IFC 2/20/07 Minutes
Approved 3/6/07
Faculty Council Minutes (“IFC”): February
20, 2007
University Library Auditorium:
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Original
agenda follows adjournment as attachment.
Agenda Item I: Call to Order: Rosalie Vermette (IUPUI
Faculty Vice-President, 4.0064).
Vermette called the
meeting—originally scheduled for February 6 and 13, respectively, but
rescheduled due to adverse weather—to order at 3:03pm. Vermette
then thanked University Library’s Steve
Towne for providing the IUPUI calendars, produced annually by University
Archives. She also thanked Henry Karlson for, once again,
providing today’s special gavel, this one carved out of wood from
Agenda Item II: Adoption of the Order of Business for the Day.
Due to a lack of quorum when
the meeting was convened, the order of business for the day was not formally
adopted.
Agenda Item III: [ACTION ITEM] Memorial Resolution for J. Donald
Hubbard, Professor of Pathology: Rosalie Vermette.
The IFC stood for a moment of
silence to recognize their colleague,
J. Donald Hubbard (IU School of Medicine), unanimously adopting the
memorial resolution in his honor.
Hearing no objections, the 1/16/07 IFC minutes (http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil/minutes/fc070116html.htm)
were approved as written and entered into record.
Agenda Item V: [UPDATE] Integrated Image Project: Amy Conrad Warner
(Interim Vice Chancellor for External Affairs, 4.9840, awarner@iupui.edu).
Warner gave an update on the Integrated Image Program, initiated by the Trustees “to help
establish a unified, flexible set of standards and guidelines that enable all
campuses, schools, and departments to contribute to and benefit from a cohesive
identity system.” View the Vice Chancellor’s
presentation at http://www.iupui.edu/~scouncil/Docs/IntImage2-07.ppt.
IFC members reiterated concerns expressed
at prior meetings at which the initiative was discussed, centering on concerns that the signatures approved by the
Trustees represent a monolithic view of IU in which IUPUI is subordinate
to IUB (and “the Bloomington Athletics symbol”). Both Conrad Warner and IFC President Bart Ng explained that
there is disagreement among and deans and directors at IUPUI as to which
signatures would be best, Ng, however, expressed concerns that some products
shown do not accurately represent signatures to which certain deans previously
agreed. Representative Martin Spechler suggested that the signatures being
presented, having been approved by the Trustees, are now set and that the IFC
does not have a course of action by which to reject them. Ng offered to find out what influence the IFC
might be able to exercise at this point.
When the discussion on Integrated Image was reopened at the end of the
regular agenda, Representatives Giles
Hoyt and Marianne Wokeck moved (and Representative Enid Zwirn seconded) the following resolution on
the Integrated Image Program:
“Be
it so moved that schools central to the core undergraduate academic mission of
the campus (
Representative
Terry Baumer expressed concern that
certain schools that feature, both, graduate and undergraduate missions not
mentioned or implied in the resolution—like Social Work and SPEA, for example—
were being disregarded. His concern was
echoed by several IFC members. A quorum was then called. Having lost its quorum at that point, the question on the motion was not called, and the meeting was
forced to adjourn.
Agenda Item VI: [ACTION ITEM FOLLOW-UP] Recommendations on Proposals
re: the Reorganization of the Division of Labor: Bart Ng (IUPUI Faculty
President & UFC Co-Secretary, 4.8185, bng@math.iupui.edu).
Ng briefed the IFC on the affirmative electronic vote by the IFC on the Executive Committee’s
recommendations on the Division of Labor Studies (“DLS”), summarized
below:
Report
on Electronic Vote of IUPUI Faculty Council on
the Executive Committee’s Recommendations
on the Division of Labor Studies
Wednesday February 7th (evening) through
Friday February 9th (midday)
Number
of valid ballots 60
Number
of straight ballots 52 (48–Yes, 3–No, 1–Abstention)
Number
of split ballots 8
† Two IFC members registered their objection to electronic voting on the ground that the process deprived them of the opportunity to offer amendments to the recommendations. One member registered his objection and then cast his vote. The second member registered his objection but did not vote.
