Tuesday, 19 February 2008
2:00 p.m., EB 162
Meeting 2008-06

Meeting called to order at 2:03pm.

Roll call

Absent:

Departmental Senators:  Black (Physics), Blundo (Social Work), Cox (Creative Writing), Graham (Economics), Hungerford (Psychology), Hurst (Psychology), Lapaire (Foreign Languages), Palmer (Film Studies), Salwen (Music), Schuhmann (Economics), Seidman (History), Spaulding (History), White (Creative Writing), Wray (Information Systems and Operations Management).

Committee Chairs:  Brenner (Student Affairs), Caropreso (Evaluation), Gerard (University Advancement), Patterson (Information Technology), Walker (Admissions).

Approval of the January 2008 minutes

• January 2008 minutes were approved.

Individual reports

1.  Chancellor DePaolo

• Thanks to everyone for helping to assemble a quick response to UNC Tomorrow.
• We had committees in place to help with this.
• We were already largely going along this track.
• We are ahead of the game.
• I don’t think what will happen here will happen at other campuses – it won’t be an endeavor that turns us inside out.
• Provost search update.
• Paul is going back to the things he likes best:  teaching and researching.  We will have opportunities to celebrate Paul’s achievements as Provost.
• We have an aggressive timeline for this search so that we can get candidates on campus before faculty leave for the summer.
• Please help get the word out.  If you know people who would be good for this position, invite them to apply or nominate them.  We have postcards to help promote the search.  Get in touch with Bob Tyndall if you want the postcards.  Spread the word at conferences, too.
• I am having a series of listening sessions with departments to hear what we want out of this search.  I will also have some open sessions, which should be announced tomorrow.
• Any questions?
• Ceded the floor to Terry Curran, Associate Provost for Enrollment Management:  Report on UNCW enrollment growth numbers. (PPT presentation)
• The UNCW plan continues to support retention efforts.
• We want to increase student access, too.
• A group of people is meeting regularly -- deans, ITSD, vice chancellors, etc. -- to decide how we want to respond to UNC Tomorrow.
• I believe it is unrealistic for us to achieve this goal of a total enrollment of 15,545.
• It is unreasonable for us not to grow.
• It is important for us to keep this in mind as we work on our response.  The preliminary report is due on 2/29/08.
• We are hoping to get a response from GA after the preliminary report is submitted.
• We invite feedback from everyone.
• Questions:
• Why not grow the freshmen and be more restrictive with the transfers, given the quality gap between these two types?
• I agree with you – it may be more logical to flip these numbers.  But I have some doubts about how much further we can expand our quality with freshmen, too.
  • Chancellor:  Would you talk a little more about narrowing the quality gap?
    • 3.14 is the average GPA of transfers.
    • The higher number of credits they have coming in, the more likely they are to graduate.
• This is mandated by GA?  You will communicate your feelings against these numbers as the report moves up the chain?
• Yes, we will.
  • Chancellor:  Some of these campuses want to increase their enrollments by more than the projected numbers.
• Seeing that there are state systems that are regretting their increased enrollments at the expense of their quality of education, I would hope this is communicated to President Bowles.
• Where are the Isaac Bear students in this?
• They are not anywhere in these numbers
• So that is an added layer?
• They are reducing their size from 100 to 80.
• So they are not envisioning growth by 2017?
• Provost:  I don’t think they have projected out that far.
• Since the extension program is where we want to target our growth, how will that happen?
• Dr. Johnson Akinleye:  There is concern that if the extension program grows so fast, we will be diverting resources away from our campus students.  I don’t think that will happen, given technology and the ability to hire PT instructors in the extension areas.
• What our are video conference capabilities?
• Dr. Johnson Akinleye:  We have a number of sites in the Watson School of Education and Randall Library.
• Are there any plans to use this globally?
• Dr. Johnson Akinleye:  Not yet.  But we are willing to consider it.
• I see a 25% increase in enrollments but I don’t hear anything about a 25% increase in faculty or space.
• We would need an additional 300,000 square feet of space to meet this model and over 200 faculty spots, according to Ken Spackman.
• We can achieve a lot of this, given our planning already in place.  It allows us to respond more intelligently than our sister campuses.
• Chancellor:  In future, capital requests would be based on growth needs and space utilization. 
• Provost:  We are one of only three campuses who need more space.
• In addition to the projected buildings, what else do we need?  Do we need additional buildings to accommodate this model?
• Yes.  Bowles will be able to address building needs for the campuses.  We will need 20 faculty per year, based on this model.
• Can we make it a more attractive place to recruit faculty and graduate students to?  Could we have a conversation about tuition waivers for spouses and children, moving expenses, start-up packages, etc.? 
• Do we have specific numbers about what the Hispanic population will mean for us directly?
• Not yet.  But we know that many will be first generation college attendees, which means a whole different set of services that they will need.
• Do we really have the freedom to be that proactive to decide and define who we are (given the Chancellor’s call)?  And who is the we?
• I think this body is a “we.” You all have input in that – we are more than open to hearing your feedback and thoughts.  We, as a group, need to have input on who we are and where we want to go.
• Is anybody factoring in as to what the General Assembly will actually do?  We have seen that the total funding of the UNC System is going down.  Are we making it clear, this is the money that we need but where it comes from is unclear?
• I don’t know that I have an answer to this.
• Chancellor:  I don’t think any of us does.  Erskine has said he hates unfunded mandates.  But I know he feels deeply that we have to respond to the growing needs of this population.  Our argument for the last 5 or 6 years has been so consistent.  I am so grateful that ECU and Charlotte want to be bigger campuses because it will allow us to stay the size we want to be.
• Is there a place in the model for faculty retention?
• I don’t think so.  It’s in the UNC Tomorrow report.  

