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mber 11th and our first Senate
ths time one can deliver a baby.
will see if our baby is delivere
born. In my list of goals for t is
ion of the tenure policy was a t p
the fact that this may come abo t
Vice President Haragan with En i Bolen's
im Eissinger playing important r les.
d Administration for agreeing to
now the results.
Another goal was to et recognit on by t e Administration that the Facult
Senate does represen the facult . I be ieve we have been partially suc ssful
but we must continue to pursue t is goal
I became interested in lookin at
the make up of this ears Senate in rela ion to the faculty as a whole a I
came up with some in eresting fa ts. Of the 52 Senators, 38 or 71% are • the
Graduate faculty and of the 14 w o are n t, 2 are from Law School. The % is
approximately the s e as that o the fa ulty as a whole. In considerin
professorial ranks, e have 3 of the 18 orn professors plus 26 full pro ssors
for 56%; approximate y 36% of th entire faculty hold those ranks. With 1
Senators or 40% as A sociate Pro essors, we top the approximately 35% of he
total faculty. The ne area whe e the S nate is definitely not represen tive
of the faculty is at the Assista t Profe sor rank. We have only 2 or 4% if
the Senate at that r nk as versu 29% of the faculty. There are .7 depariient
chairs on the Senate • In consid ring ge der there are 44 men and 8 wome for
85% and 15% respecti ely, figure highly corresponding to the Tech facul .
If, in fact, statist 'cal treatme t were pplied I believe that it would
found that the Senat is represe tative f and I believe it represents t
faculty of this Uni rsity very ell. M st of the actions we have taken his
year have been well eceived by he facu ty, judged by unsolicited comme S.
challenge ext yea is to get increased recognitio from
I believe our bigge
the Administration. We have a f ot in the door. Prior to receiving a f
al
vazos asked the Senate President to serve on the VP
request, President
esident Cav zos has also written that he will meet
th
Search Committee.
the Senate in the f 1. This wi I be a "first" and indicates a beginnin
willingness to reco ize the wor of the Senate. In fact, in this mornin
UD the President no ed the part layed b the Faculty Senate in Tenure
negotiations. Now, the fact th t the Co ittee on Committees had such a
difficult time gett ng faculty t serve n University committees, added
the problems faced y the Elect ns Co ittee in obtaining affirmative a wers
from nominees for t e Faculty S nate, 1 nds itself to several interpreta ions.
You may disagree wi h my ideas ut I am of the opinion that it is not a ack
of interest in facu ty governan e that eeps faculty from volunteering f
committee and senat work but a realist c view of the large amount of ti e which
must be expended ba anced again t the s all amount of credit given towar
tenure and promotio . Even tho gh a de artment chair and the faculty of a
department may reco nize such u iver sit service as important, the highe
echelons of the adm nistration ut a lo value on such service. I submi
to you that when th time comes that we can no longer get faculty to per orm
these services, the administrat on will realize just how much work is don by
faculty. I therefo e challenge the administration to correct the situat on,
before it reaches m re epidemic proportions, by decreeing that Universit
service is importan and is to e given due consideration in tenure and
promotion decisions
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Finally, another goa was to att ck the problems of registration. As yo have
heard today some pro lems have b en identified and solutions have been
proposed. We have P esident Cav zos' assurance that he will take action a
the committee recomm ndations.
So, as is
it to the
If we are
impact on
usual in m-eting goals we have been partially successful. We 1 eave
1986-87 Se ate to cont nue the pursuit of these and other goals
constant i our recogn tion of University needs and policies we will
excellence at Texas Te h University.