MINUTE$ #141, FACULTY SENATE
March 10, 1993
The Faculty Senate met on We
Senate Room f the Universit
Senators pre ent we e Aranha,
Curzer, Dagh stany, Dragga,
Freeman, Goebel, GI een, Haig
Kiecker, D. kason, Meek, Mil
Stoune, Strawdermar , Trost,
Zartman. Sttors Benson, C
absent becau e of 1. niversity
notification.
nesday, March 10, 1993, at 3:15 p.n. in the
Center with Benjamin H. Newcomb presiding.
liese, Bradley, Burnett, Cismaru, Couch,
unn, Dunne, Dvoracek, Elbow, Fedler,
er, Hensley, Higdon, Hopkins, Jonish,
er, Mitra, Morrow, Payne, Pen, Roy,
roub, Urban, Wagner, Weber, Zanglein and
ulter, Henry, Huffman and Shroyer were
business. Senator J. Mason was absent with
President Newcomb called the meeting to order at 3:20 and welconed the
following guests: Donald R. Haragan, Executive Vice President and
Provost; Len Ainswcrth, Vice Provost; Virginia Sowell, Associate Vice
President; Jerry Ramsey, Asso ciate Vice President for Operations; Robert
Sweazy, Vice Provost for Rese arch; Steve Kauffman, News and
Publications; Denise Jackson, Office of Development; David Proctor,
Library; Gerald Skcog, Chair, Faculty Status and Welfare Committee; Gail
C. Wolfe, Traffic and Parking; Dewey L. Shroyer, Grounds Maintenance;
Jay A. ParchMan, Pclice Services; Daniel Nathan, Philosophy; Julie
Hemby, Lubbock Avalanche Journal; and Sandra Pulley, University Daily.
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Professor Clarke E. Cochran, Political Science, served as
Parliamentarian.
I. CONSIDER*TION CF THE MINUTES
The minutes Of the 10 February 1993 meeting were approved.
II. ELECTI4 OF SENATE OFFICERS
The following were elected to Faculty Senate office for 1993/94:
Presidept — Sue Couch
Vice-President,-Oliver
Secretaiy--Jayne Zanglei
III. ANNOUNcEMENTS
Nominations for election to the Faculty Senate and appointment 7.o
University Committees have been received. No nominees for the Senate
were received from the college of agriculture, which has two vacancies.
Nominees for the Grievance Panel are needed from Agriculture,
Architecture, Education, and Engineering. Nominees for the Terrire
Hearing Panel are needed from Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, and
Architecture.
IV. REPORTS FROM UNIVERSITY COUNCILS
Provost's Co4ncil--Benjamin H. Newcomb (report distributed to Senators
and on file in Senate office)
Since the Provost's Council discussed the anticipated 4% budget cut,
Senator Newcomb asked Provost Haragan to elaborate both on the budget
situation and on TTU's preparation to meet funding cuts. Haragan stated
that the 4% ifigur
senate. A1 fund
eliminated,oleavi
staffing. Howeve
funding bill. In
separate potl (of
compete for on a
appropriation. S
levels. LiMits o
Under plans being
graduated sOale,
the next biennium,
hours in the fourt
convinced lett the
Haragan is pecomme
regents and'electe
funding crisis. S
wants to make prog
concern is riot to
in the longtrun.
productivity" area
Finally Haragan no
relative faulty s
achieving tbe stat
TTU average salari
averages trail by
Academic CoUncil--
file in Senate off
The Council is con
questioned tlhe nee
that have been ado
Graduate CoUncil--
and on file kin Sen
Library Dir ctor D
by the incr sing
library speriAs a g
acquisitioni than
in subscriptions w
Development,Counci
Members attended a
Inc. GrantS are a
requires participa
Information is ava
V. REPORTS /FROM S
Committee or Comm
and on file in Sen
The list of nomine
accepted. Given c
nominees for this
selected by ballot
reflected what was then being discussed in he state
g to cove the state-mandated 3% raise has been
universi ies to find the funds or to reduce
performa ce measures have been removed froii he
ead a new proposal calls for the creation or a
pproximat ly $20 million) that institutions would
rformance basis and that would add to their general
te fundin for ORP has been restored to current
funded do toral hours are still being considered.
iscussed, funding limits would be introduced on a
th limit f 130 hours imposed in the first year of
120 the n xt year, 110 in the third year, ard 100
year. H ragan hoped that the legislature could be
100-110 h ur limits were too low.
ding that a high-level committee, which would include
faculty, be established to decide how to meet the
rious cut will have to be made, and the president
ammatic c ts not across the board cuts. The biggest
ake short term cuts that would harm the institution
owever, H ragan noted, there are some "low
ed that
had made some progress in raisirg
lanes. h e University has not met its goal cf
average, but it has narrowed the gap. In 19S0/91
s trailed the state average by $1328; currertly TTU
630.
