Present: President Osgood, Dean Swartz, Associate Deans H. Scott and P. Smith, Special Assistant to the President J. Brand, E. Dobbs, R. Grey, M. Pillado-Miller, L. Sinnett, D. Smith, B. Voyles

The Dean called the meeting to order at 4:21 p.m. in Nollen House.

Minutes of the Executive Council meeting of April 21 and 25 were corrected and approved.

Remarks by the Dean

The Dean gave an update on faculty positions. Tenure-track positions in Chemistry, English, French, History, and Russian have been filled. The Theatre position is still outstanding. Twelve full-time temporary positions and two post-doctoral positions in science have been filled. Five full-time temporary positions and two more post-doctoral positions in science still remain to be filled.

A CSMP position was discussed.

Proposal for Lecturer Status

Council continued its discussion of grounds for granting lecturer status. Council concluded that the rank of lecturer needs to be examined and that we need to bring consistency into this rank. A thorough discussion of this will be put on the agenda for the 1999-2000 Council.

Discussion of Grievance Procedure

Pillado-Miller and Sinnett introduced a document in which they outline questions about the ad hoc grievance procedure currently in place and requested a full Council discussion and revision of our current procedure.

The President agreed that his issue merits serious discussion and suggested that we look at the procedures in place at our twelve peer institutions and at the University of Chicago. Brand was charged with investigating procedures in place at these institutions and with bringing a draft document on possible grievance procedures to Council early next fall for discussion.

Remarks by Council Faculty Members

Agenda items for the three remaining Council meetings (May 5, 12, 19) were discussed. Next Wednesday, Council will discuss Fund For Excellence proposals. The ongoing discussion of faculty position requests will follow that discussion. If necessary, a second Council meeting will be scheduled for finals week on Tuesday, May 18.

Council also discussed organizing the May 13 faculty discussion with the Campus Planners as a special faculty meeting.

Council members agreed to serve as recorders for small group discussions about the first-year tutorial at the faculty meeting on Monday, May 3.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:05 p.m.

Helen Scott
Secretary