Minutes
of the
Faculty Assembly
of the
University of North Carolina
122nd Session
20 November 2002
Chapel Hill, NC
I. First Plenary Session
1.Chair Veit called the meeting to order at 10:32 a.m., with
45 members present.
The
following members were absent: Mark Venable (ASU), Ali Kahn (ECSU), Percy
Murray (NCCU), Philip B Carter (NCSU), Sue Estroff (UNCCH), William Link
(UNCG), Richard Ehrhardt (UNCG ), Mary Ann Nixon (WCU).
Present were: (ASU) Paul Gates, Lorin Baumhover, David
Domermuth; (ECU) Bob Morrison, John Cope, Brenda Killingsworth, David Pravica,
Ralph Scott; (ECSU) Wayman Parson; (FSU) Thomas Van Cantford for Blanche
Radford-Curry, Genniver Bell; (NCA&T) Beryl C. McEwen, Alvin Keyes, Edna
Ragins; (NCCU) George Conklin, George Wilson; (NCSA) Bill McCord, Robert
Collins; (NCSU) Harriette O. Griffin, Stephen Lilley, Paul Williams, Richard
Bernhard; (UNCA) Donald Lisnerski, Duane H. Davis; (UNCCH) Steve Bachenheimer,
Barbara Moran, William W. Smith, Diane H. Holditch-Davis; (UNCC) Jeffe
Passe, Mike Corwin, Ann Newman, Meg Morgan; (UNCG) Bruce Kirchoff for James
Evans, Anthony Fragola, Gerald Ponder for William Link; (UNCP) Jose D’Arruda,
Bonnie Kelley; (UNCW) Richard Veit, Stephen McNamee, Dan Noland; (WCU) Mary
Adams, Kathleen Wright; (WSSU) Jill Harp, Francine Madrey.
2.The Minutes of the September 2002 meeting of the UNC
Faculty Assembly were approved as submitted by the secretary.
3. Report by Associate Vice President for
Academic Affairs Betsy Brown. Associate Vice President Brown noted that
President Broad was sorry that she could not be with the Faculty Assembly
today. She noted that a year-end progress report will be available to members
regarding the Non-tenure track faculty policy on the 16 campuses. Members of
the group come from the sixteen campuses and are currently studying the
recommendations of the Non-Tenure Track Faculty Committee, including multi-year
non-tenure track faculty contracts. Associate Vice President Brown noted that
the Assembly will have a draft of policies for Faculty Sick Leave and Diversity
at their next meeting. She gave an update on the UNC Phased Retirement program
for Tenured Faculty. The Assembly received a Report to the Personnel and Tenure
Committee of the Board of Governors on this topic, dated 12 November 2002. The
Board voted in 2001 to continue this program with minor changes to the
eligibility requirements. She called attention to the percent of Tenured
Faculty in Phased Retirement during the period 1998-2002, noted on page three
of the report. Overall some 324 faculty have entered the program. Page five of
the Report gives a breakdown by year and institution. One table and one graph
are included in the report: Age Structure of Tenure Track Faculty and a graph
showing under 40 and over 55 Tenure Track Faculty. Associate Vice President
Brown noted that she would appreciate assistance encouraging faculty to
complete a questionnaire on Performance Review of Tenured Faculty to be sent
out in the next few months. She also noted in the International arena that
there were expanded opportunities for faculty with ITESM (Tec de Monterrey)
with respect to a UNC-Monterrey Tec faculty exchange program. Delegates
received a handout on this program with Monterrey Tec.
4.Chair’s Report. Chair Veit called attention to the “Parliamentary
Motions Guide” that delegates have in the folders.
5. Committee of the whole discussion on a) Salary Policy and
b) Governance Standards.
After the Chair ruled that debate on these two items would
be limited to fifteen minutes each, discussion proceeded to the Salary Policy
issue. Delegates were referred to a memo dated 11 October 2002 from Senior Vice
President Gretchen M. Bataille to UNC Chancellors that forwarded on behalf of
President Broad “instructions to guide the allocation of salaries for
2002-2003.” It was noted that this is not a secret document. Major points in
the memo were noted: For those campuses with tuition based increases, external
market forces can reward faculty, criteria for the distribution of salary funds
must be clearly understood by faculty, plans for overall salary adjustments
must address a broad range of problems (inequities, below market value,
compression and inversion as well as inequities that exist for individuals or
entire groups), satisfactory performance is a necessary condition for any
salary adjustments, plans for evaluation of performance should accord
appropriate weight to teaching and research, Chancellors may differentiate in
the distribution of funds among departments and colleges based on documentable
criteria. Chair Veit asked for “a show of hands on who knows about their BD-119
salaries for the coming year?” About 2/3 of the delegates indicated that they
were not aware of their upcoming BD-119 salary, and 1/3 did. He next asked how
many were aware of the Policy used on their campus to determine salaries for
the upcoming year? Again about 2/3 of the delegates indicated that they were
not aware of the policy and 1/3 did. After some additional discussion on this
issue, Delegate Morrison (ECU) moved this issue to the Faculty Welfare and
Benefits Committee for discussion. The motion passed on voice vote. Next
discussion moved to the Governance Standards issue. Chair Veit passed out a
memorandum entitled: “For Discussion: Standards for Governance on UNC
Campuses.” It was noted by William Smith (UNC-CH) that the AAUP Red Book has a
number of policy statements or suggestions on Governance standards. Delegates
agreed that the standards proposed were important for shared faculty governance.
