EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE MINUTES September 23, 1986 The first meeting of the Faculty Senate for the 1986-87 academic year was convened in Room 244, Mendenhall Student Center, on Tuesday, September 23, 1986, at 2:10 p.m. with Kenneth Wilson, chair, presiding. Members absent were Cunningham (Medicine), Dudek (Medicine), and Glascoff (Business). Alternates present were Everett for Engelke (Nursing), Pennington for Boklage (Medicine), and Markowski for Steele (Home Economics). Agenda Item I. Call to Order The Chair called the meeting to order and recognized Marilyn Stephenson, Marion Sykes and Kevin O'Brien as election tellers. Agenda Item II. Approval of Minutes of April 22 and 23, 1986 Minutes of the eighth regular meeting of 1985-86 held on April 22, 1986, and the organizational meeting for the 1986-87 academic year held April 23, 1986, were approved as printed. Agenda Item [II A. Announcements 1. The Faculty Research Shuttle Service to North Carolina State University, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Duke University libraries will be continued for 1986-87. For further information, or to utilize this service, you may contact the Continuing Education Office (Ext. 6143). Advance notice of two working days is required. Information from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the 1987 Summer Stipend Program and the Kellogg Foundation for the 1987 National Fellowships Program is available in the Academic Affairs Office. Please call Karen (6241) for applications. On the date of events held in Wright Auditorium, all parking spaces in the following areas will be reserved from 6-7 p.m. to provide accessible parking for patrons of evening activities: Wright Circle, between Austin and Rawl Buildings, behind Ragsdale Hall, in front of McGinnis Theatre, and west of and behind the School of Education Building. The Public Safety Office will place barriers at entrances to all parking lots by 6 p.m. and remove by 7:15 p.m. The street in front of Rawl will be opened at 7 p.m. and a public safety officer will be directing traffic. Arrangements will be made to provide bus service from a few pick-up points in Greenville in order to minimize traffic on campus. You will find in your individual folders a roster of 1986/87 Faculty Senators. Please note this listing was revised on 9/3/86 and does contain some revisions. Mike Dodge, former representative of Health Sciences Library, is being replaced in the Senate by Margaret Stangohr. The representative from the newly formed Department of Economics is Carson Bays. Constantine Kledaras will represent the School of Social Work. Announcements, continued... 5. You should have received by this time a roster of 1986/87 Academic Committee members, as well as a copy of the 1985/86 Senate Annual Report. & If you have not received a copy of both of these, and would like to do so, please call Sharon Bland, Faculty Senate Office, 6537. Emeriti professors are eligible for a free parking sticker. This year the new stickers will be paper but next year regular stickers will be ordered. The Faculty Welfare Committee will study the benefits provided to emeriti faculty members. The Chancellor Search is continuing. Mr. Kinsey's report at the Fall Convocation was very complete and accurate. I am pleased that we have so many good candidates at this stage in the search. Dates for campus visits have not been set, but will probably occur in November. The daily schedule for on-campus visits has not been decided by the sub-committee of the Search Committee, but the sub-committee has the recommendations of the Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on the Development of Campus Interview Procedures. Due to a miscommunication, materials were removed from some faculty office doors. Chancellor Howell has affirmed that materials posted on faculty doors contribute to the educational environment of the University. The University policy on canvassing, peddling and soliciting does not cover this type of communication between faculty members and their colleagues and students. The following resolutions were approved by Chancellor Howell on May 19, 1986: 86-7, 86-13, 86-14, 86-15, 86-16, 86-17, 86-18, 86-19, 86-20. President Spangler will be addressing the Faculty Senate at the November 18, 1986, meeting. If there is no objection from the Senate, this meeting will be held in Hendrix Theatre with the lower front section of the Theatre being reserved for Faculty Senators. Should there be additional agenda items, we will recess following Mr. Spangler's address and reconvene in Mendenhall Student Center, Room 221. Time will be allowed at the end of Mr. Spangler's remarks for interaction with the faculty. The Calendar Committee will be holding open hearings on the Calendars for the remainder of the decade on October 14, 1986, at 3:30 p.m. in Brewster B-103. Please notify Sharon Bland, Faculty Senate Office (757-6537), if you wish to speak. An announcement will be distributed to all faculty one week prior to the meeting. The Office of Institutional Research is now part of the Division of Academic Affairs. Bob Ussery, Director, will now be reporting to Trenton Davis, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic etatrend poe The Planning Commission has also been placed under the Division o Academic Affairs. Henry Ferrell, Coordinator, will also report to Trenton Davis. ECU is now a member of the National Faculty Exchange. Faculty who wish to spend a year at another institution should read the booklet available in the Faculty Senate Office. The deadline for exchanges beginning Fall 1987 is November 13, 1986. Special thanks are due to Dean Ryan, College of Arts and Sciences, who funded our membership in this organization. Announcements, continued... 