Recommendation 1: 55–Yes, 4–No, 1-Abstention
Recommendation 2: 56–Yes, 3–No, 1-Abstention
Recommendation 3: 54–Yes, 5–No, 1-Abstention
Recommendation 4: 55–Yes, 4–No, 1-Abstention
Recommendation 5: 55–Yes, 4–No, 1-Abstention
Recommendation 6: 53–Yes, 6–No, 1-Abstention
Recommendation 7: 54–Yes, 5–No, 1-Abstention
Recommendation 8: 52–Yes, 7–No, 1-Abstention
Recommendation 9: 53–Yes, 6–No, 1-Abstention
Recommendation 10: 55–Yes, 4–No, 1-Abstention
The
Executive Committee’s Recommendations:
(1) The DLS faculty continues its effort to develop mutual trust and to refine the Division’s faculty governance structure that was begun in Summer 2005;
(2) The DLS faculty puts aside personal differences and past history, and unites behind one interim leader who would work collaboratively with the IUPUI Administration on finding a new academic home for the Division;
(3) The DLS faculty recognizes that there needs to be a careful separation between their academic role as objective scholars-teachers and their strong desire to act as advocates for organized labor, to avoid giving any appearance that their advocacy activities may have been supported by general academic funds from the state or tuition income generated by the Division;
(4) The DLS reexamines and modifies its position on twelve-month appointments for its faculty lest the Division’s stance be misconstrued as a deliberate mixing of the faculty’s academic duties with service activities that should be supported separately with funds from non-university sources;
(5) The DLS reexamines and clarifies its position on subsidies for its non-credit program for the same reason;
(6) Chancellor Charles R. Bantz acknowledges and declares forthwith that the DLS is not in a state of financial exigency or financial difficulty;
(7) Chancellor Charles R. Bantz, or his designee, works with the DLS Budgetary Affairs Committee to prepare an up-to-date report on the true financial status of the DLS to be used as the basis for planning a merger;
(8) Chancellor Charles R. Bantz, in consultation with President Adam W. Herbert, immediately sets in motion the planning and negotiations necessary for the merger of the DLS as a department into one of the following schools: School of Liberal Arts or the School of Social Work at IUPUI, the College of Arts and Sciences at IUN, or the School of Public & Environmental Affairs at IUB;
(9) The IUPUI Administration ceases all efforts to terminate the appointments of non-tenured tenure-track DLS faculty and that all letters of non-reappointment addressed to this group of faculty based on budgetary reasons be rescinded immediately;
(10) All faculty members who were up for tenure decision but were held back because of budgetary and organizational uncertainties be brought up as soon as practicable for tenure review.
The IFC-EC’s
recommendations were supported, although two members raised objections to holding an electronic
vote. Both members wished to
propose amendments (one to remove a school from the list of suggested “homes”
for DLS). One objector chose to submit a
vote and one did not.
Following the objections, Acting Parliamentarian Henry Karlson
reviewed the most recent version of Roberts Rules of Order and concluded that an electronic vote was
appropriate considering, both, the extensive discussion devoted to the
DLS recommendations at two prior meetings and adverse weather on the original
meeting date, resulting in cancellation.
Karlson, then, noted that the IFC Constitution does not currently
prohibit electronic voting, although the IFC may wish to review this issue in
the future.
Karlson continued, explaining
that any IFC member who originally voted in favor of the recommendations could
move for reconsideration. There was no
response. Representative Mary Fisher
then suggested that, since the electronic vote reported overwhelming support,
the vote stand. Karlson said that, since
no motion to reconsider was made, the
electronic vote will stand.
Agenda Item VII: Updates/Remarks
from the IFC President: Bart Ng.
Ng briefed the Council on the following:
Patchner
began by acknowledging that the issue of the possible reorganization of the DLS
has been a major one for this campus for quite some time…and an issue on which
very many have worked very hard.
Patchner observed that—from the time Mark Sothmann unfolded a plan for
the DLS to the time the IFC-EC made its revisions and recommendations to that
plan—the process has been “an example of faculty governances at its best.” Weeks ago, Ng called Patchner and mentioned
the IFC-EC’s interest in keeping the DLS together and that the
Dean
Patchner has now met with the Chancellor and a transition team has been convened (including Patchner, Ng, James
Johnson, Ruth Needleman, and others). That team will report to Chancellor Bantz who
will, then, make the final decision.
