CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT - Martha Cotter, Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY

• Approval of Agenda* (including time limits)
• Minutes of February 16, 2007 Senate Meeting
• Communications
• President McCormick’s Response to the Senate’s October 2006 Senate Report and Recommendations on Status of Full-time, Non-tenure-track, Non-clinical Faculty
• Schedule of 2007-2008 Senate and Senate Executive Committee Meetings
• Call for Nominations for 2007-2008 Senate Officers and Executive Committee Members, and Representatives to the Boards of Governors and Trustees - Send nominations to the Senate Secretary. While unit elections for next year are pending, continuing Senators or those who are likely to be elected to the Senate may be nominated.

• Questions and Answers

Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee - Ann Gould and Paul Panayotatos, Co-chairs: Response to Charge S-0415, Faculty Retirement Incentives

Original Charge: Faculty Retirement Incentives: Evaluate the desirability and feasibility of faculty retirement incentives, in particular of phased retirement plans such as the one that was being negotiated by the New Brunswick Faculty Council and the Lawrence administration in the mid-1990s and the one recently proposed by the AAUP under their Proposal for a Faculty Retirement Transition and Renewal Program.

Original Charge: Proposals to Merge Rutgers, UMDNJ, NJIT: Revisit the structural and governance aspects of the proposals to merge all or part of UMDNJ, and perhaps NJIT, with Rutgers University, with or without splitting the merged entity into parts. Review President McCormick's recent testimony (11/09/06) on this subject before the Lesniak-Caraballo Legislative Task Force on Higher Education, as well as previous Senate reports and recommendations concerning the merger proposal put forth three years ago by the Vagelos Commission. Are there additional key principles to emphasize beyond those enunciated by President McCormick? What are the broad pros and cons of the various structural and governance models that have been proposed? Which of the concerns and recommendations put forth by the Senate in November 2003 are still valid and worthy of reiteration? Consult with the Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee concerning personnel ramifications of the various proposals. Also obtain input from the Newark and New Brunswick Faculty Councils and from faculty governance groups in Camden.

NEW BUSINESS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT- Samuel Rabinowitz, Vice Chairperson

REPORT OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

CAMPUS FACULTY LIAISONS

• Camden Faculty Senate
• Newark Faculty Council
• New Brunswick Faculty Council

*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 and limits are set for questions and debate; not for presentation of reports. After approval, extension of time limits requires a two-thirds vote.