EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE
DECEMBER 1, 1987

The fourth regular meeting of the Faculty Senate for the academic year 1987/88 was
held on Tuesday, December 1, 1987, in Mendenhall Student Center, Room 244.
Members absent were Chancellor Eakin, White (HPERS), Dudek (Medicine), and Whelan
(Technology). Alternates present were Patton for Kopanski (Aerospace), Malmrose
for Sexauer (Art), Guy for Glascoff (Business), Moskop for Cunningham (Medicine),
Ferrance for Engelke (Nursing), and Owens for Donahue (Theater Arts).

Agenda Item I. Call to Order
Chair Conner Atkeson called the meeting to order at 2:10 p.m.

Agenda Item II. Approval of Minutes of November 10, 1987
Alfred King (HPERS) moved approval of the minutes of the November 10, 1987,

meeting. After a second, the motion passed.

Agenda Item III. Special Order of the Day

B. Announcements
Chair of the Faculty, Conner Atkeson
1. The interview process for the position of University Attorney is near
completion. An announcement of appointment should be made in the near
future.

Applications are being received for the position of Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs. The Committee will meet in February after all applications
have been received and reviewed.

Fall Commencement is scheduled for Saturday, December 5, 1987, at 10:00 a.m.
in Minges Coliseum. The processional will begin at 9:40 a.m. Faculty
members are urged to attend Commencement.

Beatrice Chauncey, School of Music, will carry the Trustees Mace at the head
of the academic procession at the Fall Commencement. Having joined the
faculty in 1949, Bea is the senior faculty member in length of service.

Application forms for R/CA and Teaching Grants are available in the Faculty
Senate Office. You may request applications through campus mail by phoning
Sharon Bland, Extension 6537. For your convenience, the application forms
are available at all times outside Rawl Annex, Room 140. The deadline for
applications is Wednesday, January 27, 1987, 5:00 p.m., to Rawl Annex, Room
140. Seventeen copies should be submitted for R/CA Grants, and sixteen
copies tor Teaching Grants.

6. Chancellor Eakin could not attend today because of a meeting in Chapel Hill.

Acting Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, William Bloodworth
1. At 3:00 p.m. today, the candidates for the position of Coordinator of
International Studies will be making their presentations. If the Senate
finishes its business in time, Senators are invited to attend.

Chancellor Eakin wishes to report that classes will not be held on January
18, 1988, in honor of the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday. Because of the
state-mandated Good Friday/Easter Monday holiday switch, this will mean the
net loss of one Friday from the spring schedule.

 
D. Approval of Graduation List for Summer and Fall 1987
Pat Terrell (Education) moved approval of the list. After a second, the motion
passed. (Resolution #87-22)

Agenda Item IV. Unfinished Business
Gonnie Kledaras (Social Work) remarked about the lack of the traditional Christmas

beverage at this meeting. The Chair soberly apologized for the lack of seasonal
spirits.

Agenda Item V. Report of Committees
A. Committee on Committees

Holly Mathews (Sociology and Anthropology) presented the report. The Committee
felt that it could not carry out the direction of the Chair (see minutes of
November 10, 1987) to return a slate of nominees for Vice Chancellor Bloodworth's
advisory committee on tenure and promotion recommendations. Mathews cited the
lack of a clear charge for the committee.

Ken Wilson (Faculty Assembly) asked Bloodworth whether or not a slate adopted at
the next Faculty Senate meeting would be acceptable. Bloodworth responded that
the timing would be tight but that it would be a possibility. Wilson then moved
that the Senate ask the Committee on Committees to submit a slate of nominees at
the next Senate meeting. After a second, the following discussion ensued:

Robert Woodside (Mathematics and Committee on Committees), having been granted
floor privileges by the Chair, spoke against the motion. He cited the lack of a
clear charge to the advisory committee. While he favors faculty input in the
tenure and promotions process, he felt the proper place for it was in the units as
provided for in the East Carolina University Code. Citing the difficulty of
judging creative activity in another discipline, he has serious doubts about the
advisability of this "super committee'"'. Opinions from outside the university
might be more appropriate. If the Vice Chancellor has doubts about his ability to
judge the recommendations, he should forward them to the Chancellor, relying on
the unit's judgment. For instance, if there is to be a 25% rejection ratio, let
that be an administrative decision and let it not be endorsed by the Senate.

Wilson responded that some on the Committee view it differently and that the vote
was close. He pointed out that the Vice Chancellor was on an interim appointment
and that if he asked for help we should oblige him. Wilson felt that this would
be setting no precedent for the future. If this was a recommendation for a
permanent advisory committee, he would oppose it without lengthy hearings.

Judy Sadler (Library and Information Studies) stated that, while the advisory
committee appointment is temporary, it might set a precedent. She stated that
she and other members of the Committee had received a number of phone calls from
faculty who had questions about what the committee would be doing. Appendix D
states the procedures to be followed in promotion and tenure decisions, and if we
are going to have further faculty input, we should revise it. She also mentioned
that appeal procedures might be more complicated if this committee is appointed.

