GENERAL POLICY REPORT #37
October 20, 2006
The items listed below will be considered to have the necessary faculty approval unless a petition requesting further consideration of them is signed by five faculty members and submitted to the chair of the Faculty Council within 14 calendar days after theOctober 20, 2006, date of circulation. As a rule, if no petition is received within 14 days, or by November 3, 2006, the report will be submitted to the president for approval and transmittal to the regents, if regents' action is required. If a petition is received, the report will be referred to the Faculty Council. On items referred to it, the council may: (1) affirm the action and report it to a meeting of the university faculty, (2) amend the action and report it to a meeting of the university faculty, or (3) rescind the action.
The following itemsare presented in the policy report that begins immediately below:
UCC Catalog Change:
FC-07-002: UCC-07-004c - Addition of No Pass (NP) Grade Mode in J.D. Program Requirements
Faculty Staff Handbook:
FC-07-003: FSH 1620 - University Level Committees
FC-07-004: FSH 1640.40 - Facilities Scheduling Policy Committee
FC-07-005:FSH 2900 - Student Financial Aid
FC-07-006:FSH 3840 - Procedures for Faculty Appeals
FC-07-007:FSH 3860 - Grievance Procedures for University of Idaho Classified Employees
FC-07-008:FSH 4500 - Inquiries from Prospective Students
FC-07-009:FSH 6440 - Persons Afflicted with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
FC-07-002
UCC 07-004c
TO: University Curriculum Committee
FROM: College of Law
RE: Proposed Changes to the J.D. Program Requirements
[Effective: Summer 2006]
DATE: July 10, 2006
Addition of the No Pass (NP) Grade Mode:
Grading System.
1.Grades shall be awarded on the basis of A, A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C-, D+, D, D-, F, W (Withdrawal), I (Incomplete), P (Pass) or NP (No Pass); provided, however, that unless so designated by resolution of the Faculty courses shall not be graded on a pass-fail, pass-no pass or other basis.
2.Grade point averages shall be computed by assigning the following numerical point values per semester hour: A = 4.00; A- = 3.67; B+ = 3.33; B = 3.00; B- = 2.67; C+ = 2.33; C = 2.00; C- = 1.67; D+ = 1.33; D = 1.00; D- = 0.67; F (or fail under a pass-fail basis) = 0.00. The cumulative grade point average is the quotient of total points assigned, divided by total hours undertaken, except that courses in which marks of I, W, P, or NP have been given shall be disregarded in the computation of a student’s grade point average. All other courses shall be included even if they have been repeated.
FC-07-003
UI FACULTY-STAFF HANDBOOK
CHAPTER ONE:
HISTORY, MISSION, GENERAL ORGANIZATION, AND GOVERNANCEJuly December 20060
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1620
UNIVERSITY-LEVEL COMMITTEES
PREAMBLE: This section outlines the regulations governing university-level committees (Part B). It also includes a section on guidelines for committee chairs (Part C). For further information, contact the Office of the Faculty Secretary (208-885-6151). [ed. 7-00]
CONTENTS:
A.Function, Structure, and Membership of Committees
B.Regulations Governing Committees
C.Guidelines for Committee Chairs
A. FUNCTION, STRUCTURE, AND MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES. See 1640 for the function and structure of each university-level standing committee. The list of members appointed to serve on these committees is published on the Faculty Council website at H under the UI Committees link aftert the beginning of the academic year by the Committee on Committees, and copies of the booklet can be downloaded and printed from the websiteof this annual publication are available from the Office of the Faculty Secretary.
B. REGULATIONS GOVERNING COMMITTEES. The following is a codification of the general regulations governing committees:
B-1. As used here, “committee” is a general term denoting any standing or special committee, subcommittee, council, board, or similar body.
B-2. The establishment, discontinuance, or restructuring of, and the assignment of responsibilities to, standing committees of the university faculty are policy actions that require approval by the Faculty Council and are subject to review by the university faculty and the president.
B-3.Ad hoc committees to advise the president and university-level standing committees that are composed primarily of administrators (e.g., Publications Board) are appointed by the president.
