UNIVERSITY SENATE MINUTES
February 10, 1997
The University Senate met at 3:30 p.m. in Rooms 335-336 of the Memorial Union
with Dr. D. R. Miller presiding and the following members present: Aktosun,
Balachandran, Bierwagen, M. Brown, Buxton, A. Cattanach, V. Clark, Collins,
K. Cummings, A. Fischer, Garrison, Grafton, M. Hansen, Hellevang, Homen,
Khan, Kostecki, Krishnan, J. Lorenzen, H. R. Lund, R. M. Nelson, R. O'Connor,
F. Patterson, Riley, Sarabakhsh, R. C. Schnell, Sibi, W. Slanger, Soloviev,
Srivastava, Terbizan, Uebel, D. White, Wiesenborn, R. Williams, W. Wilson,
Youngs, R. E. Allen, J. Fossum, Guenther, V. Lorenz, M. Mueller, Stengl,
W. D. Thweatt, and S. J. Ziegler.
Substitutes: D. Galitz for McCourt, R. Sparks for Meinhardt, Shelver for
C. D. Peterson, and M. Hubbard for J. Isaacson.
Previous Minutes
MOTION (M. Hubbard/Guenther): to approve the minutes of January 13, 1997,
with the following corrections: The Faculty Lectureship will be on March
24, 1997, and Dr. Kendall Nygard should have been credited as the first
president of the Council of College Faculties. MOTION CARRIED.
General Announcements
1. Salary Projections
R. C. Schnell, Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, announced that
a 3% increase for salaries is anticipated to be available. Across-the-board
salary increases will be based on satisfactory performance. Salary adjustment
recommendations are to be based on performance and equity.
Recommendations for performance adjustments will need to be accompanied by
documentation based on a performance review. Equity adjustments will be
derived from data base surveys, information from professional associations,
and job descriptions.
Input from a variety of sources will be requested to identify principles
or guidelines for use in determining the parameters for salary adjustment
recommendations. In addition, a common format will be established.
2. Legislation
R. C. Schnell reported that a proposed set of amendments to the higher
education 1997-1999 budget appropriation includes granting the university
system all salary dollars in a lump-sum payment. Stipulated is that all
of the institutions must receive some of the allocation.
R. C. Schnell reported that NDSU does not have an official position on
SCR 4010, which is an amendment to remove references to the names, locations,
and missions of institutions of higher education from the constitution.
R. C. Schnell reported that the atmosphere of the Senate hearings held in
January were amiable and supportive.
3. PPRC Proposals
R. C. Schnell reported that the Planning, Priorities, and Resources Committee
(PPRC) priorities for funding opportunities will be outreach and technology.
The deadline for proposals is March 21, 1997.
4. Joint Meeting of Senate Executive Committees
D. R. Miller, presiding officer, reported that university, staff, and student
senate executive committees held a joint meeting last week.
5. Next Meeting Reminder
D. R. Miller reminded senators of a location change for the next University
Senate meeting scheduled as follows:
March 17, 1997
3:30 p.m.
122 Family Life Center
6. Upcoming Elections
D. R. Miller reminded senators that elections are held in the spring for
replacement members on the Standing Committee on Faculty Rights and the
Council of College Faculties. He encouraged everyone to forward their
nominations for candidates to be included on the ballot.
Committee Reports
1. General Education
The General Education committee sent an informational memo, dated February
10, 1997, to all academic deans and department chairs regarding capstone
courses. (A copy of the memo is shown in Attachment 1.)
2. Academic Affairs
MOTION (Garrison/Terbizan): to approve the following change in course numbers:
Dept. From To Title Crs.
HPER 220 300 Aquatics in Physical Education 1
HPER 300 220 Lifeguard Training 2
MOTION CARRIED.
3. Library Committee
Donald Galitz presented the Library Committee report on recovered indirect
costs (shown in Attachment 2). He called attention to the indirect cost
audit. He noted that because grants vary, fund amounts also vary. Based
on the findings, the committee concluded that the Library appears to be
supported by recovered indirect costs at or above the percentage specified
by the audit process.
4. Ad hoc Committee on Faculty Senate
A report from the ad hoc Committee on Faculty Senate will be presented at
a future meeting.
New Business
1. NDSU ListServe
MOTION (R. Williams/Sarabakhsh): to establish a listserve for members of
the University Senate and NDSU representatives on the Council of College
Faculties.
Discussion included a reminder that comments made on a listserve are available
to everyone on the list. Also, North Dakota is an open records state, so
requests to review stored material would be honored.
MOTION CARRIED.
2. Council of College Faculties
R. Harrold reviewed items discussed at the Council of College Faculties (CCF)
meeting on February 7, 1997. Topics included the following:
a. The State of the Faculty Conference held at UND was well received.
Future meeting sites:
1997 - Bismarck State College (assisted by other two-year institutions)
1998 - Dickinson State University
1999 - Eastern part of the state (Does NDSU wish to host?)
b. The new format for contracts was discussed (to comply with SBHE Policy
#605.1). (NDSCS is including a 5-year professional development plan.)
c. Marie Mohler (Faculty Compensation Committee, MiSU) is drafting a letter
supporting increased compensation to be sent to all legislators.
Kay Fulp (faculty representative to the SBHE, NDSCS) has drafted a letter
to be sent to the editors of all newspapers in North Dakota. This letter
(shown in Attachment 3) supports faculty involvement in addressing issues
raised in the Bush Report (Partners in Progress: The Next Steps).
d. Future versions of CCF minutes (in corrected draft form) will be posted
electronically on the ND-FACULTY listserve and may be re-posted on faculty
e-mail lists for each campus.
e. CCF and the Faculty Compensation Committee will meet with SBHE members
in Bismarck on February 20, 1997, from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Issues:
ø Increased communication - Barbara Laman, DSU, discussion leader
ø Compensation (salaries, developmental leave, professional growth)
- Marie Mohler, MiSU
ø Bush Report - Elizabeth Hampsten, UND
ø Distance education/IVN/Western Governor's University/Dual Credit
- Paul Bodmer, BSC
f. A motion "strongly supporting" discipline-based meetings to discuss common
course numbering, with meetings to be funded by the SBHE was passed.
(These discussions could expand to include common course content for
courses with common numbers within a discipline.)
g. HB 1034 was discussed with some concern over micromanagement issues and
was compared to the experience with a common motor pool. (HB 1034 expands
responsibilities of the Information Services Division to include the
development of statewide information technology policies, standards,
and guidelines. Higher education is exempt.)
3. NDUS "Partners in Progress: The Next Steps" (Bush Report) Access
The ND University System document "Partners in Progress: The Next Steps,"
commonly called the Bush Report, may be accessed with the following address:
http://www.nodak.edu/partners/
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4. Fall 1996 Graduates
MOTION (Guenther/W. D. Thweatt): to approve the Fall 1996 graduates as listed
in Attachment 4. MOTION CARRIED.
Adjournment
MOTION (Stengl/V. Lorenz): to adjourn. MOTION CARRIED. The meeting
adjourned at 4:16 p.m.
Alberta M. Dobry, Ph.D.
Secretary
