November 18, 2005 University Senate Meeting

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
MEETING AGENDA (Revised 11/15/05)
Friday, November 18, 2005, 1:10 p.m.
Rutgers Student Center, Multipurpose Room
College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick

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 October 21, 2005 Senate Meeting
Communications:

May 2, 2005 letter to Senate from President McCormick acknowledging Senate Report on E-mail Privacy
Changes to Senate Schedule of Meetings:

December 9, 2005 Senate meeting begins at 11:00 a.m. (Lunch will be provided)
February 24, 2006 Senate meeting will be held in New Brunswick, at the Labor Education Center, Cook Campus, where the Senate will consider final recommendations on the Task Force on Undergraduate Education Report
March 24, 2006 Senate meeting will be held in Newark, where the Newark Campus Report will be presented by Provost Diner

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT - President Richard L. McCormick

Questions and Answers, 10 minutes

COMMITTEE REPORTS: PRELIMINARY REPORTS ON TASK FORCE ON UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

Senate Committee chairs will give three-minute summaries of their committees' preliminary reports on the Report of Task Force on Undergraduate Education. Those summaries will be followed by an open discussion on the reports and the Task Force recommendations. These reports are preliminary, and therefore will not be distributed nor posted online. Follow this link to view the original, committee-specific charges. Committee chairs will present in the following order:

University Structure and Governance Committee - Gary Gigliotti, Chair
Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee - Ann Gould and Paul Panayotatos, Co-chairs
Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - Martha Cotter and Craig Oren, Co-chairs
Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee - Natalie Borisovets, Chair
Student Affairs Committee - Valerie Johnson and David Portilla, Co-chairs
Equal Opportunity Committee - Connie Ellis and Michael LaSala, Co-chairs
Budget and Finance Committee - Jozef Kokini and Daniel O'Connor, Co-chairs

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE - Samuel Rabinowitz, Vice Chairperson

October 7, 2005 Executive Committee Minutes
Report on November 4, 2005 Executive Committee Meeting
Questions and Answers: 5 minutes

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

Remaining 2005-06 University Senate Meetings
[Meetings are in New Brunswick, unless otherwise noted.]

December 9, 2005 (Convenes at 11:00 a.m.)
January 20, 2006
February 24, 2006 (New Brunswick Campus Report)
March 24, 2006 (Newark Campus Report – IN NEWARK)
April 28, 2006