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andace Haigler (report distributed to Senatcrs and on
ce)
idering t Academic Bankruptcy Policy. Soqe members
for this Iolicy given the other lenient poliCies
ted.
. Catheri rl Miller (report distributed to Senators
te office)
le duff ve a presentation on the problem created
osts of j urnals. Cluff pointed out that tte TTU
eater pro rtion of its budget on materials!
$ typical of research libraries. However, note cuts
11 be for hcoming.
--Paul Go bel
presentat on by David Nelson of Houston Endcwrrent
ailable f om this foundation, but the foundetion
ts to go hrough the Development Council.
lable in he Faculty Senate Office.
ANDING CO ITTEES OF FACULTY SENATE
tees--Pat ck Dunne (report distributed to Senators
te office)
s to filli niversity Councils and Committees as
ncerns ab0 t the membership on the AthleticiCcuncil,
asked to submit statements and were
°until
at the me ing. The following persons were selected
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as nominees for At letic
Hurst (alternate).
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Jane Burns, Ken Ketner and Mary Jane
Ad Hoc Committee o
H. Newcomb (report
This committee rec
parking fee. It
were not applied s
expenditures that
fire marshall's sa
were not properly
that eliminating s
existing parking f
The committee also
and other general
raised from groups
these services. S
patrons of evening
students in night
commuter parking f
Parking Fees--John Burnett, Sam Dragga and Benjamin
distributed to senators and on file in Senate office)
mmended against Provost Haragan's proposal to raise
oncluded that parking fees were "excise taxes" that
lely to the costs of parking. Some of the
ere charged to parking in the budget--incluang the
ary and m ch of the cost of the university police-art of th cost of parking. The committee suggested
ch charge from the parking budget showed tf.at
es genera e enough money to cover needed repairs.
suggested that additional funds for road maintenance
ervices charged to the parking account should be
that did not pay parking fees but benefited from
ch groups include users of the night shuttle van,
and weekend events, including athletics, and
lasses, who use lots without paying either Oorm or
es.
A large number of
to respond to the
behind the proposa
be approved by the
fees to faculty an
"traffic and parki
campus. Its budge
maintenance and 50
permits, citations
budget items criti
accounting efforts
employee benefits.
various accounts a
that the proposed
needs. The propos
The administration
and only sought ap
dministra
eport. V
and its
Regents i
staff.
g system"
which i
of the c
and towi
ized by t
to maximi
Discussi
d the cos
ncreases
d increas
felt that
royal for
ors in parking related units were on hand
ce-President Ramsey explained the rationale
iming. Any increase in parking fees had to
March in order to get the informtion on
arking lots are considered part of a larger
which encompasses all transportation on
cludes all the costs of parking lot
St of campus police, is funded by parking
g fees. Ramsey explained that some of the
e Ad Hoc committee were the result of
e dollars available from state funds for
n went back and forth over the amounts in
S of various services, with Haragan arguing
ere actually very conservative given the
is part of a four-year incremental plan.
a 10% increase for 1993/94 was "reasonable"
this part of the plan.
The discussion eli
had been involved
and that faculty i
potential sources
had been considere
ited the
n the ass
put shoul
f revenue
by the a
dmission that neither faculty nor students
ssments of costs, needs, and feencreases
have been brought in earlier. None of the
suggested by the Senate's Ad hoc committee
ministration.
It was moved that
1993/94 and that a
be constituted to
motion passed with
he Senate approve the 10% parking fee increase for
committee that includes faculty, staff, and students
ook at fu _ure adjustments in parking fees. The
some diss nt.
Faculty Status and
to senators and on
This committee was
meeting curtent de
for the internatio
costs. Haragan re
answers.
