Minutes of the Meeting of the Executive Council
February 19, 2003
Excerpts
Present: S. Barber, D. Kaiser, M. Montgomery, J. Mutti, R. Osgood, M. Schneider, J. Swartz.
The meeting came to order at 4:20 in the Nollen House Conference Room.
The minutes and excerpts of 2/12/03 were approved.
President's Remarks
The President noted that the College has concluded an arrangement with two architectural firms (Sasaki Associates and Cesar Pelli and Associates) to handle the athletic facilities project. They hope to come to campus next week to begin a review of the program and hope to have lunch with Council to talk about a concept. A campus athletics facility planning committee will be formed and will include Dee Fairchild, Jonathan Brand, Mickey Munley, two or three students, and three faculty to be nominated by M. Montgomery.
Dean's Remarks
He updated Council on the activities of the Education Department and their external consultant and noted that he expected that the Department would be bringing a position proposal to Council this spring.
He noted that the main agenda items for the next faculty meeting scheduled for March 3 are presentations by the Scholars Convocation Task Force and by the Curriculum Committee regarding independent study.
He congratulated M. Montgomery for his excellent presentation of the issue of salary disparity among the faculty ranks in relation to our peers and alternative remedial scenarios at the most recent faculty meeting.
Faculty Salaries
M. Montgomery noted that he hasn't received much feedback from his presentation to the faculty. He stated that the Faculty Budget Committee will need to decide what it is going to do to address the problem.
Review Information Provided to Faculty
M. Montgomery stated that he would like Council to consider reforming the faculty review system to achieve greater transparency.
Council Member's Remarks
Montgomery left the meeting to attend to personal business at 4:45. During that period M. Schneider brought two items for discussion. He distributed some comparative statistical admissions information for schools that have a zero tuition policy in place. There was brief discussion. He also distributed a proposal in progress being drafted by Clark Lindgren regarding the potential impacts on the College from implementing a zero tuition policy.
When Montgomery returned to the meeting at 5:10 the discussion regarding review transparency was again taken up. He again stated that the untenured faculty would like to have the issues surrounding the lack of transparency in the review process discussed by the faculty body and he intends to lead that discussion in order to clear the air a bit. There was lengthy discussion.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
Secretary
Karen Wiese