January 18, 1996

MINUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE:  JANUARY 17, 1996

ROLL CALL:    Present--Allen, Belitz, Blandy, Bybee, Clark, Davis, 
                       Engleking, Ferguson, Gibson, Haynes, Holland, Hurwit, 
                       Isenberg, Kintz, Lesage, Leavitt, Moreno, Park, 
                       Owen, Ravits, Ryan, Tedards, Watson, Welch,
                       Westling, Wood, Wybourne.

              Excused--Anderson-Inman, DeGidio, Harvey.

              Absent---Girling, Maxwell.

CALL TO ORDER

The first meeting of the newly formed University Senate was called to 
order at 3:12 p.m, in Gilbert 133 on January 17, 1996 by Senate 
President-elect Paul Simonds.  President Simonds welcomed the new 
senators and explained that the minutes of the December 6, 1995 meeting 
of the Senate had to be approved.  Contained within these minutes were 
several items of business transacted by the "old" Senate and 
since the December meeting lacked a quorum the items passed had to be 
confirmed by this, the "new, " Senate.  All of the present 
Senators had received the minutes from the December meeting.

President Simonds continued by stating that the most efficient method of 
confirming the December legislation was to include such confirmation 
within the context of the minutes approval.  Specifically the election of 
officers of this Senate by the previous Senate had to be confirmed to be 
in compliance with the Assembly legislation that established the new 
Senate.  Mr. Paul Simonds, President-elect, and Mr. Carl Bybee, Vice 
President-elect and President-elect, were the two chosen by the previous 
Senate.

The minutes were approved and Mr. Simonds was now officially the 
President of the Senate as now constituted, and Senator Bybee was 
confirmed as Vice President-President-elect.  The approval also carried 
over to the following action taken by the "old" Senate in 
December:  The election of Francoise Calin and Robert Zimmerman as 
members of the Committee on Committees.

President Simonds announced that the Provost has agreed to release time 
for the President of the University Senate commencing in the Fall of 
l996.  The funding for this will come from the Office of the Provost and 
the release time will be for one course for one quarter.

The agenda and minutes of the University Senate are available on the 
World Wide Web. The URL is: 

               http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~acadaff/senate

OLD BUSINESS

The University Senate must elect one member of the Interinstitutional 
Faculty Senate delegation that represents the University of Oregon at IFS 
meetings.  The IFS has three members from the University of Oregon.  Two 
of these must be an elected member of the University Senate at the time 
of their election.  The third IFS delegate from the University is elected 
by the voting faculty.  The term of office is three years--thus the 
person nominated and elected at this meeting will serve until December 
31, 1999.

President Simonds informed the Senate that Senator Maury Holland has 
submitted his name for nomination.  No other nominations were forthcoming 
from the Senate and by voice vote Senator Holland was elected to the IFS.

The Senate Budget Committee must have 3 members from the University 
Senate.  The Senate President stated that Senator Stephen Haynes had 
agreed to serve on the Senate Budget Committee.  His nomination was 
confirmed.  The three Senators on this Committee are:  Douglas Blandy, 
Steve Owen and Stephen Haynes.  In addition the name of Mr. Mark Reed, 
Geology, was presented for confirmation to be a member of the Budget 
Committee.  Mr. Reed's nomination was confirmed. The membership of the 
entire committee:

Patricia Gwartney, Sociology         Diane Bricker, Sp Ed & Rehab
Lorraine Davis, Acad Aff (ex-off)    Douglas Blandy, Arts & Adm
Lynn Kahle, Business                 Frank Anderson, Math
Joe Wade, Acad Adv                   Rogena Degge, Arts & Adm
Carl Hosticka, PPPM                  John Nicols, Classics
Charles Frazier, Jln & Comm          Howard Davis, Arch
Steve Owen, Music                    Stephen Haynes, Econ
Mark Reed, Geology

President Simonds asked if the Senators had divided themselves as to 
their terms of office.  Several of the Senators had done this and the 
remainder agreed to terms as the Secretary asked each Senator for her or 
his preference as to terms.  The following are the terms established for 
each senator.  