2.  Vice President Bruce McKinney

• UNC Tomorrow Phase I (due 01 May 2008)
• This is how the UNC System is going to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
• Phase I is on an incredibly accelerated timeframe.
• Global readiness.
• Increasing access to higher education.
• Onslow County is the one area that does not have good access to one of the campuses.
• Improving public education.
• Economic community and community development.
• Health and wellness of NC citizens.
• Meet environmental challenges.
• Outreach and engagement.
• Changes to internal policies and processes.
• The Provost is using standing committees to address these issues.
  • Global readiness.
    • Basic Studies Task Force.
    • International Programs Advisor Board.
  • Increasing access to higher education.
  • Diversity Committee.
  • Office of Admissions.
  • Improving public education.
    • Watson School of Education Administrative Team.
  • Economic community and community development.
    • Committee on Economic Development.
  • Health and wellness of NC citizens.
    • Health Affairs Task Force.
    • Health Center.
  • Meet environmental challenges.
    • Sustainability Committee.
  • Outreach and engagement.
    • Carnegie Community Engagement Classification Committee.
  • Changes to internal policies and processes.
    • Chancellor’s Cabinet.
• Questions:
• Who is addressing pubic education?
• The Watson School of Education Administrative Team.
• Does it ever come out of those committees for discussion?
• Chancellor:  I don’t have the timeline in front of me.
• Provost:  There is an interim report in mid-March.  If you have an interest in any of these things, please take a look at the full UNC Tomorrow report.  If you want to help serve on the committee, let me know.
• Chancellor:  Please make sure you look at the full report online because the issues are not open-ended but have specific needs.
• UNC Tomorrow Phase II (due 01 December 2008).  (More information:  Stuff that really, directly affects faculty in Word, Full Report in PDF)
• Chancellor:  They did push this deadline back from September 1st because we pointed out:  how are we going to get faculty input if they are not on campus?
• Questions:
  • We are supposed to have the RPT procedures amended to reflect UNC Tomorrow by December 1st?
    • Yes.
  • What are the proposed high-need programs?  Do we know what they are yet?
    • Provost:  These have yet to be determined – they probably will come out of these activities.
• Please visit:
• http://www.nctomorrow.org/
• http://www.uncw.edu/tomorrow/
• If you have a question, feel free to send it through Mark and he will redirect it appropriately.  And when I come on as Faculty Senate President, please feel free to email me, too.

