LCSC Faculty Senate
April 15, 2004
Minutes

I.                    Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by the Chair, Kathie Wilcox at 3:17PM.  Present:  Sue Niewenhaus for Lynne Bidwell, Larry Haapanen, Okey Goode, David McCullough, Anita Darrington, Scott Brainard, Wayne Carroll, Leanne Parker, Clay Robinson, Jason Blazzard, Verna Studer, Chris Riggs, Robbie Reno, Ryan Gill, Linda Coursey, Marilyn Heckendorn, Victor White, Susan Odom, Lana Elliott for Jeff Matthews, Mike Vernon, Heather Rogers, Arnold Caines, Dr. Tony Fernandez  Absent:  Jim Tarter, Gary Mayton, Gene Straughan, Bill Clouser, Eric Martin, Alan Marshall, Ed Miller, Tom Urquhart

II.                 Introduction of Visitors: Lana Elliott for Jeff Matthews, Chet Herbst (Director of Instructional Planning, Research, & Assessment), David Taylor (Media Services), Dennis Massingham (T & I)

III.               Approval of Minutes of April 1, 2004: The minutes were approved as presented.

IV.              Chair’s Report

A.       Treasury Report:  No change since last meeting

B.        President’s Council:  

·        There have been over twenty (20) applications so far for the Administrative Vice President position with May 3, 2004 as the cut off date for filing applications

·        NAIA has decided that all sports seasons will have fewer games and events and that the playing seasons will be shorter.

·        On April 29 there will be a meeting concerning student technology fees.

·        The fall applications for enrollment have increased over this time last year.  Preregistration is also up from this time last year

·        The reorganizational task force will be reactivated to discuss administrative structure changes.

V.                 Provost’s Report: 

·        There has been a reorganization of student affairs with an elimination of the position of vice president.  The directors are reporting currently to the provost.

·        The reorganization task force, chaired by Chet Herbst, is developing plans to ensure that student affairs broadly represent the constituents across campus.

·        CAAP:  Discussion was held concerning the roles and missions of state institutions within regions and statewide.

ü      ISU was identified as the graduate institution for nursing

ü      Accelerated teacher certification is the special purview of LCSC

ü      Residency requirements vary from institution to institution.  While discussions included the desire to keep consistency among institutions, this policy could negatively affect outreach courses.

ü      Promise scholarships will continue to be for 2 years.

ü      Review of advancement in rank policy as well as curriculum proposals is ongoing.

ü      Chair, Nursing Division: Schedules for the interviews for the vacant Chair of the Nursing Division are posted.

VI.              Old Business

A.  Salary Policy Proposals: The policy proposals approved at the last meeting have been forwarded to the Provost and signed by the Provost.  There was a motion to present this proposal to the Faculty Association meeting for a vote of approval on April 27.  Motion withdrawn. 

VII.            New Business

A.  Graduation:  One important piece of business for the April 27 Faculty Association meeting will be to vote on the graduation list.

B.     Incomplete Grading Policy: The Registrar is requesting a change in the policy for assigning incomplete grades to add the phrase “if at least 80% of the work for the course has been completed.”  (Current policy is appended to these minutes.) 

·        After much discussion, the Chair requested that Student Affairs and Faculty Affairs take up this subject at their next meeting and bring the topic back to the May Senate meeting.

C.     ICHEF: 

·        There will be a meeting next week during the State Board of Education meeting.

·        ISU is proposing that an inter-institutional council be formed including faculty chairs, lobbyists, and institutional officers concerned with advancement or public relations.

·        The Chair proposes to ask what the goals for this organization would be.

ü      ICHEF plans to meet with the legislative candidates over the next months to see how they plan to meet the needs of higher education in Idaho 

D.  Datatel:  Since WarriorWeb is available with most of the information to advisors, The Registrar would like the Divisions to discuss limiting faculty access as  more services will be available soon (e.g.: transfer equivalency). The Chair requests that the registrar bring more specific information in response to questions so that this proposal can be acted on at the last meeting.

VIII.         Standing Committee Reports

A.     Administrative Procedures – Patricia Keith - The committee report is appended to these minutes. (T & I will discuss this on May 3 and meet with BTS and Pat Keith to coordinate)  There were no objections to considering this a first reading of the proposal.

