Texas Tech University
The Faculty Senate
,anuary 9, 1981
TO: Members of the -acuity Senate
FROM: Roland Smith, ?resident
SUBJECT: Agenda for meeting #29, January 14, 1981
The Faculty Sena:e will meet on Wednesday, January 14, 1981 at 3:30 p .m.
in the Senate Room of the UniversLty Center. The agenda is as follows:
I.
II.
III.
IV.
Minutes of the December 10, 1980 meeting
Academic Leaderelip Development Program-Arnold Gully
Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Freedom - William A. Stew _rt
Reports of Senate Standing Committees
Committee on Committees - Larry Masten
V.
Results of Senate Elections
VI.
Other Business
VII.
Announcements
A.
The meeting of the voting faculty will be called for 3:00 p.m., 7uesday,
February 3, 1981, in the University Center Ballroom. The purpos_ of the
meeting is :o present to the faculty the proposed revision of the
Tenure Poli:y.
B.
Excerpts fr)m the minutes of the December 9, 1981 meeting of the
Academic Cornell.
C. Correspondeice
D.
At the Sena:e i s January 14, 1981 meeting, we must be out of the
building by 5:00 p.m.
Lubbock, Texas 79409/(806) 742-3656
Agenda Item VII.
B. Selected items fr m minutes o
Academic Council Meeting
December 9, 1980
1. Procedure regard' g bomb
2 . The need for con istent and
departmental lev 1 concerning
eans are to
was discussed.
are available fo faculty wi t
was distributed to deans.
itten procedures at the
the merit pay for faculty
ake sure written procedures
in each academic unit.
3. Discussions of a pointments hich should be of a non-tenure
status were held and it was agreed that clarification of
policy was neede
deans ledger sheets concerning
of the colleges. A system to
xpense statements is currently
was requested to review this
e deans and send any applicable
ffice or the Office of Academic
4. Westbrook distri
the budget opera
provide source o
under developmen
information with
comments back to
Affairs.
uted to the
ions in eac
funds and
. Each dea
the associa
the Budget
5. Ewalt distribute
report of the St
project team. W
the critical nee
potential source
proposal for a s
that it be imple
to the dears a copy of the executive summary
dent/facult /academic information system
ckard and Bay presented materials describing
for such a system and Williams discussed the
of funding The Council voted to endorse the
udent/facul y/academic information system and
ented as soon as possible.
C. Correspondence
The following cor espondence as been sent from the Senate Office since
that which was re orted at th last Senate meeting.
1. Professor Darryle Sanders, as ing him to convene Standing Study Committee B
early in the Spri g Semester.
2. Professor Murl La kin, Facult Status & Welfare Committee, charging that
committee to deve op permanen guidelines and structure for the disbursement
of funds placed i the Facult Development Fund of the University.
3. Professor Mary Ow ns, asking er to convene the Undergraduate Programs Committee
in the near futur •
4. Dr. Len Ainsworth Interim Vi e President of Academic Affairs, request:_ng a
report on whether has been ta en on the recommendations of the ad hoc Committee
on the Use of Uni ersity Vans.
5. The Honorable E.
. Short, th nking him for meeting with the Faculty Senate on
November 12, 1980
6. Dr. Robert Ewalt, Vice Presid nt of Student Affairs, inviting him to report on
the proposed stud nt/faculty- cademic information system at the January meeting.
Correspondence contin ed.. .....
7. Bill Dean, Direct r, Ex-Stude ts Association, thanking him for address ing
the Senate on Dec mber 10, 19 0.
8. Dr. Lauro F. Cava os, Preside t, Texas Tech University, expressing the
faculty's "concer and distre s" that members were appointed to the colimittee
concerned with th search for an Academic Vice President without consultation
with the Senate.
9. Dr. Lauro F. Cava os, Preside t, Texas Tech University, regarding the lasail about the alleged misconduct in the College
quotation in the Universit
of Business Admin stration.
10. Dr. Len Ainsworth Interim Vi e President of Academic Affairs, expressing the
Senate's concern bout some o the advertising in the new version of the published
class schedule.
11. Dr. Len Ainsworth Interim Vi e President of Academic Affairs, expressng
appreciation in b half of the Senate of your statement in your recent
appearance before the Coordin ting Board.
12. Dr. Len Ainsworth Interim Vi e President for Academic Affairs, inforiar.mg him
of the results of the recent acuity Senate elections.
13. Letters of congra ulations to those faculty members who were elected recently
to represent thei college on the Faculty Senate.
14. Letters of regret to those fa ulty members who were not elected to serve.