Committee reports

1. University Curriculum Committee submits the following motion:

• Report on the Report on the Task Force on the Future of Health-related Programs at UNCW.  (More information:  Health Report title page in PDF, Health Report in PDF, UCC Report in Word)
• Sue Combs, Chair of the UCC:  While we applaud the efforts of the task force, we had some concerns that we hope the Provost can address today.
• Provost:  This has been a long process that has developed throughout the last year, thanks to the hard work from representatives of all the stakeholders.  What I am looking for from you are comments and questions as we move this forward.  I would like to invite your comments at this time.
• Sue Combs:  There are 4 members of the UCC here today and there are Task Force members here, too.
• Can you say more about the timeframe for processing this report?
• Task Force Representative:  The information has been there in various forms. So what about this report do people have questions about?
• We were concerned about the partnership, about the SON losing its autonomy, about no mention of care of the sick, and about how RPT affect SON faculty?  We fear that as SON, we will be marginalized.  We want to work with our colleagues – we welcome that, we look forward to that, but we have these concerns.
• Candy Ashton:  The transdisciplinary model helps us to embrace similarities and differences.  It is based on this idea of parity.  Autonomy was another guiding principle.  It is easier for us to accept this than SON, which has been on its own for a while.
• SON is a professional institution – how do we preserve that integrity when we try to strike parity with the other units?
• Candy Ashton:  All the other departments are professional, too.  We align better with this new model than in CAS.
• I have not read the report so my answer might be in the report – how is this going to affect the allocation of resources within CAS?
• Provost:  The resources in those current departments will move with those departments.  We are working to seek additional resources from the Legislature to help start up.  It does need to be its own college to address the health needs of the community.
• I want to commend the Task Force on a fantastic effort.  One suggestion that would make me feel more comfortable would be if there was some indication that this new school will interact strongly with departments of CAS.  So will there be the outreach to those other departments, instead of this new school drawing in lots of resources?
• These departments seem very dependent on PT faculty and lecturers.  There is going to need to be a huge reversal – PT faculty don’t do research.  How is that going to be accomplished?
• It is more typical of professional schools to utilize PT clinical faculty.  But you are right.
• There is no addressing of SON’s loss of parity with other professional schools on this campus – this is viewed differently by nursing accreditors.
• One concern also with that is SON has been trailblazing in helping the UNCW achieve its diversity initiatives.  Now we are taking that autonomy from them, given the abysmal work we have done in the area of recruitment.
• What is our obligation here today?  Are we voting on a report?
• Provost:  I need to know these issues and concerns so that I will be aware of them as we move forward.
• How does a report of this size get generated without all the stakeholders being in agreement?
• Candy Ashton:  Everyone on the Task Force was.  Related faculty have had plenty of opportunities to participate in the discussions.  You can’t please all of the people, though.
• [Motion 08-06-29] That the Senate approve the following recommendations:
  • Approve NSG 406 (3) (Leadership and Management in Nursing) as Oral Intensive.  (More information from NSG in PDF:  Link 1, Link 2)
  • Approve CHN 101 Introductory Chinese I  and CHN 102 Introductory Chinese II - both new courses - AND approve for Basic Studies - Foreign Language.  (More information from FLL in Word:  Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4)
    • Let's separate these two approvals out and vote on them separately.
    • Discussion:
      • SON Representative:  This is only renumbering – it has already been approved as an oral intensive course.
    • [Motion 08-06-29], as amended, carried.
• [Motion 08-06-30] Approve CHN 101 Introductory Chinese I  and CHN 102 Introductory Chinese II - both new courses - AND approve for Basic Studies - Foreign Language.
  • [Motion 08-06-30] carried.

2.  Academic Standards Committee. (More information:  Freshman Perceptions of the Level of Academic Challenge)

• Russ Herman, Chair of the ASC.
  • If the students have these perceptions, perhaps faculty are not communicating their expectations and objectives as effectively.
  • Our data has improved from 2004-05 to 2006-07.
  • We need to clarify the balance between memorization and critical thinking skills.
  • Please feel free to read the longer report.
  • Mark needs to identify who this goes to because it is out of the hands of the ASC.

3.  Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice regarding [Motion 08-02-06].

• Kim Cook and John Rice, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice.
  • We met with SGA regarding [Motion 08-02-06] and left hopeful.
  • But we just heard back from SGA that they don’t want to change it.

Old business

• No old business.

New business

• Aaron Wilcox, Chair of Buildings and Grounds Committee.
  • Could we have some response to the Phase 3 housing?
  • Will Academic Affairs consider pulling the letter, indicating the departmental votes, from the RPT packet that the candidate sees? Just from the report that the candidate sees and not the official file?

Announcements

• No announcements.

Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 4:01pm.