Faculty Senate
September 26, 2013 – 3:30 p.m.
Robert C. Voight Faculty Senate Chambers – 325 Graff Main Hall
Vol. 48, No. 3
I.
Roll Call: Present: M. Allen, J. Anderson, C. Angell, E. Barnes, K. Beyer, T. Blumentritt, L. Caya, L.
Dickmeyer, N. Eschenbaum, A. Galbraith, P. Haried, D. Hart, K. Hoar, J. Hollenback, J. Kirsch, F.
Klein, R. McKelley, D. Riley, B. Seebach, J. Shanks, B. Shrestha and K. Terpstra
Excused: K. Rosacker
II.
Approval of Minutes of September 12, 2013: M/S/P
III.
Reports:
a. Chancellor: No Report
b. Provost: The UWL tenth-day report: 10,427 total enrollment – 797 grad students (increased
over 2012) and 1,990 new freshmen. Heibing, a marketing firm, is working with UWL on
enrollment management issues. They are on campus today to gather information from
current sophomores and freshmen as to why they chose to attend UWL. During freshman
registration, they spoke with incoming freshmen and their parents. In addition, they have
had online discussions with admitted students to find out why they did not enroll. Finally,
we have been notified that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is continuing its funding
of the Math MOOC.
c. CFO: No Report
d. Faculty Rep: No Report
e. Chair: Hannah Bresson, Student Governance Liaison was introduced to the Senate. The
chair announced that Chad Landes, BOR student member, will be on campus October 18.
All Senators are encouraged to attend the governance session from 11:00-11:45 a.m. in
the FS chambers
IV.
Faculty/IAS Compensation Plan: Discussion began with a short synopsis of both the Group 85
and the PTS 80 plan followed by a recommendation from SEC. Motion to support the Group 85
plan and charge PTS with working with chairs, deans and administration to disperse the
leftover funds to target cases of compression/inversion and other extremes. PTS will also be
charged with working on a permanent plan for future salary plans.
Extensive discussion followed. Concerns were raised about both plans – group versus
individual, how they would be received at UWS, SEC’s support of Group 85, etc. Exactly how
will extra funds be distributed? PTS would work with the Deans, Chairs and Bob Hetzel to
develop a plan. Concerns about how extreme cases will be helped with a group plan?
Extreme cases would be addressed with the extra funds. Was PTS involved with the Group 85
discussions? No. Most of the discussions took place before classes started – due to time
constraints. Should merit and/or years in rank be considered? Could either plan exacerbate
inversion/compression issues? Reminder that median means that some individuals have to be
above and some below. The two plans are not directly comparable as they work with
different targets. Why don’t the spreadsheets list department names? This introduces bias.
Motion approved (18/3/0).
V.
Discussion of Changes in School of Education and Department of Education Studies: The
Provost described the new organizational structure of SoE. The Dept. of Ed. Studies will move
out of the College of Liberal Studies and into the School of Education. The SoE Director will
take on the role of a pseudo-dean (much like the Director of the Library). This new
organization will address the issue of triangulation that exists between the DES Chair, SoE
Director and CLS Dean. A Transition Team, chaired by Rob Dixon with membership from
various areas of education, will be looking at such things as funding and staffing needs for SoE
and DES faculty retention, promotion and tenure processes. In addition, issues such as the role
of the SoE Director on Joint Promotion and Dean’s Council need to be addressed, as well as
representation of DES on Faculty Senate. Survey results indicate that the majority of education
faculty are in favor of the new organization. This is not a move to create a College of
Education; however, DES will have the option to form multiple separate departments within
SoE. This is an area that will be discussed within DES. Concerns were raised regarding 1)
clarification of the role of the SoE Director and the role of the Chair of DES and 2) making sure
that the voices of all DES faculty are heard throughout the entire reorganization process – and
that faculty are able to speak freely and in confidence. In addition, what will happen if DES
decides to split into multiple departments and an individual faculty member does not want to
move? The Provost confirmed that such situations would need to be addressed on a case-bycase basis to work toward the best outcome for all involved. Dean Benson stated that she is in
favor of the reorganization and has talked to the Provost to ensure that DES and CLS is not
disadvantaged in any way. She would like to continue to build upon areas of collaboration
between colleges and SoE. Will STEP move into SoE? Not at this time. STEP is in its 2 nd year. A
review of the STEP programs should be scheduled for a point after one cycle of students has
gone through the program.
VI.
Meeting Adjourned at 5:09 p.m.
VII.
Respectfully submitted,
Kerrie Hoar