The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #69 on
February 10, 1997:
RESOLUTION PASSED (unanimous)
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BE IT RESOLVED THAT, The UAF Faculty Senate expresses its most
sincere condolences to the family and friends of our most
distinguished colleague, Professor Linda Ellanna. Her untimely
passing has left a sorrowful void both in our hearts and on our
campus. She will be remembered for many, many years by both
faculty and students.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT, The UAF Faculty Senate extends its most
sincere condolences to the family and friends of Professor
Jack Distad. Jack's many years of distinguished service to the
University, his unavailing support of mathematical instruction,
and his participation in all aspects of University life will long
be remembered.
BE IT RESOLVED THAT, The UAF Faculty Senate expresses its wish
that our distinguished colleage, Professor Carol Gold, enjoy a
most rapid and speedy recovery from her unfortunate accident.
Get well Carol: we miss you.
The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #69 on
February 10, 1997:
MOTION PASSED (unanimous)
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to approve the resolution of
appreciation forwarded by the University-wide Promotion and
Tenure Committee.
RESOLUTION OF APPRECIATION
FOR
JOHN KELLER
WHEREAS, Dr. John Keller has served with distinction as a member of
the University-wide Promotion and Tenure Committee for
three years; and
WHEREAS, Dr. John Keller has served with special distinction as the
committee�s chair for two eventful years; and
WHEREAS, Dr. John Keller has always handled his chairperson duties
with fairness, calmness, integrity and concern for both the
candidate and the quality of the academy; and
WHEREAS, the committee appreciates his special talents in time
management, committee organization, and communication; and
WHEREAS, Dr. John Keller will retire from the committee after the
spring semester 1997; now
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the University-wide Promotion and
Tenure Committee express its profound gratitude to Dr. John
Keller for a job well done.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the committee express its
appreciation for his gentle urgings with respect to citation
analysis, bibliographic annotation, peer evaluation of
instruction, and other measures of faculty excellence.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be spread
upon the minutes of this meeting, provided to Dr. John Keller
and forwarded to the UAF Faculty Senate.
Done at Fairbanks, Alaska February 7, 1997
Witnessed by the following non-Keller members of the committee:
Scott Huang, Mariam Karlsson, Debendra Das, Sheryl Stanek, T.
Harikumar, Walter Benesch, F. Lawrence Bennett, Dauna Browne
The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #69 on
February 10, 1997:
MOTION PASSED (unanimous)
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend the Transfer of Credit
Policy as listed in the UAF 1996-97 catalog, page 11 as follows:
(( )) = Deletions
CAPS = Additions
Transfer of Credit
3. COLLEGE LEVEL ACADEMIC CREDITS EARNED BY A STUDENT
AT ANY MAU WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA WILL BE
TRANSFERRED TO UAF, SUBJECT TO APPLICABILITY
TOWARD DEGREE REQUIREMENTS AND MEASURES OF
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AS DELINEATED BY THE
APPROPRIATE COLLEGE AND DEPARTMENT. Undergraduate
credits earned at the 100-level or above with a grade of
"C" or higher at institutions outside of the UA system,
and accredited by one of the six regional accrediting
agencies, will be considered for transfer. Transfer
credit normally isn't granted for courses with doctrinal
religious content or for graduate courses (for
undergraduate programs). ((Credit is not transferred for
advanced placement credit or credit by examination
awarded by another institution.))
EFFECTIVE: FALL 1997
RATIONALE: This means that a UA transfer student would
be able to transfer to UAF any UA course having a grade
of "D" or better; and that course would transfer to a
College or Department as long as there was not
conflicting College or Department criteria.
This change brings UAF in accord with Regents' Policy
and University Regulation:
P10.04.06 A.3.
3. A student who has completed some of the general education
requirements at one University of Alaska university or community
college will have those credits count toward fulfillment of the same
categories of general education requirements outlined in the
common core at all University of Alaska universities and community
colleges. This applies even if there is no directly matching
coursework at the institution to which the student transfers. This
statement will be published in each university and community
college catalog.
