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
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Approval of Agenda* (including time limits)
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Approval of Minutes of
November 21, 2003
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[No minutes for January 23, 2004 - Meeting cancelled.]
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Communications:
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - President Richard L. McCormick
NEW BRUNSWICK CAMPUS REPORT - Executive Vice President for Academic
Affairs Philip Furmanski
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Synopsis of Report
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Questions and Answers: 10 minutes
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - Michelle
Brazier and Craig Oren, Co-chairs
Response
to Charge S-0326, Academic Calendar
Original Charge: Consider and report on the default academic
calendar for academic years
2005-06, 2009-10, and 2011-12, which call for August 31 start dates.
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]