B.      Budget Liaison – Kathie Wilcox no report

C.     Curriculum – Mike Vernon (Please see the Curriculum Committee reports site for more complete information on the proposals).  There was a motion to accept the Curriculum Committee report.  Motion approved

D.     Faculty Affairs – Jeff Matthews (Lana Elliott and Chet Herbst presented for Jeff)

·        ERA and SRI have been revised and trials have been conducted using the updated ERA. The trials appear to be satisfactory. There was a motion that the revised ERA be implemented campus wide in the fall.  Motion approved.

·         Faculty Affairs Proposed SRI Draft:

Proposed Policy on SRIs, Student Reaction Inventor

a)      On a yearly basis the Faculty Affairs Committee will make recommendations for changes to the Faculty Senate regarding the content, form, and implementation of Student Reactions to Instruction

b)      During fall semester of each year the Faculty Affairs Committee will solicit input from the faculty regarding the content, form, and implementation of Student Reaction to Instruction.

c)      During spring semester of each year the Faculty Affairs Committee will propose changes and present these to the Senate for consideration.  If the Senate chooses to pass the suggested changes, they will be transmitted to the Office of Institutional Assessment for implementation.

This is the first reading for the proposal.  It will be brought to a vote at the next meeting.

·        Policy for faculty disenrollment of students on their class rosters: There will be a proposal from Faculty Affairs on this policy to be taken up at the last meeting.

E.      Faculty Development – Susan Odom will submit corrections to all members by email and it will be brought before the Senate for a vote at next meeting. 

·        The Committee fully funded 4 proposals and partially funded 2 faculty development grants.

F.      Student Affairs – Wayne Carroll - meeting will on April 28^th

G.     Technology Advisory – David Taylor – Taylor stated that Warriormail was purchased with the idea that it would be the standard for the campus.  It has not become so.

·        Proposal:  Establish LC WarrirorMail as the official medium for college communication with students.  Action steps:

1.      Engage campus constituent groups in dialogue about original student e-mail project, current state of student e-mail, and the proposed application of our two-year-old system.

2.      Establish campus e-mail policy that includes relevant implementation dates.

3.      Form implementation team that includes representation from key stakeholders.

4.      Articulate policy detail.  Modify practices (where possible and appropriate). 

5.      Communicate.  Publicize.  Communicate.  Publicize.  Communicate.

This proposal will be considered at the Faculty Senate meeting in May.

IX.              All Standing committees must submit hard copy of their minutes and reports to the library archivist.

X.                 Adjournment:  The meeting was adjourned at 5:10PM

APPENDICES:

LCSC policy for awarding a grade of “Incomplete” (I)

The grade of “I” indicates that work is satisfactory but, because of extenuating circumstances, has not been completed by the end of the term.  The grade is given at the discretion of the instructor. (Proposed change would be inserted here.)  For all “I” grades, the date of completion may be no longer than one semester.  The exact date of completion will be specified by the instructor.  On that date, the grade assigned by the instructor will be posted to the transcript.  If the incomplete is received during an interim or summer session, the student has one full semester following that session in which to complete the course.  There are no provisions for grades of “I” for variable credit professional-technical courses.

Report from Administrative Procedures Committee

04/15/04

The Committee has continued revising the College’s Criteria for Advancement in Rank.  We have finished work on the general introductory sections and the sections related to advancement in rank for the academic faculty.  Technical faculty will review the Committee’s work on that section on May 3.

Here are the main revisions we are proposing:

(1)     We have brought the titles of the categories of evaluation in alignment with the language of the Annual Evaluations.

(2)     While the College policy will specify criteria in a general way, it will require each division to develop written criteria for its faculty to advance in rank.  The goal is to have criteria, which are discipline specific and appropriate.

We met with the Provost on April 9.  Here are a few highlights:

(1)   Having used our current Procedures for Advancement in Rank this year, he made suggestions for changes that the Committee will consider next year.

(2)   He asked that we review a few of the Terminal Degrees.

(3)   He also asked that in the Criteria that we explicitly link advancement from assistant to associate professor with the tenure process. 

The Committee has not met to consider the final item regarding tenure, but this is what I will be proposing:

ADD TO:  SECTION B (page 1) 

Assistant to Associate Professor/Tenure—normally, a minimum of four years as Assistant    Professor

ADD TO:  SECTION 1.1 (page 2)

The candidate for advancement in rank from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor will at the same time be reviewed for tenure according to the College’s Tenure Policy (xxxxx).

Submitted by Patricia Keith, Chair  04/15/01