Indianapolis
Faculty Council (IFC)
Minutes
April
1, 2008 ~ IH 100 ~ 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Faculty and Guests Present: William Agbor Baiyee, Hasan Akay, Deborah
Allen, Rachel Applegate, Sarah Baker, James Baldwin, Trudy Banta, Charles
Bantz, Robert Barrows, Margaret Bauer, Terry Baumer, Anne Belcher, Teri
Belecky-Adams, Ed Berbari, Jacqueline Blackwell, Bonnie Blazer-Yost, Ann
O’Bryan (for Polly Boruff-Jones), Ben Boukai, Won Kyoo Cho, James Clack, Janice
Cox, Andre De Tienne, Marsha Ellett, Scott Evenbeck, Mary L. Fisher, David
Ford, Danita Forgey, Sharon Hamilton, John Hassell, Bill Heller, Jay Howard, Shelley
Hunter, Marilyn Irwin, Henry Karlson, Kathy Lay (representative), David Lewis, Greg
Lindsey, Chris Long, Joyce MacKinnon, Anna McDaniel, Henry Merrill, Mike Moore,
Bart Ng, C. Subah Packer, William Potter, Mary Riner, Bob Sandy, Roger
Schmenner, William Schneider, Jodi Smith, Martin Spechler, Uday Sukhatme, Susan
Sutton, Terri Tarr, Mark Urtel, Rosalie Vermette, Suosheng Wang, Richard Ward, Jeff
Watt, Corinne Wheeler, Robert White, Frank Witzmann, Marianne Wokeck, Nancy
Young, Weiming Yu, and Oner Yurtseven
Agenda Item I:
Welcome and Call to Order
IUPUI Faculty
Vice President Pro Tempore Mary Fisher called the meeting to order at 3:02
p.m.
Agenda Item II:
Adoption of the Agenda as the Order of Business for the Day
The Agenda was
adopted as the Order for the Business of the Day.
Agenda Item III:
[ACTION ITEM] Approval of IFC March 4, 2008, Minutes
Hearing no
objections, the IFC March 4, 2008, minutes stood as written and were entered
into record.
(http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil/minutes/Minutes_IFC_3-4-08.htm)
Agenda Item IV: Updates/Remarks from the Chancellor
Chancellor Bantz
gave the following report:
·
Thanked
Fisher and Vermette for filling in the roles of Vice President and President as
well as thanking Ng for taking on the deanship of the School of Science.
·
Affirmative
Action: The Chancellor spoke to the
recent action by the Affirmative Action Office regarding staff member, Keith
Sampson. He stated there was no question
there was a mistake in sending the first letter. The second letter sent withdrew the first
letter and made clear there was no finding in the case and therefore, nothing
placed in the staff member’s file. This
is not a matter of litigation. He
intended this spring to begin a review of the office procedures. At the end of this month, an external
reviewer will look at the office and procedures. He agrees the office needs to be more
successful in a number of places. The
search continues for the new Director of Equal Opportunity. When the report is received for that office,
it will be reviewed by the IFC which will show the number of cases the office
reviews each year.
·
American
Council on Education Fellows Program:
Two colleagues have been selected – Andrew Hsu (E&T) and Angela
Espada (Law). Both are now looking at
ideas for projects that can assist the campus as well as being admitted to a
school in order to shadow a program in which they are interested.
·
Founders
Day celebration was Sunday in Bloomington.
Peter Roach (professor of biology – School of Medicine) received the Distinguished
Professor rank. The Lieber Memorial Award
for Distinguished Teacher went to Richard Gunderman (associate
professor of radiology); the Frederick Bachman Lieber Award went to
Christine Leland (Interim Dean, School of Education); the John W. Ryan Award
went to Oner Yurtseven (Dean, School of Engineering and Technology), and the Thomas
Ehrlich Award for Service Learning went to Karen Yoder (School of
Dentistry).
·
The
Campus Center dedication is April 9, at 3:00 p.m., with a university
ceremony. John Gardner is the keynote
speaker and will be awarded an honorary doctorate by Indiana University for the
work he has done with first-year students.
·
New
Chancellor’s Professors are Janice Blum (Professor of Microbiology and
Immunology School of Medicine), Charles Turner (Professor of Biomedical
Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, and Professor of Orthopedic
Surgery, School of Medicine), and Tatiana
M. Foroud (P. Michael Conneally Professor of Medical and Molecular
Genetics, School of Medicine)
·
The
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching will go to Kathy Marrs.
·
The
graduation rate has risen to 31.4%. The
1996-2002 cohort (the Chancellor’s cohort of when he began on campus) was
21%.
