MEMBERS PRESENT:  Boikess, Cotter (Chair), Curtis, DeLuca, LaSala, Panayotatos, Rabinowitz (Vice Chair), Swalagin (Executive Secretary)

EXCUSED:  Darien

ALSO ATTENDING:  Furmanski (Administrative Liaison), Leath (Faculty BOG Representative), McCormick (Administrative Liaison)

The regular meeting of the University Senate Executive Committee was held on Friday, October 7, 2005 at 1:10 p.m. in the Administrative Conference Room, Administrative Services Building III, Cook Campus. 

1.             Chairperson’s Report

Chairperson Cotter said that she would contact Senator Brigid Farrell and Ruth Ann Koenick, Director of Sexual Assault Services and Crime Victim Assistance, regarding Senator Farrell’s suggestion that the Senate host a sexual assault presentation by Ms. Koenick.  Cotter also said that she had drafted a preliminary list of potential committee members for upcoming deans’ evaluations (discussed later in the meeting under “New Business”).

2.             Secretary's Report

Minutes:  With two corrections, the Minutes of the September 9, 2005 Executive Committee meeting were approved.

3.             Administrative Report

President McCormick delivered the administrative report, which included comments on: 

• his appreciation of the Senate’s and other bodies’ discussion of, and comment on, the Report of the Task Force on Undergraduate Education;
• his positive response to the Executive Committee’s earlier question of whether the new admissions process could be in place for Fall 2007 if the Senate responds to the Task Force recommendations by February 2006;
• progress on plans for changing the College Avenue Campus;
• the status of expansion of the Livingston Student Center, and construction of College Town on the Livingston Campus;
• the anticipated Higher Education Facilities Bond Issue; and
• a review and reaffirmation of his list of Strategic Goals, which is unchanged since first presented to the Senate.

4.             Standing Committee Reports and Charges

Potential Charge to Equal Opportunity Committee and/or Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee:  Senator Peter Simmons had suggested that one or more Senate standing committees be charged with reviewing the American Council on Education (Office of Women in Higher Education) and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation report entitled “An Agenda for Excellence: Creating Flexibility in Tenure-Track Faculty Careers.”  No charge was issued, but Senator Simmons will be asked to bring the issue back to the Executive Committee after February 2006 (by which time the Senate will have acted on the Task Force on Undergraduate Education’s recommendations).

Items were docketed and prioritized on the Senate’s October 21, 2005 agenda, including:

• Camden Campus Report
• Equal Opportunity Committee Status Report on Charge S-0413, FAIR v. Rumsfeld Appeal
• Endorsement of the Draft University Copyright Policy
• University Structure and Governance Committee Response to Charge S-0401, Faculty and Student Board of Governors Membership
• Student Affairs Committee Response to Charge S-0406, Tolerance and Sensitivity
• Faculty Affairs and personnel Committee Response to Charge S-0407, Faculty Reporting Processes

7.             New Business

Chairperson Cotter presented and solicited additions to a draft list of proposed members of the evaluation committees for Dean Holly Smith (FAS-NB) and Dean Stanley Messer (GSAPP).  Cotter will continue to solicit suggestions for committee members, and will circulate the list to the Executive Committee before forwarding it to Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Furmanski.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m. by Chairperson Cotter.