5. Report by Vice President for Public Affairs and
University Advancement J. B. Milliken. Vice President Milliken noted that there
was a list the new House and Senate members in Faculty Assembly received a list
of delegates prepared from an unofficial list from the Board of Elections. He
noted the change in membership of the Senate from 35D/15R to 28D/22R. While the
Democrats still have a majority in the Senate we have lost all three of the
current appropriations chairs. The House is 61R/59D with a Republican majority.
The Democratic leadership is a strong supporter of Higher Education. It is not
clear yet who the Speaker will be. Vice President Milliken asked faculty to get
to know their new (and old) assembly members. He next reviewed budget and non-budget
policy issues. The Vice President welcomes ideas and input from faculty on
policy changes at: milliken@northcarolina.edu
Priorities for the upcoming year are to: minimize budget
reduction, retain overhead receipts, increase out of state graduate tuition
remission, and develop academic program initiatives. He noted how strong the
people of North Carolina feel about their university – over 70% are positive
about the UNC System. We are better off than other states in this regard. He
noted the formation of a UNC Advocacy team: 16 Chancellors, Board of Governors,
Faculty, Staff and Students of the System. He noted that there will be an
advocacy notebook available at http://www.northcarolina.edu/pa/advocacy_notebook/
He encourages each of us to share information with new
members of the Assembly. This is an opportunity to talk to the 46 new
legislators about the university system.
II. Lunch
During lunch, Vice President for Financial Affairs Jeff
Davies reported on the 2003-2005 Biennial Budget request of the Board of
Governors to the General Assembly. The continuation budget for 2003-2005 has $1,602,258,295
for the first year and $1,621,586,523 for the second year. The expansion budget
has $174,268,239 for 2003-04 and $221,949,301 for 2004-05. Academic Salary
increases for the first year are $71,048,137 and $149,737,597 for the second
year. Lunch ended at 12:53 p.m.
III. Standing Committee meetings
IV. Second Plenary Session
The Second Plenary Session started at 3:15 p.m. with 35
members in attendance.
Special Order of the Day: Election of the Nominations
Committee. Chair Veit presented a slate of members for the Nomination
Committee: Beryl McEwen, Jeff Passe, Jill Harp, Sue Estroff, and Bob Morrison.
The slated passed on voice vote. Chair Veit asked the committee to meet at the
conclusion of the Assembly meeting.
V. Standing Committee reports
l. Academic Freedom and Tenure – Mary Adams. The Committee presented a
Resolution in Support of SPA Salary Increases (motion
2002-Nov-#04), which passed on voice vote. Committee wants to
look at ratio of administrators to Tenure-track faculty on system campuses.
Committee discussed revisions to the Promotion and Tenure regulations with
regard to the service component. Will study further intellectual property review
and administrative review.
Budget – Duane
Davis. Committee would like to see more administration to faculty communication
regarding the budget. More information will mean less negative energy on the
part of faculty. In general the committee felt that information was good to
poor as to how cuts would affect faculty. Committee noted that a web site would
be an easy way to assemble budget information. Rob Nelson reported on how local
campuses were cutting budgets – 50% cuts were coming from salary lines. The
Committee hopes to have reports available in December on web site.
Faculty
Development – Bonnie Kelley. Met with Technology Committee regarding TLTC
conference. Met with Vice President Betsy Brown about the professional
development funds in the new budget. 2A funds will be available to TLT sites.
Requested funding for leadership development for department chairs.
Faculty Welfare
and Benefits – Don Lisnerski. Developed a resolution supporting the restoration
of state matching funds to the NC Retirement System (Motion
2002-Nov-#05),
which passed on a voice vote with editorial changes. Looking into problems the
North Carolina Health Plan is having with out-of-state providers
Governance –
Jeff Passe. Looked at the By-laws with regard to Governance. Will have
several recommendations for next time. Discussed committee chair elections.
Suggested that committees elect their own chairs. Will prepare amendment to
By-Laws that will enable committees to elect their own chairs. Asks that other
committees look at their section of By-laws for possible changes. Suggested
Faculty Assembly meet for additional times (5 meetings a year) or
overnight/dinner meeting like in the past years. Looking at the role of the
committee chair in consulting with administration and President Broad.
Planning and
Programs – Bob Morrison. Committee met with the Academic Freedom and Tenure
committee and discussed enrollment growth and planning. Number of graduate students
higher than predicted. Some campuses have been raining standards. Low
productivity reports will be sent to campuses in December. Faculty should be
involved in these discussions. About 500 programs have been approved and about
the same number eliminated. We encourage faculty to get involved in the
planning process on their local campuses.
Technology –
Jose D’Arruda. Had a joint meeting with Frank Prochaska and the Faculty
Development Committee. The annual TLTC Conference will be in Greensboro at the
Corey Center during the week of 2-5 April 2003. The Technology committee will
jointly plan the conference with the TLTC. We encourage faculty on your
campus to present papers and poster sessions at the April conference. NCREN3
(Internet II) should be on all campuses in an improved version by the end of
next year. The Committee will have a videoconference on December 2nd
with the Board of Governors Task Force on Technology.
VI. Unfinished Business
The Assembly voted on the revised Resolution Honoring President Broad’s
Five-Year Term as President of the University of North Carolina (Motion
2002-Sept-#03) as revised by the Executive Committee. The motion
passed on voice vote.
The Faculty Assembly adjourned at 4:33 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted by
Ralph Lee Scott
Secretary
The Faculty Assembly of the University of North Carolina.