Patchner
went on to say that, while he acknowledges that DLS has been tainted by a
negative image, he believes it could become the premiere DLS program in the
In
closing, Patchner thanked the IFC, Bart Ng, Mark Sothmann, the DLS faculty, Amy
Conrad Warner, and others for their tireless effort throughout this
process. The IFC applauded the dean for
his efforts.
Agenda Item VIII: [FIRST
Karlson gave the first reading of a proposed revision of the charge of the IFC Budgetary Affairs
Committee:
Background
Section B of Bylaw Article III, of the
Constitution of the IUPUI faculty provides for 16 standing committees of the
Faculty which include the Budgetary Affairs Committee (BAC). The proposed
amendment is intended to clarify the charges for the IUPUI BAC and also to
better align them with those of its counterpart Budgetary Affairs Committee on
the Bloomington Campus.
Current Charge
per Article III-B.3
[Budgetary Affairs.] This committee shall
review the general academic priorities of IUPUI and the reflection of such
needs in the creation of budgets, inform the Council on budgeting procedures
and points of potential faculty input, and alert the Council to matters of
budgetary importance external to IUPUI.
Proposed
Amendment to Article III-B.3
[Budgetary Affairs.] This committee shall
act as a representative of the Council in offering to the IUPUI Chancellor and
the Campus Administration its continuing advice and the Faculty perspectives on
all aspects of the IUPUI budgetary policy and the allocation of the IUPUI
financial resources, especially those proposed allocations and re-allocations
of financial resources that have bearing on the economic well-being of the
faculty and the academic programs. Among others, the committee's
responsibilities shall include:
A.
Assessing the fiscal health of all academic and administrative support units,
through its participation in the Campus Planning and Budgetary Hearings, and by
other means including direct communication with faculty budgetary committees at
the school or unit level.
B.
Considering and reviewing the general academic priorities of IUPUI and the
reflection of such needs in capital outlays and in the creation of budgets.
C.
Considering the relative allocations of the Campus financial resources with
respect to new programs and the implications to existing programs.
D.
Alerting the Council to all matters of budgetary importance internal or external
to IUPUI.
E. Facilitating coordination and communication
among school level budgetary affairs or equivalent committees.
Karlson noted that, after the BAC drafted
this proposal, the Constitution & Bylaws Committee approved it unanimously.
He further explained that, as this is a
proposed amendment to the Bylaws of the IFC, the Council will vote on it at the March 6th meeting (allowing
the requisite ten day notice). The
amendment will require the approval of 2/3 of voting IFC members present on
March 6th in order to pass and, should it pass, will become
effective immediately.
Agenda Item IX: [INFORMATION ITEM] From
the Constitution & Bylaws Committee – Language re: Voting Membership of
the IFC / Question of Lecturer/Clinical
Faculty Service on the IFC: Henry Karlson.
Karlson then reported, as an
informational item, that the IFC
resolution passed on May 2nd 2006 to allow for the election of ten
at-large representatives from the ranks of the non-tenure track faculty (NTTF)
to the IFC (http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil/documents/non-tenure_rep.htm)
is in conflict with the Indiana University Faculty Constitution, to which the
IFC and its Constitution are subordinate. The IU Faculty Constitution states:
“ARTICLE 1: THE FACULTY
Section 1.1: The Faculty
The President, professors, and instructors shall
constitute the faculty of
Section 1.2: Voting Faculty Membership
A. All
faculty members on tenure or accumulating credit toward tenure shall be voting
members of the faculty.”
Karlson’s committee was charged with
drafting the language necessary to implement the practice detailed in the
adopted resolution. However, as the
committee has deemed the resolution unconstitutional, it is now nullified.
He further noted that, while the IU Handbook allows the voting
faculty of individual campuses to “extend voting privileges to others on
matters of campus significance,” there is no definition of campus significance.
Dean Khaula
Murtadha asked if the IFC would now propose an amendment to the Indiana
University Faculty Constitution by way of the University Faculty Council (“UFC”).
Representatives Jacqueline Blackwell and Enid Zwirn echoed Dean
Murtadha’s sentiments. Representative
Marion Wagner suggested that Constitutions are subject to interpretation. Representatives
Andre De Tienne, Bonnie Blazer-Yost, and Nancy Eckerman suggested that non-tenure track faculty be granted voting
privileges on the IFC on issues of campus significance, alone. Karlson believes that the lack of a codified
definition of the term “campus significance” would lead to extensive discussion
and debate on each issue, significantly complicating the operation of the IFC.
