Absent: Brody (2), Garcia, Pope, Waters' Weeks (2)

Excused: Aitken, Barnhard, Carter, Kintz, Steeves, Stuhr, Thomas

1. Approval of the Minutes

President Soper called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m. in 129 Law. The minutes of the December 8, 1993 meeting of the University Senate were approved.

2. Report of the President to the Senate

President Soper noted that two senators, Chase and Goldschmidt, had missed and been unexcused from three consecutive senate meetings and thus were removed from the University Senate. He announced that Mr. Stephen Ponder had accepted an appointment to replace Senator Lemert whose duties as Chair of the Graduate Council had caused him to resign from the University Senate. President Soper said he would at the next senate meeting make two more appointments for senators who have resigned.

President Soper announced that the University Assembly had, after making only slight changes in the report of the Committee on the Curriculum as approved by the University Senate, adopted the Curriculum Report. He added that Senator Boren had given notice of a motion to reconsider the University Assembly's adoption of the Curriculum Committee's recommendations which appear on page 3 of the Preliminary Report-- 1994-95 Report of the Committee on the Curriculum to the University of Oregon Faculty, so discussion of those recommendations may be on the University Senate agenda in February. President Soper concluded his summary of actions on the Curriculum Report with a personal note as he recognized the immensity of the Curriculum Committee's job and the need for firmness. He praised the Chair and its members for their careful work, and thanked them for bringing the credit change issue to the attention of the University Senate and the University Assembly.

3. Report on Productivity Planning

Senator Gwartney-Gibbs reported on a retreat held the previous Saturday to discuss productivity planning and the work of the productivity groups. When she solicited ideas for involving students in the planning process, Senator Calof suggested placing an ad in the Oregon Daily Emerald. President Brand followed up her report by stressing the importance of productivity planning, emphasizing that the alternative to increased productivity will be even more harmful than the first phase of Ballot Measure 5 when the university closed a college and several departments.

- 4. New Business

President Soper acknowledged that Mr. Steven Goldschmidt was in attendance, that he had been dropped from senate membership after missing three consecutive meetings, that scheduling conflicts had been the cause of those absences, and that he was interested in re-appointment to the University Senate.

Senator Forell made a motion, which was seconded by Senator Gordon, to suspended the rules so Mr. Goldschmidt could be re-appointed to the senate. By voice vote, the University Senate suspended the rules and re-appointed Mr. Goldschmidt.

Mr. Micheal Dyer introduced the Curriculum Committee's Supplementary Report explaining that it had two parts, one relating to undergraduate education and the other to the fifth-year program of the College of Education. He told the senators that, since the Graduate Council had not yet had a chance to see the fifth-year part, it would not come before the senate until February.

Dean Martin Kaufman led a discussion of the changes proposed in the undergraduate part of the Supplementary Report of the Committee on the Curriculum. He said the changes resulted from a charge he was given when hired as dean to renew the College of Education with the aim of making education and social systems work for all and to do so within present resources. He said the proposed undergraduate major in Education Studies would offer a bachelor's degree in three specializations, (l) learning systems technology, (2) educational and social systems and (3) integrated licensure; and described the proposed restructuring as a means of increasing productivity in the College of Education and in other departments as well since classes would also be available to non-Education majors.

Mr. Paul Engelking, chair of the Senate Budget Committee, reported that expenses proposed in the Supplementary Report's undergraduate part are not expected to exceed revenue generated, but should be lower than the revenues.

Mr. Dyer urged the adoption of the undergraduate recommendations in the Supplementary Report with one change, the addition of MATH 211, 212 and 213 to the credits required by students in the Integrated Licensure Specialization. No one objected to that addition. He discussed concerns which had been raised in the Curriculum Committee, reporting that the committee grew to agree that the proposed restructuring was logical. He said the committee gave unanimous approval to the proposed revisions, at the same time noting there were concerns for the whole university which he felt could be worked out over time. Dean Kaufman responded to a number of questions from senators about the relationship of these proposed offerings to other programs in the state, to licensure requirements, to a possible drain on other university programs and whether or not it would be a revival of the teacher education offerings terminated during the first round of Ballot Measure 5 cuts.

The University Senate approved with a roll call vote the undergraduate part of the Supplementary Report of the Committee on the Curriculum. There were no dissents and one abstention.

The Senate adjourned at 4:25 p.m.

Nancie Fadeley Secretary

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