IFC 4/3/07 Minutes
Approved 4/17/07
Indiana University Purdue University
Indianapolis
Faculty Council Minutes (“IFC”): April 3,
2007
Wynne Courtroom, Inlow Hall (“IH
100”): 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 to order at 3:00pm.
Agenda Item II:
Adoption of the Order of Business for the Day.
The agenda was adopted as the
order of business for the day.
Hearing no objections, the 3/6/07 IFC minutes (http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil/minutes/fc070306html.htm)
were approved as written and entered into record.
Blackwell announced the slate
of candidates for election to the IFC Executive and Nominating Committees ( http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil/documents/IFC-2007-08.htm
) (respectively) for 2007-09 terms. The election will be held at the May 1st IFC
meeting.
Agenda Item V: [INFORMATION
ITEM] IFC-2007-09: Results of 2007-09 At-Large and UFC Elections: Jacqueline
Blackwell.
Blackwell then announced the
results of the recent online election of IFC Representatives At-Large and IUPUI
Representatives to the University Faculty Council ( http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil/documents/IFC-2007-09.htm ) for the 2007-09 terms. Those elected will join representatives currently
serving 2006-08 terms. Blackwell
thanked all of the candidates and congratulated the newly-elected
representatives. She, then, moved
that the ballots be deleted/destroyed.
The motion carried unanimously.
Bantz briefed the faculty on the
following:
·
He called on Dean Uday
Sukhatme who reported that a search committee is being convened to select the
new Dean of the School of Science (Bill Bosron is serving as Interim
Dean). Science faculty and senior
leadership originally asked that the search be delayed a bit; it was and will
now proceed, likely starting in earnest this Fall.
·
Dean Sukhatme then
reported that the campus promotion and tenure process is complete [for the
academic year] and that the recommendations have been forwarded to the
Presidents of IU and Purdue, as appropriate. The campus committee made some
recommendations regarding process and next year’s guidelines feature a few
minor changes, including a page limit of 50 pages (NOTE: that 50-page limit does not include
letters of recommendations or the vita, itself). Sukhatme closed by announcing that Associate Dean of the
Faculties Sharon Hamilton is working to streamline the current guidelines
(NOTE: content will be unaffected).
·
Bantz reported that the
name of the new Vice Chancellor for External Affairs will likely be announced Friday
April 6th. He thanked
all those involved in the search process.
·
The search committee for
the new Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance—to be chaired by
Dr. Bob Jones from the School of Medicine—is nearly complete. Long-time Vice Chancellor Bob Martin
will retire at the end of this year.
·
The task force has
reported to the Chancellor on the new Campus Diversity Officer (“CDO”)
position. Chancellor Bantz has
shared the report, gathered feedback, and is now putting together the search
committee. He, then, noted that Wellpoint CDO David Casey will serve on the
committee and that a search firm will be used.
·
The Chancellor has
received the selection committee and Dean Sukhatme’s respective recommendations
for the next crop of Chancellor’s Professors.
·
David Malik and
Chancellor Bantz have reviewed the regional campus promotion and tenure cases
for which the Chancellor is responsible.
They have forwarded their recommendations to President Herbert. The Chancellor will brief the Board of
Trustees on this year’s process, as this was the inaugural year of the new
aspects of his system-wide role.
He looks forward to highlighting the many outstanding cases at IUPUI and
throughout the system and to explaining some of the more complex cases, as well.
·
Chancellor Bantz
explained that he is currently serving on the IU East (“IUE”) Review
Committee. This review is
important to IUPUI in two ways, he explained: 1) IUE is a “sister campus” and (2) the issues IUE is facing
are partially-related to changes in state policies on higher education.
·
On a related note, the
Chancellor explained that his system-wide role includes chairing the
Chancellor’s Review processes at IUE and IU South Bend (“IUSB”), both of which
are underway.
·
The Board of Trustees
meets Thursday and Friday (April 5-6) at IUSB; the agenda includes discussion
of a distance education pricing policy.
·
The Multicultural Center
Review Committee submitted their report to the Chancellor on Monday. He will review the recommendations and
report back.
Agenda Item VII: Updates/Remarks from the
IFC President: Bart Ng (IUPUI Faculty President & UFC
Co-Secretary, 4.8185, bng@math.iupui.edu).
Ng briefed the Council on the following:
·
The IFC will meet with
President-Elect Michael McRobbie on April 17th. Ng asked that IFC members prepare
questions for the meeting. He
suggested that questions from the following areas might be especially
pertinent: administrative structure and academic priorities within the budgetary/planning
process.
