CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT
  -  Paul Panayotatos, Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY

• Approval of Agenda* (including time limits)
• Approval of Minutes of January 24, 2003
• Communications

COMMITTEE REPORTS

• Executive Committee - Paul Panayotatos, Chair; Samuel Rabinowitz, Vice Chair

Report and Resolution in Opposition to Proposed and Continued Budget Cuts, and in Support of Excellence in Higher Education in New Jersey (Now posted as approved by the Senate 2/21/03.)

• Equal Opportunity Committee - Thomas DeRosa and Pheroze Wadia, Co-Chairs

Report on Charge S-0209, Status of Hispanic/Latino Faculty and Administrators

Original Charge:  Evaluate the status of Hispanic/Latino faculty university-wide with respect to salaries, hires, start-up funds, promotion rates (particularly from associate to full professorship), research support (particularly in Newark and in Camden), and leadership opportunities.  The study should also examine the status of Hispanic/Latino university administrators at Rutgers.  The Office of Institutional Research has information on this subject, and should be consulted at the beginning of the work on this charge.  Report to Senate Executive Committee by February 2003.

NEW BUSINESS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE  -  Samuel Rabinowitz, Vice Chairperson

• January 17, 2003 minutes
• Report on meeting of February 7, 2003 (Minutes to be posted week of 2/24/03.)
• Questions and Answers:  5 minutes

CAMPUS FACULTY LIAISONS

ADJOURNMENT