NUMBER 4
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE
ISLAND
Kingston, Rhode
Island
FACULTY SENATE
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of the Faculty Senate on
Thursday December 12, 2002 in the Cherry Auditorium, Chester Kirk
Building
1. Call to order at 3:00 p.m.
Please note that prior to the
call to order there will be a brief meeting of the General Faculty
for the purpose of approving certification of candidates for
degrees.
2. Disposition of Minutes of Faculty Senate
Meeting #3, November 21, 2002 (attached).
3.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A. Announcements.
B. Activities of the Executive Committee
(Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings #9, #10, and #11 attached
pp. 3-10) -- Vice Chairperson Hollinshead.
C. Recommendations of the Executive Committee
-- Vice Chairperson Hollinshead:
1) That the Faculty Senate approve
the URI World Wide Web Policy as it appears at http://www.uri.edu/home/help/www/web_policy.html with the understanding that the following amendment
procedure will apply:
Modifications to this web policy
shall be submitted to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee. If the
Faculty Senate Executive Committee determines that the matter does
not fall under Faculty Senate jurisdiction the Vice Provost for
Information Services shall be informed of this determination, and the
changes shall become effective upon approval by the President. If the
Faculty Senate Executive Committee determines that the changes do
require Faculty Senate approval, the matter shall be presented to the
Faculty Senate for action.
(The cover of Policy #02-1 "University of
Rhode Island World Wide Web Policy" to be included in Appendix G of
the UNIVERSITY MANUAL is attached pp. 11-12).
2) That the Faculty Senate approve the revised
Policy on the Protection of Human Subjects and delegate the authority
to make changes that are discretionary in nature to the Institutional
Review Board (IRB). (Policy #84-2 "Protection of Human Subjects"
attached pp. 13-14)
4. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT -- President
Carothers.
A. Status of Actions Forwarded to
the President.
B. Announcements.
5.
REPORTS OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
A. The Four Hundred Eighth Report
of the Curricular Affairs Committee (attached pp. 15-18) -- Senator Kaufman.
B. Curricular Report No. 2002-2003-4 from the
Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate (attached p. 19) -- Vice Provost Trubatch.
C. Interim Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on
Admissions Policy (oral) -- Professor Kahn
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7. NEW BUSINESS
A. Discussion of the role and cost
of athletics at the University.
B. Discussion of the role and financing of the
University Library.
C. Discussion of the concept of shared
governance at the University and what might be done to enable it to
work more effectively.