BRADLEY UNIVERSITY SENATE 1998-99 SESSION

MINUTES

EIGHTH REGULAR MEETING, APRIL 15, 1999

  1. CALL TO ORDER

    2. The meeting was called to order in Ballroom C of the Student Center at 3:14 P.M.

  2. ANNOUNCEMENTS
    1. Kurt Field reminded the Senators to send nominations for Ombudsman to Mary Jo Mays. He indicated the nominations were due by Friday.
    2. The next Senate meeting will be on Study Day, May 5, in the Alumni Dining room.
    3. Kurt Field reminded the Deans to submit the names of senators elected from the colleges.
    4. Final reports for the year are due from chairs of standing committees.
    5. Dates for meetings for next year have been set as follows:

September 16 Marty Theater

October 21 Marty Theater

November 18 Ballroom C

December 8 Ballroom C

February 17 Ballroom C

March 23 Ballroom C

April 20 Ballroom C

May 3 Marty Theater
  1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

    2. Fred Tayyari moved to approve the minutes of the Seventh Regular Meeting March 23. Nina Collins seconded the motion. The motion passed.

  2. CALL FOR ITEMS TO BE ADDED TO AGENDA

    3. No items were added.

    Joe Felder asked about the wording change for the Tuition provisions policy. Kurt Field stated it would be presented later in the meeting.

    Zeev Gorin requested that someone look at the policy for staff. He has heard that staff who receive approval to take courses during their work period are required to makeup the time. He suggested that in the spirit of an educational community there be a limit on the number of credits one could take, e.g., 6 credit hours, but not require the hours of work be made-up. Kurt Field stated that the Executive Committee of the Senate would review this request.

  3. Reports from Administrators
    1. President Brazil had no report
    2. Provost Liberty gave an update on the RFP's. Nearly all have been returned from the external reviewers. Once returned, Provost Liberty and President Brazil will discuss these proposals and determine the results. Provost Liberty expects that some of the announcements will be made prior to President Brazil leaving Bradley University.
  1. Reports from Standing Committees
    1. Curriculum and Regulations
      1. Subcommittee on Curriculum

        2. James Lumpkin moved to approve the minor addition for Decision Analysis from the Foster College of Business. Jeff Huberman seconded the motion.

        Bernie Goitein stated that he would like in the future to have documentation of the units which have been contacted and any letters provided. Without it, he stated, it is difficult to make a decision and not rubber stamp a proposal.

        Susan Brill asked if the term Decision Analysis would be understood in the work force. The answer was, yes.

        Bernie Goitein asked if the statement "… C's or higher in all courses…." was an error and if the statement should read, a C average in the minor. The statement was made an average of a C was intended.

        Student Senator, Finn Christensen, commented that he would be concerned having a student who received a "D" in a course in a minor, going into the work world.

        The motion passed with a change in the grade point statement.

        Jeff Huberman moved the approval of the Major Program Modification in Social Work. Alan Galsky seconded the motion. The motion passed.

      2. Executive Committee of the Graduate Faculty provided a report for information, only. Joan Sattler stated that a correction was needed under course modifications. The course title change involved should have read as follows:

        3. From:

        ETE 543 Evaluation Procedures for Exceptional Children 3 hrs.

        To:

        ETE 543 Evaluation Procedures for Exceptional Learners 3 hrs.

      3. Sandra Perry moved approval of Kyle Dzapo, Department of Music, and Steven Tippett, Department of Physical Therapy, to be on the General Education subcommittee. Suzanne Anderson seconded the motion. The motion passed.
    1. Committee on Contractual Arrangements

Larry Aspin reported on the wording change in the Tuition Exchange Program. Making the change comes under Process III. Thus the presentation was for information only. He indicated that they had only two responses from the exchange at the December meeting. The committee expanded the scope of the institutions they reviewed. Substantive change was not made. However, the format was changed. One of the changes was the placement of a new number one indicating who is eligible for tuition remission.

Joe Felder asked if the use of age 25 was the more restrictive of the age limits. Larry Aspin indicated that he could not name a university whose upper limit was beyond 25 years of age. Joe Felder was concerned that Bradley University had historically granted tuition remission to students who were older than 25 years old. Gary Anna indicated that the structure of the University is such to allow for rare exceptions and would continue to do so. Joe Felder asked if a statement could be made that exceptions would be considered. Zeev Gorin raised the question why Bradley University would want to meet the average. Why not do something which is more generous. Larry Aspin indicated that the Committee was concerned about benefits for staff and faculty as well as for students of staff and faculty. The discussion resulted in the statement not being included in the policy.

Sandra Perry stated that in the new paragraph 7, line 3, that a "3" needed to be inserted between B. and d. to read "subpart II.B.3.d.1)k)J4)."

Larry Aspin suggested that if one has a suggestion, the person put it in writing and send it to the Contractual Arrangement Committee.
  1. Old Business

    2. Faculty Handbook, Chapter 5 was updated as related to the comments at the March Senate meeting. Fred Tayyari stated that in C.6., line 6, "6 month" should be "6-month." Steven Heinemann made a correction on H.2.a. line 4 of the paragraph, to change "…research/creativity production…." to "…research/creative production."

  2. New Business

    3. There was no new business.

  3. Other Business

    4. Kurt Field reviewed for the senators the distinguished career of Jim Ballowe, as he introduced him to give the update on NCA reaccreditation.

    Jim Ballowe stated that the committee is ahead of expectations in the special emphasis area, especially as their work relates to the connectivity portion.

  4. Adjournment

Suzanne Anderson moved to adjourn. Fred Tayyari seconded the motion. The meeting was adjourned at 4:25 P.M.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Mary Jo Mays, Secretary

Bradley University Senate