Minutes of the Faculty Senate | Faculty Senate | SIU

Meeting convened at 1:01 p.m. by Peggy Stockdale, President.

ROLL CALL

Members present: James S. Allen, Mark A. Amos, Gary Apgar, Terry Clark, Brad Colwell (for Spyros Tragoudas, ex officio), Jon D. Davey, Paula K. Davis, Lisabeth DiLalla, Stephen D. Ebbs, Carl R. Flowers, Samuel Goldman (ex officio), Philip C. Howze, H. Randy Hughes, Kathryn A. Hytten, Sanjeev Kumar, Mary E. Lamb, Douglas W. Lind, John D. McIntyre, Aldo D. Migone, Don Rice (ex officio), Thomas A. Shaw, Pamela A. Smoot, Gerald R. Spittler, Peggy Stockdale, Rebecca J. Weston, Matt R. Whiles, John R. Winings, Kay M. Zivkovich.

Members absent: Allan Karnes (ex officio), Russ Trimble (ex officio).

Members absent without proxy: Edward J. Alfrey, Joseph Brown, Peter Borgia, Maureen D. Francis, David A. Lightfoot, Lori Merrill-Fink, R. William Rowley, Mohammad R. Sayeh.

Visitors and guests: David Carlson (Library Affairs), Joan Davis (Allied Health), Cathy Mogharreban (Curriculum and Instruction), Thomas Tarter (Surgery), Greg White (Management).

REPORTS

1. P. Stockdale presented her final report (see appendix 1)

2. P. Stockdale welcomed Chancellor Goldman to the Senate meeting. Chancellor Goldman expressed appreciation for being invited to attend, noting he plans to continue attending the meetings. He discussed the difficult issues facing the University, including lack of funding by the state and the possibility of budget sweeps among state agencies. If university budgets are swept, the University will lose its 2% contingency fund. The hope is that is all the state will take. If it is not, he assured the Senate that any decisions he makes will be transparent. Chancellor Goldman also discussed his goals, with priority one being enrollment and retention. He indicated that the numbers are going up, and he believes there are things faculty and staff can do internally to help with recruitment. He plans to provide resources to those colleges that will give him a pledge card stating they will recruit and deliver "x" number of qualified new students. He believes in community, and that everyone needs to pull together to help solve the problems facing the University. He commented his window of opportunity is short, and he has a long agenda.

QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION

1. P. Howze asked Chancellor Goldman if there will be a State of the University address this term. Chancellor Goldman responded he will likely address the University at the beginning of the fall semester. His hope is that by that time, he will be able to point to some improvements that have been made.

2. P. Stockdale commented that when Chancellor Goldman mentioned providing resources to departments [recruiting new students], she assumes he means that faculty will be added to those departments. She asked if it is necessary to reallocate resources from elsewhere [to a department with critical mass] if the students from that department can make it up. Chancellor Goldman expressed the hope that if there are enough new students, there will be enough new tuition to pay for some [additional faculty]. He stressed he is not looking for position control; however, this issue must be faced, and it may take a little persuasion. He has no desire to dislocate what is going on in the University (i.e., pushing in one place at the loss of another).

3. M. Lamb indicated that a prominent administrator in enrollment informed the UEPC that the list of students from John A. Logan College was too difficult to obtain in order to send a personal invitation to them to apply to SIU. Her impression from that statement was that the University is not actively, aggressively, and specifically doing everything possible to recruit students from JALC and even Rend Lake. She asked if there was some way to make that a priority. Chancellor Goldman responded that he met with Assistant Vice Chancellor Victoria Valle and has planned some reorganization with respect to recruitment. V. Valle will be establishing a group consisting of those who are involved with recruiting. They will be aggressive in raising the numbers of transfer students, [particularly at] the nine community colleges at which SIU has offices. He [and V. Valle] would like to meet with the Executive Council of the Faculty Senate and lay out their plan for recruitment.

4. C. Mogharreban commented that [her department] is working with several of the community colleges that want to offer students an opportunity to transfer to SIU, but want SIU to offer its programs on their campuses. She asked if that fit into Chancellor Goldman's vision of recruitment of new students. Chancellor Goldman responded that community colleges have become very aggressive in recruiting students and are working toward and many already have--four-year programs on their campuses. This is an issue the IBHE has to handle. He believes that once the University stabilizes its enrollment, [the issue of offering programs on community college campuses] can be examined further. The ultimate goal is to be able to provide the resources SIU needs to accomplish its mission and the goals of Southern at 150.

REPORTS (cont.)

3. Provost Rice reported that the search for dean of MCMA is ongoing and candidates are on campus this week and next. Candidates for director of the Honors Program are currently being interviewed. Before the end of spring semester, two other administrative searches Law and Engineering--will be initiated that will carry over to the next academic year. The School of Law would like to begin its search shortly after the term ends, with an end date by early fall. The search committee for a permanent dean for the College of Engineering will meet before the end of the semester to review the position description and ad copies and set a timeline. Their goal is to have the advertising out late in the summer so that the applicant pool will be building while they go through their ABET accreditation.

J. Allen asked about administrative searches for chancellor and provost. Chancellor Goldman responded that, as far as he knows, no decisions have been made as yet; however, he has been asked to stay through the University's accreditation process. He indicated he would press for dates for the [provost search].

