RUTGERS  UNIVERSITY SENATE
MEETING AGENDA
 Friday, February 20, 2004, 1:10 p.m.
Cook Campus Center, Multipurpose Room
[Click here for directions to the Cook Campus Center]




NOTE:  Many of the items on this agenda are carried over from the January 23, 2004 Senate meeting, which was cancelled due to lack of quorum.

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

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - President Richard L. McCormick

NEW BRUNSWICK CAMPUS REPORT - Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Philip Furmanski

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - Michelle Brazier and Craig Oren, Co-chairs
Response to Charge S-0326, Academic Calendar

Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - Michelle Brazier and Craig Oren, Co-chairs
Response to Charge S-0322, Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics Original Charge: Consider the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics' (COIA) request for endorsement of its Framework for Comprehensive Athletics Reform, and prepare a response which could be brought before the University Senate for formal endorsement. Click the following link to read a recent New York Times article on COIA.  (You will be taken to a webpage from which you can log onto or register for access to the New York Times website.)  Click the following link to read a recent University of Oregon Daily Emerald article on its University Senate February 11 action on COIA.

Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - Michelle Brazier and Craig Oren, Co-chairs
Response to Charge S-0311, Electronic Applications for Admission

Original Charge: Review Rutgers’ current policy and practices regarding use of electronic applications for admission. Make recommendations regarding the appropriateness of phasing out paper applications in favor of an all-electronic format. Student Affairs Committee - Marilyn Novell and Vic Tandon, Co-chairs
Response to Charge S-0321, Honor Cords Original Charge: Consider and respond to the Assistant Secretary of the University's request for advice regarding wearing of honor cords with academic regalia at commencement ceremonies. In particular, consider which graduates/groups should be able to wear honor cords at commencement (e.g., only student activities/organizations with an academic focus, or whether other student organizations should be permitted to have graduates who participated in their activities wear a cord designating them as a member of that group at commencement); and who at Rutgers should decide which student organizations can have honor cords. Equal Opportunity Committee - Mary Hawkesworth and Jason Redd, Co-chairs
Response to Charge S-0327, FAIR v. Rumsfeld (expanded by the committee to include recommendations "to implement fully Rutgers University policy on Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action) Original Charge: Consider and report on whether Rutgers should be encouraged to join Fair v. Rumsfeld as a party plaintiff. OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - Samuel Rabinowitz, Vice Chairperson

REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

CAMPUS FACULTY LIAISONS

ADJOURNMENT
 

*Note: Addition of items to the Agenda requires a two-thirds vote. There is an overall time limit of 2-1/2 hours for Senate meetings. Specific time limits are set for questions and debate, not for presentation of reports. After approval, extension of time limits requires a two-thirds vote.

Remaining 2003-04 University Senate Meetings
[Meetings are in New Brunswick, unless otherwise noted.]
March 26, 2004 [Douglass Campus Center]
April 23, 2004 [Rutgers Student Center, College Avenue Campus]