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INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY SENATE 2010-2011
August 26, 2010
HMSU DEDE III, 3:30 p.m.
Present:
S. Lamb, A. Anderson, K. Bolinger, J. Buffington, J. Conant, N. Corey, C. Crowder,
R. Dunbar, R. Guell, L. Hall, P. Hightower, C. Hoffman, J. Hughes, L. Kahanov,
K. Kincade, C. Klarner, J. Kuhlman, J. Latimer, M. Lewandowski
C. MacDonald, T. McDaniel, W. Redmond, T. Sawyer, M. Schafer, R. Schneirov,
V. Sheets, G. Stachokas, L. Tinnerman, B. Yousif
Absent:
B. Corcoran, D. Hantzis, N. Hopkins, C. Lunce, S. Shure
Ex officio:
President D. Bradley, Provost J. Maynard
Guests:
Deans: A. Comer (Library), J. Murray (A&S), B. Sims (COT), R. Williams
(NHHS), and C. Tillery (VP and Dean, Student Affairs). R. Torrence (SSC),
M.E. Adams, H. Hudson, J. Hawes, M. Hayden, E. Kinley, N. Cobb-Lippens,
R. Perrin, R. Peters, Y. Peterson
I.
Memorial Resolutions
a.
James Mullican, Dept. of English, read by R. Perrin
b.
Imad Shouery, Philosophy, read by R. Perrin
c.
Barbara Minnick, Organizational Dept. read by M.E. Adams
MOTION TO ACCEPT PROPOSALS a, b, and c. - Unanimous
II.
Administrative Report
President D. Bradley:
Thank you all for your recruitment efforts; for helping with orientation this spring and most
recently with convocation. I think all efforts by many people paid off well. Yesterday, enrollment
was over 11,400 students. If past history is any indication, what’s going to happen in the next
five days, we will probably gain a couple hundred more students which is very good news. The
students are very geographically dispersed. It is not because people didn’t have the money to
leave Vigo County and therefore came to ISU. We have a significant influx of students from all
counties around the state, including rural areas, with a small increase in Vigo County. Much of
this is due to the hard work that everyone is doing. The only other numbers where I have seen
an increase in enrollment is Indiana University (IU.) They are predicting slightly under a 2%
increase in enrollments. So we are probably going to be an anomaly, at least among the four
year institutions. Partially, as a result of this enrollment, I am able to go to the Board of
Trustees’ retreat tomorrow and tell them that I plan to proceed with pay raises. The plan would
be that it would become effective November 1. The pay increases would be in staff biweekly pay
checks by the middle of November and monthly people by the end of November.
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Provost J. Maynard:
The semester started very smoothly. We had very few complaints except from some students
who failed to print off their schedules since some classrooms got relocated. We had a few
problems with people not being able to find parking spaces, but nothing has gotten out of
control yet. So it appears that everything we have done to communicate with the campus has
gone pretty well. I also join the president and thank everyone for all that has been done. Both
returning students and new students seem very happy because you treat them very well. You
are giving them a quality education; people are caring and very helpful. So, I thank you all for all
the things you have done.
S. Lamb: We would now like to appoint a parliamentarian. The executive committee would like
to recommend to you Charles Hoffman.
MOTION TO APPROVE Charles Hoffman as parliamentarian for Faculty Senate for 2010-2011.
R. Guell/J. Buffington 29-0-0.
III.
Chair Report -- S. Lamb:
Colleagues;
I thank you for the honor of allowing me to serve.
There are only a few topics that I would like to stress. First and foremost - the faculty, along with
every member of this institution, are very pleased with the enrollment reports, and want to
express appreciation to all who have worked so hard to achieve these results. It does appear as
if the cohesive image of Indiana State University that has been painstakingly developed by so
many stakeholders is being successfully portrayed across the state and nation. The increase
effort that has gone into recruitment is palpable, and thank goodness, so are the results. Vice
President Beacon has led this effort. He has our gratitude. This healthy enrollment opens so
many doors for the well-being of the institution.
I am also very appreciative of the Provost’s efforts to ensure that these students are well served
and resources are being distributed so that these students have the necessary access to critical
courses.
Residential Life, Admissions, and Academic Affairs all played important roles in accommodating
this "bumper" enrollment. Not only do new students have beds to sleep in, but they have
needed classes to enroll in as well. Chairs, faculty, staff, and administrators in all colleges rose to
the occasion
As new student enrollments increased and more and more students came to summer
orientation, chairs brought back experienced adjuncts and found new qualified adjuncts to
cover more and more sections. They were able to bring back numerous valued adjuncts that
they had informed earlier would not be employed in the fall and to do so in a coordinated way
that enabled incoming students to enroll in needed classes.
Here are some figures from Arts and Sciences for sections added since the beginning of New
Student Orientation: Communications-- 14 new sections, English-- 20, Math-- 6 , History-- 7 (100
% increase). Nineteen new sections of various other courses were added, including 3in Art 151
(a 50% increase, one being an overload taught by Dr. Benjamin). When it was not feasible to
offer additional sections, departments raised maximum enrollments on all sections of another
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17 courses to accommodate the students in Arts and Sciences. This pattern was replicated
throughout the University.
