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Minutes for November 8, 2006
A meeting of the University Senate was held at 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 8 November 2006, in Maxwell Auditorium.
Present were: Anderson, Bender, Bennett, Bhatia, Brooker, Burak, Carr, Carter, Cihon, Corley, Crowston, Curtis, de Berly, Doyle, Elin, Evans, Faiola, Faulkner, Ferguson, Ferri, Frasciello, Frieden, Gartenberg, Gates, Gilman, Glauser, Goldenberg, Grady-Willis, Graves (C.), Graves (S.), Grimes, Hackman, Heintz, Hensberry, Himes, Himley, Hogan, Hollenback, Horacek, Horlings, Horton, Hurd, Isik, Javaid, Jensen, Kelly, Khalifa, Kornfilt, Kyle, LaGraff, Lane, Lantier, Letterman, Lipson, Lloyd, MacInnes, Mager, Marcoccia, Marrero, McKay, McNeal, Middlemiss, Mitchell, Moller, Moore, Mugo, Murphy, Nicholson, Notas, Olson, O'Rourke, Pasqualoni, Patteson, Pellow, Potter, Rebovich, Rosenzweig, Rupert, Quinn, Saleh, Schiff, Smith, (C.J.), Smith (D.), Smith (Do), Smith (H.), Spina, Sternlicht, Strodel, Tankersley, Teres, Thorin, Trento, Turner (N.), Turner (S.), Turnipseed, Tussing, Van Gulick, Vidali, Ware (B.), Ware (E.), Warren, Webber, Willett, Williams (N.), Williams (J.), Wolf.
Presiding Officer: Chancellor Nancy Cantor
The Chancellor called the meeting to order, and proposed that the minutes of the October 12th meeting be approved. They were approved. The Chancellor then called Prof. Carter to report for the Agenda Committee
Prof. Carter said that his report consisted of a motion to approve the following list of changes to Senate committees:
| Administrative Operations |
Add:
Jerry Mager (Faculty)
Eric Schiff (Faculty)
James Spencer (Faculty)
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| Appointment & Promotions |
Add:
Scott Turner (Faculty)
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| Athletic Policy |
Add:
Randal Curtis (U)
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| Budget & Fiscal Affairs |
Add:
Nida Javaid (U)
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| Curricula |
Add:
Mike Frasciello (Staff)
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| Diversity |
Add:
John Sardino (Staff)
Remove:
Doug Armstrong (Faculty)
Philip Arnold (Faculty)
Michael Freedman (Faculty)
David Habbel (Faculty, Utica)
Kim Salanger (Staff)
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| LGBT |
Remove:
John Sardino (Staff)
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| Instruction |
Add:
Marlene Goldenberg
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| Student Life |
Add:
Chad Brooker (U)
Max Covil (Law Student)
Adam Jones (U)
Juanita Williams (Staff)
Remove:
Mehrzad Boroujerdi (Faculty)
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| Women's Concerns |
Add:
Mary Bazemore (Law Student)
Maria Marrero (Faculty)
Kalpana Srinivas (Admin.)
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The motion was approved.
The Chancellor asked all non-senators to exit the auditorium while the body discussed and voted on the list of nominees for honorary degrees, and that members of the Agenda Committee invite them back inside afterward. She called Prof. Eileen Lantier to present the report. Prof. Lantier introduced her committee, and then presented the report which included a motion to approve the names on the list. The motion carried.
Nonsenators were invited back in, and the Chancellor called on Prof. Olivette to present the report of the Committee on Curricula, which included a motion to approve the new course and changes contained in the report. The motion carried.
The Chancellor called Prof. Christine Himes, who presented the report of the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Affairs. Prof. Himes highlighted the report, pointing out that SU was now operating under the Responsibility Center Management (RCM) budget system. She said that the participation of the Budget committee in order to be most effective would occur early in the budget process, and thus the committee would likely need to adjust its schedule of activities and reports. Himes said that the Budget committee and the RCM committee was coordinating their efforts regarding the study of issues related to the budget, and that the chair and vice chair of the Budget committee would also serve on the RCM committee, thus facilitating the coordination. She said that the full report of the RCM committee could be viewed at the RCM web site:http://sumbweb.syr.edu/ir/RCM/RCM.htm In the discussion the issues raised included:
- question whether cost was comparable to other AAU colleges; that tuition vs. room and board seemed out of whack [Himes agreed, but said that the total cost was comparable.];
- that the data on affordability was also on the web site;
- question whether a comparison (with SU's comparison colleges) of faculty salaries was going to be done [Himes said that they had not addressed the question yet, that they'd done an overall comparison, but nothing deeper];
- comment that it might be time to come up with a new algorithm for catching up [vis-à-vis faculty salaries] with peer colleges;
- comment that the phrase (p. 2, last par.), "...an item for the deans of schools and colleges." was ambiguous. [Himes said that the deans themselves should do whatever studies they felt necessary, that the Budget committee would not be doing any.];
- that the issue of how to deal with market pressure was one of the major topics among deans when they came to the RCM committee;
- senator asked whether the committee anticipated a change in reports to the Senate [Himes said that they were struggling with the timing, that it might take a couple of years.];
- a question about what had come of the special RCM committee dealing with problems of graduate students [Himes said there were no recommendations yet; they were still waiting for more data.].
The Chancellor then called Prof. Larry Elin to present the report of the Academic Affairs committee in the absence of its chairwoman. The report basically brought to the Senate's attention that the Academic Affairs committee was thinking of proposing changes to the tenure clock. He referred senators to the materials in the packet, and said that it would also be on the committee's web site. He asked Senate members to contact the committee chair with their input [lwphelps@syr.edu]. In the discussion, the issues raised included:
- Senator commented that there were basically two reasons for extending the time prior to tenure, (1)care of children and parents, or illness, and (2) various impediments to one's research. Was this also the case at our peer institutions?
- re comment that stopping the tenure clock carried a stigma, senator said that we should be proud that the care work option was available, and assert this pride.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Teresa Gilman
University Senate Recorder
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