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

The meeting was called to order by the President at 4:15 p.m. in Nollen House.

The minutes and excerpts of the meeting of November 10 were corrected and approved.

Remarks by the President

President Osgood made no remarks.

E. Dobbs took this occasion to thank President Osgood for the presentation on the College budget which he, Dean Swartz, and David Clay made at the 11/15/99 faculty meeting. She noted that having this larger context can only help faculty in thinking about what is possible in making recommendations.

Remarks by the Dean

The Dean noted that, as a result of the review of the AV Center started last spring, he has asked J. Kalkbrenner, B. Francis, I. Perry, and H. Scott to form a task force to investigate providing better media services to the whole campus.

The Dean noted that to replace the flurry of individual notices, a new procedure for transmitting course changes during pre-registration will be followed by the Registrar's Office. During pre-registration the Registrar will send an email to all faculty summarizing these course changes with a link to the Registrar's web page for more detailed information.

The Dean suggested, and Council agreed, that there will be no Council meeting on 11/23/99.

The order of the agenda was changed to allow discussion of grievance procedures since the President and J. Brand needed to leave the meeting early.

The Dean noted that Carol Trossett and Scott Baumler of the Office of Institutional Research are developing a research plan for analysis of end-of-course data. They will discuss it with L. Sinnett and T. Moore and then the entire Council. It is their desire to establish a clear research plan and allocate appropriate time prior to undertaking the project. They will bring results to Council from the Fall ‘99 semester as soon as they are available.

Position Description for Japanese

M. Pillado-Miller moved, and E. Dobbs seconded, approval of the Japanese position description. Minor clarifying corrections were made to the text.

The motion carried.

H. Scott handed out a memo dated 11/16/99 from the Chinese Department regarding a departmental name change. Discussion followed. The matter will be taken up by the Humanities Division and then by the Curriculum Committee before being brought to the full faculty.

CSMP Procedures

H. Scott noted that the draft memo dated 11/12/99 regarding CSMP procedures was written to indicate to Council the actions that would need to be taken by departments and by Council in this next round of CSMP applications. A brief discussion followed.

Procedures for Review of Library and Physical Education Faculty

The Dean referred to a memo written by him to Council dated 11/11/99 in which he noted that the Librarian last year requested reconsideration of the policy under which complete reviews of continuing members of the Library faculty must be held at each renewal of the five-year contract. The Physical Education Department has submitted a similar proposal. The Dean asked Council to discuss adoption of a proposed policy amendment.

B. Voyles moved, and M. Pillado-Miller seconded, adoption of the proposed policy amendment. The motion carried.

Grievance Procedures

There was a lengthy discussion of Council members' proposed changes to the draft grievance procedure dated 11/10/99 written by J. Brand.

H. Scott left the meeting.

E. Dobbs thanked J. Brand for his substantial work on developing these procedures for Council.

The Dean noted that changes will need to be made to the Faculty Handbook. The President noted that those changes would then need to be approved by the Trustees.

Council asked that J. Brand revise the document accordingly and return to Council on December 1, 1999 with a revised draft. She indicated that the procedure would then be taken to the full faculty during the second semester.

Senior Faculty Status

A brief discussion of the relation between faculty rank and Senior Faculty Status ensued.

President Osgood and J. Brand left the meeting.

The Dean concluded the discussion by stating that there does not seem to be a need or desire for a change in the present policy.

Council Remarks

There were none.

The Dean noted that his office is working to collect advice from peer institutions on the issue of time to terminal degree. B. Voyles asked about also collecting information on the rights of part-time faculty to hold office and vote.

The Dean adjourned the meeting at 6:00 p.m.

Secretary
Karen Wiese