IFC 5/2/06 Minutes
Approved 9/5/06
Faculty Council Minutes (“IFC”): May 2,
2006
Wynne
Courtroom, Inlow Hall (IH 100): 3:30
– 5:30 pm
Attendance record & original
agenda follow adjournment as attachments.
Agenda Item I: Call to Order: Rosalie Vermette (IUPUI
Faculty Vice-President, 4.0064).
Vermette called the meeting
to order at 3:31pm.
Agenda Item II: Adoption of the Order of Business for the Day.
The order of business was
revised. The revised order of business
for the day was adopted.
Agenda Item III: [ACTION ITEM] IFC 4/18/06 Minutes.
Hearing no objections, the called IFC April 18, 2006
minutes were accepted as unanimously approved and entered into record.
These
minutes are available to view online at http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil/minutes/fc060418html.htm
Agenda Item IV: [ELECTION] Faculty Council Executive Committee and
Faculty Council Nominating Committee for the 2006-08 terms: Cathy Bonser-Neal
(Chair – Nominating, 4.3448, cneal@iupui.edu).
Bonser-Neal once again presented the slate for the election of
new members to the IFC Executive and Nominating Committees (respectively) for
the 2006-08 terms. The following faculty
were elected:
Executive Committee
Jacqueline Blackwell Education Tenured
Associate Professor
Henry Karlson Law Tenured
Professor
David Malik Science: Chemistry Tenured Professor
Marianne Wokeck
Nominating
Committee
Ed Berbari E&T
Tenured
Professor
Cathy Bonser-Neal (CHAIR-ELECT 07-08) Business Tenured
Associate Professor
Giles Hoyt
Anna McDaniel Nursing/Informatics Tenured Associate Professor
Bonser-Neal thanked all of
the candidates then moved that the ballots be destroyed. The motion was seconded and carried
unanimously.
Agenda Item V: Updates/Remarks from the
Chancellor: Charles Bantz (IUPUI Chancellor & IU Executive
Vice-President).
Chancellor Bantz began by
thanking Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of Faculties William Plater for his
outstanding service to faculty governance and to IUPUI as a whole.
Chancellor Bantz then
updated the IFC on the following:
- Commencement is May 14.
4,340 degrees [were] conferred by IU President Adam Herbert and 967
by Purdue President Martin Jischke.
- Among the graduates is Brooke McAfee of
Valparaiso, who helped lead the Jaguars women’s basketball team to its
best season since IUPUI joined NCAA Division I (17-11 overall, and 11-5 in
Mid-Continent Conference play).
She [received] the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
- Women’s Basketball Coach Shann Hart, “only in her
second season at IUPUI, was just named National Female Coach of the Year
by the Black Coaches Association for guiding the Jaguars to one of the
best turnarounds in the country in 2005-06.”
- A William M. Plater Civic Engagement Medallion
will be established to honor students who “have demonstrated exemplary
commitment to their communities during their undergraduate years at
IUPUI.”
- Executive Vice Chancellor-Designate and Dean of
the Faculties-designate Uday Sukhatme continues to prepare to join the
IUPUI campus full-time in July.
- The Chancellor then deferred to Executive Vice
Chancellor Plater who reported on projected enrollments for Fall
2006. Comparative and projected
data is available to view at http://registrar.iupui.edu/enrollment/4068/cover4068.htm.
Agenda Item VI: Updates/Remarks from the
IFC President: Bart Ng (IUPUI Faculty President & UFC
Co-Secretary, 4.8185, bng@math.iupui.edu).
First, Ng updated the IFC on
the outcome of several issues pending at the April University Faculty Council
(“UFC”) or Board of Trustees level:
·
A search and
screen process for senior administrators has been approved.
·
The Trustees have
extended the partially-paid family leave policy by another year. The policy will be up for review, again, at
that time.
Next, Ng gave the annual
report on Board of Review activity:
“Two different Boards of Review held formal hearings in June 2005 (after their initial filing was reported to the Faculty Council in May 2005).
The first of the two cases heard in June 2005 dealt with a hostile work environment, the dispute of the accuracy of annual reviews, and a salary dispute. The Chancellor accepted the Board’s primary recommendation.
The second of the cases to be heard in June 2005 was a denial of tenure case. The Chancellor accepted the Board’s primary recommendation.
Two Boards of Review held formal hearings in April 26, 2006.
The first of the two cases heard in April 2006—for which a Board was convened in the late Fall—was a denial of tenure case. At meeting time, the final report issued by this Board was awaiting a decision from the Chancellor.
The second of the cases to be heard in April 2006—for which a Board was convened in January—was a non-reappointment case. At meeting time, the final report issued by this Board was awaiting a decision from the Chancellor.”
Ng then extended his thanks
to his Vice President Rosalie Vermette and the Council as a whole for their
hard work during a challenging year. He,
then, played a video message from former IUPUI Chancellor Gerald Bepko,
recognizing Executive Vice Chancellor Plater and revealing that the IFC
Executive Committee had named Dean Plater
the latest recipient of the Gerald L. Bepko Oustanding Administrator
Award. Since its inception in 2003,
former Chancellor Bepko and former Registrar Mark Grove have also received the
honor.
Executive Vice Chancellor
Plater thanked the IFC for the honor and also for their tireless work on behalf
of faculty and the IUPUI community as a whole.
The IFC recognized Plater with a standing ovation.
In closing, the IFC thanked
Professor Gail Plater and Nan Bohan for their own endless contributions to the
campus and, especially, to faculty governance at IUPUI.
Agenda Item VII: Question / Answer Period.
No discussion.
Agenda Item VIII: [ACTION ITEMS] From Faculty Affairs: Karen Gable (Chair – Faculty Affairs Committee,
8.1353, kgable@iupui.edu).
