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Faculty Council Meeting Faculty Council Meeting y y g g October 28, 2010 Thank you to the College Deans for their contributions to the their contributions to the faculty governance budget Approval of minutes
Thank you to the College Deans for their contributions to the their contributions to the faculty governance budget
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Motion ThismotionneededtogothroughFECfirstandwasnottakenup g g p byFacultyCouncilattheirOctobermeeting Motion: Revise Standing Rules of the Faculty Council Motion: ReviseStandingRulesoftheFacultyCouncil
Proposedrevisiontostate 4. FacultyCouncilshallconductitsreviewasfollows: b. Throughoutthecalendaryear, forproposalsappearingontheconsent calendar,thereshallbeatwoweekperiodduringwhichanycouncil member may register an objection with the Faculty President causing that membermayregisteranobjectionwiththeFacultyPresident,causingthat proposaltobeconsideredatFECandFacultyCouncilmeetings.Ifno
weeks.
Rationale:Thereasonformakingthismotioncomesfroma needforfacultyapprovalofcourseandcurriculum changesduringthesummermonths.
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Motion: FacultyCouncilrequeststhatafterUNCCharlotte y q legalcounselcompletesthelastdraftofPolicy Statement#127:CriminalReportingActivityitbe provided to Faculty Council for review and comments providedtoFacultyCouncilforreviewandcomments. Rationale: Thereasonformakingthismotioncomesfrom facultyconcernsregardingthewordingofPolicy Statement#127:CriminalReportingActivity
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Resolution:ToSupportFacultyAssembly‚sResolutiononAcademicFreedom Whereas,academicfreedomisfundamentaltothesuccessfulfulfillmentofthe teaching,research,andservicemissionsofUNCCharlotte;and Whereas,thereisconcernthattheconstitutionalprotectionoffacultyarebeing abridgedsothereisnowaneedformoreinstitutionalprotectionoftheacademic freedomofuniversity;nowtherefore Be it Resolved that UNC Charlotte Faculty Council fully endorses the ”Resolution on BeitResolvedthat,UNCCharlotteFacultyCouncilfullyendorsesthe Resolutionon AcademicFreedom„thatwasrecentlypassedbytheUNCFacultyAssembly;and BeitFurtherResolvedthatFacultyCouncilrequeststhattheChancellorsandChief AcademicOfficersoftheconstituentinstitutions,togetherwiththeUNCBoardof g Governors,theGeneralAdministration,legalcounsel,andFacultyAssembly delegates,conveneareviewcommitteetomakerecommendationsforchangesto theUNCCODEthatreflectanunderstandingofthe”StatementonAcademic Freedom ” Freedom. Rationale:ThereasonforthismotionistosupporttheresolutionpassedbyFaculty AssemblyonSeptember17,2010.PleaseseetheattachmenttotheOctober28, 2010FacultyCouncilagendatitled”ResolutiononAcademicFreedom— adopted y g p bytheUNCFacultyAssemblyon17Sept2010.„
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$2.5million 24%ofcut Chancellor 1.5% d i ff i % [$ illi ] AcademicAffairs 1.0%[$1.7million] BusinessAffairs 1.4% StudentAffairs 3.9% Development/Alumni4.0% UniversityRelations 3.6% Reserve: $10million(4.8%)Layoffs:0
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$8.3million 40%ofcut Chancellor 5.0% d i ff i % [$ illi ] AcademicAffairs 3.5%[$5.9million] BusinessAffairs 4.9% StudentAffairs 11.2% Development/Alumni9.8% UniversityRelations 10.0% R $5 4 illi (2 6%) L ff
Reserve: $5.4million(2.6%)Layoffs: 9
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119.89FacultyFTE 205.39 6.00EPAFTE 79.50StaffFTE 205 39 134 FTE P i i N E bli h d 205.39 134FTEPositionsNotEstablished 71FTEEstablishedPositions 8 moved off General Funds 8movedoffGeneralFunds 54vacantpositionseliminated 9layoffs(tentative) y ( )
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$16.5millionin”onetime„funds $ Road,Sidewalk,andLakeRepairs ResearchAdministrationReformProject Electronic Procurement Implementation ElectronicProcurementImplementation ImprovedADAAccessibility CardReadersforDoorSecurity Kennedy&ColvardRenovations Rowe,Robinson,&StorrsRenovations FacultyStartups y p UpgradeSmartClassrooms LibraryMaterials HighVoltage/Infrastructure
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– HSRD8106.AdvancedDataAnalysisforHealthServicesResearch. – HSRD8612.SeminarinGrantProposalWriting – SPED21510 GraduateCertificateinAutismSpectrumDisorders PSYC 3 26 10 Creation of a new graduate course in History and Systems of Psychology – PSYC32610CreationofanewgraduatecourseinHistoryandSystemsofPsychology – MGMT3210EstablishmentofMGMT3170:EthicsandGlobalCapitalism – DANC21710EstablishmentofDANC2251:LightDesignI – THEA11509CurriculumRevisionofB.A.degreeinTheatre,B.A. g
– Received20proposalssinceAugust Pl i d f lt th t th i l l i il bl th – Pleaseremindyourfacultythatthecurriculumapprovalprocessisavailableonthe AcademicAffairswebsite – Pleasefixallgrammaticalerrors,includedocumentationofconsultation,anddonot duplicateexistingcourses.
