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Introductory Remarks/Announcements: |
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None.
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Approval of Minutes |
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Minutes of the August 21, 2007 Executive Committee meeting were approved
and posted. Minutes of the April 17, 2007 meeting are still not yet available to approve.
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New Business |
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I. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS |
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Academic Programs Committee - Arturo Sanchez |
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The Committee met on September 6. It considered 25 APCs and has submitted these as agenda items today. The Committee has one information item in addition to the APC agenda items. The Committee is still working with ITS to automate the workflow for APCs. The online forms program is planned to be issued in three parts with the final release scheduled for 2008. |
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Academic Standards Committee - Marcia Lamkin |
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The Committee has one agenda item. It involves the distribution of the Academic Appeals Committee’s recommendation to all parties before the Provost makes the final decision. Parties will be notified after the Provost has made the final decision. |
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Adjunct Affairs Committee - Joe Flowers |
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No report. |
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Budget Advisory Committee - Jeffery Harrison |
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The Committee has one information item concerning its perceptions of its review of the State University Undergraduate Performance Model and a separate hybrid BOG document addressing the same issue. One model excluded non-Florida students from the calculations. The original model was based on student retention and graduation rates, and failed to recognize working students, among other differences of commuter schools like UNF. Rewarding the speed of graduation would encourage UNF to admit only the top students. UNF’s graduation and retention rates exceed those other state commuter schools. The Budget Committee believes the models are flawed and that a separate model should be used for each school. The Committee endorsed a proposed tracking model which hopefully will help students graduate more quickly. The Committee also supported the awarding of scholarships to need and merit-based for the same reasons.
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Campus Technology Committee – Judy Solano for Katharine Brown |
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No report. |
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Faculty Affairs Committee - Chris Rasche |
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The Committee has one agenda item concerning the required student evaluations of courses. The Committee recommends that the Union address online student evaluations as part of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, specifically addressing what is considered a reasonable rate of response for annual evaluations and the P&T process.
The Committee also discussed the Spring academic administrator evaluations completed by Faculty. The exact same questions were asked for each of three administrators even though their jobs differ and faculty know less about the performance of the VPs and Dean compared to their knowledge of their respective departmental chairs. Some other schools are outsourcing the evaluation of administrator. This issue will turn it over to the Executive Committee to be addressed next month, along with a letter it drafted to President Delaney. Faculty would like to have the opportunity to evaluate the President as well, and will address this at some point in the future. |
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Faculty Enhancement Committee -
Gordon Rakita |
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The Faculty Enhancement Committee has no agenda items. The Faculty Enhancement OFE Search Committee for the new OFE director recommended a candidate to David Jaffee who extended the offer. The offer was turned down by the candidate. The chair of the search committee, Rick Chant, will meet with David Jaffee to discuss this new week. The Committee is concerned about having an interim director of OFE and has mentioned this to David Jaffee. |
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Nominations and Elections Committee - Robert Frankel |
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The Committee has one information item concerning the upcoming election of the N&E committee members. |
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Research Committee - Kathaleen Bloom |
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The application process for summer research grants is now open. |
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Strategic Planning Committee - Yemisi Bolumole |
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The Committee is concerned about its role. The administration has put together a task force to examine UNF's mission. It was initially formed without having the chair of Strategic Planning as a member. Since that time, Yemisi has been invited to be part of this task force thanks to Chip arranging this. This appointment will give the Committee an outlet to relay the results of the information sessions that the committee offered last year among other issues. |
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Support Services Committee -
Adel El-Safty |
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The Committee has a list of speakers it intends to invite to speak. The Committee has no agenda items today. |
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Executive Committee - Katherine Robinson |
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The next Executive Committee Meeting is Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at 12:15pm. |
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Association President– Chip Klostermeyer |
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No report.
The Executive Committee discussed a concern that departmental bylaws have not been approved by the Administration/Union. Faculty are unsure which bylaws to follow for P&T purposes.
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Adjournment & Next Meeting |
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The meeting adjourned at 1:17 PM.
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Next Association Meeting:
Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 12:15 p.m. in Schultz Hall 9/1421 |
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Next Executive Committee Meeting:
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at 12:15 p.m. in the FA Conference Room, Honors Hall
(Building 10), Room 1130 |
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Respectfully submitted,
Diane Tanner, Acting Secretary |
