RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
CALL TO MEETING
Friday, October 27, 2006, 1:10 p.m.
Multipurpose Room, Camden Campus Center, Camden Campus

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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.
12:00 noon to 12:50 p.m. - Lunch, and Faculty and Student Caucuses. (Rooms to be announced prior to meeting.)
1:10 p.m. - Call to Order in Multipurpose Room, Camden Campus Center.
15 Minutes Post-Adjournment - Board charter bus for return trip. Bus departs Camden Campus promptly 15 minutes following Adjournment.

A G E N D A

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

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY - Kenneth Swalagin, Secretary

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - President Richard L. McCormick

CAMDEN CAMPUS REPORT - Provost Roger Dennis

COMMITTEE REPORTS
Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee - Natalie Borisovets, Chair
Response to Charge S-0313, Availability of Syllabi during Add/Drop
Original Charge:  Review and comment on the suggestion that Rutgers should require all instructors to make available final, or at least draft, syllabi prior to the end of the add/drop period, in order to give students a clear indication of what topics the class will cover and emphasize (which sometimes differs from what is indicated in the catalog), as well as the workload and grading structure.

Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - Martha Cotter and Jillian Curtis, Co-chairs
Response to Charge S-0411, Content of Student Transcripts
Original Charge:  Consider and make recommendations regarding the proposal to increase the information content of student transcripts.

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 2006-07 University Senate Meetings
[Meetings are in New Brunswick, unless otherwise noted.]
 

December 1, 2006
January 19, 2007 (New Brunswick Campus Report)
February 16, 2007 (Newark Campus Report – IN NEWARK)
March 23, 2007
April 27, 2007