Gable first read the proposed
revised Grievance Procedure for Designated Academic Appointees:
Rationale:
The current policy outlines the Grievance Procedure for those full-time academic appointees not covered under current formal grievance procedures as presented in Article IV of the IUPUI Bylaws: Faculty Grievances Procedures and in the IUPUI Grievance Procedure for Designated Academic Appointees. However, Research Scientists/Professors and part-time academic appointees are not currently included in the designations.
All faculty members should have the opportunity to resolve a grieved situation. Therefore, the following revision is proposed:
Proposed wording:
“At IUPUI all full and part time academic appointees except lecturers with less than a fifty percent appointment are eligible to seek redress for grievances through the established informal grievance process and, if informal measures fail, to seek a Faculty Board of Review. Lecturers with less than a fifty percent appointment are entitled to a grievance process within the employing unit, which will have the final authority for addressing such grievances.”
Current wording of The Grievance Procedure:
“The Grievance Procedure as outlined below is for those full-time academic appointees not covered under current formal grievance procedures. These appointees include, among others, visiting faculty (FVX), teachers (UCH), research associates (RSS), postdoctoral fellows (RSP), health center physicians (UMD), academic specialists (UAS), and resident counselors (RC). Most full-time academic appointees holding faculty rank (instructors, professorial ranks, and librarians), including clinical faculty as well as full-time scientist/scholar ranks and full-time lecturers, are eligible to use Faculty Boards of Review to resolve grievances. All other full-time academic appointees may use the procedures stated below. Grievances considered through this process include dismissal, non-re-appointment, academic freedom, or other conditions of work. Part-time lecturers and other part-time academic appointees may use procedures established in the policy statement, “IUPUI Policies Concerning Part-time Academic Appointees.’ Professional, technical, and all other employees are eligible to use the process set forth in the Human Resources Administration Handbook.”
Implementation:
If adopted by the IFC, the
resolution would become effective with grievances initiated after July 1,
2006. The Dean of Faculties Office is
directed to ask all schools that do not have grievance policies to establish
them as soon as possible and not later than December 2006. The Dean of the Faculties is requested to
report on the status of school procedures to IFC not later than May 2007.
Following a motion and second
for approval of the revisions, Vermette called the question. The motion carried unanimously.
Next, Gable read a proposal
for the representation of full-time non-tenure-track faculty on the IFC:
Rationale:
Fulltime Non-Tenure-Track Faculty (NTTF) members contribute greatly to the achievements of the IUPUI community. Contributions include teaching at all levels, providing services to thousands of patients and clients, and conducting research. Without the productive efforts of these approximately 920 individuals, the IUPUI community would find it very difficult to achieve its mission and goals. However, these individuals lack representation on the IUPUI Faculty Council.
IUPUI and the IFC would benefit from the wisdom and advice obtained from their participation. Governance should be shared among faculty in order to protect the rights and the responsibilities of all of its members. It is incumbent on all faculty members to protect the right to representation of their colleagues in faculty governance processes.
Proposed motion:
Ten at-large representatives from
the ranks of the non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) shall be elected to the IUPUI
Faculty Council. No more than two
representatives should come from the same school.
Gable then offered the
following data in support of the proposal:
There are currently 929 NTTF in the following academic appointments (per C.McGarry, 4/2006):
519 Clinical appointees
233 Research scientist/professor
169 Lecturers
8 Academic specialists
Schools/units having NTTF academic appointments (per C. McGarry, 4/2006):
Medicine
Nursing
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Education
Social Work
Law
Liberal Arts
There are currently 1327 tenure track academic appointments:
1,321 Professor (Associate, Assistant)
6 Acting Assistant Professor
The TTF have 127 voting positions in IUPUI Faculty Council (per M. Martin, 4/2006).
The 127 voting positions represent:
39 unit representatives
39 at-large representatives
4 Ex-officio (Faculty IFC Officers); (Parliamentarian--non-voting)
2 Ex-officio (Chancellor’s designees)
8 Ex-officio (IFC Executive Committee members)
13 Ex-officio (UFC members)
22 Deans or unit heads
The NTTF have 0 representatives. If 10 representatives were added to the voting roster for the IUPUI Faculty Council, they would represent:
10/103 faculty (unit, at-large, IFC officers, IFCEC, and UFC) voting positions (9.7%)
10/137 total voting positions (7.3%)
Following a motion and second
for approval of the revisions, Vermette called the question. The motion carried unanimously.
Agenda Item IX: [ACTION
ITEM] Faculty Response to Proposed Integrated Image Policy: Bart Ng.
A motion to approve and submit a faculty response was tabled
Agenda Item X: [QUESTIONS & ANSWERS] Annual Report on Affirmative Action: Lillian
Charleston (Affirmative Action Officer, 4.2306, lcharles@iupui.edu).
Ms. Charleston gave an
overview of her annual report ( http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil/documents/affaction2006.doc). A summary of the data shared by Ms.
Charleston is reflected in the tables below.
Agenda Item XI: [QUESTIONS
& ANSWERS] Annual Report on IUPUI Athletics: Bill Kulsrud (Faculty
Representative to Athletics, wkulsrud@iupui.edu).
Professor
Kulsrud briefed the Faculty Council on the following:
Division I Competition
The 2005-06 year was the seventh year of competition at the
Division I level. The AC believes that
the intercollegiate athletics program continues to fulfill the objectives
initially identified for maintaining a Division I program. The athletics' teams have garnered more and
more exposure for IUPUI not only in
Participation in the Mid-Continent Conference and Beyond
During 2005-2006, IUPUI continued its affiliation with the
Mid-Continent Conference. On April 19,
2006