Welfare C mmittee--Gerald Skoog (report distributed
file in S nate office)
charged tà respond to Provost Haragan's concern with
ands for more emphasis on undergraduate education,
alization of the university, and for a reduction in
uested that the committee develop questions, not
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The Committee rep
that of determini
be "specific and
should be the bes
slip into the sec
both adequate gra
recommended that
mission. The tas
students, and ele
majority. Senato
to Haragan's sugg
The report was ac
ted that
the miss
erational
we can be
d tier of
ate and u
task forc
force sho
ed facult
Elbow not
tion for
pted by t
Academic Prolgrams
senators and on fi
The committee was
have a multibultur
that the General E
multicultural requ
quite heavy and sh
accomplished by el
E. requiremepts.
requirement and to
Senate. The speci
rejected. Instead
Committee be charg
ommittee- Howard Curzer (report distributed
e in Sena e office)
harged wi h considering whether or not TTU
I require ent. It recommended three things:
ucation r quirements should include a three
rement; s cond, that the GE requirements ar
uld be re uced; and third that reduction sh
minating • he Oral Communications, Technolo
e recomm ndations to add a three-hour mult
reduce th GE requirements were adopted by
ic sugges ions for eliminating requirements
the Senat recommended that the General Edu
d with ex ining how to reduce the requirem
In delivering his
requirement would
a requirement was
that other GE requ
necessary to the i
programs. The co
at twenty or more
that the committee
eport, Se ator Curzer argued that i multicu ral
xpand min .1 $ and reduce parochialism and rac ; such
lso reco nded by the coordinating board. argued
not
rements s ould be eliminated because they w
tellectua development of all students and
ittee als submitted comparisons of the req ements
niversiti , few of which imposed the requi ents
proposed
It was decidad to
sequence; hooever,
whether a mUlticul
requirement Sena
students shdiald be
fitness were impor
little need or as
currently re ired
requirement night
courses. Fo lowin
existing cou ses t
be flagged arid stu
Others suppoIrted t
increased the numb
Elbow commenited th
taken the lead on
Eventually the Sen
component to the G
iscuss eac of the recommendations separate and in
the discus ion repeatedly returned to the i e of
ural requi ement was more important than a
ors Weber Mason, and a few others argued t
take PE because personal health'
required
Weber suggested that there migh
ant goals
many math r foreign language courses as TT
Senator liese suggested that the multicu ral
quired
e fulfill d without increasing the number o the mode used for writing intensive cours
could
an adequate multicultural compo
at includ
ents requ ed to take one of these flagged orses.
e need fo a multicultural requirement, eve f it
enator
3 of cour s students were required to take ving
t the fac ty ought to be embarrassed at no
multiculturalism
in
the
univers
.
he issue
support the addition of a multi tural
te voted
ts.
There were no dissenting vo
requirem
he major issue that had to be set
on of TTU. A new mission stateme
and avoid vague statements such
" Skoog expressed concern that
universities because of lack of f
dergraduate programs. The commit
be established to define the Uni
ld include regents, administrator
and should have an elected facul
d that this proposal seemed to be
committee to deal with possible
e Senate.
d was
Should
"TTU
might
s for
sity's
milar
backs.
uld
First
ur
lready
d be
and P.
ltural
re
ion
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Senators continued to have difficulty with the remaining
recommendations. It was suggested that it was premature and
inappropriate for the Senate to consider the question of the GE
requirements since they had been in place only a few years. A motion
was made to table ascussion l of the remaining recommendations. This
motion failed. Senator Weber moved that the recommendation to lower GE
requirements be sent back to the Academic Programs Committee and that
the committee consider other options for implementing a multicultural
requirement such a& the flagging of courses. The motion to commit
passed by a Small margin. HOwever, it soon appeared that the Senate had
asked the Senate's Academic programs Committee to perform the function
of the University'. General Education Committee. As a result, the
motion to send the recommendation on lowering GE requirements tack to
committee was reconsidered. Additional discussion about the relative
size of the GE regLirements 4nd the role of the General Education
Committee followed. Curzer noted that he had met with the General
Education Committee and that it declined to take any action on:the issue
of GE requirements until the Senate acted. Senator Weber moved to
adjourn and take up the issue at a later meeting; the motion failed for
lack of a second. The motion to commit the recommendation to reduce GE
requirements was rejected on a second vote. The Senate accepted the
recommendation that GE requi ements be reduced. The Senate next
considered the committee's c 11 to eliminate the Oral communications
requirement. Senator Bliese spoke in favor of retaining the
requirement. After a quorum count, the Senate rejected the elimination
of the Oral Communications r quirement. Senator Haigler moved that
consideratioh of the Technol gy and PE requirements be tabled so the
Senate could consid..er the fu ding of the library. The motion to table
failed. Motions tc eliminat the Technology and PE requirements each
failed in close votes. Senator Goebel moved that the General Education
Committee be charged with examining possible reductions in the GE
This motion passed.
