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| Tuesday, 18 February 2003 |
2:30 p.m. |
Dobo 103 |
Absent: Byington (Fac Wel Cmte), Bechtel (Nurs), Byington (FacWel), Clark (Dean, Bus), Clifford (Eng), Denny (Soc Wrk), Errante (AdmisCmt), Evans (Soc), Feng (Mat), Garris (Info Sys), Graham (Ec/Finan), Hosier (Provost), Leutze (Chan), McCall (Research), McCartney (Biology), Narayan (CompuSci), Roer (Dean, Grad), Seaton (Chm), Shay (IT Cmte), Sizemore (Evaluation), Snowden (Budget), Tenhuisen (Math), Tyndall (VCITSD)
Minutes were approved as posted.
Individual Reports
1. Chancellor Search Committee Chair Larry Dagenhart
- Report:
- committee is working harmoniously together, expects to find excellent candidates for position
- began with 135 nominations, 117 candidates from 36 states/2 foreign countries, 20% presidents or chancellors, 40% provosts or VCs, 20% deans/dept. heads; 20% from private or nonacademic; 20% women; 10% minorities
- 15 quarterfinalists screened in January, 5 presidents, 5 VCs/Provosts, 5 other positions in higher eduation, 3 women, 2 minorities
- will identify 4-6 for interviews; have a "confidential search" since many do not want to be identified; they come to campus, meet VCs, deans, new faculty interview group (Badarinathi, Berkeley, Bomar, Cody, Galizio, Moore, Ward) and Search Committee have agreed not to publicize interviewees
- recommend 2, possibly 3 to President Broad in early Mar, she does further interview, makes rec to BOG fairly soon afterward
- Q&A
- can names be ranked to Pres Broad? not officially, though expects she would consult
- confidential agreements with interviewers/ees means cannot release identifying information; names will never become public, except for Pres Broad's choice
- bothers many of us process is secret? mood has shifted, 8/9 UNC searches that way; unless we do that, we eliminate many of the best candidates; but our method involves large and diverse representation, and this time UNCW BOT reps and faculty are getting along well
- Pres Broad does not have the authority to just name who she wants; she must name one of the 2/3 nominees
2. President Noland
- Richard Veit reelected by the UNCW faculty to a 3-year term as a delegate to the Faculty Assembly.
- Ad hoc RPT committee will be bringing motions to the floor this spring, beginning with simplest, e.g. changes in tenure clock timetable, process of formal notification, etc.; more controversial issues of collegiality and external review will probably be proposed as matters to be decided upon at the departmental level
- introduced Allison Cavenaugh, representative to the Senate from the SGA, who announced the Tuesday Tea Meet and Greet faculty/student gathering in Cameron lobby, Tuesday Mar 4, 2-3:30.
3. Sharon Boyd gave a brief overview of the Chancellor's Parking, Traffic and Transportation Committee's recommendations, including:
- Slide presentation on:
- guidelines of ample parking, value priced; on campus parking for residents; parking not too distant from campus center; safety; minimal environmental impact; blend with campus design
- challenges of space; roads at/over capacity (e.g. 12,000 daily capacity on Randall, now at 15,000), safety, traffic; continual increase in permits (~7700 in 1998-99, ~9600 now; with 95% optimal capacity, we now are at 99% and have a 600 space shortfall)
- goals of 95% utilization (this is where faculty spaces are at now); alternative transportation modes; distribute visiting parking; parking deck; assigned parking lots
- Q&A
- why no parking deck in parking east of Dobo? too far from academic areas where demand is
- are shuttles necessary/safe? plans to move on own paths (perhaps with bikes) or onto roadways, but off walkways
- why 70% increase in faculty parking? can't see we have gotten anything for it? $45 due to court case possibly reverting fine $ to schools; need to build more lots for students, faculty; need to increase enforcement to keep students from parking
- thoughts about towing? moving toward locks, towing, esp. for repeat non-decal violators
- separate faculty/staff lots? not efficient
- traffic problems on Randall will be partly solved with zone-assigned parking
- need oncampus resident parking to retain growth in residential housing
- email concerns, questions to boyds@uncwil.edu
4. Associate Vice Chancellor McLaurin and Vice Chancellor Howard-Vital
- Remarks:
- Diversity Taskforce does not have predetermined outcomes: we are in data-gathering stage; want to examine Blue-Ribbon report; engage dialogue on campus; make recommendations/report in early April, not so much specific recommendations as broader ones, with alternative options
- If you want to have input, fill out the online Diversity survey. Faculty/staff-- whatever your view -- are encouraged to fill out, through Feb 25. So far 184 faculty, 957 students; 165 staff.
- Q&A
- who wrote the survey and have you heard of self-selective bias? several subcommittees, yes, realize it is not random, not perfect, but need input for meaningful report, better than Blue Ribbon report which did not survey.
- it takes a while to fill out but it is (a) important; (b) your chance for feedback--and it will be made known.
- Reid Counts spoke on her research, having to do with diversity efforts in higher ed, which typically amount in reality to affirmative action for minority enrollment, but UNCW cannot win that battle in NC vs. TB schools, Duke, etc. We are ignoring opportunity to make real difference by extending diversity to unserved groups, e.g. disabled. Melton McLaurin answered that agrees this diversity effort emphasizes race/ethnicity, other diversity issues should be explored, but we can take actions to improve # of minorities on campus, incl Hispanics.
- The survey is anonymous! Melton added that, while some are unnecessarily worried about this, many with "politically incorrect opinions" have not been shy about signing their names, which he thought was a good sign.
Committee Reports