February 24, 2012 Rutgers University Senate Agenda

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
CALL TO MEETING
Friday, February 24, 2012, 1:10 p.m.
Morning Committee Meetings, Noon Caucuses, and the 1:10 p.m. Senate Meeting will be held in the Camden Campus Center

Click here to view Camden Campus map and Travel Directions
Click here to view information on NJ Transit River LINE train between Trenton and Camden

TRANSPORTATION AND PRE-MEETING TIMETABLE:
9:00 a.m. - New Brunswick and Newark Senators board charter bus for Camden - Lot 98B, College Farm Road, near Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences Building on the Cook Campus. (Senators without Rutgers-New Brunswick parking permits who wish to park in Lot 98B must obtain a special permit from the Senate Office.)
9:15 a.m. sharp - Bus departs from Cook Campus.
10:30 a.m. (approximately) - Bus arrives in Camden.
10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon - Standing Committee meetings (Committees convene when the bus from New Brunswick arrives, or at 10:30 a.m., whichever is later. Follow this link to a directory of meeting rooms/locations.)
12:00 noon to 12:50 p.m. - Lunch, and Faculty, Student and Staff Caucuses
1:10 p.m. - Call to Order in the Multipurpose Room, Camden Campus Center, Camden Campus.
Fifteen minutes post-adjournment - Board charter bus for return trip. Bus departs Camden Campus promptly 15 minutes after the Senate meeting adjourns.

A G E N D A

PLEASE PRINT OUT AND BRING WITH YOU ANY DOCUMENTS TO WHICH YOU MAY WANT TO REFER DURING THE MEETING. ONLY THE AGENDA AND VOTING CARDS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE MEETING.

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

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Kenneth Swalagin, Secretary

Approval of Agenda* (including time limits)
Approval of Minutes of January 27, 2012 Senate Meeting
Communications:

President McCormick's February 2012 Response acknowledging the Senate report and recommendations on Charge A-0906B, Permanent Change of Commencement Dates , from the Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee.
President McCormick's February 2012 Response acknowledging the Senate report and recommendations on Charge S-0807A, Add/Drop , from the Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee.
President McCormick's February 2012 Response acknowledging the Senate report and recommendations on Charge S-1105, Recording of Lectures/Presentations, from the Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Committee-of-the-Whole Discussion on Research, and Graduate and Professional Education Committee (RGPEC) DRAFT Response to Charge S-1107, Publication Repository/Open Access [15 minutes] Follow this link to read a response to concerns about journal surcharges for open access. [Note: This report is not docketed for Senate action. The RGPEC has asked to hear comments from the Senate on the draft report before it is revised and brought back to the Senate.] - The RGPEC has been charged as follows:

Examine the possibility of a Rutgers-specific, centrally driven publication repository for published papers and books. Provide data about similar services at peer and aspirant universities.

REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

REPORTS OF CAMPUS FACULTY LIAISONS

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - President Richard L. McCormick

CAMDEN CAMPUS REPORT - Camden Chancellor Wendell Pritchett

Synopsis of Report
Questions and Answers: 10 minutes

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS [Note: Article IV.A. of the Senate Bylaws states, "All new matters shall be referred to committee before coming to the Senate (unless extenuating circumstances apply, as indicated under section C.4..."]

OPEN FORUM on the Proposal to merge Rutgers-Camden with Rowan University

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 2011-12 University Senate Meetings
[Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held on Fridays in the Multipurpose Room, Rutgers Student Center, College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick.]

March 23, 2012
April 27, 2012 (May convene at 10:30 or 11:00 a.m.)