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– MetonOctober22,2010todevelopamotiontodefercatalogchanges (motionwillbepresentedunderNewBusiness)
F lt E l t St t C itt (FESC) R b R i
– MeetingonNovember2,2010
– Membersofthisnewcommitteehavebeenelected – FirstmeetingwillbeonNovember3,2010
Mary Nies
– CommitteemetonOctober27,2010todiscussnominations.Resultswillbesenttothe Chancellor
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Wi ff Winecoff – WorkisunderwaytomovestudentemailtoMicrosoftLive@edu – Faculty/staffemailmigrationtoOutlook2010willoccurinmidtolateMarch2011 – The Chancellor provided funds to rewire Bernard, Denny, Fretwell, Friday, Garinger, TheChancellorprovidedfundstorewireBernard,Denny,Fretwell,Friday,Garinger, Macy,Smith,andWinninghambuildings. – NextmeetingscheduledforNovember16,2010
– AlanMabe,SeniorVicePresidentforAcademicAffairs(GeneralAdministration)
productivity review to consider the number of degrees produced by the UNC productivityreviewtoconsiderthenumberofdegreesproducedbytheUNC system,thenumberofstudentsenrolledinprograms,andconsiderationoftying enrollmentfundingtostudentsuccess.
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38to40ofthe.pdfversionofthe20102011University UndergraduateCatalogattheSeptember23,2010meeting.
TodefertheinsertionofcatalogchangesuntilallFAPSCsub committeeissuesonprobationandsuspensionareresolved.
Rationale:Theyarehopingtogeteverythingcompletedbytheendofthis semester.Giventhatitmuststillgothroughotherapproval,wethinkthisisin timetomakethenextcatalogupdate.
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gradepointaverageof2.0oraboveatUNCCharlottetoremainingoodacademic standing.AcademicStandingofeachstudentiscalculatedattheendoffalland springsemesters. Academic Probation An undergraduate student whose cumulative GPA is below
2.0attheendofafallorspringsemesterisonacademicprobation,andthisis notedonthestudent'sacademicrecord.
p g probationfortwoconsecutivesemesters(excludingsummersessions)is suspendedfromtheUniversity.However,astudentwhohasacurrentfallorspring semesterGPAof2.3orhigherwillnotbesuspended.
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ExampleofTranscript:
S bj t C G d C dit H Q lit P i t
Subject Course Grade CreditHours QualityPoints AMST 2050 P 3.000 0.00 CHEM 1251 F 3.000 0.00 CHEM 1251L F 1.000 0.00 ENGL 1101 B 3.000 9.00 ENGR 1201 C 2 000 4 00 ENGR 1201 C 2.000 4.00 LBST 2101 C 3.000 6.00 MATH 1241 C 3.000 6.00
TermTotals(Undergraduate)
Attempt Hours Passed Hours Earned Hours GPA Hours Quality Points GPA Current Term 18.000 14.000 14.000 15.000 25.00 1.667 Cumulative 18.000 14.000 14.000 15.000 25.00 1.667 ExampleofGPACalculation: GPA=QualityPoints/GPAHours;25/15=1.667 GradePointCalculator.Tocalculategrades,visithttp://registrar.uncc.edu/students/gpacalc.htm
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F lt C il d h t li i li t d
38to40ofthe.pdfversionofthe20102011University UndergraduateCatalogattheSeptember23,2010meeting.
TodefertheinsertionofcatalogchangesuntilallFAPSCsub committeeissuesonprobationandsuspensionareresolved.
Rationale:Theyarehopingtogeteverythingcompletedbytheendofthis semester.Giventhatitmuststillgothroughotherapproval,wethinkthisisin timetomakethenextcatalogupdate.