UNIVERSITY SENATE MEMBERS Jan - May 1996 
THE DATE FOLLOWING A NAME INDICATES THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF 
OFFICE FOR THAT PERSON

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Natural Science:                 Social Science:

Dietrich Belitz, '96             Sandy Marie Harvey, '96
Paul Engelking,  '97             Stephen Haynes, '96
James Isenberg,  '97             Geraldine Moreno, '96
Stephen Kevan,   '96             Martha Ravits, '97
Kwanjai Park,    '96
Davison Soper,   '97
Martin Wyborune, '96 

HUMANITIES:

Suzanne Clark,   '96              ARCHITECTURE & ALLIED ARTS
Dianne Dugaw,    '97              Doug Blandy, '97  
Linda Kintz,     '97              Howard Davis, '97
Julia Lesage,    '96              Cynthia Girling, '96
Cheyney Ryan,    '97              Jeff Hurwit, '96
Jacqueline Schachter, '96         Polly Welch, '96
Mary E. Wood,    '96

EDUCATION                         JOURNALISM & COMMUNICATION
Lynne Anderson-Inman, '97         Carl Bybee, '96         
Philip Ferguson, '96              Ann Maxwell, '97

LAW                               LIBRARY SYSTEMS
Maurice Holland '96               Alice Allen, '97
Wayne Westling '97                Mark Watson, '96

MUSIC                             OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION
Steve Owen '97                    Jacqueline Gibson, '96
Anne Tedards '96                  Jane DeGidio, '97
                                  Anne Leavitt,  '97
STUDENT SENATE:
non-enrolled


President Simonds informed the Senate that he appointed an Executive 
Committee as required by the Rules of the Senate.  The members of this 
Committee include the President and Vice President automatically and the 
appointed members are:  Senators Wayne Westling, Paul Engleking, and 
Cynthia Girling.  A student member will be appointed when the Student 
Senators become formal members of the Senate.

A Rules Committee is also required by Senate Rules and Senator Davison 
Soper has agreed to head that Committee.

President Simonds informed the Senate that the Undergraduate Education 
Policy and Coordinating Council had produced a "Statement of 
Philosophy on Undergraduate Education. "  The statement would be 
attached to the minutes of this meeting.  (The statement starts on page 5 
of these minutes.)


Report of the Committee on the Curriculum

Mr. Steven Chatfield, Chair of the Committee on the Curriculum, was 
recognized so he could present the 1996-97 Report of his Committee.

As Mr. Chatfield commenced to go through the Report Senator Westling 
inquired as to how the motion (the Report) was to be handled.  He 
suggested that the Senate act on the entire Report and not go through the 
Report page by page.  The Senate accepted this without objection.

Mr. Joe Stone, Associate Dean CAS, noted that several course numbers were 
not consistent with the numbers submitted by the CAS Curriculum Committee 
to the University Committee.  Thus the numbers in the Report now being 
considered are different and Mr. Stone wanted to know why these changes 
were made.  Mr. Chatfield called on Ms. Nan Coppock-Bland, University 
Editor, to reply.  Ms. Coppock-Bland stated that the numbers had to be 
consistent with University requirements and the Registrar had the numbers 
changed so as to bring the courses and the numbers into the required 
consistency.

Mr. Stone asked why HC 307 was in the Report.  The CAS Curriculum 
Committee had not submitted a course with this number or this 
description.  Mr. Chatfield explained that HC 308 had been submitted by 
the CAS and that it did not fit within the mandated guidelines for 
multicultural courses, but if the description were to be re-worked two 
courses could spin out of this one course.  The Committee on the 
Curriculum worked with the Honors College to make this division and the 
result was a cleaner and acceptable HC308 and an entirely new entry HC 307.

Senator Kwangjai Park moved that the HC 307 be deleted and that the CAS 
Curriculum Committee be allowed to pass judgment on the course as how it 
would fit within the course offerings of the College.  After a short 
discussion this motion to delete was rejected by a strong majority.

Mr. Chatfield informed the Senate of a number of typographical, spelling 
and grammar changes within the Report that had to be made.  The Senate 
accepted these changes.  The motion was now ready for a vote and the 
University Senate accepted the Report of the Committee on the Curriculum 
as modified.

NEW BUSINESS

No new business was introduced.

INQUIRY 

Senator Bybee asked when the suggested increase in parking fees would 
come or if they would come before the Senate for debate.  He stated that 
he had been approached by a number of faculty members that they would 
like to know if the Senate would be involved in any discussion on the 
increase in fees.  The concern of those who have spoken to him revolve 
around the failure of the University to abide by its promise made 
concerning parking when the last increase in fees was made.  The view was 
that promises made were broken and any future increase should result in 
increased parking spaces.  Other concerns was the expenditure of parking 
fee funds for non-parking purposes including a loan to the Department of 
Intercollegiate Athletics.

President Simonds recognized University President David Frohnmayer to 
respond.  President Frohnmayer said that the Senate was not involved in 
the fee increase as this was an administrative function.  Questions 
concerning the fee increase could be directed by concerned faculty and 
staff to Vice President Dan Williams, who in turn would respond to the 
inquires.  No public hearing had been scheduled on this subject, the 
President concluded.