requirements
V. NEW BUSINESS
Library Cuts--Senat or Haigler introduced a resolution on library cuts
with the intent tha t it be considered by a Senate committee. the
resolution demanded that no further cuts be made in paper journal
subscriptions or bc ok acquisitions without "complete agreement of the
affected faculty" a nd that all journals already cut be reconsiaered. It
called for the desi gnation of additional funds to the library, directed
that the library fi nd savingS in other areas, and called for a review of
library operations and budge. Senator Haigler argued that the status of
the library was cri tical, morle important than how much faculty were paid
or how much they we re chargec for parking. The cuts were undermining
both research and t eaching a d if continued would relegate TTU to the
status of a regional teaching institution. Senator Elbow spoke against
adoption of this resolution in its existing form. Noting that he
favored the sentiments in the resolution and that he felt the library
was in trouble, he moved thatl the resolution be referred instead to the
University's Library Committ e which should be asked to come back to the
Senate with a better structured resolution. Haigler favored sending the
resolution to a Ser ate committee. After some discussion of who sat on
the University's Library Comnittee, the Senate voted to send the motion
to the Library Committee for further consideration.
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Resolution n Athl
Athletic Po icy s
constituentt. The
Goebel, whocommen
Study Committee B
resolution as amen
tic Polic
mitted by
resolutio
ed it as
n its ear
ed was pa
-The Senate considered a Resolutllori on
Senator Elbow for a group of his
was amended at the suggestion of Senator
ddressing some of the concerns raised by
ier report on athletics. The folloWing
sed by the Senate:
Whereas the luniver ity's rep tation has been damaged by national
reports showi
graduation ra
Whereas internal r
minority athl
unacceptably
Whereas the Athlet
motivatlion to
integrity and
campus and
g it to h
e for its
ports ind
tes in fo
ar worse,
C Departm
address p
the explo
ve the nation's worst Division I-A
football players, and
cate that the graduation rate for its
tball and men's basketball is
and
t and Athletic Council show little
ential problems of academic
tation of student athletes on thi$
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Universit 'apPrOOtiated
funds and local
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revenues are urrently b ing used to support intercollegiate
athletics whi e essentia academic needs are being undercut
in our librar and elsew ere across campus,
Whereas'substantia
hereby resolve:
1. That the
membership Consist
that its chair be
2. That, bec
trips to competiti
Athletic CoUncil a
eliminated.
3. That the
athletes in every
otherwise gUralify
4. That the
and graduation rat
exploitation of St
Integrity of the i
Athletic Co4ncil m
Faculty Senate.
5. That.. the
operations'Of the
to communicate bud
support of this, t
the currently publ
outside payMents f
thletic C
of a maj
rawn from
use they
ns and otli
d others i
ncil be reconstituted so that it$
ity of elected faculty representatives and
ong these elected representatives.
eate conflicts of interest, paid
r special benefits for members of the
volved in oversight of athletes be
thletic COncil insure that recruitment of student
port consitt primarily of students who would
or regular ! (not provisional) admission to Texas Tech.
thletic C moil closely monitor admissions policies
s in the'big-ticket",
sports for possible,
,
dent athlltes and for threats to the academia
stitution,i and that the Athletic Department aUd
ke a forma presentation of its findings to the
thletic C.
thletic D
et recomm
e Council'
shed budgd
om sports!
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cil closely monitor the financial
artmdnt, and that the Council bepxmitted
dations to the Board of . Regents. In
hould have made available to it rot just
s but complete ones showing suchithings as
pparel companies.)
VII. ADJOURNMENT
The Senate adjourn d at 5:40
Respectfully submitted,
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M. Catherine Miller
Secretary 1992-93
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