R10.04.06
Transfer of Credit
In accepting credits from accredited colleges and universities,
maximum recognition of courses satisfactorily completed will be
granted to transfer students toward satisfying requirements at the
receiving institution. Coursework must be at the 100 level or above
to transfer and, from institutions outside the University of Alaska,
must be completed with a grade of C or better. A student's entire
transcript from any MAU within the University of Alaska will be
transferred to another MAU, subject to applicability toward degree
requirements and measures of academic performance as established
elsewhere in Regents' Policy, University regulation, and the rules
and procedures of the MAU from which the student is to receive a
degree or certificate.
The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #69 on
February 10, 1997:
MOTION PASSED (unanimous)
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to approve the Core Review
Committee recommendation that any course proffered for
consideration of CORE designation must include, in it description, a
careful and complete plan for its effectiveness evaluation. Plans
for effectiveness evaluation should be consonant with effectiveness
evaluation plans for other courses which fulfill the same CORE
requirement.
Departments offering courses for CORE designation during the period
in which effectiveness evaluation plans are being initiated, and
which are accepted for CORE designation by the Core Review
Committee, will join with the other departments offering that CORE
option in planning effectiveness evaluation.
This motion does not include courses submitted for "W" or "O"
designation.
EFFECTIVE: Fall 1997
RATIONALE: The Core Review Committee is charged with
determining which courses shall be included in the CORE
curriculum, and has been appointed oversight of the
Educational Effectiveness Evaluation of the CORE
Curriculum
The Core Review Committee believes that the
Effectiveness Evaluation process will become a
permanent aspect of the committee�s responsibility and
in regard to the future, do not want subsequent Core
Review Committees to have to reinvent the wheel. The
committee feels that the faculty SHOULD begin to
perceive both the CORE and their participation in the
CORE in regard to the Effectiveness Evaluation process;
to share, if you will, the commitment to Evaluation to
which the University is committed.
The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #69 on
February 10, 1997:
MOTION PASSED (unanimous)
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend the Policy on Approval
of Academic Changes to include a spring review cycle deadline
in March. The spring review cycle will include academic and
course changes that do not require UAF Faculty Senate and
Board of Regents approval. Changes in the spring review cycle
will be approved effective the following Fall, however, they
may not be included in the course catalog.
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
Upon Approval of the Chancellor
RATIONALE: Once a year in the fall the Graduate
Curricular Affairs Committee and the Curriculum
Review Committees review numerous requests for
course changes. Currently, this is the only opportunity
for programs to enact changes in their degree program,
add, drop or modify courses. The current deadline
requires all suggestions to be drawn up and submitted
relatively early in the academic year. This may not be
sufficient time for faculty to complete the required
paperwork and to sufficiently consider all the potential
ramifications of a change. In addition, new faculty are
often at a severe disadvantage if they wish to introduce
a new course. Currently, if the fall deadline is missed,
the action must wait an entire academic year before
being considered, thereby delaying any changes for
almost two years from the time the idea originated.
By adding an additional review cycle in the spring,
programs will be able to react more efficiently to
changes, address administrative concerns more
completely, and have an opportunity to optimize their
program in a less hectic manner.
The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #69 on
February 10, 1997:
MOTION PASSED AS AMENDED (unanimous)
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend the UAF Regulations for the
Evaluation of Faculty: Initial Appointment, Annual Review,
Reappointment, Promotion, Tenure, and Sabbatical Leave, Article
IV.B.2. with the additional of a fifth paragraph.
IV. CONSIDERATION OF FACULTY FOR PROMOTION AND TENURE
B. Faculty with Academic Rank
2. (add paragraph 5)
ACCESS TO THE CANDIDATE�S FILE WILL BE LIMITED TO THE
CANDIDATE AND, DURING THE OFFICIAL REVIEW PERIODS
ESTABLISHED BY THE PROVOST, THE APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL AT
EACH REVIEW LEVEL (DEPARTMENT HEAD, PEER COMMITTEE, DEAN
AND/OR DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY-WIDE PROMOTION AND TENURE
COMMITTEE, PROVOST, AND CHANCELLOR, AND INCLUDING STAFF AS
DESIGNATED AT THE LEVEL OF REVIEW).