·
US News and
World Report
shows the School of Law-Indianapolis moved up 17 places. Clinical Psychology moved 31 places. Social Work has moved up 7 places.
·
The
University College building will be renamed Joseph Taylor Hall. A news release will go out on Friday.
Agenda Item V:
Updates/Remarks from the IFC President
IUPUI Past Faculty
President Ng gave the following report:
·
President
McRobbie is working to confirm a chair for the review of Chancellor Bantz.
·
Family
Leave Policy: At this time, the policy
is before the campus chancellors and deans regarding their approval. If there are no problems, the president will
approve the policy.
·
The
Intellectual Property Policy will move to the Board of Trustees in June. The Board will decide how to handle the
distribution.
·
A
joint faculty and administration committee has been formed to review the
promotion and tenure process system-wide.
The proposal is to have some uniformity for all IU campuses. Every campus has its right to a minimum
guidelines and procedures. He stated
that the work of the committee will probably not change the procedures on the
IUPUI and IUB campuses.
·
Ng
thanked the Council for the opportunity to serve the faculty of the IUPUI
campus.
·
Vermette
shared that the Nominating Committee is working on slates and will be receiving
ballots via email soon for At Large and UFC representatives. Other elections will be held at the May 6 IFC
meeting.
Agenda Item VI:
[Discussion Item]: IUPUI Campus
Campaign and Giving to IUPUI
Bill Heller (Vice
President for Development – IUPUI – IU Foundation) and Shelley Hunter (Director
of Special Giving Programs, IU Foundation) gave the following report:
·
Heller
thanked the faculty for their invitation to address the faculty regarding the
Campus Campaign.
·
List
of giving opportunities to the campus is extensive. There are campus priorities that have been
established each year for the campaign.
This year’s priority is the Multicultural Center.
·
Vermette
said the faculty member who raised the issue of giving specifically to IUPUI
was not present, but he wanted to know how to give here, not IUB. Hunter said there are 1500 accounts specific
for IUPUI. The goal of the campaign is
to keep the funds here. The thank you
letter would be generated by whomever controls the account the funds are
received.
·
Wokeck
asked about the Capital Campaign. Is
there information about how to give to this campus? Heller said the IU Foundation is a “servant”
of the university. The university makes
the decision about what will be highlighted.
At this time, there has been a discussion about how to prepare for the
next campaign. The Development Council
heard from the Chancellor that the direction we are heading is to have a
university-wide campaign. There will be
an IUPUI component piece to the university-wide campaign. The theme would focus on something congruent
to IUPUI.
·
Berbari
stated that if the campaign moves to an IUPUI campaign, the Purdue schools
located here will not be able to take advantage of being identified as Purdue
schools are not IU schools. We would be
in the shadow of the campaign. Heller
stated that the school is part of the IUPUI campus and would be
identified. Berbari did not agree with
this.
·
Ng
agreed that the Purdue schools need to be identified somehow. Heller said he and Bantz will look at this.
·
Schneider
asked who we need to speak to about the Purdue schools if Heller is not able to
address this. Bantz responded that the
Chairman of the IU Foundation is that person.
Bantz reminded the faculty that the most money raised in the last
campaign was not by our alums.
·
Ford
asked about the funds raised by the Campaign in the past. Hunter said $300,000 was raised last year for
this campus. Ford asked who would be
contributing for a university-wide campaign.
He mentioned that funds are being taken away for research projects and a
center is being established for the Bloomington campus only. Bantz said the funds came off through
indirect costs. He is sure the money is
being invested for university functions.
Agenda Item VII:
[First Reading] Report from the Faculty Affairs Committee
Vermette began
the discussion by stating that the IFC-EC is appreciative of the work of the
non-tenure track faculty and that they want a voice on the Council and should
have a voice, but they are passionate with the issue of observing the
Constitution. What rights do the NTTF
and the tenured/tenure-track faculty have and do not have? The Constitution was reviewed and this is
where the IFC-EC continues to direct their attention. Our campus has the highest ratio of NTTF to
TK faculty.
De Tienne gave a
brief introduction to the motion passed by the IFC on May 2, 2006, regarding
the representation of full-time non-tenure-track faculty on the IFC (http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil/documents/NTTF
Representation-FACMotion08.pdf). The
motion the FAC is bringing is to elect ten at-large representatives from the
ranks of the NTTF. No more than two
representatives shall come from the same school. There shall be at least two representatives
from each of the clinical, research, and lecturer ranks. In order to move the passed motion forward,
the UFC Constitution and Bylaws must be changed to allow for it. The IFC Faculty Affairs Committee has reviewed
the Councils of the other IU campuses and have found that those Councils are
already allowing NTTF representatives although the UFC Constitution is not
observed. He discussed the NTTF
Representation on the Faculty Councils/Senates/Organization of IU Campuses (http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil/documents/IU
Campuses NTTF Representation.pdf).