Jo Ann Jones (English, Vice Chair) pointed out that we are not voting on the
concept of having the committee but only for a requested slate of nominees.

Eg Woodside responded that he felt the Vice Chancellor should take full
responsibility for the committee.

 
Claudia Jolls (Biology) questioned whether the charge was clear and if Vice
Chancellor Bloodworth could clarify the charge and then send the request back to
the Committee on Committees? The Chair ruled that was not appropriate to the
motion on the floor.

Jo Ann Jones questioned whether or not the Committee would provide us with a slate
of nominees if it had not the first time.

Judy Bernhardt (Nursing) noted that there were only five or six areas represented
by volunteers for the committee.

Sadler remarked that the Committee on Committees was concerned about the lack of
faculty response and that the Committee needed more faculty input.

Bob Schellenberger (Business) asked whether the committee would be advising on
criteria or on specific tenure and promotion recommendations.

Bloodworth responded that he wanted to seek advice at the university level
concerning whether or not recommendations were congruent with university
expectations. He will make the final decision. The Vice Chancellor went on to
give two reasons for the committee: first, to ensure that, when the
recommendations are presented, he could say that they were thoroughly reviewed;
second, to ensure that a mechanism was in place to circumvent his possibly limited
perspective.

Larry Hough (Faculty Assembly) questioned that the formation of such a committee
might be an attempt at a "leveling" of criteria. He felt that there is not one
set of criteria appropriate to all units. Hough mentioned that this procedure
could become a norm. He questioned how the three nominees selected could advise
properly when the faculty in the units had already expressed themselves.

Kledaras pointed out that, if faculty had fully understood the duties of the
committee, there might have been more input. He commended the attempt at more
faculty input; however, he questioned the process.

Wilson responded that he would not assume the Committee on Committees would be
limited to the faculty on the list of volunteers. He stated that the Committee
was sure to seek additional nominees.

Bays (Economics) stated that it seems that what we are saying is if we don't like
the rules we are not going to play the game. A permanent committee would require
much more discussion, but this situation is a much more narrow one.

At this point Kledaras moved the question. Hearing no objections, the Chair
called for the vote. On a division of the house, the motion failed 25 to 17.

B. Faculty Computer Committee

Chuck Ziehr (Geography and Planning) gave the report on a policy recommendation
concerning external use of university computer facilities (see FCC minutes
of November 16, 1987) that will shortly be made to the Information Systems
Advisory Committee. He mentioned that Computer and Information Systems had been
receiving requests from external agencies for such use and that there was not an
existing policy. Ziehr wished to alert the faculty, for example, to the fact that
various software packages are licensed in a number of ways and that we must take
care not to violate these agreements.

 
Jim Joyce (Physics, Secretary) asked if the new policy recommendations would mean
that faculty could not expect to run institutes and short courses using university
microcomputer labs during regular and summer sessions.

Ziehr responded that, with the shortage of facilities and the need to continually
have machines continually available to our students, these institutes would not
normally be allowed, but the policy allowed for a case-by-case determination by
the lab managers.

C. Curriculum Committee

Bill Grossnickle (Psychology) presented the report embodied in the Curriculum
Committee minutes of November 12 and 19, 1987. The actions of the Committee were
approved by the Senate. (Resolution #87-23)

Agenda Item VI. New Business

Student Union Forum Committee

Tonya Batizy, Chair of the Student Union Forum Committee, addressed the Senate.
She reported that a recent presentation of the Forum Committee which featured
Shirley Chisholm was poorly attended. Feeling that with faculty help there would
be better attendance at future events, she requested ideas and suggestions from
the faculty. Ms. Batizy pointed out that students may not be aware of a speaker's
importance. She pointed out that the events are advertised in many ways including
in the East Carolinian. The possibility of faculty requiring attendance or giving
extra credit for attendance was mentioned.

Karl Rodabaugh (Continuing Education) stated that it might help if there were more
lead time in announcing events since course syllabi are prepared far in advance.

Donald Parkerson (History) remarked that it is often difficult for faculty to find
copies of the East Carolinian. (At this point Vice Chancellor Laupus was observed

studiously reading his personal copy of the student newspaper. )

Jolls mentioned that expanding the biographical sketches of speakers (including
their educational value) in the mailings might help faculty.

Batizy concluded by asking faculty also to let the Committee know if there are
speakers that they would like to hear. Upcoming events include the Preservation
Hall Jazz Band on February 7, a Pornography Debate on February 9, and a
performance by Marcel Marceau on March 2, 1988.

Chair Atkeson mentioned that correspondence could be mailed to the Committee at
the Student Union.

There being no further business, Chair Atkeson adjourned the meeting at 3:10 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,

Vemes re Ms. OW Elen po

James Joyce, Secretary Sharon Bland, Office Secretary

Resolutions:

#87-22 | Approval of Fall 1987 Graduation List

#87-23 Curriculum Committee, Approval of Minutes of November 12 & 19, 1987