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
Upon Chancellor Approval
RATIONALE: This paragraph makes explicit current policy
in most of the University. Currently there is no
statement of this policy in UAF Regulations, which has
led to some confusion regarding this issue. On the other
hand, if the file is not a confidential dossier, then
perhaps is it a public document? In any case, access
to these files should be well defined in University
Regulations. The large majority of the University-wide
Promotion and Tenure Committee (by a 9 to 1 vote)
agreed with the above confidentiality policy.
The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #69 on
February 10, 1997:
MOTION PASSED AS AMENDED (unanimous)
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend Section 3 (ARTICLE V:
Committees) of the Bylaws as follows:
(( )) = Deletion
CAPS = Addition
A. An Administrative Committee will be composed of the
chairpersons of all standing SENATE COMMITTEES and OF ALL
permanent Senate Committees EXCEPT THE UNIVERSITY-WIDE
PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE TO
NOMINATE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER AND HONORARY DEGREE
RECIPIENTS.
B. Membership on standing and permanent committees will be for
two years EXCEPT AS NOTED BELOW with the possibility of RE-
APPOINTMENT ((reelection and will be appointed by the
Administrative Committee)). THE INITIAL APPOINTMENT OR RE-
APPOINTMENT IS MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE OR AS
SPECIFIED IN THE DEFINITION OF A PERMANENT COMMITTEE and
((endorsed)) CONFIRMED by the full Senate. Senators are limited to
serving on a maximum of one standing committee at any one time.
TO PROVIDE CONTINUITY, TERMS WILL BE STAGGERED AND AN INITIAL
APPOINTMENT MAY BE MADE FOR ONE OR TWO YEARS AS DETERMINED
BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE BASED ON NEED.
C. Standing committees will be constituted entirely of Senate
members. Permanent committees can be constituted without Senate
members.
D. All permanent and standing committee chairs will be elected
from and by the members of their respective committee and must be
full-time faculty at UAF.
E. The standing and permanent committees of the Senate are:
STANDING
1. The Curricular Affairs Committee will deal with
curricular and academic policy changes on all levels
except the graduate level.
2. ((The Scholarly Activities Committee will deal with
policies concerning research and creative activity.))
((3.)) The Faculty AND SCHOLARLY Affairs Committee will deal
with policies related to workload, appointment,
termination, promotion, tenure, sabbatical leave, ((and))
academic freedom, RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY.
3((4)). The Graduate Curricular Affairs Committee will
include five SENATE members and will be responsible for
the review and approval of graduate courses, curriculum
and graduate degree requirements, and other academic
matters related to instruction and mentoring of graduate
students. The Dean of the Graduate school, ((and the))
Director((s)) of the Library, ((and Admissions and
Records)) THE UNIVERSITY REGISTRAR, and one graduate
student are non-voting ex-officio members.
PERMANENT
1. The University-Wide Promotion and Tenure Committee
will be one member from each school and college.
TERMS OF SERVICE ON THE COMMITTEE WILL BE THREE
YEARS. Members of this committee must hold tenured
senior level appointment at UAF. This committee will
review candidate files for promotion and/or tenure and
will recommend for or against the promotion and/or
tenure of each candidate who presents a file for
consideration by the committee.
2. The Service Committee will be 7 members who represent
the academic community and the general public, with not
less than two members being non-university employees.
The chair must be a faculty member. ((Members' terms
will be staggered to provide continuity.)) This committee
will deal with policies relating to the service mission of
the university and its faculty.
3. The Graduate School Advisory Committee will include
three full-time faculty members appointed by the Senate
President, three full-time faculty members appointed by
the Provost, and one graduate student selected by the
Provost from nominations submitted by the graduate
faculty and student senate. The graduate student must
have completed a minimum of one full year of
attendance at UAF. Each department with a graduate
program is limited to no more than one member. The
Dean of the Graduate School and the President of the
Faculty Senate are ex-officio non-voting members. The
Dean of the Graduate School will convene regular
meetings, and must convene additional meetings if
requested by two members of the committee. The
committee will advise the Dean of the Graduate School
and the Provost on administrative matters pertinent to
the operation and growth of graduate studies at UAF,
including financial and tax-related issues and dealings
with other universities. All recommendations regarding
curricular matters will go to the Graduate Curricular
Affairs Committee and the Faculty Senate for approval.
