PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET

COUNCIL OF FACULTY DELEGATES

MINUTES

1st Meeting September 9, 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, B. Pai, D. Pick, K. Pierce, C. Stacy, R. Stankowski, C. Sekhar, S. Sil, W. Ting, C. Torres-Robles, G. Wegner, L. Willer, Vice Chancellor L. Bryant, Vice Chancellor G. Newsom, Vice Chancellor S. Singer, Chancellor J. Yackel, M. Dakich (Parliamentarian), J. Mitchell (Student Government), J. Wermuth (Secretary),

Absent: Professors R. Colon, L. Rittenmeyer, S. Tickoo, J. Walker

I. The meeting was called to order by Professor Hack. At the presiding officer’s request, the members of the Council introduced themselves and their academic and/or administrative affiliations. Professor Hack and the Council recognized Professor Pai’s receiving the Outstanding Teacher Award.

II. Professor Elmendorf moved the approval of the minutes of the April 8, 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 September 9, 1996, meeting of the Council of Faculty Delegates. Professor Mura seconded the motion. The motion to accept the agenda passed.

IV. Chancellor's Report

Chancellor Yackel said, that since the Council last met, the North Central Association had held its focused visit on long range planning, academic assessment, and implementation of general education. He said the exit report and draft report by the visiting team to the Association were highly favorable, but that the team recommended that Purdue University Calumet must inform the Association of its general education implementation program by the end of the 1996-97 academic year. He said the university has no choice in the matter, and noted the Research and Educational Policy meeting, chaired by Professor Mura, had begun a search for volunteer members to staff an ad hoc general education committee in support of its work.

Chancellor Yackel said that enrollments were up, and that student body numbers remain substantial and strong. He said that credit hours per student, the number of degree seeking students, and the number of graduate students had increased; and that the number of part time and non degree seeking students had decreased. He said that there were about seven hundred and fifty off campus enrollments, and that 20% of these students are enrolled only off campus. He said that statewide, enrollments seem to be down overall. He said enrollments in the Purdue system seem to have increased, with the exception of the Fort Wayne campus.

Chancellor Yackel said that two construction projects, a new north parking lot and replacement of utility pipes to Anderson and the new classroom office building, had been completed. He said that phase one of the Founders Plaza project is nearing completion. He said that bids for the new classroom office building will be opened September 24 with construction to begin in October. He said construction time is estimated at 18 months.

Chancellor Yackel said that the seven state assisted universities are making a combined legislative budget request presentation to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education on September 13. He said the top priority for the Purdue University system is $8 million for asbestos abatement in Anderson. He said the complete project will require two years, and will delay some departmental moves into the new classroom office building.

Chancellor Yackel said that health insurance premiums will stay as is for the 1997 calendar year, and that the university will contribute $200 to each employee’s flexible spending account.

Chancellor Yackel said that it has been agreed, after much discussion on this campus and in West Lafayette, that the academic administration will be organized similar to the second model proposed by the ad hoc Committee on Academic Organization. He said there will be four schools, one containing the departments of Behavioral Sciences, Communication and Creative Arts, English and Philosophy, Foreign Languages and Literatures and History and Political Science; a second school containing the departments of Construction Technology, Electrical Engineering Technology, Information Systems and Computer Programming, and Manufacturing Engineering Technologies and Supervision: a third school containing the departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Statistics, and Engineering; and a fourth superschool containing the present departments of Nursing, Management, and Education.

Chancellor Yackel said that under the present two school system, the Council of Faculty Delegates had delegated curricular control to the school Senates. He said that with the change in academic administrative organization, the Council will have to deal with the issue of the delegation of this authority granted to them by the Board of Trustees. He said academic reorganization will require the Council to examine tenure and promotion issues over which it has advisory authority granted to it by the Board of Trustees.

Vice Chancellor Singer said that it has been mandated that the university keep attendance records on its Title IV students. She said failure to do so could result in the university paying substantial funds to cover amounts issued to students who fail to continue to attend class. She said it seems that no more than one additional roster will be necessary to meet the legal requirements of this mandate, and that a memorandum detailing the new procedure will be distributed very soon.

Vice Chancellor Bryant thanked those who had helped make fall enrollment both efficient and productive.

V. Special Business of the Day

- Council Document 96-11 Nominations to Council Standing Committees Nominating Committee. For Discussion.

Professor Ting introduced Council Document 96-11, and moved it to Action. Professor Dobbberstein seconded the motion. The motion to move to Action passed. Professor Hack requested approval of Council Document 96-11. Approval passed.