Karlson wished to go on record that he
does not oppose the idea behind the original resolution, only the
constitutionality of it. He also doubts
the feasibility of administering a policy of limited enterprise (granting
non-tenure-track faculty voting privileges based on “campus significance”). He also wonders if granting non-tenure-track
faculty might be insulting.
The sense of the IFC meeting was that IFC President Bart Ng should broach
the idea of an amendment to the IU Faculty Constitution with the UFC. Representative
Jim Baldwin suggested that, in the interim, the IFC consider offering
ten non-voting positions to non-tenure-track faculty, explaining, “a voice is
often as important as a vote.”
Agenda Item X: [UPDATE] Campus Vision,
Whitney circulated and presented the proposed revised vision, mission, and goals for campus diversity (http://www.iupui.edu/diversity/vision.html):
“At Indiana University Purdue
University Indianapolis (IUPUI), diversity means three things: (1) diversity is
an educational and social asset to be reflected in our learning and work
objectives; (2) the persons who comprise our academic community reflect both
the current diversity of our service region as well as the evolving
demographics of a state and city that aspire to participate fully in a global
society; and (3) IUPUI's social and physical environment will enable all of its
members to succeed to the fullest extent of their potential.
When IUPUI began in 1969 as a newly
constituted, shared campus of
As Indiana's metropolitan
university, IUPUI has a responsibility to use education to transform the lives
of individual citizens for the improvement of the entire statewide community,
to develop the human potential of all people in Central Indiana for their
personal and social advancement, and to create a civil community of learning
where difference can be understood, respected, and practiced with dignity by
each of its members. Diversity at IUPUI is an educational asset to be used and
replenished, and it is an economic and social necessity. When diversity is
understood and embraced, IUPUI can benefit from higher levels of communication,
teamwork, and optimism.
IUPUI is committed to promoting an
environment that respects and celebrates diversity, that appreciates individual
differences, and that builds on collective talents and experiences for the
benefit of the larger societal good. Accordingly, IUPUI's view of diversity
goes well beyond facilitating equality of opportunity. It supports the fullness
of diversity--creating systems that encourage creativity and innovation;
sensitizing people in the organization to issues of culture; and creating an
environment that supports multiple perspectives and initiatives.
By reflecting in its own numbers the
diversity of the city, state, and world of which it is a part, IUPUI will
create opportunities for access and achievement for all of its citizens. By
engaging diverse learners, teachers, researchers, scholars, clinicians, and
staff with each other in reflective and intentional goals, IUPUI can better
prepare graduates for citizenship, for work, and for personal fulfillment.
Through the continuing education of all its constituents, IUPUI is committed to
raising the academic community's awareness of itself and its potential to
change and improve.
Within the
To
achieve this vision, IUPUI has committed itself to:
1.
Recruit, retain, and graduate diverse students proportionate to their representation
in
2.
Recruit, retain, advance and recognize a diverse faculty and staff
reflective of each unit's mission while creating a campus-wide community that
celebrates its own diversity as one of its strengths and as a means of shaping
IUPUI's identity as a university.
3.
Recruit, retain, and promote a diverse senior leadership among faculty,
administrators, staff and students.
4.
Create an internationally diverse community engaged globally through
enrolling students from other nations, providing a variety of opportunities to
study abroad, and collaborating with other universities.
5.
Provide a civil learning and work environment free from discrimination and
intolerance so that each member of the IUPUI community can succeed to the
highest level of their potential. IUPUI will set high expectations for personal
conduct and achievement and maintain high standards for rewarding
accomplishment.
6.
Offer a physical environment free from barriers that would limit the
ability of students, faculty, and visitors to participate fully in the life and
work of the IUPUI community.
7.
Ensure curriculum content and pedagogical strategies that reflect a
commitment to diversity.
8.
Develop and maintain library collections that reflect the full diversity of
the human experience and commentary on it, and resist censorship or the
restriction of access to scholarly materials.
9.
Engage in research that is mindful of the rich patterning that is
characteristic of the human condition.
10.
Promote culturally competent practice in the professional schools.
11.
Coordinate the diversity efforts of IUPUI to enhance their cumulative
initiatives and establish the measures and means to assess institutional
progress in meeting these objectives; report publicly on progress annually;
revise its objectives, strategies, and goals as necessary to achieve its vision.