4. The Developmental Studies Committee will include one
representative from each of the following units:
Northwest Campus, Chukchi Campus, Kuskokwim Campus,
Bristol Bay Campus, Interior-Aleutians Campus; ((the
College of Natural Sciences)) COLLEGE OF SCIENCE,
ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
(BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, GEOLOGY, OR PHYSICS) AND
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT; the COLLEGE OF LIBERAL
ARTS English DEPARTMENT, ((Mathematical Sciences)),
STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES PROGRAM, and Cross
Cultural Communications Department; the
Developmental Studies Division of the College of Rural
Alaska; Rural Student Services; and the Advising Center;
and two representatives from the Tanana Valley Campus.
The Developmental Studies Committee shall consider
policies concerning developmental education: programs,
courses, instructional development, evaluation, and
assessment. This committee will function as a
curriculum council review committee for all
developmental studies courses. Discipline based
developmental courses will be reviewed by the
appropriate college curriculum council before submission
to this committee for review and coordination.
5. The Faculty Development, Assessment and Improvement
Committee will be composed of faculty members and the
Director of Faculty Development. This committee will
deal with faculty and instructional development and
evaluation.
6. The Committee to Nominate Commencement Speaker and
Honorary Degree Recipients will nominate
commencement speakers and candidates for honorary
degrees.
7. The Legislative and Fiscal Affairs Committee will follow
legislative and fiscal issues which may impact faculty
concerns at the university and will act as a faculty
advocate with legislators and candidates.
8. The Faculty Appeals and Oversight Committee shall be
composed of two tenured faculty members, elected from
each college/school and confirmed by the Faculty Senate.
((who shall serve for a two year term. Members' terms
will be staggered to provide continuity.)) This committee
will function as an appeal body for issues of faculty
prerogative, oversee evaluation of academic
administrators, and make recommendations to the
Provost or Chancellor.
Committee members shall constitute a hearing panel pool
to serve as needed on grievance hearing panels.
A promotion/tenure appeals subcommittee composed of
five tenured faculty will hear all promotion and/or
tenure reconsideration requests and report its findings
to the Chancellor according to University of Alaska
Fairbanks Regulations, Section IV,B,4.
F. Any standing or permanent committee may create
subcommittees to assist the committee.
G. The Senate President may create and appoint the
members of any ad hoc committee necessary for conducting
Senate business. Ad hoc committees are subject to later
ratification by the Senate.
H. Committees must forward any legislation which involves
the setting or altering of policy to the full Senate for approval.
Committees which are specifically charged with applying
policy to make decisions may do so without having the Senate
approve those decisions. A review by the full Senate may be
requested by the reviewing Senate committee. A request to the
Senate Administrative Committee for a further Senate review
may also be submitted by individual Senators if the question
has policy implications. THE COMMITTEE CHAIR IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE COMMITTEE�S
MOTION TO THE SENATE AT THE MEETING IN WHICH IT WILL BE
CONSIDERED.
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
Upon Chancellor�s Approval
RATIONALE:
A. The work of the University-wide Promotion and
Tenure Committee and the Committee to Nominate
Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients
is more seasonal than routine and the work is done
largely in executive session for which there can be no
public report. Hence the chairs are much less involved in
the routine work of the Senate.
B. These changes apply the length and staggering of
appointments uniformly to all committees and provide
the mechanism for creating staggered committee
appointments.
E. STANDING, 2 & 3 Scholarly Affairs has done nothing
for three years, yet its reason for being may have some
importance. By combining the two committees, such
matters as may perhaps come up in the future which
would normally be considered by Scholarly Affairs could
be handled by the combined Faculty and Scholarly
Affairs.
E. PERMANENT, 4. Changes in the college structure
and realignment of departments delivering developmental
courses require the name changes and the inclusion of
another program.
H. It is difficult to proceed with a proper discussion
of a motion submitted to the Senate if the committee
chair is not there to provide information on the
committee�s deliberation.