14. Vice Chancellor Volpe announced that class schedules for spring will be distributed in a new magazine-style format rather than printed in The East Carolinian, hence the early call this semester for spring schedules. 15. Sharon Bland, Faculty Senate Office Secretary, and Chancellor John Howell are thanked for the refreshments provided for Senators. Agenda Item III B. Report of Faculty Assembly, James L. Smith, Reporting Smith called special attention to two items from the September 19, 1986, meeting of the Faculty Assembly. President Spangler stated that 97% budgets have not yet become a reality. Vice President Dawson announced the October 17 inauguration of President Spangler in Chapel Hill and invited all University system faculty to participate. (For complete report, see Attachment 1) Agenda Item III C. Planning Process Relevant to SACS, Trenton Davis, Reporting Trenton Davis, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, addressed the Senate at the request of the Chair regarding new Southern Association criteria on outcome assessment and evaluating institutional effectiveness. Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools has no specific format for this planning and evaluation process, but has prescribed what an effective process should include. The fifteen member ad hoc committee appointed by the Chancellor in January 1986 has received recommendations and~has—identifiedthe tasks from a RE ots Grover Andrews, NCSU, about a possible design and as has identified the t s it feels will result in a workable process. Information compiled from a faculty-survey conducted for the Chancellor Search Committee and from a 1984 update report by the ECU Planning Commission has already proved useful in this study of our planning and evaluation process. (For specific information, see Attachment 2) In reply to a question from King (HPERS) about reports to Southern Association, Davis said a mid-decade report is due in December 1987 and must include our plans to meet the new guidelines. The next site visit to ECU will be in 1992. Pennington (Medicine) inquired about addressing the "value-added" concept and Davis replied that plans that incorporate that concept are being studied, particularly one that has been in use for several years at Northeast Missouri University. Agenda Item III D. Elections The Chair called attention to the charges of the Due Process, Hearing and Reconsideration Committees and to the roster of tenured faculty provided for each Senator. Elections, continued... Due Process Committee: Collins (Business), Reiser (Sociology/Anthropology), and Scott (Academic Library Services) were nominated. First ballot results were as follows: Collins et Reiser 28 Scott 35 Collins and Scott were elected for the two 1988 terms. In the election for alternate members, King (HPERS) and Reiser (Socio/Anthro) were nominated. Yarbrough (Political Science) moved nominations be closed. The motion was seconded and King and Reiser were elected alternates by acclamation. Hearing Committee: For two full-term vacancies, the following were nominated: lst Ballot 2nd Ballot Bruner (Social Work) 16 10 Topper (Music) 12 4 Parham (Chemistry) 13 8 Farr (English) 2z 27 Ironsmith (Psychology) 31 hei Total Ballots Cast 49 49 Ironsmith was elected on the first ballot, with Farr being elected on the second ballot. For an unexpired term, Reiser (Socio/Anthro) and Bruner (Social Work) were nominated. Balloting results were as follows: Bruner 28 Reiser 18 Total Votes 46 and 1 abstention Bruner was elected to fill the 1987 unexpired term. With two alternates to be elected, Dunn (HPERS) and Harris (Foreign Languages and Literatures) were nominated. Boyce (F. A. Rep.) moved nominations close. The motion was seconded and Dunn and Harris were elected as alternates by acclamation. Reconsideration Committee: With two full-term and one unexpired term to be filled, the Chair suggested the top two vote getters be elected to the full term slots and the third fill the unexpired term, providing each has a majority of the vote. Hearing no dissention, the procedure was adopted. The following were nominated: Grossnickle (Psychology) 39 Chauncey (Music) 35 Schmidt (Music) 27 Parham (Chemistry) 38 Total Votes Cast 49 Reconsideration Committee Election, continued... Grossnickle and Parham were elected to the 1989 terms and Chauncey to the 1987 term. The floor was opened for nominations for two alternates and Schmidt (Music) and Shea (Home Economics) were nominated. Thomas (Allied Health) moved nominations be closed. The motion was seconded. Schmidt and Shea were elected by acclamation. Agenda Item IV. Unfinished Business There was no unfinished business. Agenda Item V. Report of Committees There were no committee reports. Agenda Item VI. New Business Mayberry (Foreign Languages and Literatures) presented the following: In the light of the unfavorable publicity in the local newspaper regarding: 1) The failure of the Athletic Department to fund the Women's Basketball team's bid to the National Invitation Tournament; 2) The failure of the Athletic Department to notify the local high school until 5:30 p.m. that they could not use Ficklen Stadium for a game scheduled at 7:00 p.m.; 3) The Athletic Department's rescinding of the invitation to Rose High's marching band and/or charging the members $6 a ticket to attend the game; I move that the Faculty Senate request that the appropriate administrative officials and the Athletic Committee study the policies and procedures within the Athletic Department that have led to the unfavorable publicity