It was a massive effort, and a successful one, and I just think the patience, persistence, and
teamwork of chairs and faculty throughout the University should be recognized. They put the
needs of our students first.
My second has to do with the importance of the research domain at our institution. Fortunately,
I have heard the Provost, and am willing to repeat his words when they do us well, emphasizing
the importance of quality research at this institution. I do not want to have this institution move
in a direction of a community college. We need to be distinct. We are a community of learners,
and that domain is greatly facilitated by our reliance on the domain of research by our tenured
and tenure-track faculty. Let us never diminish the importance of that role. Again, I am pleased
that the Provost is relying on the deans and chairs to determine methods of solving increased
enrollments through larger class sizes and carefully sequenced scheduling of electives, rather
than a universal move to 12 hour loads. A nine hour load for those engaged in quality research
will protect the integrity of the institution. I fear any move that would institutionalize less
emphasis on the research domain. Enough said.
The Executive Committee has received from last year’s FEBC committee, the performance
evaluation process involving three tiers. The Executive Committee is in the process of discussing
and modifying that document. It is the case that four members of last year’s FEBC are now on
the Executive Committee. Regardless, the work done by that committee is solid, and much shall
be retained. The performance evaluation process will be brought to the faculty Senate for its
input and possible approval.
IV.
Support Staff Report- Roxanne Torrence
Welcome back! The 2010 Sycamore Staff Award was presented at the Annual Meeting which
was held on July 28th. This award recognizes a staff member who contributes to and supports
the Council by their attitude, service, and engagement. I am proud to announce that this year’s
winner is Alvin Stinnett, Facilities Management and a recent retiree.
The Scholarship Committee completed the applicant screening process, and I am happy to
announce that we were able to award 6 staff scholarships this year in the amount of $600 each.
The recipients were recognized recently at our annual retreat. The winners of the Staff
Scholarship are: Stephen Duzan, Christie Jacob, Patricia Kennedy, Sue Murphy, Amanda Owen,
and Donna Ring.
V.
SGA – No report.
VI.
Special Purpose Advocate Report – No report
VII.
15 Minute Open Discussion:
S. Lamb: Before moving into the 15 minute Open Discussion I want to express my appreciation
for the attendance of the six deans here. It gives credence to our body. Thank you very much.
a.
R. Guell’s concerns:
 Handicap access to Holmstedt Hall classrooms 102 and 103, particularly for
students using scooters/wheelchairs. These students have been typically coming
in through an entrance that is now closed and locked. Facility Management’s
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b.
solution is to give handicapped students keys to this entrance but until they
receive them, they are going to miss class. It is my suggestion to have the
entrance permanently unlocked or have the faculty who teach in 102 or 103 be
given keys so they can unlock this entrance for any student.
Given the president’s good news about the pay increase that will be coming in
our December 1 paychecks, I think the full force of tenure and tenure track
faculty members particularly those who have been here a while, we should go
back to the formula that has been used in the equity adjustments and, in any
way we can, transmit the displeasure that we have with the 90% multiplier in
the equity formula??
S. Lamb: What R. Guell is speaking of is that we have our market salaries. And, it
does not make sense to a lot of people.
R. Schneirov statement:
Last year, sabbatical leaves were suspended in a highly irregular manner contrary to the
spirit of shared governance, which some of us who have been here for many years, have
unfortunately had to contend with all too often.
There was no advice and consent from the Senate asked for or received.
And the excuse given that suspension of sabbaticals was required by the university’s
financial difficulties was never substantiated. After all, ISU has the one of the highest
fiscal ratings—4.7 out of 5—in the state. Yet not one other institution in Indiana
suspended sabbaticals.
Not only that, but the cost of most sabbaticals is minimal and could easily be absorbed
by an institution committed to scholarship. For that reason, last year’s suspension
speaks to me of a lack of respect for scholarship and research at this institution from the
higher levels of the administration.
If the present trend continues it will be difficult to be competitive to attract and retain
top notch faculty because of this short sighted approach
With that as a background I have two questions.
I.
Will the administration commit to going ahead with sabbatical leaves, with an
expedited process for those who were approved last year but whose
applications were denied?
II.
Will the administration decline to adopt a one-size-fits-all approach to
sabbaticals and recognize that different departments have different capacities
to cover sabbaticals? That is, some departments have sequenced curriculums,
which make it more difficult to cover sabbaticals, while others do not require a
sequenced curriculum.
In that regard I would like to propose that the Senate Executive Committee
issue a charge to the Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC) to study sabbatical leaves
as now practiced in the different colleges and departments in order to examine
existing practices; how useful they are in advancing scholarship and teaching;
what the actual cost in each department is in supporting sabbatical leaves; and
how we can better cover and/or fund leaves in the future.
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Provost: Last year there was a one- time suspension of sabbatical leaves, and
none were approved. There were a few granted this year for people who were
caught up in a variety of circumstances having to do with delay of their
sabbaticals.
