EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA 27834 Faculty Senate Telephone 757-6537 March 19, 1984 Chancellor John Howell Spilman East Carolina University Dear Chancellor Howell: The following resolutions approved by .the Faculty Senate February 21, 1 are presented for your consideration: B84- 5 Unit Codes of Operation for the Theatre Arts Department, and the Schools of Business and Music 84-11 Amended definition of Voting Faculty which reads: A voting faculty person is defined for the purposes of this code, that is, for the purposes of all faculty voting relating to the appointment of administrative officials, the development of unit codes, unit program (quadrenniel) evaluations, and unit administrator (quadrenniel) evaluations as (1) a full-time individual with an academic title or on special faculty appointment *. The Code, 604 C) and (2) research program as practiced in his or her unit. The teaching-research requirement does not apply to heads of units, libraries, the faculty of the Counseling Center, or other University officers who may hold tenured positions in home units. Voting rights within individual units on matters addressed in their codes other than these referred to in this present document should be a topic addressed in individual unit code development. The School of Medicine and Division of Continuing Education may define voting faculty for the purposes of this code in accordance with their unique structures subject to the approval of the Faculty Senate. (underlined section represents Amendment 84-6) 84 8 Meeting Dates of Agenda Committee and Faculty Senate for Academic Year 1984-85 East Carolina University is a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer Chancellor Howell 2 March 19, 1984 - These items are presented for your information; they require no action at this time. 84 -7 Amendment to Definition of General Faculty: The General Faculty shall consist of all full-time members of the teaching, research, or administrative staff who hold an academic title, including those on special faculty appointment (cf. The Code 604C). [The amended amendment will be an agenda item March 27, 1984.] School of Medicine Amendment to the Report of the Faculty Affairs Committee Relative to Removing the Six-Year Restriction on Non- Tenure=Track Positions: WHEREAS, the School of Medicine requires the use of active clinicians to carry out its mandate to provide medical education and medical care to this region; and WHEREAS, these clinicians may be burdened with clinical teaching and service responsibilities to the degree that they cannot pursue active research programs; and WHEREAS, the University values these experienced physicians and the access to patients which they provide; BE IT RESOLVED, that the report of the Faculty Affairs Committee ae relative to removing the six-year restrictions on non- tenure-track positions: All persons appointed to full-time teaching positions at East Carolina University should either be tenured at the time of initial appointment or recipients of tenure upon the successful completion of an appropriate probationary period--save only those who are visitors, temporary replacements, or for whose disciplines the institution in good faith expects to have only a short-term need. "Short- term" should mean usually two or three years, but under no circumstances should exceed six years. In schools with clinical disciplines, non-tenured faculty in such positions dean for continuing terms of one to five years. (The underlined sentence represents Amendment 84-9. ) Thank you for your consideration of these resolutions. Sincerely yours, ! ; ay AAA ae James LeRoy Smith Chair of the Faculty ce: Vice Chancellor Angelo Volpe Vice Chancellor Elmer Meyer Vice Chancellor and Dean \ iliam Laupus’ Vice Chancellor James Lanier