He also identified instances in which the present IFC Constitution and
Bylaws do not specifically say the NTTF cannot be represented. He urged the IFC to follow their conscious
and vote to allow NTTF representative.
Boukai asked
about the responsibility of the curriculum being with the tenure-track
faculty. It is not inclusion or
exclusion of the Constitution, but it is the responsibility listed. De Tienne said it would be up to the
Constitution and Bylaws Committee to craft the wording to make the change. Boukai said it might be easier to change
where the responsibility lies. He asked
if the other campuses list restrictions on numbers of the NTTF? De Tienne responded that the regional campuses
are small and many of the Councils consist of all of the faculty.
Baldwin said
there was a clause written in the UFC Constitution saying there can never be
more than 40% of the NTTF representation on the Council and therefore, De
Tienne’s proposal would be going against policy.
Spechler said he
favors the resolution for two reasons (1) we have more such faculty instructing
than senior faculty on campus and we should give them the symbolic recognition
of the “enterprise” that they deserve.
(2) They have expertise in regard to teaching. He thinks that representation of 10 will not
make a significant different in the vote or action of the body and can only
improve the information base of the body.
He urged the IFC to vote favorably.
Fisher said time
was up and further discussion will be held at the next meeting.
Agenda Item VIII:
[Discussion Item] Representation of Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Karlson stated
that when the NTTF resolution was passed in May 2006, it was passed at the last
minute in the last meeting of the academic year. He consulted with Executive Committee of the
UFC and discovered that most campuses did not know they were violating the UFC
Constitution and the other campuses did not care. As Parliamentarian of this Council, according
to Roberts Rule of Order, a motion cannot even be entertained as it is in
direct violation of the Constitution.
“Other” listed in the Constitution refers to persons that are not voting
members of the faculty. Voting members
are different than non-voting members.
Voting members can only be members who are accruing years toward
tenure. He is sympathetic to the idea of
allowing NTTF, but he is not sympathetic to disregarding the Constitution. There should be no violation of the
Constitution.
Agenda Item IX:
Athletics Committee Report and Self-Study on 2008 NCAA Division I
Athletics Certification
Bob Sandy,
Athletics Committee Chair, reported that the accrediting body is preparing a
self-study. Dean Gary Roberts was the
FAR at Tulane and has volunteered to be the FAR for IUPUI. The Chancellor felt Bill Kulsrud should take
a break from serving on the Athletics Committee and to serve on the committee
for the self-study instead. Bob Sandy took
over as Chair of the Athletics Committee.
The FAR and Chair should not be the same person so new job descriptions
were made and will be given to the IFC for approval. The Athletics Committee reports to the
IFC. There has been some reorganization
of the athletics administration. Roger
Schmenner, Chief of Staff, reports to Chancellor Bantz for athletics. Denise O’Grady heads the Office of Academic
Advising.
The self-study
will cost $10,000 to bring in outside reviewers. The cost will come from administration.
Comments regarding
the self-study was given two weeks. He
asked Banta how much time comments were given for the campus self-study. Her response was the same time (two weeks). The deadline is April 9 to make comments on
the documents. Vermette stated this is
why the report by Schmenner is on the agenda so that the faculty could make
informed questions before giving their comments.
Spechler asked
what the Athletics Committee does. Sandy
said the committee is the interface between athletics and academics. They look at what keeps the student eligible
for sports while maintaining their academic classes. They once wrote a resolution on how to retire
a jersey. They also recently wrote the
resolution to praise Coach Ron Hunter for his work with collecting shoes for
the children of Africa. The committee
also makes recommendations on personnel to the Chancellor.
Spechler said on
the Bloomington campus the committee is not subordinate to the President. Is it anomalous that the Bloomington
President can rule on athletics but the Chancellor of our campus cannot? Sandy could not comment on this.
Ng asked who is
responsible for compliance. Sandy said
the FAR, but there is language that the committee governs some of that. The NCAA said there must be administrative
oversight of the program and that is Chancellor Bantz on this campus.
Schneider said
it has been nine years since we did the last self-study and said he is glad we
have the chance to comment on the program.
He feels questions arise because information has not been shared widely
in the past. Athletics is growing on
this campus and it is important we establish good habits for the future.
Was Gary Roberts
the Dean at Tulane when he was the FAR at Tulane? The answer was he was deputy dean. Schneider said it has been awhile since we’ve
had a report from the Athletics Committee.
