PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET

COUNCIL OF FACULTY DELEGATES

MINUTES

2nd Meeting October 7, 1996

Present: Professors C. Chancey, S. Conners (Sergeant-at-Arms), M. Dobberstein, A. Elmendorf, R. Evans, R. Foreman, J. Hack (Presiding Officer), J. Jennings, L. Mura, D. Pick, K. Pierce, L. Rittenmeyer, C. Stacy, R. Stankowski, S. Sil, S. Tickoo, W. Ting, C. Torres-Robles, J. Walker, G. Wegner, Vice Chancellor S. Singer, Chancellor J. Yackel, M. Dakich (Parliamentarian), J. Mitchell (Student Government), J. Wermuth (Secretary),

Absent:Professor R. Colon, B. Pai, C. Sekhar, L. Willer, Vice Chancellor Bryant, Vice Chancellor Newsom

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

II. Professor Dobberstein moved the approval of the minutes of the September 9, 1996, meeting of the Council of Faculty Delegates. Professor Chancey seconded the motion. The motion to approve the minutes passed.

III. Professor Dobberstein moved the acceptance of the agenda for the October 7, 1996, meeting of the Council of Faculty Delegates. There were several seconds to the motion. The motion to accept the agenda passed.

IV. Chancellor's Report

Chancellor Yackel said that the contract for the new class room office building had been let. He said there will be parking disruption, and that the university will work with the Chronicle to keep students and others informed of traffic flow changes. In response to a question by Professor Elmendorf, Chancellor Yackel said he thought the Anderson parking lot will remain open. In response to several questions by Professor Evans, Chancellor Yackel said that the contract had been placed with Sollitt, an Illinois firm which will use four major subcontractors from Hammond, East Chicago, Valparaiso, and Crown Point; that the building connectors will be included, that funding will be available to accomplish the alternate plans and renovations caused by departmental moves. In response to Professor Elmendorf’s question, it was generally agreed that movement to and from Anderson and the rest of the campus will be accomplished with difficulty.

Vice Chancellor Singer said that there will be an Academic Affairs meeting on Thursday (not Tuesday) October 17 beginning at 11:30 a.m. in Alumni Hall, and that the agenda will include Women’s Studies, instructional technology, distance education and Project Athena, and general education.

V. Special Business of the Day

- Report to the Council on Faculty Governance and the Academic Administrative Reorganization. M. Dobberstein. Agenda Committee

Professor Dobberstein said that action by the Agenda Committee has the purpose of emphasizing the role of the Council of Faculty Delegates in the process of academic administration reorganization. He said the Agenda Committee is responsible for recommending changes to the Articles and the Bylaws. He said it will need to be decided whether the Agenda Committee should act on its own or whether a wider committee should be established for the purposes of developing a new constitution for faculty governance on this campus. He also noted that the Faculty Affairs Committee has a role in reviewing and making recommendations on promotion and tenure procedures. He said he will lead a discussion of the Council’s role under new business.

- Council Document 96-13 Nominations to Council Standing Committees Nominating Committee. For Discussion.

Professor Ting introduced Council Document 96-13. Professor Elmendorf moved it to Action. Professor Mura seconded the motion. The motion to move to Action passed. Professor Hack requested approval of Council Document 96-13. Approval passed.

VI. Unfinished Business

There was no unfinished business.

VII. Reports of Committees

Agenda Committee: Professor Dobberstein said the Agenda Committee had met on September 16, and had discussed the issues and items presented in today’s agenda.

Faculty Affairs Committee: Professor Evans said the Faculty Affairs Committee had met on September 23 and reviewed the activities of the previous year’s committee for the benefit of old and new committee members. He said a review of its subordinate committees would suggest that the ad hoc Promotions and Tenure Committee be disestablished, the Faculty and Staff Handbook be modified, and that the Faculty Grievance and Faculty Development Committees remain as constituted.

Nominating Committee: Professor Ting said the committee had met on September 9, had prepared Council Document 96-13, and would review its subordinate committee, the Committee on Administrative Survey, after it has its first meeting.

Research and Educational Policy Committee: Professor Mura said that the two volunteer subcommittees on general education are being chaired by Professors McGrath and Lerner, and that Professor Lerner’s subcommittee had surveyed the faculty on certain general education issues and had received 94 responses to this time.. Professor Mura then presented some data, but noted that survey responses continue to be received; and that Professor Lerner’s subcommittee will present a more extensive survey summary soon. Professor Mura said a report is expected from each subcommittee by October 15. She said the Research and Educational Policy Committee will meet next on October 14.