- Council Document 96-12 Orientation to the Council Agenda Committee For Information

Professor Dobberstein introduced the document and yielded to Chancellor Yackel, President of the Council of Faculty Delegates. Chancellor Yackel said that the authorities of the Faculty, as expressed through the Council of Faculty Delegates, are enumerated in Article III.A. of the Articles of Confederation; and the advisory functions delegated to the Faculty are enumerated in Article III.B. He said that the Articles have become somewhat outdated, and that they reflect an older West Lafayette Senate model that has since changed. He said that the change in academic administrative organization gives the Council an ideal opportunity to review faculty governance, which he said should be a priority for the 1996-97 Council.. He said that any change in faculty governance will require Board of Trustee approval, and noted that the Board will be on campus in February.

Chancellor Yackel, noting the possible demise of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, said that a committee will be established to review intercollegiate athletics on this campus. He said the committee will include the members of the Athletic Affairs Committee a subordinate committee of the Student Affairs Committee of the Council.

Chancellor Yackel said that he will request Council support in reviewing and revising the present Vision statement.

Professor Hack, presiding officer of the Council, spoke to the revision of the Articles and Bylaws and noted various points that were unclear and in conflict. She said that the Faculty will have to operate under the current Articles until the revisions are recommended to and approved by the Board of Trustees. She reviewed the Council as a governing body, and spoke to its powers and authorities, its membership, the officers of the Council, convocations, and procedures.

Professor Hack introduced the chairs of the standing committees of the Council, each of whom reviewed the scope that committee: and the other officers of the Council. Professor Wermuth spoke to the role of the Secretary of the Council and Professor Dakich spoke to the role of the Parliamentarian of the Council. Professor Hack introduced Professor Lerner who spoke for a few minutes on the history of the Council. Professor Lerner noted the two school structure of the Council, and reiterated the Chancellor’s request for Council review of its structure and procedures.

VI. Unfinished Business

There was no unfinished business.

VII. Reports of Committees

Agenda Committee: Professor Dobberstein said the committee had met, set its schedule for the semester, prepared the agenda for the September meeting, and will meet September 16 to prepare the agenda for the October meeting.

Faculty Affairs Committee: Professor Evans said the committee will meet soon to elect a chair for the Faculty Grievance Committee. He reminded those present of the first social event of the faculty club on September 13.

Nominating Committee: Professor Ting said the committee will meet soon to establish its agenda and to prepare a document completing vacancies in the Council subordinate committees.

Research and Educational Policy Committee: Professor Mura said that the committee had expanded to seven members to work on the general education issue before the Council. She said that the committee has received several responses to its request for volunteers to serve on an ad hoc general education implementation advisory committee.

Resources and Planning Committee: Professor Dobberstein introduced the members of the committee (Professors Colon, Dobberstein, Pai, Pick; and Vice Chancellor Newsom

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

Intercampus Faculty Council: Professor Hack described this system committee and said that the Purdue University Calumet representatives to the committee are the present and past chairs of the Agenda Committee.

Student Government: Mr. Mitchell thanked the members of the Council for the opportunity to be present and to address the Council. He said Student Government will be more focused than in the past, and said that the following will be issues that Student Government will concern itself with: 1) the inclusion of more students in Student Government by revising the constitution to permit students with lower grade points to participate, 2) book prices, 3) opposition to a proposal to charge all students for parking, not just those who drive on campus, and 4) opposition to satellite campus students not paying the Student Service Fee.

Mr. Mitchell invited the members of the Council to its first open forum at 4:00 p.m. in C321 or C324H on Sunday, September 15. He said that he can be reached by university email.

VIII. Other New Business

Professor Hack spoke briefly to her aspirations for the Council during the 1996-97 academic year. She reiterated her convocation statement, which asked the faculty to keep a student centered focus. She said she had met with the Chancellor over the summer to discuss several issues, including general education, and the need to have an implementation program to North Central by the end of the Spring 1997 semester.. She said that she and the Chancellor had agreed it was timely for Purdue Calumet to assume its seat at the West Lafayette Senate for several reasons, including the election of Professor Duttlinger of Purdue North Central to the presidency of the Purdue University West Lafayette Senate.; and for that reason had asked Professor Wermuth to serve in that capacity for the 1996-97 academic year.

Professor Pick asked Chancellor Yackel for his comments about the ad hoc committee on the implementation of general education which he and others of like mind had formed. Chancellor Yackel said that he encouraged any collaboration that brought about a general education implementation plan consistent with the approved philosophy and objectives. Chancellor Yackel reinforced the central role of the Council’s Research and Educational Policy committee in this process.

IX. Adjournment

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

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