The reason why sabbaticals were delayed was because ISU was unsure about
our resources and covering the classes. We now fully expect to go forward with
sabbaticals and are also trying to move to a point to build a pool of resources to
support them. The president is committed to working with Academic Affairs,
and we hope in the next three to four years to cover departments/faculty who
do not have the wherewithal to cover them. Commitment to sabbatical is as
strong as ever. We just had an unfortunate circumstance last year to force us to
act the way we did.
R. Schneirov: Going back to my first question – is there a policy or a process to
expedite faculty who were approved for sabbaticals last year or will they have to
go through all the hoops again?
Provost: It will be up to each college. The sabbaticals last year were all
returned. What the colleges sent forward simply will be up to the respective
deans in how they want to approach it. I can assure you that we don’t have the
means or wherewithal to do 60 sabbaticals leaves proposals in one year. I can
assure you that right now. There’s no quota, but I can assure you we won’t be
able to do that. So, I expect each dean, working with the faculty, will send
forward an approved list of sabbaticals, last years and this year’s, to review
them and send them forward.
S. Lamb’s response: I do know that we have been informed that the president is
attempting to find resources to address this issue. He wants to have this
resolved in a fairly short time period (within three to four years).
R. Guell’s response: Sabbaticals brought forward to the provost will be one of
the first items addressed by FAC.
c.
C. Hoffman: Follow up on salary situation: When are we going to get the $1,000 per
credit hour floor which the administration claim they have been moving forward with
in the last five years. You (provost) probably know the Lecture I floor is in the $700
range, Lecturer II at $800, and Lecturer III in the $900 range. When are they going to get
the floor which is still unsatisfactorily minimal?
Provost response: I cannot give you an exact date. Every time we give a faculty level
adjustment, we put the same level of adjustment into it, but they do go up. Last year
those raises have been very modest and infrequent so we have made very little progress
in the last few years. There is only one pot of money out there. We could reduce the size
of salary adjustments to give the full time faculty a raise. I can assure you that the
salary of a large percentage of temporary faculty are making that. Market demands
some things. I cannot fix all the problems but across the whole university the average
would be about $1000. The problem is not an easy one. Perhaps we’ll see that our
enrollment increase is not a one-time event and we will continue to grow. I am aware of
this problem; it is just that dollars have been tight.
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S. Lamb: I know the Faculty Senate has been on record many times to try to address this
issue, and I think the Senators and the Faculty in general are very supportive in trying to
move this floor up to at least 1k.
VIII.
IX.
Committee Membership
a.
Faculty Senate Standing Committee Memberships
APPROVAL OF THE FACULTY SENATE STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP.
Move to approve slate as a whole. C. MacDonald/ J. Kuhlman 28-0-0.
Question: Committee liaison were not listed?
Standing Committee liaisons:
AAC
J. Conant
AEC
R. Dunbar
CAAC A. Anderson
FAC
R. Guell
FEBC K. Bolinger
GC
V. Sheets
SAC
C. Hoffman
URC
J. Kuhlman
b.
Administrative Committee Assignments
MOTION TO APPROVE R. Guell/C. MacDonald 28-0-0.
c.
Faculty Dismissal Committee
MOTION TO APPROVE: R. Guell/ C. R. Guell/C. MacDonald 28-0-0.
CAAC Items
a.
Creation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Minor – a new Minor, presented by R. Peters
MOTION TO APPROVE: R. Dunbar/N. Corey 28-0-0.
b.
Family and Consumer Sciences relocation proposal (approved by Executive Committee,
on August 24, 2010, 8-0-0) presented by H. Hudson and Y. Peterson.
R. Guell’s statement:
The two recent movements out of Arts and Sciences and to the Colleges of Technology
and Nursing, Health and Human Services, first with the Department of Social Work and
now with the soon-to-be former Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, should
serve as a model of appropriate Dean-level analysis and behavior. Tom Sauer, as was his
style in all matters, took the high road. Even when the March 1 memo from the Provost
shook Arts and Sciences and compelled what could have been a massive adjunct budget
reduction, he stood up for the principle of stewardship and insisted that appropriate
adjunct and S&E resources move with the departing faculty.
MOTION TO APPROVE FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES RELOCATION PROPOSAL.
J. Kuhlman/R. Guell 29-0-0.
c.
Creation of Sales and Negotiations Minor (approved by Executive Committee Aug. 24,
2010, 8-0-0) presented by Jon Hawes.
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MOTION TO APPROVE: (P. Hightower/R. Redmond 29-0-0)
d.
Deletion of B.A. n Music History and Literature Deletion of B.A. in Music with a
Concentration in Music Theory
Deletion of B.S. in Choral Music
(All three proposals, presented by Nancy Cobb-Lippens, were approved by the Executive
Committee Aug. 24, 2010, 8-0-0)
MOTION TO APPROVE all three proposals (A. Anderson/M. Schafer 29-0-0)
e.
Creation of Lean Six Sigma Minor(approved by Executive Committee Aug. 24, 2010).
Presented by Mike Hayden
MOTION TO APPROVE (M. Schafer/A. Anderson 29-0-0).
Meeting adjourned: 5:20 p.m.
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