RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
M I N U T E S

January 13, 2012

MEMBERS PRESENT: Barraco (by phone), Borisovets, Gillett, Gould, McKeever, Panayotatos (Chair), Paterno, Puhak, Swalagin (Executive Secretary), Thompson,Yoon

MEMBERS EXCUSED: Bubb, Muse

ALSO ATTENDING: Cotter (Faculty BOT Representative), Fehn (Administrative Liaison), Greenhut (Research, and Graduate & Professional Education Committee Co-chair), Rabinowitz (Faculty BOG Representative), Rosario (Newark Student-elect Executive Committee member), Shapiro (New Brunswick Faculty Liaison), Spiegel (Faculty BOT Representative)

The regular meeting of the University Senate Executive Committee was held on Friday, January 13, 2012 at 1:10 p.m. in the Executive Board Room of Administrative Services Building-III, Cook Campus.

1. Chairperson’s Report  - Paul Panayotatos, Senate Chairperson

Senate and Executive Committee Chairperson Paul Panayotatos called the meeting to order at 1:11 p.m. There was no chairperson's report.

2.    Secretary’s Report - Ken Swalagin, Executive Secretary of the Senate
 3.    Administrative Liaison

Bruce Fehn, Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration, presented an administrative report which included comments on:
4.    Standing Committees

Committee Reports:

Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee Response to Charge S-1105 on Audio-Visual Recording of Lectures and Presentations - Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee (ICAC) Chair Natalie Borisovets summarized her committee's response to Charge S-1105 on Audio-Visual Recording of Lectures and Presentations. The report was docketed for action at the January 27, 2012 Senate meeting.

Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee Response to Charge S-1104 on Online Teaching Evaluations, and Best Practices in Evaluation of Teaching Performance- ICAC Chair Natalie Borisovets summarized her committee's work on Charge S-1104 on Online Teaching Evaluations, and Best Practices in Evaluation of Teaching Performance. The report, which was not yet complete, will go to the Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee for review and comment before being docketed for action by the Senate.  Following discussion, Borisovets said the ICAC would see what could be done to get this report onto the upcoming Senate docket, but added that she did not think that was likely. [Note: The report was not docketed for action at the January 27, 2012 Senate meeting.]

Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee Response to Charge S-0807A on Add/Drop Period - [Note: The report was not yet available for this Executive Commmittee meeting. Link goes to the report as adopted by the Senate on January 27, 2012.] Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee (ASRAC) Co-chair Martha Cotter summarized her committee's work on Charge S-0807A on the Add/Drop Period. Cotter explained that, although the report was not yet available, she expected it would be done, and could be circulated to the Executive Committee for approval and advancement to the Senate, by the end of the following week. Conditional upon that circulation and approval, the Executive Committee docketed the report for action at the January 27, 2012 Senate meeting. [Note: The report was amended and adopted at the January Senate meeting.]

Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee Response to Charge A-0906B, Commencement Dates - [Note: The report was not yet available for this Executive Commmittee meeting. Link goes to the report as adopted by the Senate on January 27, 2012.] Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee (ASRAC) Co-chair Martha Cotter summarized her committee's work on Charge A-0906B on Commencement Dates. Cotter explained that, although the report was not yet available, she expected it would be done, and could be circulated to the Executive Committee for approval and advancement to the Senate, by the end of the following week. Conditional upon that circulation and approval, the Executive Committee docketed the report for action at the January 27, 2012 Senate meeting. [Note: The report was amended and adopted at the January Senate meeting.]

Proposed Charges:

Charge to University Structure and Governance Committee on Size and Composition of the Senate: As recommended during the meeting of the Ad Hoc Shared Governance Task Force that morning, the Executive Committee issued the following charge to the University Structure and Governance Committee:

Consider the effective functioning of the university senate in light of past and possible future changes in its makeup and size together with recent patterns of active participation, and the structure of comparable bodies at other universities, and recommend changes to university policies and the Senate Handbook, as appropriate.

Potential Issue for Committee Charge on Rutgers Request for Proposal (RFP) #1819 on E-Learning Technology Infrastructure and Administrative Support Services: A Rutgers RFP on E-learning technology infrastructure and administrative support services was discussed. Paul Panayotatos said that Senior Vice President for Lifelong Learning David Finegold had discussed the RFP with him, and that Finegold wanted to have faculty input on it, and had asked how the Senate could become involved. Panayotatos will ask Finegold to attend the next Executive Committee meeting to discuss the issue. [Note: Finegold was not available for the next Executive Committee meeting.] SVP Finegold will also be asked to assign ICAC Chair Natalie Borisovets to the committee on this RFP. No charge was issued.

5.    University Senate Agenda

The January 27, 2012 Senate meeting will be held in New Brunswick, and will include Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Richard Edwards' New Brunswick Campus Report, committee reports indicated as docketed above, and announcement in the chairperson's report regarding Senator Rosario's placement on the Executive Committee.

Chairperson Panayotatos asked if there were issues appropriate for committee-of-the-whole discussion at the end of the upcoming Senate meeting. It was agreed that there were no such issues pending currently.

6.    Old Business

There was no old business.

7.    New Business

There was no new business.

8.    Adjournment
 
The meeting adjourned at 2:44 p.m.

Written and submitted by,

Ken Swalagin
Executive Secretary of the University Senate