Faculty Affairs Policy Committee (FAPC) Tentative Agenda

Friday, April 1, 2011 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.

Arts & Sciences 1-16 (Mathematics Conference Room)

2010-2011 FAPC Operating Procedures as approved on 03 Sep 2010  word   pdf

 

V.Section2.C.3.b. Scope The Faculty Affairs Policy Committee shall be concerned with policy relating to faculty welfare (e.g. authorities, responsibilities, rights, recognitions, privileges, and opportunities), which includes, but is not limited to, policies relating to academic freedom, workload, compensation, recruitment, retention, promotion, tenure, recognitions, development, and instructional support. This committee also provides advice, as appropriate, on procedural matters that affect the welfare of the faculty

I.Section2. The University Senate exists to promote and implement effective shared governance at the university.  It is expressly charged with recommending academic and institutional policy.  In addition to its policy recommending responsibility, the University Senate serves in an advisory role to the administration, particularly in the implementation of policy or improvement of processes that have broad institutional impact or implications, including but not limited to planning and budgetary processes.  The University Senate strives to be mindful and respectful of matters that are more appropriately handled at the divisional, college, and department levels, but may make recommendations concerning matters within these areas that have broader institutional impact or implications.

V.Section2.C.  Standing Committees.  These committees shall have the following three functions (a) develop recommendations for new policy, (b) develop recommendations that revise existing policy, and (c) serve in advisory role, each applied in a manner consistent with the purposes and powers of the University Senate expressed in Article I.  The inclusion of an appropriate chief division officer or designee is to improve committee effectiveness through communication and coordination with an appropriate administrator who has authority and responsibility for policy implementation in the general area addressed by the committee.

  1. Call to Order

  2. Approval of Agenda for 1 Apr 2011 FAPC meeting

  3. Approval of 4 Mar 2011 FAPC Minutes

  4. Recognitions of faculty "volunteers" serving on FAPC for the 2010-2011 academic year

  5. Information Items

    1. Summer Pay Tax Withholdings / Extra Compensation

      • Invited Guest Ms. Susan Allen (Chief Budget Officer & Director of Payroll Services) regarding Maymester pay date

      • Update (if any) on extra compensation implementation in light of the new ruling recently received by Chief Academic Officers of the USG

    2. Student Opinion Surveys Concern - Student Participation Rate

      • Update on Motion 2: To recommend to the Provost that standard language be developed that will appear on all course syllabi to inform and encourage students to participate in completing Student Opinion Surveys from 12-03-10 meeting

      • Student Opinion Survey language from Section 3.07.03.3 of the GCSU Academic Affairs Handbook   pdf    doc

      • Motion 1 (4 Feb 2011) with committee consideration postponed to 1 April 2011 meeting

        • FAPC Motion 1 (4 Feb 2011) as amended at 4 March 2011 FAPC meeting To recommend to the Provost that student opinion survey results be used for both formative and summative faculty evaluation purposes.

      • Update (if any) on Provost shall review how SOS narratives are being managed and disseminated to faculty action from 12-03-10 meeting

      • Update (if any) on FAPC Motion 1 (3 Dec 10) [FAPC charged committee chair to share with ECUS at 21 Jan 2011 meeting for steering, ECUS [21 Jan 2011] steered back to FAPC, FAPC [4 Feb 2011] recommended its chair forward to Provost within committee advisory function, forwarded [15 Feb 2011] by committee chair to Provost) FAPC Motion 1 (3 Dec 10): To recommend that Student Opinion Surveys be administered to all classes with ten or more students.

    3. Desk Copies

      • Update on the committee charge to its chair to "pass on to Provost Jordan constituency recommendations for alternatives to reselling desk copies provided by publishers."

        • At the 21 January 2011 joint meeting of the Executive Committee and Standing Committee Chairs:  There was general agreement that item k, specifically “selling unwanted desk copies and donating the proceeds to a department foundation account,” is a violation of the BoR policy that includes language to “disallow faculty to resell sample texts provided by publishers.”  There was a recommendation to remove item k from the list of FAPC recommendations prior to wider circulation.

    4. Update on "Faculty Evalution, Triggering Reviews of Department Chairs" Motion from 4 Mar 2011 FAPC meeting

    5. Academic Year Faculty Availability in the Summer

      • Update (if any) on closure on the review of letters for language on summer faculty service by deans and department chairs.

      • Update (if any) on Motion 1 (14 Jan 2011 meeting): To recommend that the Provost instruct all academic administrators that no faculty member be required to perform duties while not under contract. Further, that refusal by a faculty member to perform tasks while not under contract shall not be considered during the tenure application process, annual evaluations or merit increase decisions.

    6. Recent Meetings

      1. Joint Meeting of Executive Committee and Standing Committee Chairs (11 Mar 2011)

      2. University Senate (28 Mar 2011)

  6. Committee Annual Report (Due Date: 22 Apr 2011)   2010-2011 Template     2010-2011 FAPC report: DRAFT for committee review (posted 31 Mar 2011)

    1. IV.Section 2.  Reports.  The committees listed in V.Section2.A.1 shall constitute the standing committees of the University Senate.  Each standing committee and the Executive Committee shall present a comprehensive, written, annual report in an appropriate format to the Executive Committee.  This report shall include a summary of the major items considered by the committee during the academic year and the disposition of each.  The Executive Committee shall set a due date and the format of these reports in consultation with the standing committee chairs and these reports shall be posted with the minutes of the last University Senate meeting of the academic year.

  7. Updates from 2010-2011 FAPC Work Groups  pdf  MSWord 

    1. ADVISORY (Work group update and committee guidance): Post-Tenure Review - Mike Rose

  8. Unfinished Business

  9. New Business

  10. Tentative Agenda for the next FAPC meeting

  11. Opportunity for FAPC Secretary, the minute taker, to clarify any matter with the committee

  12. Adjourn

FAPC Calendar:  All scheduled committee meetings are on Fridays from 12:30-1:45

2010:  Apr 30, Sep 3, Oct 1, Nov 5, Dec 3          Location: Arts & Sciences 1-15

2011:  Jan 14, Feb 4, Mar 4, Apr 1                    Location: Arts & Sciences 1-16