September23,2010 FacultyCouncil
September23,2010 FacultyCouncil
Resolution:ToSupportFacultyAssembly‚sResolutionon AcademicFreedom Whereas,academicfreedomisfundamentaltothesuccessful fulfillmentoftheteaching,research,andservicemissionsof UNCCharlotte;and Whereas,thereisconcernthattheconstitutionalprotectionof faculty are being abridged so there is now a need for more facultyarebeingabridgedsothereisnowaneedformore institutionalprotectionoftheacademicfreedomof university;nowtherefore
September23,2010 FacultyCouncil
Resolution:ToSupportFacultyAssembly‚sResolutionon AcademicFreedom BeitResolvedthat,UNCCharlotteFacultyCouncilfullyendorses the”ResolutiononAcademicFreedom„thatwasrecently passedbytheUNCFacultyAssembly;and BeitFurtherResolvedthatFacultyCouncilrequeststhatthe Chancellors and Chief Academic Officers of the constituent ChancellorsandChiefAcademicOfficersoftheconstituent institutions,togetherwiththeUNCBoardofGovernors,the GeneralAdministration,legalcounsel,andFacultyAssembly delegates,conveneareviewcommitteetomake recommendationsforchangestotheUNCCODEthatreflect anunderstandingofthe”StatementonAcademicFreedom.” an understanding of the Statement on Academic Freedom.
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Resolution:ToSupportFacultyAssembly‚sResolutionon AcademicFreedom Rationale:Thereasonforthismotionistosupportthe resolutionpassedbyFacultyAssemblyonSeptember17, 2010.PleaseseetheattachmenttotheOctober28,2010 FacultyCouncilagendatitled”ResolutiononAcademic Freedom — adopted by the UNC Faculty Assembly on 17 Sept Freedom adoptedbytheUNCFacultyAssemblyon17Sept 2010.„
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FacultyCouncilMeeting October28,2010
HandoutonAcademicFreedom
ExcerptfromAcademicFreedomUnderThreat
(http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/protectvoice/opinions/gerberop.htm) ByLarryGerber,Chair,AmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors'CommitteeonCollegeandUniversityGovernance ProfessorEmeritusofHistory,AuburnUniversity,Auburn,Ala.
‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧ ‧. Inthe2006caseofGarcettiv.Ceballos,theU.S.SupremeCourtruledthatwhen public employees speak pursuant to their ”official duties „ the First Amendment publicemployeesspeakpursuanttotheir officialduties, theFirstAmendment doesnotprotectthemfromemployerdiscipline.AsOliverWendellHolmes explainedmanyyearsago,apoliceman(orothergovernmentemployee)”may haveaconstitutionalrighttotalkpolitics,buthehasnoconstitutionalrighttobea policeman.„ AlthoughtheSupremeCourtinGarcetti leftopenwhetheritsdecisionappliedto bli l d i t hi d h l t l t li h publicemployeesengagedinteachingandresearch,laterlowercourtrulingshave permitteduniversitiestodisciplinefacultyforspeechrelatedtotheirofficial duties.InHongv.Grant(2007),afederaldistrictjudgeruledthattheUniversityof California”isentitledtounfettereddiscretionwhenitrestrictsstatementsan employeemakesonthejobandaccordingtohisprofessionalresponsibilities.„
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Undersuchaninterpretation,acollegeoruniversityadministrationmightseekto d l f f bl h h h d disciplineaprofessorforpublishingresearchthatantagonizedamajorcorporate donortotheuniversity,orforcriticizing,eitherpubliclyorprivately,thecollege president.Ifadministrationsthroughoutthecountryactuallysoughttoengagein whatnowmightbeconsideredsuchlegallypermissibleactions,theabilityof g g y p , y America‚scollegesanduniversitiestoservethecommongoodandtoretaintheir preeminentstatusintheworldwouldbeseverelyundermined. AschairoftheAmericanAssociationofUniversityProfessors‚Committeeon CollegeandUniversityGovernance,Ihaveseenthattherearealreadytoomany institutionswherefacultymembersareafraidtospeaktheirmindsonissuesof institutional governance for fear of retaliation by their administrations institutionalgovernance,forfearofretaliationbytheiradministrations. Ifrecentcourtrulingsgounchallenged,bothinandoutsidethecourts,suchfears may well become more widespread. This should be a concern not only to faculty, maywellbecomemorewidespread.Thisshouldbeaconcernnotonlytofaculty, buttoallAmericans.Itisparticularlyimportantthatfacultyshouldfeel unrestrainednotonlyintheirpursuitofnewknowledge,butalsoinutilizingtheir expertisetoshapedecisionsaboutcollegecurricula,admissions,theselectionof ll d h d i colleagues,andotheracademicmatters.
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