B-4. The Committee on Committees appoints, subject to confirmation by the Faculty Council, members of standing committees of the university faculty. The chair of Faculty Council establishes special Faculty Council committees and appoints their members.
B-5. In selecting staff members to serve, the Committee on Committees seeks nominations from the Staff Affairs Committee, which considers expressions of interest by employees to serve on various committees and the qualifications of employees with reference to existing committee vacancies. Approved service by staff members on university committees is considered a valuable service to UI, within the scope and course of employment. Provided the staff employee can be released from regular duties, time spent in committee service is not charged against the employee’s annual leave or compensatory time balances, and the employee is not expected to make up time away from normal duties for committee service. (In cases where staff employees are elected to serve, e.g., on the Staff Affairs Committee itself, it is expected that the employee will first secure the consent of his or her supervisor before becoming a candidate.)
B-6. Ordinarily, no faculty committee will be chaired by an officer who is substantially responsible for implementing the policies or recommendations developed by the committee.
B-7. The chairs of faculty standing committees generally are rotated so that no committee comes to be identified with one person.
B-8. The president of the university, or the president’s designee, is a member ex officio of all UI committees, regardless of how the committees may have been established or appointed. On committees under the jurisdiction of the university faculty or of the Faculty Council, the president or the president’s designee serves without vote.
B-9. The chair of the Faculty Council is a member ex officio without vote of all committees under the jurisdiction of the university faculty or of the council.
B-10. Students are to be represented, if they so desire, on faculty committees that deal with matters affecting them. Except for student members of the Faculty Council, the Committee on Committees receives nominations from the ASUI, GPSA and SBA to fill positions established for student members of faculty committees. [See 1640.] If, 21 days after the first day of classes of the fall semester, ASUI nominations havehas not been submitted nominations to fill student positions, the committees on which the vacancies exist are authorized to disregard the vacant student positions in determining a quorum.
B-11. The membership of individual members of standing committees of the university faculty may not be terminated involuntarily except for cause and with the concurrence of the Faculty Council.
B-12. UI committees meet on the call of the chair. Committees under the jurisdiction of the university faculty or any of its constituencies may be convened by at least 35 percent of the members of the committee with a three-day written notice to all members.
B-13. A quorum for any committee under the jurisdiction of the university faculty or any of its constituencies consists of at least 50% of its voting members. [add. 7-06]
B-143. Proxy votes are not permitted in committees under the jurisdiction of the university faculty or of the Faculty Council. [ren. 7-06]
B-154. Unless otherwise provided, assignments to faculty committees terminate on September 1, orbegin on the official opening date of the academic year, whichever is earlier. [ren. and rev. 7-06]
B-165. Open Committee Meetings. [ren. 7-06]
a. Meetings of university-level committees, committees of the colleges, divisions, subdivisions, and other UI units, and ad hoc committees, however created, are open to the public with the exception of those meetings, or those parts of meetings, that deal with confidential employee or student matters, actions pertaining to individual employees or students, e.g., hiring, salary determination, and appeals [see B-165-d], or that deal with student examinations. [ed. 7-00, rev. 7-06]
b. Observers may speak only by invitation of the chair.
c. Observers may use their own tape recorders or other recording devices. Also, they will be provided a copy of any recordings made by the committee, if they request a copy through regular channels and pay the full costs involved in making the copy.
d. An exception to the exception stated in B-165-a is permitted in hearings on appeals when the appellant demands in writing before the hearing board’s first meeting that the hearing be open to the public; nevertheless, the chair of the hearing board has the power to close the hearing to the public if, in the chair’s opinion, the atmosphere becomes detrimental to the orderly conduct of the proceeding. Moreover, the chair has the power to exclude prospective witnesses from the hearing until they have testified.
B-176. Standing committees are to keep minutes and to distribute them as provided in C-7. [ren. 7-06]
B-187. Smoking is prohibited in official meetings and hearings of UI committees. [ren. 7-06]
B-198. Rules of Order. [See 1520 VI.] [ren. 7-06]
C. GUIDELINES FOR COMMITTEE CHAIRS. These guidelines were developed by the Committee on Committees as suggestions for the effective handling of committee business and clarification of certain minimal requirements of these committees. The Committee on Committees recognized that not all items will apply equally to all committees and that some items will not be appropriate to some committees.
