FAC#17 Approved July 3,2008 April 23,2008 Indiana State University Faculty Senate 2007-08 Present: Bob English, Rocco Gennaro, Arthur Halpern, Richard Kjonaas, Dale Ann O’Neal, Linda Sperry Absent: Brian Ceh, Jeff Harper, Betsy Hine, Susan Hoffman, Larry Kunes, Sala Wong Guests: Edward Kinley, Kenneth Janz, Kelly Wilkinson, four first-year faculty members Meeting was called to order by chair Linda Sperry at 8:30. Agenda: 1. Approval of FAC Minutes #16 (April 9, 2008) App (3-0-1) 2. Report from the Liaison to Academic Affairs (English): The Presidential search process will not compromise quality. If an interim solution is needed, it is traditional to ask the Chairman of the Board, the Provost, or a previous president. Other searches ongoing include the Grad School Dean, IAC director, Financial Aid, OSPIRE director. Commencement is May 3. 3. Report from the Liaison to Executive Committee (Halpern): No report. 4. Report from FAC Chair (Sperry): No report. With permission of the group, let’s move to the OIT presentation. 5. New Business All guests invited to join the table. A presentation was made based on two handouts and several testimonials: (a) Ed Kinley presented New Faculty Orientation – A Comprehensive Model, and Ken Janz presented (b) New Faculty Orientation Syllabus Fall 2008. Testimonials were provided by Kelly Wilkinson who is a 2007-08 OIT Administrative Fellow, and the four first-year faculty participants in the first New Faculty Orientation “class.” The presentation was lengthy and detailed. Upon completion, FAC members made comments regarding the timing of presentations within the class, the role of this intensive introduction vis a vis past orientations, and the inclusion of technically specific information, for example, regarding DARS and Banner. Meeting adjourned at 9:50. Respectfully submitted, Linda Sperry, chair Checklist of Charges #1 (Criminal Background Checks): List of Objections plus Procedures passed by FAC on 11-08-07 [4,1,1]; Exec. Committee reviewed on 11-20-07; Revised policy and procedures distributed to FAC on 1-09-08. #2 (Affiliate Faculty): Document was distributed and discussed on 1-16-08. Proposal passed with changes on 1-30-08 [6,0,0] ; Distributed to Exec. Committee on 2-1-08; Passed by Exec. Committee on 2-12-08. #3 (Faculty Awards): Requested revised proposal from Faculty Senate Office 1-14-08. Jeff Harper / Larry Kunes #4 (Handbook Language for Special Elections in Senate): Voted to recommend no change in handbook language [6, 0, 0] on 2-20-08; Recommendation distributed to Faculty Senate and Exec. Committee on 2-28-08. #5 (Caleb Mills Handbook Language): Document was distributed and discussed on 11-29-07 and 1-16-08. Handbook language was voted on 1-23-08. Recommendation distributed to Exec. Committee on 2-1-08. Recommendation accepted by Exec. Committee on 2-12-08. #6 (Selection for Faculty Award Committee): Committee accomplished work on 1-09-08; recommendations delivered to Exec. Committee on 1-10-08. #7 (Replenish Grievance Pool): Requested information from Fac Senate Office 1-14-08 #8 (Course Evaluations). Document was distributed and discussed on 11-29-07, 1-16-08, 1-23-08, and 2-6-08; recommendation to accept tabled at 2-6-08 meeting; presentation made by Ken Janz at 2-20-08 meeting; demo on Banner evaluation shell to be scheduled by OIT: Dale Ann O’Neal / Linda Sperry / Susan Hoffman #9 (Policy on Minus Grades). Report of advantages and disadvantages of plus-minus grading system was accepted by FAC 2-6-08; Motion to recommend that ISU move to a plus-minus grading system was passed (5, 0, 0) at 2-6-08 meeting. Recommendation forwarded to Exec. Committee on 2-8-08. Exec Committee tabled motion on 2-12-08 until they hear from SAC. #10 (Study Week vs. Study Days) Five options for recommendations were provided by the subcommittee. After discussion, FAC voted to recommend option 3 (6, 0, 0) at 3-3-08 meeting. Option 3: Leave the study week policy as is in place, but attempt to increase faculty compliance by the following actions. Have Academic Affairs send an email to faculty before each semester and to faculty and students near the end of each semester reminding them of the current policy, namely, That courses are expected to meet, but that no quiz or exam worth more than 4% of the grade should be given. Motion forwarded to Exec Committee on 4-11-08. #11 (Intercession and Retention of First-Year Students): Motion to advise against the charge of the possibility of moving the 3-week summer “intercession” into January. Motion passed (6, 0, 0) at 3-3-08 meeting. Motion forwarded to Exec. Committee on 4-11-08. #12 (Four-Day Week for Classes): Motion to recommend that there be no consideration of migrating toward a schedule that would reserve one day a week for labs/internships for students and committee/research for faculty. Discussion centered on the impossibility of scheduling all professional or community engagement placements on a single day of the week combined with the impossibility of having faculty supervise such placements on the day specified for their committee work or research. Motion passed (6, 0, 0) at 3-3-08 meeting. Motion forwarded to Exec. Committee on 4-11-08. #13 (Receive and review evaluation report for new faculty orientation): Edward Kinley, Kenneth Janz, Kelly Wilkinson, and four first-year faculty participants presented their views on the 2007-08 New Faculty Orientation class to FAC on 4-23-08. Review forwarded to Exec. Committee on 7-3-08. #14 (Receive and review NHHS governance and tenure/promotion policies) #15 (Academic Advising): Requested recommendations from Fac Senate Office 1-14; 2006 FAC recommendations distributed to committee on 1-30-08; more discussion of 2006 FAC recommendations on 2-20-08; changes recommended and tabled on 2-20-08; Salatha Willis, Director of First Year Programs, was invited to meeting on 3-19-08. FAC discussed creation of heuristic for Students and Academic Advisors at meeting on 4-2-08; Heuristic was adjusted and approved at meeting on 4-9-08. Recommendation forwarded to Exec. Committee on 4-11-08.