• Concerns about mechanisms available to faculty for responding to student behavioral problems in the classroom. • Concerns about termination of faculty access to email and other electronic university services when off contract. • Concerns about changes to the curriculum process and the impact of a pre-proposal process.
• Concerns about changes in student attendance.
• Concerns about faculty and student safety during emergency events.
The Executive Committee appreciates the willingness of the BOT Chair and Vice Chair to meet with faculty and facilitate stronger communication of the activities of faculty to the Board of Trustees. I think that our recent ability to share both the view of the general education process (in the Fall) and the view of life as a center faculty member (in the Winter) has allowed us the opportunity to provide critical information and perspectives that we hope are helpful to the Board. We know that your time is scarce; we appreciate these opportunities and look forward to future conversations. As with previous years, we have seen an increase in the work at the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee. At the time of writing this report, the committee has reviewed 23 new programs, 115 program changes, 228 new courses, and 283 course changes. This influx of programs and curriculum seems to continue a trend over the last few years of increasing workload on this committee. Additionally, due to the retirement of a key administrative professional in the Associate Provost’s office this January, this committee has effectively experienced a substantial reduction in staff support. Options are being explored to restore support to the committee and attempt to remedy this reduction. The committee, in partnership with the Executive Committee, has started to solicit feedback from faculty and administration on the overall curriculum process; seeking to look at what works, what could be improved, and what the process could do that it currently doesn’t. This information gathering will provide a significant foundation for revision to the curriculum process to make improvements. A potential revision to the curriculum proposal process would also allow the Senate to address particularly thorny problems with a holistic approach. For example, the Provost has requested a pre-proposal form and presentation of all new programs, including minors and Curriculum Committee:
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Faculty Senate Report
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