·
The IFC Executive
Committee (“IFC-EC”), joined by Dean Sukhatme and Chancellor Bantz, met with
President-Elect McRobbie on March 29th and enjoyed a productive
conversation. Ng then offered a few highlight. McRobbie acknowledged to the IFC-EC that he understands the
importance of symbolism and that he plans to spend time “being visible at
IUPUI.” Ng feels that the
President-Elect has a good perspective on IUPUI and IU and his general impression
is that McRobbie is in “fact-finding mode,” prepared to engage and listen to
faculty.
At
their meeting McRobbie told the IFC-EC that he plans to alternate the
President’s cabinet meetings between IUPUI and IU Bloomington (“IUB”), perhaps
adding other campuses to the mix as well.
The President-Elect also plans to continue a tradition he began as
Provost at IUB with the Wells House:
holding regular, informal faculty receptions at the Lilly House. The President-Elect also remarked that
he envisions greatly improved mechanisms for collaboration across the IU
system. Finally, Ng explained
McRobbie’s take on the development of new programs, an issue of great concern
at IUPUI. The President-Elect
assured the IFC-EC that, while program duplication is an issue, but it is not
the only consideration when reviewing program proposals. He explained that viability, market
size, innovation, and quality are all critical factors.
·
Bart on his quote about
“IUPUI will be independent in 15 years:”
the point he was making was that IUPUI being a strong part of IU
depending on collaboration, etc. & how the people of IN feel they’re best
served in re: to a question from last question (“I heard around hear that IUPUI
will be independent in 30 years anyway”)
·
The University Faculty
Council (“UFC”) has spent a great deal of time discussing the Report on Core and System Schools and President Herbert’s response to it. The UFC feels that faculty were not
properly consulted in the composition of, review of, and response to this
report and has set up list-servs for potentially affected schools so as to
gather faculty feedback. The UFC
will, then, use that feedback to compose a resolution on the report and
associated recommendations, which they hope to adopt in late April.
·
At its March meeting,
the UFC passed the following resolution on Senate Joint Resolution 7 (the
so-called Marriage Amendment):
“Be
it resolved that the University Faculty Council is strongly opposed to SJR 7, a
proposed state constitutional amendment that says:
"Marriage
in Indiana consists only of the union of one man and one woman. This
Constitution or any other Indiana law may not be construed to require that
marital status or the legal incidents of marriage be conferred upon unmarried
couples or groups."
This
proposed amendment expresses an intolerance and narrow-mindedness that is
inimical to the principles of diversity, respect, tolerance, and freedom that
are the foundations of a university. If it is adopted, this amendment
will have a profoundly negative effect on Indiana University's ability to
attract and retain the best scholars, staff, and students.
By
Action of the Indiana University Faculty Council: March 28, 2007”
·
Nominees and volunteers
are now being sought for the position of Faculty Commissioner on the Indiana
Commission for Higher Education. The current commissioner is an IUB law
professor. Candidates for the
position—which comes up every two years—will be reviewed by a panel
made up of UFC Senior Co-Secretary Ted Miller and faculty leaders from all
state-supported institutions. The
panel will pare down the nominees to a list of 5-6, which will be forwarded to
the Governor The application deadline is April 13th. Visit the ICHE homepage to apply (the
application link is on the right-hand side)
·
Four IUPUI students are
up for consideration to become the next IU Student Trustee.
·
IU Trustees Sue Talbot
(Alumni-Elected), Steve Ferguson (President), Clarence Boone, and Jeff Cohen
(IUPUI Liaison) are serving terms that come up for reappointment/re-election in
2007. Next year, Ng remarked, promises
to be one of great change at IU.
·
The Division of Labor
Studies (“DLS”) merger task force is moving forward and making progress towards
the DLS move into the School of
Social Work. The task force
plans to report to Chancellor Bantz on or before May 1st.
Agenda Item VIII: Question/Answer
Period.
During the
Q&A session, IFC members posed the following questions:
Jim Baldwin asked
the Chancellor to share his timeline for selecting Vice Chancellor Bob Martin’s
successor. Bantz explained that it
is likely a new Vice Chancellor will be in place in October 2007. Those who have reviewed the position’s
portfolio believe it is a highly marketable and attractive position.
Anne Belcher
asked when IU could expect a state budget forecast from the State
Assembly. Bantz responded that
very few things are firm at this point but that this legislative session has
been an interesting one (this is the Governor’s first experience with a house
not of his own party). The
Chancellor believes the budget will be finalized at the “11th hour,” but is
also confident in continued support for the Life Sciences Initiative. In closing, Bantz noted that the
university is not nearly as pessimistic about the state budget as it was two
years ago.
Bill Schneider
asked when the Proposed Policy on Research Misconduct (a university policy
being reviewed by the IFC Research Affairs Committee) would come before the
IFC. It will be presented for
action on April 17th as the UFC plans to act on it in late April in order to
satisfy deadlines set by external organizations.
