The meeting was called to order at 12:19 pm by Chip Klostermeyer.

A motion to approve the minutes was made by Kathy Robinson.
The minutes were approved.

Elections are underway and will continue after the meeting today under 4 p.m. and then Friday from 9 to 1:30 pm in the Faculty Commons.

From Pam Chally: The Department of Mental Health Counseling will transfer to BCH from COAS. The current director of rehab counseling is retiring. The BCH will return this line to the University. The program will be on hiatus for a short time. A public hearing will be held and announced later on the program.

The Committee met today and approved several APCs. They also have a few items on today’s agenda. It is providing feedback to ITS about the online APC Workflow project. The Committee will meet again on May 1.

The Committee has one item on the agenda and one information item in the packet. The next meeting is Friday, April 11 at 10 AM instead of April 4.

No report.

Chip Klostermeyer and Jeffery Harrison are sitting on the University’s budget committee which meets every Friday. President Delaney sent an email this past week. The good news is that the budget is not as bad as what was expected. There will be significant cuts for the summer term. Senior level courses are trying to be protected so students can graduate.
The current cuts going through the Legislature now are a half percent cut at the House level and a 1.6% cut in the Senate level. The post election in November could include call backs. The Legislature has a 6% tuition increase in the budget. Rumors have it that Crist may veto it. Even if the Governor vetoes it, there is a statutory requirement for a 4.2% increase. There will be a 500 FTE reduction in enrollment at UNF to offer fewer courses.

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The Committee has one information item on today’s agenda relating to how to get a better email address. There will be a presentation by Rhonda Mitchell and Jason Ottie to show the changes in VISTA and Office 2007. Faculty must RSVP to CIRT to attend. CTC supported a recommendation from Jeff Durfee in ITS to move to a stronger password system. Everyone will be forced to move to a 15 character password when their current password expires in the summer. The change is due to ease the possibility of cracking passwords that have less than 14 characters or less. Information will be sent out by ITS soon. CIRT will send out a faculty technology survey will appear soon and a response will be appreciated. CTC will meet again on April 28.

The Committee met on March 4 and discussed how to revise the academic misconduct process. There are two goals in this process: 1) To make sure the process for handling these will be not procedural onerous, and 2) to keep the process a peer review system. The Committee also wants to protect the accused if falsely accused, and to protect the University against those who commit misconduct. The Committee will meet again on April 11, at 1:45 p.m. in 15/3004.

Applications for the Summer Course Redesign Workshop are due on April 4. OFE has started a Faculty Enhancement blog. On April 3, there will be a presentation by the Safety Director of Jacksonville Community Council. The Committee will meet again on April 7, at noon, in the OFE library.

Don’t forget to vote today.

The Committee met on March 24 with Marianne Jaffee on the research grant process. The next meeting is scheduled for April 21 with Dr. Ebong.

The Committee met on March 14 to go over the revised UNF Mission and Vision statement completed by Provost’s task force. The Committee will meet with President Delaney as a follow up on April 18 at 2 PM.

The Committee will meet on April 23 with Cynthia Battie-Nyquist, the chair of the UNF Safety Council who will discuss security and safety on campus.

Executive Committee - Katherine Robinson

The Committee met on Tuesday, April 15 at 12:15 in FA Meeting Room to set the agenda for this meeting.

From Chip Klostermeyer:
Based on a conversation with President Delaney, the current budget coming out of Tallahassee may not reflect reality. The Governance bill was passed in the Senate to restructure the SUS governance system.
From Judy Solano: The Legislature recently appointed a new member of the BOG who opposes the BOG.
From Chip Klostermeyer: The Legislature feels they have complete authority to set tuition and that the BOG should be answerable to the voters, which is hypocritical in that the Legislature seems to feel our elected county commissioners should not be answerable to voters for their property taxes.
From Judy Solano: One senator who supported the Governance bill said he doesn’t know what it means and did not understand it, but he would vote for it.

From Chip Klostermeyer: The Auditor’s report from the State concerning the audit of UNF. One recommendation concerning faculty stated that there should be documentation for faculty payroll…in other words, timesheets. A section finding criticized that faculty don’t fill out FARs.
From Shari Shuman: UNF’s response back to the Auditors was that UNF does not agree, and that faculty are monitored by their supervisors. The response to the FARs by UNF was that they are being filled out but just not timely.
Question from Kathy Robinson: Is electronic signature available for FARs?
Response by Judy Solano: That feature is not available here at UNF yet. A group of chairs has pushed for electronic signatures and we are moving in that direction.

United Faculty of Florida – Vicky Stanton for Henry Thomas
The elections for P&T and Sabbatical selection committees will be held from 10 to 4 next Wednesday. Nominees for the P&T committee must be in-unit and tenure earning and tenured for the Sabbatical Selection Committee. A new committee for Professional Development Leave is for instructors and librarians.
UFF will hold a membership dinner on April 10 at 6:30 PM. It is free to all dues paying UFF members. Spouses are welcome. There will be a small charge for non members. UFF is following the State budget situation.

Question from Pam Zeiser:
Is Information Item 1 the student or faculty academic misconduct policy?
Response from Chip Klostermeyer : Student.
Question from Pam Zeiser:
Concerning the revised Academic Misconduct Reporting form…Who can check if a student has academic misconduct in the past?
Response from Judy Solano: Chairs and Deans can respond to a question from a faculty member about whether a first time occurrence has incurred or a history exists for a particular student.

