Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Attendance: Karen M. Turner (Pres.), Paul S. LaFollette (V. Pres.), Bonnie Averbach (Secy.), Robert M. Aiken (Past-Pres.), David Baron (Med), Z. Joan Delalic (Engr.), Marge Devinney (CLA), Pauline Hurley-Kurtz (Ambl), Michael Jackson (STHM), Luke Kahlich (BCMD), Stephanie Knopp (Tyl), Lois Millner (SSA), Mark C. Rahdert (Law), Charles Ruchalski (Pharm), Joan P. Shapiro (Educ.), Joel B. Sheffield (CST), Jay Sinha (FSBM), Roberta Sloan (SCT),
David Waldstreicher (Fac. Herald), Cheryl Mack (Coord)
1. Call to Order:
Karen Turner called the meeting to order 1:00 PM.
2. Approval of the Minutes
Approval of February 3 minutes postponed until the next meeting.
3. Guest: Provost Lisa:
Provost Lisa discussed the proposed academic plans for addressing the fiscal crisis.
4. Vice President’s Report: Paul LaFollette
LaFollette spoke about various issues in which FSSC may or should be involved.
There are vacancies in some Senate Committees. These have to be filled.
Student- Faculty Committee: There is a need to make an effort to recruit people for this Committee.
- RPPC: The Research Programs and Policies Committee has the charge to give out seed grants.
Marina Angel, from RPPC, has not been getting help from Dr. Larry Lemanski, Senior Vice Provost for Research and Strategic Initiatives. He has his own committee.
Angel is asking the Senate to be involved.
- Maurice Wright contacted Turner requesting that the Senate conduct an inquiry into the process by which Temple turned down a $1.5 million dollar grant from the International Institute for Islamic Thought.
- Aiken gave a report to the FSSC about the following issue:
Peter Jones, Vice Provost of Undergraduate Studies, contacted Turner and Aiken about a minor problem with the classification system developed by the SFF (Student Feedback Form) Committee. The Upper category was determined on the basis of the combined categories of “strongly agree” and “agree” being over 50%. As a result of this definition, 90% of the faculty are in the Upper category. The expectation had been that there would be 45% of the faculty be in the Upper level, 45% in the middle level and 10% in the lower level.
Aiken suggested that the Upper category be based on the “strongly agree” category. He, Turner and LaFollette also suggested that this issue should be passed through the SFF Committee to make the final decision and whatever decision is made, the process should be made clear. Chris Dennis of EPPC is now waiting for the decision of the SFF Committee so that the results can be given to the faculty.
5. Unfinished Business:
Candidates applying to be members of Committees and have not sent in all of their materials are listed on Blackboard.
6. New Business:
None
7. Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at 3:25 PM
Bonnie Averbach, Secretary
