greater and more of expected, and that the e university will not move forward on construction under these bids. He said that the Lilly Foundation is providing $3M for a non-competitive grant to Purdue University for K-12 outreach. He said details will become available later.

Chancellor Yackel said that the Indiana Commission for Higher Education has committed the State of Indiana to membership in the Western Governors University, a distance education consortium. He said that information about Purdue Calumet’s role in this venture will be forthcoming when more is known.

Vice Chancellor Singer said that both President Beering and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Ringel seemed pleased with Purdue Calumet’s assessment activities, and she thanked those who have participated in academic assessment efforts. Chancellor Yackel said that Professor Chancey’s presentation on assessment was particularly well done and of benefit.

V. Special Business of the Day

Election of the Chair of the Purdue University Calumet Senate for 1998-99.

Professor Walker said that of the present Council, ten members will also be members of the Senate. She said these individuals are, by the Constitution of the Senate, eligible to be its chair. She said two had agreed to serve. Ballots were distributed to Council members, were marked and returned to Professor Walker, assisted by Professor Wegner, for counting. Professor Walker announced later in the meeting that Professor Lerner had received a majority of the ballots marked, and thus is the chair of the Purdue University Calumet Senate for 1998-99.

Council Document 98-03. Bylaws of the Purdue University Calumet Senate. Agenda Committee. For Action.

Professor Jennings summarized the changes to the document and moved the approval of Council Doucment 98-03. Professor Colon seconded the motion. Discussion followed, mostly about item 4.08.2.a. with two opinions prevailing; viz., that the departments would have too little authority and the schools too much authority in curricular disputes, and that the bylaws as written provide an appropriate balance to all sides in a curricular dispute. After much discussion, Professor Chancey moved that the sentence in bold face type in item 4.08.2.a be deleted. Professor Lerner seconded the motion. After more discussion, the motion to amend passed.

Professor Walker said that the final sentence in 6.00 did not distinguish between a majority of the voting faculty and a majority of the faculty voting on a particular issue. Professor Walker moved to amend Council Document 98-03 by replacing, in the last sentence of item 6.00.C., the word in with the word returning. Professor Lerner seconded the motion. The motion to amend passed.

There was discussion of item 4.09, it being noted that the item was not consistent with a draft Chancellor’s Memorandum establishing the University Forum. Professor Pick moved to strike item 4.09 from the proposed bylaws. Professor Sil seconded the motion. After some discussion, the motion to amend was brought to vote and passed.

There being no further discussion, the motion to approve Council Document 98-03 Bylaws of the Purdue University Calumet Senate as amended was brought to vote, and passed.

Council Document 98-04. Proposal on Promotion and Tenure. Faculty Affairs Committee. For Discussion.

Professor Jennings introduced Council Document 98-04 for discussion, and summarized it. Both Professor Evans and Professor asked that Council members discuss with their peers and direct their comments on this document to Professor Jennings.

Council Document 98-05. Nominations to Senate Standing Committees. Nominating Committee. For Discussion.

Professor Walker introduced Council Document 98-05, and said that the following had been elected to the Purdue University Calumet Senate as al-large members: Professor H. Adesiyan, Professor T. Elmendorf, Professor D. Kozel, Professor P. McGrath, Professor C. Morrow, Professor M. Ryan, and Professor C. Sekhar. Discussion arose, and in the interest in moving forward on other business, Professor Lerner moved to table the document. Professor Mura seconded the motion. The motion to table passed

After completion of the committee reports, Professor Lerner moved to remove Council Document 98-05 from the table. Professor Mura seconded the motion. The motion to remove from the table passed. In the discussion that followed, there was consensus to amend the document by removing Professor Lerner from the Faculty Affairs Committee, by moving Professor Stacy from the Student Affairs Committee to the Faculty Affairs Committee, and by adding Professor Gillotti to the Student Affairs Committee.

Professor Walker moved that the Council approve Council Document 98-05 Nominations to Senate Standing Committee for 1998/99 as amended. There were several seconds to the motion. The motion to approve passed.

VI. Unfinished Business

There was no unfinished business.

VII. Reports of Committees

Agenda Committee: Professor Jennings said the Agenda Committee will meet soon.

Faculty Affairs Committee. Professor Jennings said the Faculty Affairs Committee will meet directly after the Council meeting.

Nominating Committee. Professor Walker said the Nominating Committee had completed its business for the academic year.

Research and Educational Policy Committee. Professor Mura distributed copy of the Curriculum Committee documents for 1997-98 acted upon by the Curriculum Committee, and moved that the Council accept the Curriculum Committee report. Professor Foreman seconded the motion. The motion passed.

Resources and Planning Committee. Professor Pick said the committee had discussed and agreed with Professor Lerner’s scheduling proposal, with the exception of the proposal for Friday evening classes. He said the committee recommends administrative approval of the proposal.

Student Affairs Committee. Professor Torres-Robles said there was no report from the committee.

Student Government. There was no report from Student Government.

VIII. Other New Business

There was no other new business.

IX. Adjournment

Professor Evans requested a motion to adjourn, and Professor Dougherty so moved. Professor Willer seconded the motion. The motion passed without dissent.

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