Millersville University, Faculty Senate
MINUTES
FACULTY SENATE MEETING
21 FEBRUARY 1995
Prior Minutes
Reports
...| Chairperson
| Student Senate
| Assoc. Provost for Ac. Admin.
| Acting Assit. Provost for Ac. Aff.
|
Committee Reports
...| UCPRC
| Gen Ed. Review
| Univ Theme
| Coop Ed.
| Faculty Grants
Proposed Courses
Business
...| Elections
| Gen Ed Review Proposal
| International Business
| Completion of Major
Chairperson D. Ediam called the meeting to order at 4:05 p.m. in Chryst
Hall, Room 210. All departmental senators attended except Political
Science. C. Coveleski, J. Haugh, E. Kobeski and H. Tang attended for the
student senate while M. DiNofia attended for the Snapper.
Minutes
Senate approved the 7 February 1995 meeting
minutes with the following changes: Chairperson D. Eidam submitted changes
for the Report of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs on page 3701. On
page 3701, second paragraph, last sentence, change "MU is trying to get
the faculty an infrastructure in the departments." to "MU is trying to
build more support for the faculty." In the third paragraph, last
sentence, change "MU does not have a way to bring in, retain, and graduate
students without pain in some departments." to "Institutional Research
will enable the University to admit, retain, and graduate students and
also minimize pain in some departments." Finally in the last paragraph of
the Vice-President's report, delete the last sentence, "MU wants to make
more sense out of what it does in the academic affairs division." Also on
page 3703, University Course and Program Review Committee Report, for the
course PSCI 231, strike out the words "...Liberal Arts Core Course..."
Reports
Chairperson's Report
Chairperson D. Eidam recognized several senators who requested changes in
today's agenda. Senator F. Erickson asked that senate withdraw Item XIII
from the agenda. Senator R. Wismer asked that senate place Item XI ahead
of Item X. Senator B. Nakhai asked that senate place Item XII ahead of
Item X. Senate agreed to all changes. Finally Eidam submitted two reports
(see Attachments A and B).
Student Senate
Sbustituting for student senate president, J. Haugh, E. Kobeski greeted
senators. He said that last week, student senate had two referendums
involving revisions to its constitution. If anyone would like to see the
revisions, Kobeski can arrange to send them. The shuttle bus referendum
passed. Student senate held committee elections at its last meeting; it
will notify senate committee chairpeople of their new student members.
Last week was the first meeting of the Spring semester with the Board of
Student Governor Presidents. MU sent three members; two attended the
Chancellor's meeting.
Administrative Officers
Associate Provost for Academic
Administration
Associate Provost for Academic Administration J. Stager prepared and
distributed two reports (see Attachments C and D). They concern tables
about enrollment, average class size, number of sections, etc. Please
share the information with the departments. Some of the highlights
follow.
The total Spring semester enrollment is 7143 students although that number
is not final. MU froze the data last Friday, but still must do more
editing. The enrollment is up from last year. Last year's 400 student drop
overall caused a financial impact on the University. The graphs indicate
that we are recovering from the impact.
MU is still concerned about the decline in part time enrollments. A look
at the chart on page 7 in the reports (Attachment C) shows the history of
part time enrollments in the Fall and Spring for undergraduates. It
includes downtown and on campus students. There has been a steady decline
for some years especially for the last three years. However, the decline
this Spring is less severe than it had been. The ACE program with its 200
students is helping out although some of those students would have
attended MU anyway as part time students. MU needs to develop some
policies and procedures to recover more part time students.
MU also needs to recover more summer school students. Summer enrollments
over the last five years have declined steadily. We need to market Summer
School more aggressively. MU's funding is based on the academic year FTE.
Full time equivalent students represent the total credits taken in the
Fall and Spring semesters divided by 30. Students take 15 credits in the
Fall and Sp[ring; 30 credits are a full time load on the average.
The Fall FTE is always higher than the Spring because the Fall enrollment
is always about 400 higher than the Spring. The charts show that 25 year
history. The academic year FTE is somewhere in-between. Board of
Governors policy constrains us in that we cannot exceed enrollments bands
of the academic year FTE. We cannot go higher than 5743 nor lower than
5293 or our funding is adversely affected. We aim to get the academic year
FTE up as high as possible, but still below the upper enrollment band.