Senator Soper suggested that each Senator talk this over with their 
constituents and see what they think.  In addition, the Senate Executive 
Committee should invite Vice President Williams to its next meeting to 
discuss the issue of the fee increase.  Senator Engleking suggested the 
use of the Senate Budget Committee as a forum for discussion on the fee 
increase.

President Simonds stated that he remembered when the first parking fee 
was put into place.  The fee was established to provide funds to help 
purchase the area now dedicated to the Research Park, but the promise 
made at the time was that the area would be used to provide parking space.

Mr. Joe Stone inquired of Mr. Chatfield why cross-listing of courses was 
not in the Report of the Committee on the Curriculum and that minor 
requirements seems also to be missing.  The explanation was that the 
Committee had a very full plate this year and that several items had to 
be postponed.  These items will be addressed over the next two terms and 
some type of resolution will be forthcoming as decisions are made.

ADJOURNMENT

The business of the meeting having concluded the Senate adjourned at 3:45 
p.m.

Keith Richard
Secretary



UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION POLICY
AND COORDINATING COUNCIL

STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY
UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

January 16, 1996


The following is a statement of the philosophy for undergraduate 
education at the University of Oregon.  The Undergraduate Eduction Policy 
and Coordinating Council recommends that all policies and procedures, 
curricula, personnel, and teaching decisions that affect undergraduate 
education be consistent and defensible when compared to this statement.

The University of Oregon is a public comprehensive research university 
committed to excellence in undergraduate education.  Our undergraduate 
education mission is to engage students in coherent, focused, liberal 
arts based program of study from which they will gain a life-long love of 
learning and the ability to "question critically, think logically, 
communicate clearly, act creatively, and live ethically." (UO 
Mission Statement, 1995)

A successful undergraduate program welcomes students into the 
intellectual life of the campus community; guides students through an 
integrated curriculum that progresses from introductory through capstone 
learning experiences; creates meaningful opportunities for students to 
actively engage in the modes of inquiry that define a research 
university; and prepares students to be active participants and effective 
leaders in a democratic society.

Criteria to measure the success of the undergraduate educational 
experience at the University of Oregon include the following:

A.      Achievement of Academic Coherence, Quality, and Rigor
 
        The relationship of all parts of the curriculum to the 
University's undergraduate mission should be clear and visible to faculty 
and to students.  In addition, the quality and rigor of instruction and 
evaluation should be consistent across the curriculum.  In a successful 
undergraduate academic program, faculty should:

Evaluate performance rigorously and fairly. Provide and encourage a 
course of study based on a liberal arts foundation.  Ensure that 
specialized academic work is based on an adequate fundamental 
understanding of basic disciplinary principles, current research, and 
methods. Provide for and encourage significant peer and  student-faculty 
interaction.

B.      Development of Academic and Intellectual Competence

        The University's mission statement identifies a set of abilities 
that are at the core of our undergraduate mission.  All parts of the 
undergraduate curriculum should provide learning experiences that expose 
students to substantive discipline-based knowledge and build students' 
abilities in the following areas:

Critical reasoning and thinking.
Creative thought and actions.
Articulate oral, written, and visual communication.
Independent inquiry and collaborative learning.
Understanding and reasoning that support students' knowledge base and 
belief system.
Opportunities for students to adjust and respond to research.
Examination by students of a variety of beliefs and 
philosophies.

C.      Integration of Research into the Undergraduate Learning Experience

        The research mission of the University is central to our identity 
and our continued success.  The curriculum should incorporate faculty 
research activities into the undergraduate learning experience in 
meaningful and visible ways.

Learning experiences should create opportunities for students to 
access and experience the procedures and processes of active inquiry, 
investigation, and research that crate new  information and/or knowledge.
Learning experiences should enable students to recognize and 
appropriately apply different methods of inquiry, investigation, and 
research.
Learning experiences should create opportunities for students to 
independently or collaboratively engage in research activity.

D.      Development of Skills for Life After the University

        Most undergraduates aspire to careers outside the academy.  The 
undergraduate experience should prepare students to use the knowledge and 
sills learned at the University to be active participants and effective 
leaders in both the work environment and democratic society.

The desire to promote a sense of integrity, civility, and 
respect.
The ability to recognize the challenges confronting individuals and to 
apply one's knowledge to addressing those challenges.
The desire and ability to respond to change in constructive and 
collaborative ways.
The desire to continue a life of learning.

For the Committee:
William Baugh, Chair