2006-2007 Faculty Council – Meeting #5 – September 26, 2006 – Page 2
University of Idaho
2006-2007
FACULTY COUNCIL AGENDA
Meeting #7
3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Brink Hall Faculty Lounge
Order of Business
I. Call to Order.
II. Minutes.
· Minutes of the 2006-07 Faculty Council Meeting #6, October 3, 2006
III. Chair’s Report.
IV. Provost’s Report.
V. Other Announcements and Communications.
VI. Committee Reports.
VII. Special Orders.
VIII. Unfinished Business and General Orders.
· FC-07-003: FSH 1620
· FC-07-004: FSH 1640.34 & 1640.40
· FC-07-005: FSH 2900
· FC-07-006: FSH 3840
· FC-07-007: FSH 3860
· FC-07-008: FSH 4500
· FC-07-009: FSH 6440
· Retreat Issue: Advising
IX. New Business.
X. Adjournment.
Professor Bill McLaughlin, Chair 2006-2007, Faculty Council
Attachments:
Minutes of 2006-2007 FC Meeting #6, October 3, 2006
FC-07-003-FC-07-009
2006-2007 Faculty Council – Meeting #6 – October 3, 2006 – Page 2
University of Idaho
Faculty Council Minutes
2006-2007 Meeting #6, Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Present: Adams (w/o vote), Baker (w/o vote), Beard, Crowley, Greever, Guerrero, Guilfoyle, Gunter, Haarsager, Hart, Hubbard, McCaffrey, McCollough, McLaughlin, Munson, Odom, Rowett, Taylor, Williams
Absent: Bechinski, Hammel, Machlis, McDaniel, Schmiege
Observers: eight
A quorum being present, Chair McLaughlin called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m. in the Brink Hall Faculty Lounge.
Minutes: It was moved and seconded (Greever, McCaffrey) to approve the minutes of September 26th. The motion carried unanimously.
Chair’s Report: The chair hoped that councilors had had an opportunity to take a look at the packet of material sent to all faculty concerning the new marketing campaign, especially with respect to the concept of ‘branding’ the university (one might note that this is branding as those in marketing use the term not how those in animal husbandry would). He noted that Wendy Shattuck, Assistant Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Communications, would be visiting with council at its October 17th meeting to talk about the new marketing campaign.
In a not unrelated issue he reminded council that the university’s enrollments were down and that loss of enrollment has a significant fiscal impact. We all need to be marketing the university and recruit and retain students. The provost noted that about one-quarter of the enrollment drop was attributable to recruitment and three-quarters to retention. He reminded council of Washington State University’s President Rawlins’ speech of a week or so ago when he commented on the sag of enrollment at WSU that rising costs to students over the past two decades may have reached some kind of breaking point and that “the chicks were coming home to roost” as a result.
Turning to another topic a councilor asked that council discuss Digital Measures as there was much discontent in his college about the implications of its adoption. His comments obviously struck a responsive cord and the chair readily agreed that it would figure prominently on next week’s agenda. In addition to Digital Measures perhaps we could discuss other systems on campus that feed us data, e.g. InfoEd, IDEAS Program.
Provost’s Report: The provost returned to the theme of falling enrollments. He reiterated the importance of the new marketing and image campaign, noting that the university’s negative press over the past five years had taken a toll. He noted that the university’s enrollment was down 5.9% this year and over the past two years it was down 7.7%. The administration was putting together an “enrollment summit” in the next few weeks to tackle these problems. He noted once more, however, that the bulk of the problem was one of retention rather than recruitment. A survey was being conducted with students who had not returned this year but results were not complete. A similar survey last year had identified disengagement of faculty, dissatisfaction with advising, financial issues, and lack of social attachment as key issues for not coming back.