Martin Spechler
noted that President-Elect McRobbie has expressed his views about relatively
recent administrative structural changes at the university by implying that the
position of Provost at IUB will stand (as opposed to returning to the
Chancellor model at IUB). Ng
remarked that, as McRobbie is not President yet and that since the Trustees
made the changes in structure, he might not be able to speak to any future
changes at this time. Ng also
remarked that McRobbie is not ready to address the symbolic implications of the
IU President’s role as the CEO of IUB.
The President-Elect communicated that he intends to act as the CEO of IU
and each of its campuses. The title
of CEO for the IUB campus, he said, will not affect his administration of the
university.
David Ford and
Henry Karlson expressed their concerns about the conflict of interest they feel
is inherent in the President’s role as the CEO of IUB. Other echoed those concerns. Ford followed up by voicing concerns
about the application of the President’s discretionary fund; he wants IUPUI to
benefit from the “presidential taxes” it pays. Ng agreed and noted that the IUPUI Budgetary Affairs
Committee is closely monitoring the development of the discretionary fund
administrative structure in order to address this concern. Vice Chancellor Martin followed up,
noting that a group has been convened to review the tax and explore ways to
shift the burden on the fund across time.
Martin Spechler
explained that he feels it is important for Ng to clarify any misquoted
passages in recent IDS articles on IU’s administrative structure, IUPUI’s
status in the IU system, etc.
Ng said that he appreciated Spechler’s concerns but that he is
unconvinced that there would be any benefit to drawing more attention to misquoted
information.
Marianne Wokeck
asked Dean Sukhatme when the campus P&T guidelines would be formalized (a
draft was distributed at the most recent workshop). Sharon Hamilton noted that the guidelines are being
formalized and assured Wokeck that the new guidelines will not contain changes
in content or expectations of candidates.
Agenda Item IX:
[ACTION ITEM] IFC-2007-04: Request for Endorsement of IUPUI Student Affairs
Committee Recommendations Regarding Campus Student Pedestrian: Marsha Ellett
(Chair – Student Affairs Committee, 4.0051, mlellett@iupui.edu).
Ellett re-read the resolution for which
she is seeking IFC endorsement.
Ellett explained that her
committee has partnered with student government to explore possible approaches
to addressing the campus increase in pedestrian-related accidents along New
York and Michigan Streets. She
noted that the recent growth of hospitals, additional on-campus housing, and
the rise in campus population have all led to increased pedestrian traffic on
campus. Her committee worked with
IUPUI Deputy Chief of Police Larry Propst to discuss ways in which student,
staff, and faculty groups can assist in the campus’ negotiations with the city.
Propst help the committee develop the suggestions contained in the resolution
above.
Ellett accepted the following
recommendations (so-called “friendly amendments”) from the floor:
Henry
Karlson suggested that the resolution title be revised to read “IUPUI Student
Affairs Committee Recommendations to IUPUI Faculty Council: Regarding Campus
Student Pedestrian Safety” (it was originally directed to “the IUPUI Faculty
Senate,” a misnomer.
Andre
De Tienne suggested that the word “student” be removed from phrases “Campus
Student Pedestrian Safety” and “student safety issues” in order to broaden the
intent of the resolution to address the safety of all pedestrians on campus.
The amended resolution read:
“IUPUI
Student Affairs Committee
Recommendations
to IFC Regarding
Campus
Pedestrian Safety
The Student Affairs Committee
recognizes the legal and manpower limitations governing the IUPUI Police and
Administration in regard to safety issues recognized on the IUPUI campus. The
Committee appreciates that laws regarding adjacent roadways were enacted to
accommodate the efficient flow of vehicular traffic and, as such, pedestrians
must assume a great deal of responsibility for their own safety when crossing
all campus roadways.
Accepting the above factors, the
City of Indianapolis must be aware that much has changed on the IUPUI
campus. A larger number of
individual are engaged in activities in more campus buildings. University Hospital is expanding, and
with that expansion we can expect an increasing stream of visitors. Traditional on-campus housing
opportunities have increased the amount of student pedestrian travel along
Michigan and New York Streets.
These factors, combined with the fact of increasing numbers of accidents
involving vehicles and pedestrians, must be a driving force in the adoption of
slower speeds and more stringent traffic enforcement on the IUPUI campus.
Based on a response from
University Police Deputy Chief of Police Larry Propst to our inquiry regarding
pedestrian safety, the IUPUI Student Affairs Committee makes the following
recommendation to the IFC.
Encourage Chancellor Bantz and
University Police to work with the city and the appropriate city departments
to:
1.
Lower the 35 mph speed limit on Michigan and New York Streets
2.
Install scramble lights at key intersections
3.
Repaint existing appropriate pedestrian crosswalks and remove
those that are not appropriate or are in violation of state statutes
4.
Change the timing of automatic signals to allow longer
pedestrian crossing times.”