Question from Larry Daniel: Is it possible that Academic Affairs or the Faculty Association can revisit the policy regarding activities on the green? Faculty that have classes near the green have been advised, but offices near the green have not being advised at all. The current policy does not adequately inform all those who may be affected.
Response from Chip Klostermeyer: There is an existing policy. Requests should be made. An improved notification would be helpful. Chip will contact Student Affairs.
Cynthia Jordan: The noise can be heard in the Library as well.

Anonymous Comment to Research Committee: There is a concern about bias in the awarding of summer research grants towards hard sciences away from social sciences and humanities. Chip will forward this to the Research Committee.

Agenda Item# 1 - FA 08-15: Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee
College of Arts and Sciences
Undergraduate – Biology (APC 1 & 3 – 2 items)
Graduate – Biology (APC 1&3 – 4 items)

Item was moved by Arturo Sάnchez-Ruỉz
The item passed.

Agenda Item# 2 - FA 08-16: Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee
Coggin College of Business
Undergraduate – Accounting and Finance (APC 1– 1 item)

Item was moved by Arturo Sάnchez-Ruỉz
The item passed.

Agenda Item# 3 - FA 08-17: Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee
College of Education and Human Services
Undergraduate – Childhood Education (APC 1, 2, & 3 – 4 items)
Undergraduate – Exceptional Student & Deaf Education (APC 2 – 12 items)

Item was moved by Arturo Sάnchez-Ruỉz

Question/comment from Mike Smith (COEHS) concerned item 07/08-344 EDG 4XXX: Mike Smith teaches art education in foundations of secondary education and is speaking against this item. Faculty who submitted the APC together are not qualified to teach the course. The APC forms also state that no new resources will be needed to teach these courses. When at least two and sometimes three sections will be needed every semester, if the proposed instructors are released to teach this course, other faculty will be required to teach other courses. Mike Smith believes that this item should be sent back so to resolve resource and faculty concerns be resolved.

From Candace Carter: They stated they are qualified to teach these courses, and they have terminal degrees. They have good reason to believe that the State will require elementary majors to have a special education course in their program. A new course covering combined music and art was needed to cover this.

From Judy Solano: Judy made a motion to divide this item into 2 APCs – separating item 07/08-344 from items 345, 346, and 347. The motion was seconded.

Motion to separate the items passed.

Continued discussion for item 07/08-344:

Question from Debra Murphy: What does a terminal degree in the arts mean---visual arts, or language art?
           Response from Mike Smith: A terminal degree in art education is a PhD in art education. A            terminal degree in music education is a PhD in music education.
           Response: A terminal degree in art for undergraduate courses is a master’s degree.

Question from Debra Murphy: Are other universities in the state combining their courses?
UF has had their course combined for last 8 to 10 years. UCF has had their program combined for a  few years.

Question from Tayeb Guima: Are Dr. Smith and these two ladies in the same department?
Response from Mike Smith: No. The reorganization split them into separate units.

Question from Chris Rasche: Is the question over course merits or the resources available to teach the course?
Response from Mike Smith: The objection is two issues. The faculty are not qualified (resource issue), and COEHS created this course to make room for other courses.

Clarification from Chris Rasche: Is the primary issue that the resources do not exist in the department to teach the course?
Response from Mike Smith: Yes. And lack of qualified faculty are problem also.
Response from Larry Daniels: He respectively disagrees and thinks he has qualified faculty in the Department of Childhood Education. Faculty also extended an invitation to be involved in the course development. He welcomes Mike Smith’s input in the future planning of this course.
Response from Mike Smith: He was not involved in the development of the new course. The APC form was signed by the Dean under the impression that he had been consulted.
Response from Larry Daniels: He asked the question of whether the other faculty had been consulted and he was told the course had not been completed planned. Dr. Carter from the CE department extended opportunities to participate. As the course is rolled out over the next few months, Dr. Smith will be involved with this.

Chris Rasche comment: Because it sounds as if there is some disagreement, a motion is made to send it back to APC committee. Seconded by Tayeb Guima.

Comment from Arturo Sάnchez-Ruỉz: Discussions such as this should have taken place in other parts of the APC process before it gets to the Association floor. APC meetings are open to all and are the best forum for discussions, and there should be plenty of discussion prior to getting this point.

Comment from Len Roberson: As chair of the UG APC committee in his college, public meetings are held and opportunity to participate exists.

Item passed to be sent back to committee.

Motion by Kathy Brown to send the other three items (07/08-345, 346, and 347) back to committee since without 07/08-344, they don’t make a lot of sense.

A friendly amendment was accepted and 344, 345, 346, and 347 will be sent back.

Motion made by Arturo Sάnchez-Ruỉz for items 07/08-332 to 343.

Question from Judy Solano: Will these require new faculty and new resources?
Response from Candace Carter: No.

Item passed the forms of the Exceptional Student and Deaf Education..

Agenda Item# 4 - FA 08-18: Submitted by the Academic Programs Committee
Brooks College of Health
   Undergraduate – Public Health (APC 3 – 2 items)
   Undergraduate – School of Nursing (APC 2 – 1 item)
   Graduate – School of Nursing (APC 2 – 1 item)  

Motion made by Arturo Sάnchez-Ruỉz.
Item passed.

Agenda Item# 5 - FA 08-19: Submitted by the Academic Standards Committee
“Satisfactory Academic Progress” from The Graduate School

Item moved by Judy Solano.
Item passed.

Chip Klostermeyer adjourned the meeting at 1:12 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

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Diane Tanner , Acting Secretary