PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET

COUNCIL OF FACULTY DELEGATES AGENDA COMMITTEE

MINUTES, MEETING OF AUGUST 29, 1996

Present: Chancellor Yackel, Professors Dobberstein, Evans, Hack, Rittenmeyer, Ting, Wermuth (secretary)

I. Professor Hack called the meeting to order.

II. Professor Dobberstein was elected chair of the Agenda Committee, and chaired the remainder of the meeting.

III. Chancellor Yackel reported that the North Central focused visit went well, that a draft report had been submitted by the team to North Central but had not been acted on, that the report was very positive, and that the committee is recommending that Purdue Calumet have its general education philosophy and objectives statement translated into an implementation plan by the end of the 1996-97 academic year. He noted the late Professor Nichol’s attempt this summer to begin dialogue on the issue, and said that leadership must come forward from among the faculty to resolve the issue. He suggested that a more modest implementation plan might begin more readily agreed to.

Chancellor Yackel said the bonds authorized by the General Assembly for the construction of the classroom office building had been sold, that the specs for the building had been released, and that bids will be opened September 24. He said it has been agreed that the Executive Committee of the Board will likely authorize the building go-ahead so that construction can begin Fall 1996. Professor Dobberstein asked about the construction time and which departments would move into the new building. Chancellor Yackel said that construction is planned to occur over 19 months. He said it may be necessary to move the Anderson departments to the new building during a rehabilitation and asbestos abatement in that building. He said Purdue University is requesting $8 million from the Indiana General Assembly to upgrade the building and abate asbestos in it. In response to a question by Professor Ting, Chancellor Yackel said that the Gyte renovation had been delayed because of the Anderson building project, but that it should take place within the next four years. In response to a question from Professor Foreman, he offered some suggestions that had been put forward to allow students to work on Anderson equipment during the renovation.

Chancellor Yackel said that the Board of Trustees had approved the M.S. in Accounting program, which is to be jointly offered with Indiana University Northwest. He said the Indiana Commission for Higher Education still needs to approve the program. He said that enrollment at the three south Lake County sites had exceeded 750 students in 50 sections. He said there is a proposal to offer Spanish for Spanish Speakers at East Central High School. He said that fall enrollments increased over fall 1995; with head count at 9284, and credit hours at 78685; with the average student load up by 0.16 credit hour.

Chancellor Yackel said the university will be requesting a 4% increase in the base budget for each year of the biennium, including 4% in both appropriations and tuition increases. He said an additional 2% (or for Purdue Calumet, $800,000 each year) is being requested for quality improvement in teaching technology.

Chancellor Yackel said he had discussed the following with Professor Hack as issues to be considered by the Council in the near future:

- update of the Vision Statement

- the academic administrative organization

- security and economic issues

- revision of the Articles and Bylaws

- new Council member orientation

- a fall and spring academic convocation

- greater involvement of Student Government.

He said that a committee will be formed soon to review the vision statement, and that security personnel rather than uniformed police are now patrolling the campus between 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. He said that in reference to the academic organization that, if it happens, it will be an appropriate time to review the role of Senates in curricular approval, and the Articles and Bylaws in general.

In response to a question by Professor Ting, Chancellor Yackel said there had been no forward movement on id cards since it had become a Purdue University system issue.

In response to a comment by Professor Evans, Chancellor Yackel agreed that some sort of presentation should be made to the Council and/or the university community on the recommendations of the Committee on Long Range Facilities Planning.

IV. Professor Hack said that Professor S. Conner had agreed to serve as Sergeant-at-Arms, Professor M. Dakich as Parliamentarian, and Professor Wermuth as secretary and representative to the University Senate. Concerning the Senate, Professor Hack said Professor L. Duttlinger of the North Central Campus is serving as its president and that Professor Duttlinger plans to work toward greater participation by the regional campuses in faculty governance.

Professor Hack requested she be permitted to resign from the Student Affairs Committee, to which request the Agenda Committee agreed. She said that Professor L. Mura, chair of the Research and Educational Policy Committee had asked for a membership increase of two for that committee, to which request Professor Ting agreed.

V. The agenda for the September 9, 1996 meeting was agreed to with the addition of Council Document 96-11 Nominations to Standing Committees of the Council of Faculty Delegates For Discussion.

VI. Professor Hack said there had been discussion of an orientation of new members to the Council. She presented an agenda of items to be included in the orientation: Review of Faculty Authority and Responsibility (Hack and Yackel), Roles of Standing Committees (chairs of said committees), Council Protocol (Hack and Wermuth), Parliamentary Procedure (M. Dakich), and History of the Council (S. Lerner). After some discussion it was agreed that the orientation would be conducted under Special Business of the Day as Council Document 96-12 Orientation Agenda For Information.

VII. Under other new business, it was agreed that the Agenda Committee will meet at 10:00 a.m. on the third Monday of each month; that the Committee will discuss a January meeting of the Council at a future date, that a subcommittee of Student Affairs should be formed to review intercollegiate athletics in light of the possible demise of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, and that Professor Mura should meet with the nominees to and members of the Research and Educational Policy Committee..

VIII. With no further business to discuss, Professor Dobberstein declared the meeting adjourned.