Millersville University, Faculty Senate
Attachment B
Faculty Senate Minutes
2 May 1995
| DATE: |
| |
May 2, 1995 |
|
| |
|
| TO: |
| |
Faculty Senate |
|
| |
|
| FROM |
| |
Don Eidam |
|
| |
|
| For your consideration: |
| |
Motion re N-meeting rule |
CHANGE GOVERNANCE MANUAL THUS:
A. Course and Program Approval Procedures [p.86]{xe "Undergraduate
Studies: Course and Program Modification Policies: Approval Procedures"}
Any decision of the appropriate Course and Program Review Committee may
be reviewed by the Faculty Senate; however, if a decision on a new
course is not challenged in the next (three) TWO senate
meetings after it has been reported or if a decision on the new
designation of existing courses as Liberal Arts Core, L, Perspectives,
CQ, W, and/or QARC is not challenged by the next senate meeting after
it has been reported, the decision will be considered approved by the
sneate.
RATIONALE:
The proposal allows for a minimum of four weeks from course introduction
to automatic approval, which should be adequate time for departments to
scrutinize proposals. It is presented in the interest of accelerating in
a small way a pipeline navigation which is burdensome by most accounts.
The number of requests for waiving the three-meeting rule is increasing,
and Senate has not in recent memory refused to grant such a request.
Very few courses proposed are in fact challenged. If a new or existing
course is challenged, it is the prerogative of Senate to extend
the time period to allow the parties to confer and, if possible, reach
accord [the G.M. does not preclude such extension, as it does not
explicityly address what is to happen if a course is challenged]
and/or to place the course on a future agenda for discussion and formal
vote.
IMPLEMENTATION
Immediately and retroactively upon tacit approval of the President.
Return to Faculty Senate Home Page
Return to MU Home Page