and that they recommend changes in those policies and procedures to facilitate communication and to improve public relations between East Carolina University and the community it seeks to serve. Upon second, the floor was opened for discussion. Hines (Business) asked if the Athletic Committee would report back to Faculty Senate with recommendations. The Chair affirmed that there would be a committee report to the Senate. The question was called and the motion carried on a voice vote. (Resolution #86-21) With no further business, Kledaras (Social Work) moved adjournment. Upon second, the motion passed and the Senate adjourned at 3:42 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Madge S. Chamness, Secretary Sharon M. Bland, Office Secretary Request for appropriate administrator(s) and the Athletic Committee to review the policies and procedures that have recently led to unfavorable publicity Attachment 1 FACULTY ASSEMBLY REPORT James LeRoy Smith September 23, 1986 The fifty-eighth meeting of the UNC Faculty Assembly was held on Friday, September 19, 1986 in the General Administration Building in Chapel Hill. Betty Jo Welch, Speech/Communications, UNC-W, is the Chair. (Other officers and phone numbers are included for the minutes.) Larry (delegation head), Rosalie, Bob and I attended. Emily had a professional obligation elsewhere. President Spangler stated that the Office of State Budget and Management is asking for the 1987-89 continuation budgets of all state agencies to be rendered at 97% of current amounts. President Spangler believes that the best approach to this at the moment is to work behind the public scenes to indicate how unworkable such a thing would be for the University. He sees no point in wrangling with the Governor at this point, but does very strongly assert that this cutback would not be acceptable, nor would it be workable, in the University. He has given no orders to proceed with a 97% ceiling for current activities. He does not believe that the 97% feature will become a reality. There will be an inauguration on October 17, 1986. Faculty from all campuses are invited to attend the seminars and to march in the procession, which would assemble in Memorial Hall, adjacent to Polk Place on the UNC-CH campus at 9:15. Members of the Faculty Assembly will march together and are invited to dinner the evening before. Committee Reports included the following plans for the year: ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND TENURE COMMITTEE--to conduct a survey of campus policies on retrenchment and also on tenure; policies would be reviewed with possible recommendations being made. BUDGET COMMITTEE--review the status of Faculty Budget Committees across the campuses, checking charges, regular meeting basis, etc. Consideration of the report prepared by the Task Force on Financing Continuing Education which has been approved by the UNC Council on Continuing Education. (The Budget Committee sponsored Faculty Assembly Resolution 86-1, attached. ) GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE--the committee will review the Assembly bylaws this year and will invite Senate/Council Chairs to meet together at the December 5th Faculty Assembly meeting. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE--will survey faculty development activities on the campuses and will study the possibility of UNC General Administration internships for faculty. PLANNING AND PROGRAMS--will hear discussions about planning 1986-1991 (this year's proposals due in March) and will review the recommendations, when available, of the Task Force on Education. WELFARE COMMITTEE--will discuss retirement plan options, fringe-benefits, leave policies, disability payments, and health insurance options. An ad hoc committee on the latter is being formed and volunteers are solicited. The next meeting is December 5th in Chapel Hill. Attachments (2): Faculty Assembly Officers Resolution 86-1 NORTH CAROLINA FACULTY ASSEMBLY OFFICERS FOR 1986-87 The Faculty Assembly of the University of North Carolina and Executive Committee Betty Jo Welch (UNC-W) (919) 395-3519, Courier 415 VICE CHAIR: Meada Gibbs (NCA&T) (919) 334-7657, Courier 212 SECRETARY: Gene Rainey (UNC-A) (704) 251-6420, Courier 68] COMMITTEE CHAIRS: ® Academic Freedom and Tenure: Lois Edinger (UNC-G) (919) 334-5100, Courier 214 Budget: James R. Sellers (UNC-G) (919) 334-5327, Courier 214 Governance: Kathleen Kowal! (UNC-W) (919) 395-3397, Courter 415 Planning and Programs: Mark Appelbaum (UNC-CH) (919) 962-5036, Courier 312 Professional Development: Rosalie Haritun (ECU) (919) 757-6907, Courier 142 Faculty Welfare: George A. Johnson (NCA&T) (919) 334-7547, Courier 212 FACULTY ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 86-1 RESOLUTION CONCERNING POSSIBLE REDUCTION IN CONTINUATION Bl the delegates to the Faculty Assembly are alarmed by the request that units of the University prepare reduced budgets, even as an exercise for the purpose of information, and the demand for the preparation of reduced budgets comes after a series of cuts and freezes in revenues during the recessions of the previous decade, and at a time of increased research, student enrollments, and public service activities, the University needs to augment rather than reduce its financial resources, and any reduction in budget would severely undermine the quality of education offered by the University of North Carolina, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Faculty Assembly supports President Spangler in his efforts to prevent a reduction in the continuation budget and calls upon him to seek to expand the services of the University to the people of North Carolina.