With discussion concluded,
Vice President Vermette called the question. The IFC voted unanimously to endorse the resolution, which
will now be forwarded to Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance Bob
Martin.
Agenda Item X: Call
for any FC or UFC Standing Committee reports: Rosalie Vermette.
Technology
Committee Chair Hasan Akay reported to the IFC that his committee continues to
work with the Information Technology Policy Office (“ITPO”) reviewing proposed
and interim technology and technology use policies. Akay directed IFC members to the ITPO website to
familiarize themselves with policies as well as to offer feedback on draft
policies. Policies, once commented
on by the Technology Committee, University Counsel, and others, are typically
forwarded to the Trustees for action.
Akay noted, especially, IT-07: The Policy on Privacy of Indiana
University IT Resources. Akay’s
committee, he explained, has already submitted their comments on IT-07 and,
now, he urges IFC members to review the policy and submit their own
feedback. In response to a
question from the floor, he explained that the ITPO model for collecting
feedback from technology policy stakeholders does not include seeking formal
votes on policies [like IT-07] by faculty governance but that faculty feedback
and the engagement of his committee is a high priority of the ITPO. IFC President Ng thanked Akay and his
committee for their hard work over the past two years, ensuring a strong
faculty voice in the development of information technology policy.
Agenda Item XI: Unfinished Business: Rosalie Vermette.
Vice President
Rosalie Vermette—in response to a question from the floor—reported
that, following the reading at the March 6th IFC meeting, the Academic Affairs
Committee requested additional time to review the proposed revised Principles
of Undergraduate Learning (“PULs”) which features new language for the 2nd
Principle [on “Critical Thinking”] and a “postscript” [detailing processes for
implementation, assessment, and revision of the PULs]. The proposals will be presented for IFC
action on May 1st.
Agenda Item XII: New Business: Rosalie Vermette.
When Vice
President Vermette called for new business, Martin Spechler asked that the IFC
Executive Committee assign a committee to review President Herbert’s report on
core and system schools and work with the President to understand and possibly
offer recommendations or support.
Ng responded that he believes the UFC course of action is preferable,
especially considering that action on this report may occur as early as July.
Next, Faculty
Affairs Chair Andre De Tienne reported that his committee has convened a
subcommittee to explore ownership of and the use of student evaluations in the
P&T process. De Tienne urged
IFC feedback on the issue, he can be reached at adetienn@iupui.edu.
Agenda Item XIII: Adjournment: Rosalie Vermette.
Vice President
Vermette adjourned the meeting at 4:43pm.
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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Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
(IUPUI) Faculty Council (IFC) Meeting Wynne Courtroom (Inlow Hall Room 100) / Tuesday April 3, 2007 - 3:00-5:00 pm A G E N D A (IFC: April 3, 2007) |
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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] Approval of IFC 3/6/07 Minutes (distributed
electronically). |
Rosalie Vermette |
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IV.
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[INFORMATION ITEM]
IFC-2007-08: Slate of Candidates for
Election to the IFC Executive & Nominating Committees for the 2007-09
Terms (see reverse side of agenda). |
Jacqueline Blackwell (Chair – Nominating, jblackwe@iupui.edu).
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V. |
(2 minutes) |
[INFORMATION ITEM]
IFC-2007-09: Results of 2007-09
At-Large and UFC Elections (see p. 3 of agenda packet). |
Jacqueline Blackwell
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VI.
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Updates/Remarks from the Chancellor. |
Charles Bantz (Indiana University Executive Vice President and Chancellor of
IUPUI).
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VII.
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Updates/Remarks from the IFC President. |
Bart Ng (IUPUI
Faculty President & UFC Co-Secretary, 4.8185, bng@math.iupui.edu). |
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VIII.
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(15 minutes) |
Question / Answer Period. |
Rosalie Vermette |
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IX.
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[ACTION ITEM]
IFC-2007-04: Request for Endorsement
of IUPUI Student Affairs Committee Recommendations Regarding Campus Student
Pedestrian Safety (see p. 4 of agenda packet). |
Marsha Ellett (Chair – Student Affairs Committee, 4.0051, mlellett@iupui.edu) |
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X. |
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Call for any FC or UFC
Standing Committee reports. - From the Hasan Akay
& the Technology Committee |
Rosalie Vermette |
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XI.
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Unfinished Business? |
Rosalie Vermette |
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XII.
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New Business? |
Rosalie Vermette |
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XIII.
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Adjournment. |
Rosalie Vermette |
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Next Faculty Council Meetings: Tuesday April 17, 2007, 3:00-5:00pm,
Wynne Courtroom of Inlow Hall (IH 100) Tuesday May 1, 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
Coordinator Molly Martin: UN 403 / 274-2215 / Fax: 274-2970 / fcouncil@iupui.edu / http://www.iupui.edu/~fcouncil |
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