NUMBER 3
UNIVERSITY
OF
RHODE ISLAND
FACULTY
SENATE
AGENDA
Regular Meeting of the Faculty
Senate on Thursday, November 16, 2006 in the Cherry Auditorium, Chester
Kirk Building
1. Call to order at 3:00 p.m.
2. Disposition of Minutes of
Faculty Senate Meeting #2, October 26, 2006 (attached).
3. REPORTS
OF OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
A.
Announcements.
B. Activities of the Executive
Committee (Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings #7, #8 and #9 attached pp.
3-12) -- Vice Chairperson Luebke.
C. Activities of the Joint
Strategic Planning Committee (Minutes of October 12, 2006 attached pp. 13-15)
-- Vice Chairperson Luebke.
D. Recommendation of the
Executive Committee -- Vice Chairperson Luebke.
That
the Faculty Senate postpone until its January 2008 meeting the deadline
for the report of the Admissions Advisory Committee on the implications
of eliminating the requirement of the SAT for admission of freshman to
URI.
E.
Update on NEASC Accreditation Self-Study -- Senator Kowalski.
4. REPORT
OF THE PRESIDENT -- President Carothers
A.
Status of Actions Forwarded to the President:
Bills:
#06-07--3
The Four Hundred Forty-Fourth Report of the Curricular Affairs
Committee. Approved by President Carothers on November 1, 2006,
portions subject to final approval by the Board of Governors.
#06-07--4
Curricular
Report No. 2006-2007-1 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate.
Approved by President Carothers on November 1, 2006.
#06-07--5
Authorization of
change to Article III of the Faculty Senate By-Laws until referendum of
the Faculty. Approved by President Carothers on November 1, 2006.
B.
Announcements.
5. REPORTS
OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES
A. The Four Hundred Forty-Fifth
Report of the Curricular Affairs Committee (attached pp. 16-18) --
Senator Luebke.
B. Curricular Report No.
2006-07-2 from the Graduate Council to the Faculty Senate (attached p.
19) – Dean
Bibb.
C. University College and
General Education Committee Report #06-07-1 (attached p. 20) –
Senator
Honhart.
6. SPECIAL
REPORT
Update on Information Technology
Services -- Vice Provost Bozylinsky.
7. UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
A.
At the September 28, 2006 meeting the following recommendation to amend
section 5.70.11 of the
UNIVERSITY MANUAL was postponed definitely until President Carothers
was available to participate in the discussion (the change is
underlined):
5.70.11 The Joint Strategic Planning
Committee shall be comprised of the President, who shall serve as
Chair, the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Vice
Presidents for Administration, Student Affairs, and University
Advancement, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, a Dean
representing the Council of Deans, two administrative staff members
appointed by the President, the President of the Student Senate, and
the President of the Graduate Student Association. It shall be
staffed by the Executive Assistants to the President and Directors of
Planning Services.
B.
The Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Administration Evaluation by
Senator Rosen remains from the Agenda for the October 26 meeting and is
postponed until December 14, 2006.
8. NEW
BUSINESS
FULL
AGENDA ARE IN THE HANDS OF ALL SENATORS AND
DEPARTMENT
CHAIRS.
THEY
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ON
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