Report from Executive Committee Meeting
Attending: Williamson, Wilkerson, Reeves, Gaede, Wren,
Hillman, Radonovich, Franz
Absent: Karr, Pakhomov, Lawson
Dr.
Hillman announced the
Dr. Franz reported the HOK group has been on campus this
week working on the campus master plan.
Things look good overall. The
Governor’s budget looks positive. We
still want to do something with salaries.
There was some discussion regarding the out of state tuition issue. There was some discussion regarding the
Campus Master Plan and the plans for the
Dr. Radonovich reported the Performance Parameters should be finalized this Friday. They are still working on taking things out and reducing the list. He will send a copy out to the Executive Committee when it is finalized. He reported the Chief Academic Officers met with the new Auburn Provost.
Dr. Radonovich reported we will begin working on SACS. We will follow UAB and UA by one year. We will be doing a number of things at the department level. We will be sending out a new booklet on the program reviews soon.
Dr. Gaede reported the
Committee has met and has some suggestions for changing the Course Approval
Form. She reported the Committee
approved an Honors 499 Project Course.
She stated there was some discussion regarding how this course would
count toward course load for faculty.
This was discussed in context of incentive to supervise the courses..
Dr.
Wren reported the Committee is working hard this semester. The Committee discussed the Conflict of
Interest issue regarding faculty teaching their children or spouse. The Committee concluded no action was
needed in this area. The Committee voted to add sexual orientation
to the antidiscrimination policy. There
was a question regarding how this affects benefits. The Committee had not addressed this
issue. Dr. Franz will send Dr. Wilkerson
a copy of a response to an earlier request regarding benefits. The Committee also discussed the issue of
faculty dating students and whether a policy was needed regarding this
issue. It was decided no policy was
necessary but perhaps adding a statement in the Faculty Handbook cautioning
regarding this issue. The Committee will
continue to work on this. The Committee
was also asked to look at the incentive for buy out and how it relates to
sabbatical. This issue has been resolved
without further action on the part of the Committee.
Dr.
Williamson reported the Committee has reviewed the University Standing
Committees and has concluded that a large number are mandatory and are
active. She noted this was the first
time the Committees were reviewed as a whole.
The Committee has concluded that they may want to add some information
to the charge for the Educational Technology and Distance Education Committee
to emphasize intercollege communication regarding distance learning. The Committee has also recommended looking at
the composition of the Campus Priorities and Resources Advisory Committee. The remainder of the Committees will be
discussed at the next meeting. The
Committee will be bringing two bills forth.
Ms. Lawson was not present but sent a bill to present to the Executive Committee for first reading. The Senate Bill on Sanctions for Academic Misconduct was presented to the Committee. The Committee had a number of questions and the bill was tabled until Ms. Lawson could be present to respond to the questions.
No Report.
Dr. Reeves reported she had no report from the Committee but there have been some mention of limiting the number of withdrawals and the number of NCs. Dr. Radonovich will work with Scott Verzyl to see what can be done on this issue.
The agenda for the upcoming