The goal is to raise the 5532 that exists this year up to 5743. Another
200 FTE students would maximize our revenues.
The second packet (Attachment D) is a 7 year history of the number of
sections, seats, and average class size. Stager can, if you would like
them, produce similar graphs for every department. For sections, notice
that the number that MU has offered in the Fall and Spring have steadily
increased for the past three years. For seats, every student takes five
seats approximately per semester. MU generates about 27,000 on campus
seats in any one Fall semester. The seats do not include independent study
and special instruction classes. Divide the number of seats by the number
of sections to get the average class size. the average class size is lower
in the Spring than it is in the Fall.
When questioned about the MU calendar, Stager said that in the Fall of
1997 there is a possibility that classes might start after Labor Day.
Commencement would be Sunday, December 21, 1997. Grades would be due 24
December at 4 PM.
Acting Assistant Provost for Academic
Affairs
Acting Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs K. Gregoire distributed a
resport (see Attachment E). She said that
over Spring break on Thursday and Friday, there will be a statewide
general education conference. Millersville participated in putting
together the conference. MU can have 10 people there. MU already has some
people from the General Education Committee who have expressed an interest
in attending. If you are interested in attending, please contact her.
Committee Reports
University Course and Program Review Committee
Committee chairperson C. McLeod introduced one course under the one
meeting rule:
BIOL462: Molecular Biology, an existing three credit hour
course now requesting four hours credit effective Fall, 1995, if
approved.
General Education Review Committee
General Education Review Committee chairman R. Wismer said the committee
met last Tuesday. It is examining various definitions of courses. The
committee will assemble for an extended weekend meeting in March. It will
strive to formulate some questions for senate because it needs more senate
guidance. It does not want to waste senate's time.
University Theme Committee
University Theme Committee chairperson J. Piperberg said the committee had
received four proposed themes for the 1997-1998 academic year. The
committee will attempt to meet with the individual theme proposers.
Piperberg mentioned some theme events for this semester. Tonight's event
is the second part of the nuclear energy series. The speaker will discuss
superconductivity high level nuclear waste. Future events include: on
March 10 a specialist from NASA will talk about space films. On March 14
at 8 PM in Myers Auditorium, there will be a talk on low level nuclear
wastes. The theme committee will assist the Sociology/Anthropology
Department in bringing to campus and publicizing a speaker, Cyril Wecht, a
forensic specialist. He will speak on March 28 although Piperberg did not
know the exact time nor location.
Cooperative Education Committee
Cooperative Education Committee chairperson, W. Dorman, said the committee
will meet tomorrow at noon in the SMAC and will schedule another meeting
later in the semester.
Faculty Grants Committee
Faculty Grants Committee chairperson, R. Fulmer, reminded senators that
the deadline for applications for faculty grants is March 1, 1995.
Proposed Courses
Under the one meeting rule, senate approved four courses:
ELED371: Teaching Gifted and Able Students, an existing three
credit hour non-General Education Course adding a Writing (W) label in the
Spring of 1995.
EDUC430: Teaching Reading Through Writing, an existing three
credit hour non-General Education Course adding a Writing (W) label in the
Spring of 1995.
PSCI231: "Classics in Political Theory," an existing three
credit course requesting General Education designation retroactive to the
Fall of 1994.
BUAD455: Strategic Management, an existing three credit hour
non General Education course adding a Writing (W) label retroactive to the
Fall of 1994.
Business
Elections
Chairperson D. Eidam called for nominations for a School of Social Science
replacement representative to the Academic Policies Committee to fill a
term that ends August 1995. The nominee could not come from the
Sociology/Anthropology department since S. Casselberry now serves on the
committee. Senator R. Fulmer nominated A. Gantt from the Social Work
Department. With no other nominations seate elected Gantt by
acclamation.
General Education Review Committee
Proposal
The General Education Review Committee proposed that CQ courses be
separated into C and Q courses (see Attachment D of the 1 November 1994
minutes). Committee chairperson R. Wismer spoke in favor of the motion. He
said the current practice puts two categories (C and Q) into one category
(CQ). He said that the committee is not contemplating proposing any
requirements that students must have two C and two Q courses. After more
debate, senate passed the motion.
