December 15, 1995

MINUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE: DECEMBER 6, 1995

ROLL CALL:    

Present--Anderson, S.C., Anderson-Inman, Bybee, Degge, 
Girling, Grosenick, Haynes, Heinzkill, Koch, Moore, 
Moursund, Murphy, Nicholson, Payne, Simonds, Stirling.

Excused--Baugh, Baumgold, Earl, Frahs, Greene, Hosticka, Horner.

Absent--Anderson, S. R.(1), Baker (1), Boyd (1), Fisher (1), Flores (2), 
Goldman (1), Holland (1), Krishnamurthy (1), Lachman (3), Levi (2), 
Lisenbee (1), Martin (3), Orozco (2), Osorio (1), Parmentier (1), 
Partch (1), Sarosa (1) Seitz (1), Spencer (2), Stave (2), Summers (2), 
Taylor (1),Tomlin (1), Tubbs (1), Whitlock (1), Williams (1). 

(Numbers in parentheses indicates number of meetings absent.)

CALL TO ORDER

	Senate President Paul Simonds called the meeting to order at 3:10 
p.m., in Pacific 123, on Wednesday December 6, 1995.  President Simonds 
noted that this meeting did not have a quorum and no final action could 
take place on any motions.  The Senate, as assembled, will vote on the 
motions and the New Senate will have to confirm the votes when it meets 
on January 17, 1996.

	The minutes of November 8, 1995 were approved as distributed.

OLD BUSINESS

	>The election of officers for the New Senate proceeded as ordered 
by University Assembly legislation of May 1995.  Paul Simonds, 
Anthropology, a member of the present Senate and not a candidate for the 
New Senate, was presented as a candidate for President of the New Senate 
by Senator Carl Bybee.  No other candidates were nominated and the 
election of Paul Simonds to be the President of the New Senate was 
without dissent.

	>Senate President Simonds presented the name of Senator Carl 
Bybee as a candidate for Vice President of the New Senate.  Senator Bybee 
is in the present Senate and will be a member of the New Senate.  No 
further nominations were made and Carl Bybee was elected as the Vice 
President of the New Senate. 
	>The Senate Nominating Committee, Senator Cynthia Girling Chair, 
presented the names of Francoise Calin and Robert Zimmerman as candidates 
for election to the Committee on Committees.  No other nominations were 
made and these two were elected to the Committee on Committees.

>=indicates items for confirmation at the January 17, 1996 meeting of the 
University Senate.

	Mr. Dale Morse, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Study Programs, 
agreed to have the motion from that Committee postponed to a later Senate 
meeting.  However a discussion of the motion to change the name of the 
Committee on Foreign Study Programs to the Overseas Study Programs Committee.

	The Senate discussion revealed a firm lack of interest or support 
in changing the name of the Committee.  The new name was exclusive--it 
excluded Canada, Mexico, Central and South America.  The Committee would 
still have an interest in these areas, but the name was drawn in such a 
manner that it excluded non-overseas nations.  A vote of the "sense of 
the Senate" supported the current name and encouraged the Committee to 
revisit this subject was passed with no dissenting votes.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

	President Simonds reported on the December 1 and 2, 1995 meeting 
of the Interinstitutional Faculty Senate.

	A major concern of the IFS was the upcoming discussion by the 
OSSHE Board on the organization of OSSHE and its institutions.  The IFS 
has two position statements on this matter:


 IFS assumes that there will be faculty participation at all 
levels of 
discussion, including faculty membership on all task forces, committees 
and working groups dealing with the structure of higher education in 
Oregon.  Specifically, we recommend that there be an IFS member on the 
steering committee that you (Mr. Tim Griffin, Vice Chancellor, Corporate 
and Public Affairs) described at our Friday, December 1, session.  You 
said the proposed steering committee might consist of the Governor, 
several legislators, the Chancellor, the President and Vice-President of 
the OSBHE, and additional members.  We believe the President of IFS 
should be one of the additional members.

 Given the framework presented to IFS on December 1, we wish to ensure 
that the following topics are addressed in the discussions.

A--Undergraduate Education; B--Graduate Education; C--Lifelong 
Learning/Professional Development; D--Economic/Community Development.  
Each of these would be discussed with reference to the following: 
resources, delivery systems, accountability, and governance structure.

Topics to be discussed would be:

public perception of higher ed
relationship of summer sessions to overall academic programs
technology infrastructure, both local and for distance learning
recruitment, retention, morale of faculty/students
relationship between full- and part-time faculty
turnover and stability in administration
impact of graduate research and education on undergraduate education
impact of graduate research and education on economic and community 
development
relationship of professional degree programs to undergraduate and 
graduate programs
relationship of priority, funding, quality of non-degree professional 
development programs to overall academic programs
impact of lifelong/distance learning on current programs/resources
role of regional centers such as those in Bend and Klamath Falls
articulation across institutions, including community colleges
role of athletics
and an over-arching concern with maintaining quality of programs.


President Simonds said the IFS would be meeting soon to discuss the 
position statement and the topics.  He will report back to the New Senate 
any further developments.

ADJOURNMENT

	The business of the meeting having concluded the last meeting of 
the University Senate as organized under University Assembly Legislation 
of November 6, 1975 and June 5, 1985 adjourned for the final time at 3:30 
p.m.

Keith Richard
Secretary