ROLL CALL: Present--Anderson, Barnhard, Black, Boren, Boyd, Bybee, Carter, Dufek, Fagot, Fisher, Frahs, Fuller, Girling, Gordon, Good, Gray Greene, Grosenick, Hayes, Hosticka, Howe, Howell, Keech, Kintz, Klein, Klinghammer, Koch, LaFrance, Maitland- Gholson, Moore, Plass, Reed, Riedl, Simonds,Sprague, Talarsky,Tomlin,Wade, Weeks, Whitlock, Yeoh.

Excused--Goldschimidt, Holland, Horner, Ponder, Tepfer.

Absent---Baker, Murphy, Richards (2), Sanders, Shafer (2), Stave.

CALL TO ORDER/APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The November 9, 1994 meeting of the University Senate was called to order by President Paul Simonds at 3:05 p.m., in Room 238 Gilbert. The minutes of the October 12, 1994 meeting were approved as amended by the Secretary who pointed out that Senator Carter should have been in the Excused list and not the Absent list.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

President Simonds announced that Senator Klinghammer was a member of the International Advisory Council. He had overlooked this appointment when he announced various appointments at the October meeting.

The agenda item concerning the Student Conduct Code will not be on the floor of this meeting as the revision of the Code is not ready for presentation.

ELECTION OF THE INTERINSTITUTIONAL FACULTY SENATOR

The Nominating Committee moved that Senate President Paul Simonds be the candidate for the IFS position that will soon be vacated by Mr. Paul Engelking. Mr. Engelking has served for three years on the IFS and his term is ending. With no other nominations from the floor Senator Simonds was elected to a term of office of January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1997.

REPORT OF THE COMISSION ON FACULTY REWARDS AND DEVELOPMENT

Mr. Daniel Udovik, Chair of the Commission, was recognized to lead a discussion of the Report. His initial comments centered on the origin of the Commission and its assignment. The Commission has worked for over one year on the Report and although the Report is not in final form Mr. Udovik did ask the Senators for comments and suggestions so as to provide a review of the Report and perhaps provide reactions to the Report. It was pointed out that the Report was prepared as a general guide and not a specific guide. The Commission anticipates that the various departments/Schools/Colleges will prepare specific mission goals and statements that will guide that particular minor faculty in making its decisions. The specifics would be based on the general guidelines in the Report.

Mr. Keith Richard, Archives, stated that the Report does not specifically state that consideration of University or departmental service or even service beyond the campus will be a part of the decision making process in the evaluation of faculty. Was this excluded purposefully or by oversight? Mr. Udovik said that it was not left out on purpose and the Report would have to be reviewed to see that service was made a part of the procedure. Senator Koch stated that Fall would be too early to present the names of candidates who might be hired and to see if they could be granted tenure upon hire. Ms. Lorraine Davis, Vice Provost, replied that it was not the finalist, but that by Fall term the search committee should be able to have narrowed the list to a few candidates perhaps 3--and it is these names that the FPC would review as to tenure with hire.

Senator Dufek asked about the comparison of undergraduate and graduate teaching as those faculty with heavy undergraduate teaching loads--having perhaps a few hundred in a class--tend to not get the highest evaluations from the students, but that those who teach graduate classes--small in size--get better evaluations. Mr. Richard asked if the evaluation process did not reflect the year of the student, e.g., a first or second year student tended to not have the interest in the general requirement classes and the evaluation might reflect this lack of interest, but once the student enters a major area interest is more centered and thus the evaluation might be more positive. Ms. Davis stated that the guidelines to reward teaching will be a separate document and Mr. Udovik stated that their were a variety of ways of finding evidence to evaluate teaching.

President Simonds asked who would establish equality of mission. Some person or group must pass on the plan or mission, how will this happen, he asked. Senator Bybee asked if teaching was good now and will this be the comparator? Mr. Udovik stated that teaching was good now, scholarship is way up and a continuing method of improving evaluation must be found so that teaching will remain a main focus of the faculty and the University.

ADJOURN

The business of the meeting having come to an end the meeting adjourned at 3:42 p.m.

 Keith Richard

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