C-1. At the beginning of each semester, contact committee members about times they would be available for a set meeting (for committees that do not have set meeting times already established)send schedule cards (available from departmental offices) to committee members and ask them to fill in their schedules and return the cards so that the times that the committee members will be available to meet can be ascertained.
C-2. Hold an organizational meeting as early as possible in September to discuss and review the charge of the committee (see FSH 1640), its procedures, and possible agenda items, and if desirable to select a secretary (departmental secretarial assistance may be available).
C-3. Establish the best means of getting in touch with each student member.
C-4. Issue a standing invitation to members to submit appropriate agenda items. Call a meeting when enough agenda items have accumulated to warrant it or when a particular agenda item warrants immediate attention. Alternatively, telephone contact committee members periodically to ask if there are problems that need to be considered.
C-5. Send an agenda with the call of a meeting to all members and post it to the committee’s web page at H
C-6. Read the minutes of each meeting carefully to make certain that the intent of the committee is accurately represented.
C-7.Post Send copies of the approved minutes of each meeting of the committee on the committee’s webpage at H and send copies to members of the committee, the provost, the chair of the Faculty Council, the chair of the Committee on Committees, the ASUI president, the Office of the Faculty Secretary, and the Department of Special Collections and Archives in the University Library. Committees that address matters with confidential employee or student matters, shall keep such minutes confidential. All materials for these committees will be forwarded to the Office of the Faculty Secretary for filing and archiving. Also, send the committee’s minutes to inform other officers who are directly concerned with the work of the committee. To assist with record keeping, number meetings of the committee consecutively; e.g., “1996-97minutes#1_mmddyy Meeting #10.”
C-8. Handle routine matters by telephone; send a memorandum only when the complexity of an issue requires it.
C-89. Hold hearings when substantive policy changes are proposed. When feasible, invite those who will be affected by the committee’s action to present their views to the committee.
C-910. Inform those who are affected by the committee’s actions of such actions.
C-101. Promptly submit reports of actions requiring approval by the Faculty Council in care of to the councilOffice of the Faculty Secretary for placement on the Faculty Council agenda. Address the reports to the Faculty Council and send them to the Office of the Faculty Secretary for duplication and distribution. Be prepared to attend the Faculty Council meeting to answer any questions that arise.
C-112. Inform the chair of the Committee on Committees and the Office of the Faculty Secretary of any resignations from the committee and any excessive absences. Excessive absences will be referred to Committee on Committees to determine whether cause exists to replace the member.
C-123. Prepare a brief year-end report for submission to the Faculty Council in care of . Address the report to the Faculty Council and send it to the Office of the Faculty Secretary for duplication and distribution.
C-134. Prepare a transition file for next year’s chair highlighting past issues (year-end report could be used), issues that are in progress, or issues that still need to be addressed.Prepare a report for the person who will chair the committee the following year.
C-145. Call on the Office of the Faculty Secretary for information and assistance concerning points not fully covered in these guidelines.
FC-07-004
1640.40
FACILITIESSCHEDULINGPOLICY COMMITTEE
[Substantially revised in Fall of 2006. See also APM 35-35]
A.FUNCTION.[See also H6860H] [ed. 7-97, 7-04]
A-1.To advise the president or the president’s designee on the use of UI facilities.
A-2. To develop and implement policies and procedures to ensure the impartial and principled use of campus facilities.
A-3. To ensure the effective resolution of conflicts.
A-4. To manage the impact of large events, programs, and multiple events on the daily university operations.
A-5. To disseminate information to the campus and community concerning facility and service availability, and scheduled campus events and programs.
A-6. To maintain proper records.
A-7. See Section H6860 for policies and procedures related to committee functions.
A-1: To develop, implement, and manage scheduling policies and procedures to ensure the impartial and principled use of university facilities, both buildings and grounds, consistent with accreditation standards.