Proposal for an International Business Certificate
Program and Revisions to the BS Secondary Education Social Studies
Major
Senate considered a proposal for an International Business Certificate
Program to be first offered in the Fall 1994. See B. Nakhai for the
proposal. He spoke in favor of the proposal; it requires 18 credits of
interdisciplinary courses mainly in social sciences. It has already
recruited students. He listed the three components: Business and
Economics, foreign language, and Liberal Arts. The motion passed.
Next senate considered revisions to the BS Secondary Education Social
Studies major to be first offered Fall 1995. See C. Geiger/H. Fischer for
the proposal. Senator C. McLeod spoke for the prposal. Under the revision
he said a department would become the major and social studies would
become an option. Senator S. Luek noted the University does not have a
separate Department of Social Studies. After considerable discussion,
Senator R. Fulmer noted he was hearing three different issues. A R.
Fulmer/O. Iglesias motion to postpone action on the proposal until two
senate meetings from now passed. Senate will consider the proposal at the
first meeting after the Spring Break.
Motion Concerning Completion of the
Major
Senate resumed debate on the Admission to-, Retention-in-, and Completion
of the Major policy motions (see Attachment F
for the chairperson's latest amended statements of the first two motions).
Since senate vice-chairperson S. Luek and chairperson D. Eidam wished to
speak to the motions, senator B. Nakhai volunteered to preside
temporarily.
Senate resumed debate on the Admission to the Major motion first at the
point where it adjourned at the last meeting. The D. Hutchens/R. Wismer
amendment would delete the sentence, "Admission to the major must be based
on multiple selection criteria." from the motion. Senator D. Hutchens said
some senators object to the lack of meaning of the words "...multiple
selection criteria." Senator G. Yelagotes said the multiple selection
criteria needed to be spelled out.
G. Yelagotes/D. Eidam moved the previous question. Parliamentarian C.
Scharnberger said that the Yelagotes/Ediam motion required a two-thirds
majority vote and was not debatable. Scharnberger said the previous
question comprised the Hutchens/Wismer amendment and the Admission to the
Major motion. If the Yelagotes/Eidam motion passed, it would force an
immediate vote on the amendment and main motion. The Yelagotes/Eidam
motion failed by one vote, 15 in favor to 9 against.
Debate on the Hutchens/Wismer amendment continued. After considerable
debate, senate passed the amendment. Debate on the Admission to the Major
motion as amended resumed. To be consistent with other sentences in the
motion, senate consented unanimously to adding the words "special" to the
sentence, "All (special) departmental admissions requirements must be in
writing and kept constant." A C. Stameshkin/M. Margolis motion to move the
previous question passed with more than the required two-thirds majority.
The Admission to the Major motion then passed.
Chairperson D. Eidam replaced temporary chairperson B. Nakhai. Senate
began debate on the second motion, Retention in the Major, as amended and
as stated in Attachment F. It resumed debate
at the point where it adjourned at the last meeting. D. Hutchens/B. Nakhai
had moved to amend the main motion to delete the fifth paragraph beginning
"A Student who has met..." The Hutchens/Nakhai motion to amend passed.
Senate returned to the main motion as amended. B. Nakhai/R. Wismer moved
to amend by changing the second paragraph of the motion as follows: In the
first sentence change the word "...new..." to "...additional..." Senate
consented unanimously to the change. Senate then passed the
Retention-in-the-Major motion.
Senate returned the third motion, Completion of the Major, to the agenda
for the next meeting. It also returned BS Secondary Education Social
Studies Major to the agenda until the first meeting after the Spring
break. Senate adjourned at 5:40 p.m. The next meeting will be Tuesday, 7
March 1995, from 4:05-5:45 p.m. in Chryst 210.
Respectfully submitted,
Marvin Margolis, Secretary
Faculty Senate
Prior Minutes
Reports
...| Chairperson
| Student Senate
| Assoc. Provost for Ac. Admin.
| Acting Assit. Provost for Ac. Aff.
|
Committee Reports
...| UCPRC
| Gen Ed. Review
| Univ Theme
| Coop Ed.
| Faculty Grants
Proposed Courses
Business
...| Elections
| Gen Ed Review Proposal
| International Business
| Completion of Major
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