FACULTY ASSEMBLY REPORT

8 & The forty-eighth meeting of the Faculty Assembly of the University of
North Carolina was held at the General Administration Building in Chapel Hill _
on February 24, 1984. The delegation from ECU was represented by C. Ayers, R.
Haritun, L. Hough (delegation head), and James LeRoy Smith.

In the. First Plenary Session, Chairman Alan Hauser made a brief plaque
presentation to Dr. King. Chairman Hauser thanked Dr. King on behalf of the
delegates for all his dedicated work with the Assembly. President Friday then
reported on the salary recommendations in the budget. He called upon Vice
President Joyner to reassure the delegates that the salary resolution was now
before the Legislature for "fine tuning" in order to prepare it for passage.
President Friday returned to the rostrum and told the Assembly that previous
to this time there had not been a formal request for salary increases, that
legislators had always operated on the basis of being "fair and equitable."
President Friday was asked whether public school teachers would get a larger
increase than higher education faculty. He answered, "No," and emphasized
that all faculty would get a comparable percentage regardless of level.
Commenting on the 15% increase in the ECU Resolution, Friday encouraged
delegates to ask for what they wanted but not to get angry if their request
could not be honored. President Friday concluded by saying that salary
increases would be the number one consideration in the legislative budget
discussion.

Dr. Dawson spoke next and focused his remarks on three topics: (1)
Admission Criteria; (2) Chapin Resolution, and (3) Consent Decree. He
& @ 2 momentarily by commenting that the University System had witnessed a

Steady increase in college-going persons during the past year and that it came
close to achieving parity. However, in light of the minimum criteria policy
now in existence, Dawson said that these students were not receiving proper
guidance in selecting courses which prepare them for higher education. He
noted, "Minimum criteria tends to draw, from the floor rather than ceiling-
level students." He happily added that each state had recently been given the
right to add other criteria. He urged delegates to recognize two important
factors concerning these added requirements. First, many of the extended
criteria omit art/health and foreign languages. Dawson explained that the
Board of Governors felt these requirements should be minimal in light of the
greater need to have command of the English language and skill in reading and
math rather than foreign languages. However, Friday has been requested to
make a review of foreign language for next fall. The second factor to
recognize is that the aim of the new requirements will be to improve the level
of academic preparation and, thus, the level of programs at the universities.

Dawson's next topic was the Consent Decree. He reported that racial
category trends had improved substantially from fall '77 to the fall '83 in
that there was a 91% increase with whites in black schools and a 50% increase
of blacks in white institutions. The difficulty here has been , he said, that
we can encourage students to take certain courses but we cannot dictate the
selection of their institutions. He noted that by 1986-87 there would be 29
programs in place for black students like the expanded engineer program at NC
A&T. Dawson encouraged the delegates to exert effort on their own campuses to

& bring about a racial equity in student enrollments. He said, "We must rely on
@recuiy to accomplish this task."

Dawson's third topic focused on the Chapin Resolution. He reviewed the
1977 recommendations for improving rapport between university methods faculty

 
and public school teachers as well as the Quality Assurance Program endorsed
by the University Teacher Education Council in 1978. This latter program
spelled out the core competencies for all methods faculty and required them to
hold a certificate in their own areas of specialization. By 1983 Dawson
reported that a wide variety of programs to improve rapport between teachers
were in operation throughout the sixteen institutions, such as the ECU
exchange program with the public school teachers. Dawson urged the
institutions to continue initiating similar programs which would enable
methods faculty to teach a minimum of ten days in public schools. He
suggested a three-year trial period for such programs to determine their
impact on faculty development.

In the Second Plenary Session following the committee meetings,
Chairpreson Hauser first expressed appreciation for James LeRoy Smith
promptness in preparing and circulating the minutes of the Faculty Assembly.
The agenda for this session was as follows: (1) Reports from Committee
Chairman, and (2) Presentation of candidates for new officers and committée
chairmen.

Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee reviewed data collected and
analyzed by the General Assembly as found in Hegis Report, Statistical
abstract of Education in North carolina, BD-119 Forms, etc. Some significant
statistics were reported. Concerning faculty retirees, the delegates were
told that more faculty retired between the ages of 55 and 65. In regard to
budgeted teaching positions, it was revealed that no new tenure tracks wére
available and that the percentage of tenured faculty at UNC was 62%, 61% at
WCU, and fewer this year than other years at ECU. For part-time faculty, the

committee chairperson said that there had been a 12% increase since 1979, with
a 4% increase coming in 1982.

Budget Committee indicated that they had heard an up-dated report by
Vice-President Joyner concerning the budget. They also discussed the idea of
sharing budget and salary matters with the Faculty Senates in the various

institutions. A resolution was presented which encoureged the Chancellors to |
engage in this sharing of information with their faculty senators. Following —

the motion, the resolution was passed.

Faculty Welfare Committee discussed the inequities found in various
retirement programs. It was announced that the committee had invited an
official from the Retirement Board to speak at the Assembly meeting in April
concerning, these inequities. The prospects of reciprocity parking permits
across all university campuses was also debated... It was noted that the
committee intends to compile a list of telephone numbers of offices. on the
individual campuses which are responsible for parking permits. Delegates were
also informed about workman's disability for private cars. The ruling is that
private cars on university business will be covered if: (1) any portion of
expenses are reimbursed, and (2) permission for trip is filed before trip has
started. Finally, the ECU resolution calling for a 15% across-the-board
Salary increase and a 7% merit was voted upon and passed.

Governance Committee concerned itself with the minutes of the Board of
Governors in regard to the Policy of Service in the General Assembly.
Chairman Hauser interjected that such cases will be reviewed individually.
The committee formulated two resolutions: one concerning the University Code
was defeated; the other which related to participation on the Board of
Trustees was postponed until the next meeting.

Planning and Programs Committee heard Dr. Dawson discuss the minimum

 
@ @....::0:0 requirements for the university system. The committee also
addressed the certification of public school teachers, particularly in regard
to the various practices which water down this certification process. A
resolution concerning certifiction granted in conjunction with colleges/
universities having an approved teacher education program was presented and
approved by the Assembly.

Professional Development Committee discussed the results of the ad hoc
Committee Survey on merit and salary increases. The delegates were informed
that there was a 100% return of surveys from chancellors and that 81.2% of the
institutions had BD-119 forms with salary information accessible, with 3.2%
did not. The committee chairman noted that in four schools (25%) the BD-119
form is in the library while in 9 (56%) the forms were in the administrator's
office.

The last item of business in the Second Plenary Session was the
presentation of the nominations slate for Faculty Assembly officers and
committee chairman. Members of the ECU delegation receiving nominations were:
James LeRoy Smith for chairperson, Rosalie Haritun for vice chairperson, and
Larry Hough for chair of the Governance Committee.

The fourth meeting of the UNC Faculty Assembly for 1983-84 adjourned at
9:45 p.m.