A-2: To advise the president or the president’s designee on the operational use of UI facilities and to advise him/her and the vice president for finance and administration concerning appropriate fees to charge.
A-3: To manage the impact of events, programs, and multiple events on daily University operations.
A-4: To ensure the effective resolution of scheduling conflicts.
A-5: To communicate information to the campus and community concerning facility use, policy, and procedures.
B.STRUCTURE.Associate Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, or designee, Director of the Idaho Commons/Student Union, or designee, Director of Auxiliary Services, or designee, Director of Dual Enrollment, Intersession, and Summer Programs, or designee, Assistant Vice President for Facilities, or designee, Chair-Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Director (w/o vote), or designee, three faculty representatives selected by the Committee on Committees, Registrar (w/o vote), or designee, Risk Management Officer, or designee, Dean of Students (w/o vote), or designee, ASUI representative, Athletics Director, or designee. [The Chair will be elected by the group for each academic year and will vote only in the case of a tie.] Registrar (co-chair), assistant vice president for auxiliary services (co-chair), vice provost for academic affairs, dean of students, assistant vice president for facilities, faculty secretary, two faculty members, the chair of the Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, the chair director of Lionel Hampton School of Music, or designee, the chair of Theatre Arts and Film, or designee, the risk management officer, the director of Commons and Union/Campus Recreation, the director of Conference Services, the associate registrar, the manager of KIBBIE/Memorial Gym/Pool Center, the associate director of Athletics, the facilities planner, two ASUI representatives (one from the Student Recreation Center Board and one from the Student Union-Commons Board). [ed. 8-04, rev. 7-05]
C. CONTEXT: UI Facilities are used by multiple programs, including: academic programs, intercollegiate athletics, campus recreation programs, and by multiple constituencies including students, faculty, staff, retirees, alumni, and visitors. As demand for university facilities increases, there will be increasing potential for scheduling and scheduling policy conflicts. Policies and procedures for ensuring the impartial and principled resolution of those scheduling conflicts will be critical.
D. MAJOR OBJECTIVES:
D-1.To analyze the issues associated with scheduling and resolving facilities scheduling conflicts.
D-2.To develop effective policies and procedures for University facility use that:
a. support the general educational mission of the University;
b.maximize opportunity to provide a revenue stream from facilities when such uses do not conflict with the mission of the University;
c.minimize risk of loss associated with the goals, finances, operations, compliance ;
d.provide for the impartial, principled scheduling of facilities and for resolving scheduling conflicts, while ensuring both efficient use of the facilities and an efficient scheduling process.
D-3. To develop systematic assessment methods and procedures (when needed) which demonstrate the effectiveness and impartiality of the scheduling process.
D-4.To provide those with programs or activities in these facilities with an on-going opportunity for representative participation in the scheduling process.
CAMPUS SCHEDULERS SUBCOMMITTEE [add. 3/04]
A. FUNCTION.
A-1.To advise the Facilities Scheduling Committee on the use of UI facilities
A-2. To identify space scheduling issues and conflicts and make recommendations to the Facilities Scheduling Committee for resolution
A-3. To monitor effective use of space and make recommendations for improvements to the Facilities Scheduling Committee
A-4. To monitor customer satisfaction and make recommendations for improvements to the Facilities Scheduling Committee
A-5. To analyze and monitor technology needs and make recommendations to the Facilities Scheduling Committee for proper maintenance, support, and upgrade of systems used to schedule space and store related data
A-6. To maintain proper records.
B. STRUCTURE. Registrar, Chair, Assistant Registrar, Coordinator, Scheduling/Budget, Registrar’s Office, Director of Operations, Student Recreation Center, Facilities Coordinator, Idaho Commons/Student Union Building, Administrative Assistant II, Department of HPERD, Management Assistant, Conferences and Events, Administrative Assistant II, Intersession, Summer Session, and Dual Enrollment, Manager, ASUI Kibbie Center. [The chair will vote only in the case of a tie.] [ed. 8-04]
FC-07-005
2900
STUDENT FINANCIAL AID