Budget is always a question.
Student fees fund athletics. Does
the academic side of the campus suffer due to the athletics side? Information available would help people know
the situation.
What happens
after the self-study? Sandy said the
relationship between the committee and the IFC will be that he will give a
written report summarizing what was done this year. There is substantial money at stake and how
the athletes contribute to the campus funds.
Do the athletes
bring other students to the campus either as friends or from the atmosphere of
the campus? Vermette stated that the
Athletics Committee will be reporting at the meeting in May. Schmenner said no tuition dollars are spent
on athletics. Banta said this process
has allowed us to know more about NCAA rules.
There are three subcommittees:
Governance Sub-Committee; Academic Integrity Committee; and Commitment
to Equity and Student-Athlete Well-Being Committee. Those reports have been reviewed by the
steering committee and have been placed on the web (http://planning.iupui.edu/587.html). There is a process to put the reports on the
NCAA website as well as finish the study by the May 1 deadline. Comments received so far have been
positive. The site visit will be
September 2008. There will be a chair and
three to four committee members here.
That is where the $10,000 expense comes from. They will look at the self-study, meet with
the Athletics Committee, staff of the Athletics Department, and IUPUI will
either be certified for the next ten years, have the chance to make changes, or
that we are not eligible to continue.
Agenda Item X:
[Action Item]: Resolution for
Review of the Affirmative Action Office
(http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil/documents/ProposedResolutionAAO2008.htm)
Fisher said the
resolution presented affirms what the Chancellor has said he wants to do in his
earlier report in this meeting. Vermette
said the resolution comes from the IFC-EC from the recent staff member issue as
well as issues from faculty members who have offered instances that are not
right. The Keith Sampson issue will not
be discussed as the resolution was not written in that spirit, but in the
spirit of reviewing the office and issues relating to the handling of
allegations of discrimination. Vermette
read the resolution in the link above.
Ward said Mr.
Sampson is a student as well as a staff member.
Ward said the student has shared the letters and the second letter does not
indicate he has done anything wrong as well as the same for the staff
member. Academically, he would like to
see the university make a stronger statement regarding academic freedom and its
ability to support the same. Vermette
said he has made good points but needs to be a motion of some kind. The resolution speaks to everyone, not just
students.
Spechler said
there has been damage done to the institution and should there be a resolution
that says we need to fix a problem? He
has heard nothing from the other side.
Either they choose not to speak or that no one has asked them. He thought there would have been an immediate
resolution by the administration following the action.
Baldwin agrees
with Spechler. What is the time
table? When will the review be
done? Bantz said the 28th of
this month (estimate) and will be finished before the new officer arrives.
Applegate
(Rachel) asked about the purpose of the last clause about being comparable to
the Bloomington Campus. Karlson said
Bloomington has a faculty-based panel that will be reviewing the process, not
one office that reviews the process and makes a decision. The IFC-EC is wanting due process.
Packer asked if
there has not been accountability of that office? She said her experience has been that a form
letter is sent to the person who has been under review. Who is the office accountable to? Vermette responded that the office is under
the Chancellor’s office.
Schneider asked
if the Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC)has been informed of the review of the
office? Bantz said the review will be
done by an outside professional and will say whether we have good practices or
if there are practices we are not be doing that should be done. The FAC will be on the list of persons for
the reviewer to see. There are a whole
series of processes that needs to be followed per guidelines by the EEOC. Schneider asked what will happen if the
resolution is passed? Bantz said he will
meet with the FAC to find out the definition of “collaboration.” He intends to have the review.
Hassell asked
about the procedures in Bloomington. How
can we vote if we do not know what the Bloomington policies are?
De Tienne asked
why the FAC is listed in the resolution?
Vermette said the FAC works with fairness and reviews due process in
policy and that the committee could collaborate with the reviewer to ensure due
process.
Fisher asked the
pleasure of the resolution. Hassell
moved to table the resolution until the next meeting to review the procedures
and it was seconded. 22 voted to table;
13 opposed to table. The resolution was
tabled until the April 15 meeting.
Agenda Item XI:
Question and Answer Period
There were no
questions at this meeting.
Agenda Item XII:
Call for any IFC or UFC Standing Committee Reports.
No reports.
Agenda Item XIII:
Unfinished Business
No business.
Agenda Item IVX:
New Business
Schmenner
announced there will be an open house on Thursday to meet with the master
planners.
Agenda Item XV:
Adjournment
A motion to
adjourn was made and seconded. The
motion carried. Vice President Pro Tempore
Fisher adjourned the meeting.
Karen Eckert
IUPUI Faculty
Council Coordinator