12.
Develop programs and activities that increase the sense of diversity in the
arts and the aesthetic dimensions of the campus.
13.
Develop co-curricular programs and interdisciplinary activities that
increase the sense of diversity on campus.
Many other efforts are underway to
advance diversity at IUPUI, including:
·
Continued professional development in the area of diversity for University
personnel.
·
Development of a Diversity Strategic Plan for the Division of Student Life
and Diversity.
·
Continued work on curriculum transformation through the work of the
Diversity Inquiry Group”
Whitney then asked for continued
faculty input. Whitney also urged the IFC to consider the emphatic proposal by a student initiative
in Fall 2006 that all faculty and staff engage in mandatory diversity training. In response to a question from the floor, she
explained that the definition of “diversity” varies widely across the campus
and the community. She closed by
explaining that this request is of great importance to the students and urged
thoughtful discussion on the proposal. The
IFC-EC will take up the issue at its next meeting.
Agenda Item XI: Call for any FC or UFC Standing Committee reports:
Rosalie Vermette.
No discussion.
Agenda Item XII: Unfinished
Business: Rosalie Vermette.
No discussion.
Agenda Item XIII: New
Business: Rosalie Vermette.
No discussion.
Agenda Item XIV: Adjournment:
Rosalie Vermette.
Following a
successful motion to extend the meeting by 5 minutes, Vice President Vermette adjourned the meeting at 5:05.
Minutes prepared by Faculty Council Coordinator, Molly
Martin
UN 403 / 274-2215 / Fax: 274-2970 / fcouncil@iupui.edu / http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil
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I. |
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Welcome and Call to Order. |
Rosalie
Vermette (IUPUI Faculty
Vice-President, 4.0064, rvermett@iupui.edu).
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II. |
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Adoption of the Agenda as
the Order of Business for the Day. |
Rosalie Vermette |
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III. |
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[ACTION ITEM] Memorial Resolution for J. Donald Hubbard, Professor of Pathology (see reverse
side of original agenda). |
Rosalie Vermette |
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IV. |
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[ACTION ITEM]
Approval of IFC 1/16/07 Minutes (distributed electronically). |
Rosalie Vermette |
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V. |
(20 minutes) |
[UPDATE] Integrated
Image Project. |
Amy Conrad Warner (Interim Vice Chancellor
for External Affairs, 4.9840, awarner@iupui.edu)
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VI. |
(15 minutes) |
[ACTION ITEM FOLLOW-UP] Recommendations on Proposals re: the Reorganization
of the Division of Labor (see reverse side of new agenda). |
Bart Ng
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VII. |
(30 minutes) |
Updates/Remarks
from the IFC President. -
[UPDATE / POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM] Open Letter to IU’s Next President and Board
of Trustees. |
Bart Ng (IUPUI Faculty President & UFC Co-Secretary, 4.8185, bng@math.iupui.edu). |
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VIII. |
(10 minutes) |
Question / Answer Period. |
Rosalie Vermette |
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IX. |
(5 minutes) |
[FIRST |
Henry Karlson (Chair – Constitution & Bylaws Committee, 4.2298, hkarlson@iupui.edu) |
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X. |
(15 minutes) |
[INFORMATION ITEM] From the Constitution & Bylaws
Committee – Language re: Voting
Membership of the IFC / Question of
Lecturer/Clinical Faculty Service on the IFC (see p. 7 of agenda packet). |
Henry Karlson |
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XI. |
(20 minutes) |
[UPDATE]
Campus Vision, |
Karen Whitney (Vice Chancellor for
Student Life and Diversity, 4.8990, whitney@iupui.edu)
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XII. |
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Call for any FC or UFC
Standing Committee reports. |
Rosalie Vermette |
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XIII. |
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Unfinished Business? |
Rosalie Vermette |
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XIV. |
(5 minutes) |
New Business? |
Rosalie Vermette |
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XV.
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Adjournment. |
Rosalie Vermette |
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Next
Faculty Council Meeting: Tuesday
March 6, 2007, 3:00-5:00pm, Wynne Courtroom of Inlow Hall (IH 100) Please visit the Faculty Council website at http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil for agenda, updates & more. Agenda prepared by Faculty Council
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