The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #69 on
February 10, 1997:
MOTION PASSED AS AMENDED (unanimous)
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to adopt the following calendar for
its 1997-98 meetings:
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
RATIONALE: Meeting have to be scheduled and the Wood
Center Ballroom reserved well in advance.
UAF FACULTY SENATE
1997-98
Calendar of Meetings
Mtg. # Date Day Time Type
73 9/15/97 Monday 1:30 p.m audioconference
74 10/13/97 Monday 1:30 p.m face-to-face
75 11/10/97 Monday 1:30 p.m audioconference
76 12/8/97 Monday 1:30 p.m face-to-face
77 2/9/98 Monday 1:30 p.m face-to-face
78 3/9/98 Monday 1:30 p.m audioconference
79 4/6/98 Monday 1:30 p.m audioconference
80 5/4/98 Monday 1:30 p.m audioconference/
face-to-face
*Location: Wood Center Ballroom
FALL:
Orientation for New Students - Sunday-Wednesday, August 30-
September 3, 1997
Labor Day - Monday, September 1, 1997
Registration/Course Selection - Tuesday-Wednesday, September 2-
3, 1997
First Day of Instruction - Thursday, September 4, 1997
Thanksgiving Holiday- Thursday-Friday, November 27-28, 1997
Last Day of Instruction - Friday, December 12, 1997
Final Examinations - Monday-Thursday, December 15-18, 1997
Winter Closure - December 25, 1997-January 4, 1998
SPRING:
Orientation for New Students - Monday-Tuesday, January 12-13,
1998
Registration/Course Selection - Tuesday-Wednesday, January 13-14,
1998
First Day of Class - Thursday, January 15, 1998
Alaska Civil Rights Day (no classes) - Monday, January 19, 1998
Spring Break - Monday-Sunday, March 16-22, 1998
Last Day of Instruction - Friday, May 1, 1998
Final Examinations - Monday-Thursday, May 4-7, 1998
The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #69 on
February 10, 1997:
MOTION PASSED
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to conduct the first half of the last
meeting of each year by audioconference and conduct the second half
of the meeting face-to-face.
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
RATIONALE: The first half of the meeting is conducted by
the outgoing Senate and the second half is conducted by
the new Senate. Holding the meeting is such a manner
will reduce the cost of travel for units with outgoing
members and still allow new members to meet face-to-
face.
The UAF Faculty Senate passed the following at its Meeting #69 on
February 10, 1997:
MOTION TABLED (17 yes, 7 nays)
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to RE-AFFIRM its position on salary/
compensation, locus of tenure, and post-tenure review as expressed
in the following motions passed at UAF Senate meetings #56 and
#63 with the further understanding that the position on post-tenure
review articulates the preliminaries of a formative, rather than a
summative, policy which is to be linked to faculty development.
In so moving, the UAF Faculty Senate directs that these policy
statements be transmitted to the appropriate committees of United
Academics currently working on the contract proposal to be
negotiated with the University of Alaska administration, the intent
of this transmittal being that these Senate policy statements be
incorporated in the contract proposal.
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
RATIONALE: The motion is presented in the spirit of
solidarity and cooperation with United Academics
concerning mandatory items of collective bargaining.
United Academics committees are currently working on
contract language and stand to benefit from the work of
the UAF Faculty Senate insofar as it has spoken to these
specific mandatory items of collective bargaining. The
motion, furthermore, directly responds to Lawrence Weiss�
memo to D. Lynch and P. Slattery of 2/2/97 inviting
�substantial contribution to the contract proposal.�
Moreover, the UAF Faculty Senate reserves it right to
pronounce on policy recommendations pertinent to faculty
affairs, this consistent with AAUP's "Statement on
Academic Government for Institutions Engaged in Collective
Bargaining", in particular that "Collective bargaining should
not replace, but rather should ensure, effective traditional
forms of shared governance...Collective bargaining should
ensure institutional policies and procedures that provide
access for all faculty to participation in shared governance.
Employed in this way, collective bargaining complements
and supports structures of shared governance consistent
with the "Statement on Government."
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