FACULTY STATUS AND WELFARE COMMITTEE -- G. Apgar, Chair

1. G. Apgar presented for approval the revised Resolution Opposing the Offering of Four-Year Degrees at Community Colleges (included as Attachment A to the Agenda). P. Stockdale pointed out the first "resolved" indicates the Senate strongly opposes community colleges granting four year degrees; however, that does not preclude institutions such as SIU from offering degree completion programs at community colleges such as Lake County. Translated, the resolved is saying the Senate does not want John A. Logan to get into the business of offering a degree, although it does not stop Mid-Continent from doing so. G. Apgar responded that, unfortunately, it is a gray area, and one cannot really be addressed without the other. P. Stockdale asked if it would make more sense for the Chancellor to address the issue. Chancellor Goldman responded that the issue is not Carbondale's alone; Edwardsville is facing the same problem. P. Stockdale commented that community colleges wanting to offer degree completion programs should be working with accredited, in-state public universities. G. Apgar responded that, according to A. Karnes, the IBHE has no hard and fast rules regarding accreditation in the state. To use A. Karnes' terminology, "if they ring the right bell," then they get passed and are able to grant four year degrees. He suggested that may be where to aim--get the faculty senates of all institutions in the state on board to address the issue with the IBHE. Chancellor Goldman agreed if that happened, then the IBHE may listen. He pointed out that universities are held accountable in this state, but community colleges are not. IBHE needs to either hold them accountable or get them out; it is an unfair match. P. Stockdale indicated there is a Council of Illinois University Senates that represents the public universities. This might be an issue they could rally around, although she was unsure to whom such a statement would go, other than perhaps the press. Chancellor Goldman suggested sending it to the Governor urging him to do something because he appoints the IBHE.

Resolution was approved on a voice vote.

2. G. Apgar presented the committee's final report (included as Attachment B to the Agenda).

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES -- S. Kumar, Chair

1. S. Kumar reported the committee received a request for nominees for the Search Committee for Dean of the College of Engineering. The committee approved sending forth the names of Phillip Howze (Library Affairs) and Aldo Migone (Physics); one will be selected by the Provost to serve.

2. S. Kumar presented the committee's final report (included as Attachment C to the Agenda). He thanked all members of his committee, including Rob Benford and Peggy Stockdale, who also served on the committee during the year.

BUDGET COMMITTEE -- T. Clark, Chair

T. Clark reported the committee is continuing to examine the issue of in-state tuition and has talked to a number of people on campus. They are beginning to write a report, which will be forthcoming sometime over the summer. T. Clark noted he has not yet submitted his final report but will do so soon. He also reported that the chair of the Budget Committee also sits on the Chancellor's Planning and Budget Advisory Committee. It is an interesting committee, and as of yesterday, the budget has been zeroed out as opposed to being $2.7 million in the red over the previous weeks. T. Clark also reported that incoming freshmen are up 144, which is very encouraging after years of declining or flat numbers.

S. Ebbs commented that he had heard there is an institution that is essentially treating out-of-state students as in-state students and calling it a scholarship if they meet certain admission requirements. He believes it is also targeted to recruiting for the middle to the upper echelon. He questioned whether this would be another avenue in terms of the out-of-state tuition as a way of changing or repackaging the idea of "in" versus "out." T. Clark responded that there is a policy constraint in that [universities] have a 3% cap on what are called waivers. If they go above that, the state views it as using state revenue to recruit out-of-state students, and they will reduce the institutions' base budgets by that amount. Provost Rice noted the waivers do not count for foreign nationals. T. Clark added that there are some exceptions for gender as well.

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE -- M.Amos, Chair

M. Amos presented the committee's final report (included as Attachment E to the Agenda) and thanked committee members for their service over the past year.

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION POLICY COMMITTEE -- P. Smoot, Chair

1. J. Allen (for P. Smoot) reported that the committee has a resolution to bring forth for consideration. He asked for a waiver of the five-day rule so that the Senate could consider and vote on the resolution. G. Spittler so moved; seconded by P. Howze.

Motion to waive the five-day rule carried on a voice vote.

J. Allen presented for approval the Resolution to Recommend Approval of the RME to Change Specializations for the Bachelor of Science Degree in Management, College of Business. He reported there is a shift in attention to interdisciplinary opportunities for management students that the committee sees as a wonderful opportunity for those students. It is a fairly complicated set of modifications to the undergraduate specializations in Management, though it is all laid out in the "resolved." He believes this is an exciting opportunity insofar as it draws on the expertise and course participation of two other departments Psychology (Liberal Arts) and Allied Health (Applied Sciences and Arts). P. Stockdale offered a friendly amendment to the fourth "whereas," which currently states, "the Department of Management, having no expertise in personnel management...." She did not believe this to be the case; rather, what they are asking for is more faculty expertise to join in this endeavor. After brief discussion on how the wording should be revised, M. Amos suggested simply adding the words, "seeking additional expertise." The whereas would then read: WHEREAS the Department of Management, seeking additional expertise in personnel management and management healthcare enterprises to offer all of the required courses, has joined forces with the Department of Psychology (College of Liberal Arts) and the School of Allied Health (College of Applied Sciences and Arts)....

P. Howze reminded Senators that the College of Business has enjoyed positive resolutions from the Senate before, as well as a vote of the Board of Trustees for its bid for differential tuition. He expressed support for the RME.

Resolution was approved, as amended, on a voice vote. [see appendix 2]

2. J. Allen (for P. Smoot) presented the committee's final report (included as Attachment F to the Agenda). He thanked P. Smoot for her leadership of the committee during the course of this academic year.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 2:05 p.m.