FC-007-01: Team I, Learning Outcomes Final Revision: Having now attained the status of faculty council regulars, Professor Christiansen and Dean Pitman, were again before Faculty Council with a revision of the university learning outcomes that they had presented a few weeks ago. They noted that this “final” version was only a starting point: it will be subject to change as we become increasingly sophisticated as an institution about such things. It was moved and seconded (Munson, Haarsager) to affirm these university level learning outcomes. The discussion focused on the timeline for putting these into effect and the methods by which they might be made known to the larger university community. With respect to the first question Professor Christiansen said that they were looking to extending the process to create program-level learning outcomes in all programs by the 1st of March. By May of 2008 they hoped to have working assessment models for all learning outcomes in place. They foresaw numerous workshops on assessment and a strong effort to inform ourselves of assessment approaches that have been tried out at other institutions that would be useful to our situation. The provost and others noted that there were already many things in place that would further the institution’s goals in this area: attendance at the Greater Expectations conference, at an assessment conference being put on by University of Indiana/Purdue University, Indianapolis (UIPUI), a national leader in assessment, University Matters workshops scheduled for the spring, the ASUI feedback system, GPSA’s satisfaction survey of last year, etc.
Several remarked that if we are to fulfill these goals, the faculty reward structure will have to be reformed to properly reward progress in this area.
The motion carried unanimously.
Report from Athletic Director: Rob Spear, UI Athletic Director, thanked the council for the opportunity to discuss the Athletic Department’s finances and walked council through the new board-approved summary of income and expenses. He noted that most of the income under the heading of game guarantees came from football with a much smaller amount coming from basketball. He also noted that a significant portion of their budget came from student fees so the 6% drop in enrollment left them with something of a hole. He also noted that the university had entered into a marketing agreement concerning TV/Radio/Internet rights which assured the department a stable income in this area over the next few years (i.e., they were not dependent on possibly fickle corporate sponsorships).
He also spoke of the possibilities for remodeling the dome so as to create some of the better facilities that were needed for athletics. He pointed out that UI had the worst facilities on any school in the WAC (and we would have the worst in the Big Sky if we were in that league). Having appropriate facilities was centrally important in recruitment. The department was currently in the midst of a major feasibility study. He was emphatic that any expansion of the dome would need to benefit all of the university and thus they were, for instance, working closely with the Jazz Festival about space and acoustics. It would appear that the best option would be to create an events center on the north side of the dome.
He also noted that there were code issues (e.g., fire safety, ADA accessibility) with the existing dome. Indeed, it apparently did not fully meet code in the seventies when the roof was put on. Naturally, the code is considerably more stringent now.
In response to a question as to whether any thought was being given to going to IAA status, Dr. Spear replied that there was none. It would be an “absolute loser” from a financial point of view and it would have other undesirable consequences as well. If we were athletically successful we would not have enrollment problems. The athletic program is one of the institution’s biggest marketing programs and it provides a rallying point for alumni. Studies have shown that the athletic program pumps some $26 million into the local economy and supports 400 jobs. It brings diversity to campus and adds some 300 students to the institutions undergraduate population.
Another councilor asked if he had been surprised at the attention gained by hiring Coach Erickson. He replied that they had expected a lot of attention but their expectations had been exceeded.
With respect to game guarantees, were we being paid to lose big and was this a possible danger to our student-athletes? As with any game there was a certain amount of danger, but it was great experience for the athletes and great outreach for UI and a chance of connecting with alumni in the areas where these games were being played.
Committee Assignments: The council took up as a seconded motion a pair of committee appointments. The motion carried unanimously.
FC-007-02: Law School Grade Change: The council took up as a seconded motion from UCC a proposal from the Law School to add the possibility of pass/no pass grading for a co-curricular course (i.e., their moot course program). Professor Beard explained the rationale for this request and, after brief discussion, the motion carried unanimously.
Adjournment: It was moved and seconded (Beard, Munson) to adjourn. The motion carried unanimously and the meeting was adjourned at 5:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Douglas Q. Adams, Faculty Secretary and Secretary of Faculty Council
FC-07-003
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 http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/facultycouncil/ 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.
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]