Resources and Planning Committee: Professor Dobberstein said the Resources and Planning Committee had met on September 26, and had reactivated the Bookstore Committee with Professor Kathryn Johnston as convener. He said a report is due in two months.

Student Affairs Committee: Professor Rittenmeyer said that the Student Affairs Committee had met the previous week and reviewed the enabling document of the Athletic Affairs Committee and the role of this committee in intercollegiate athletics. She said that Mr. J. Mitchell of Student Government had met with the Committee. She said that Mr. Mitchell had been asked to provide a list of Student Government agenda items. She said the Committee had also received a report from Vice Chancellor Bryant. Professor Hack asked Chancellor Yackel about the formation of the committee to study athletic, recreation, intramural and wellness programs. Chancellor Yackel said the committee should be formed soon, and that he wants it to develop a contingency plan in the event of the disestablishment of the NAIA. Chancellor Yackel replied positively to Professor Rittenmeyer’s recommendation that the review committee membership include a member of the Student Affairs Committee.

Intercampus Faculty Council: Professor Dobberstein said that he had not received any notice of a Council meeting.

Student Government: Mr. Mitchell said that he and the Student Government Vice President for Legislation will meet with the Vice Chancellors monthly. He said there were several issues that will be up for discussion, including mandatory parking fees, satellite campus fees, lab fees for courses that do not have labs, the effect of the academic administrative reorganization on students, and student activities office space. He said he had met with D. Friermood and the Follette campus representative; and the Student Affairs Committee and found all to be helpful. He said the next Student Government General Assembly will be held Sunday, October 13, at 4:00 p.m. in C-321. Professor Hack said that Mr. Mitchell’s appearance at the last Board of Trustees meeting boded well for the health of Student Government.

VIII. Other New Business

Professor Dobberstein opened the discussion on the Council’s response to the academic administrative organization. He said there were two issues of particular concern to faculty governance; viz., curricular authority, and promotion and tenure policy. He referred to Article III.B.5., which he said granted curricular authority to the school senates; and III.C.5. which grants an advisory role to the Council on promotion and tenure; and ByLaw 4.08 B, which arrogates to the Faculty Affairs Committee review of promotion and tenure. He said the new schools will be responsible for creating bodies that can wield the curricular authority. He distributed a time line prepared by Professor Hack for accomplishing the necessary changes by July 1, 1997. He said the issue is now open for discussion.

In the discussion that followed, the role of the Agenda Committee in reviewing the Articles as designated in Bylaw 4.05 B 12 was considered. There was discussion of Article VI.F. and ByLaw 4.01 D. on the establishment and use of ad hoc committees. Professor Dobberstein maintained that the Agenda Committee could not establish an ad hoc committee to review and make recommendations on the Articles and ByLaws. Professor Hack said that it might be wiser to consider a larger group than the Agenda Committee that would involve greater number of faculty and would engender greater trust of the Council. In response to a query from Vice Chancellor Singer, Professors Dobberstein and Hack agreed that it seemed better to reorganize the Articles than just amend them, given the opportunity.

Professor Jennings suggested that the Agenda Committee form a subordinate committee with membership proportionate to the numbers of faculty in each to accomplish the revisions of the Articles. In response to a question by Professor Chancey, it was generally agreed that the formation of a task force by the Nominating Committee was inappropriate. Professor Elmendorf agreed that the subschools in the School of Schools all needed representation on such a subordinate committee. Professor Jennings said that a committee of 6 to 12 senior faculty recommended by the department heads and with a firm deadline to report should serve the faculty well with adequate representation.

Vice Chancellor Singer reviewed the probable operations of the School of Schools. She said the three units in the school would have much autonomy and a fairly independent budget, and that the heads of the academic units will serve on the Academic Affairs Dean’s Council. There was discussion of the the Purdue University Schools of Engineering on the West Lafayette campus and the Graduate Council as models of possible structure for the School of Schools and curricular control. Chancellor Yackel expressed concern that the Council was subjecting itself to another group to determine its nature. Professor Hack recommended that both a Council member and an Administrative representative be on the proposed committee.

Professor Chancey moved that the Agenda Committee be charged to establish an ad hoc Committee on the Academic Administrative Reorganization and to make a report at the November Council meeting. Professor Foreman seconded the motion. After some discussion both the motion and the second were withdrawn.

Professor Dobberstein moved that the Agenda Committee be authorized to form a subcommittee with members other than those on the Agenda Committee. Professor Stacy seconded the motion. The motion passed. In the discussion that followed, there was general agreement for appropriately wide or adequate representation on the subcommittee authorized.

IX. Adjournment

With no further business before it, Professor Hack declared the meeting adjourned.

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