1. Chairperson’s Report

2. Secretary’s Report

• Executive Committee Minutes of February 6, 2004
• Proposed Schedule of 2004-05 Senate and Senate Executive Committee meetings

• Communications:

• Letters from President McCormick acknowledging Senate action, reports and/or advice:
• February 19, 2004 letter from President McCormick acknowledging Report and Resolution on Textbook Buyback
• February 19, 2004 letter from President McCormick acknowledging Report and Resolution on the Status of Hispanic and Latino Faculty and Administrators
• February 19, 2004 letter  from President McCormick acknowledging the Statement and Resolution in Opposition to Proposed and Continued Budget Cuts, and in Support of Excellence in Higher Education in New Jersey
• February 19, 2004 letter from President McCormick acknowledging Report and Resolution on Use of Athletic Facilities as Rain Sites or Venues for Non-Athletic Events
• February 19, 2004 letter from President McCormick acknowledging Report and Resolution in Support of Affirmative Action
• February 19, 2004 letter from President McCormick acknowledging Resolution in Appreciation of Student Participation in Trenton Rally Protesting Proposed State Budget Cuts
• February 19, 2004 letter from President McCormick acknowledging Report and Resolution on a Contract with the Governor on Higher Education
• Craig Oren, Co-chair of the Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee, informs the Executive Committee that:  "The 2009-2010 calendar is turning out to be difficult. If we don't have class on Monday, August 31, then, because of Labor Day, there is no Monday until the third week of school; that might cause add/drop difficulties...[Please tell the Executive Committee] that we're working on it and that we're going to bring a solution to the Senate as quickly as we can."
• February 24, 2004 E-mail exchange between Secretary Swalagin and Bob Eno regarding Senate's February 2004 Report and Recommendations on Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA) Framework
• March 4, 2004 E-mail from Bob Eno to COIA Members regarding COIA's Draft Principles, Proposed Rules, and Guidelines Concerning the Faculty Role in Campus Athletics Governance (Docketed below under "5. Standing Committee...Potential Charges)

• Administrative Report

• Charge to the Committee
• Appointment of members and chair of the committee

Committee Reports:

Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee Response to charge S-0309, Evaluation of Administrators, Review:  Original Charge:  Evaluate the current procedures for faculty staff and student evaluation of deans after the completion of two cycles of evaluation.  Recommend changes where appropriate, and examine the feasibility of extending the process to include vice presidents and other administrators.

(Revised) Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee Response to Charge S-0303, Winter Session Review: Original Charge:  Review the status of recommendations made regarding Winter Session, pursuant to the Instruction, Curricula and Advising (then Educational Policy and Planning) Committee report approved by the University Senate on October 27, 2000. This report was reviewed by the Executive Committee February 2004.  Requested additions have been made in "Recommendations" section.

Student Affairs Committee Response to Charge A-0315: Knight Express Card Report:  Original Charge:  Review and comment on the Knight Express Card Committee Report.

• Summary of Route 18 Construction Project Plans, for possible inclusion of an expanded report on the March 2004 Senate agenda - Paul Leath

To Student Affairs Committee, requested by Co-chair Marilyn Novell: Textbook Ordering:  Investigate the process and timing of placement of textbook orders, and the feasibility of requiring professors to place book orders by a certain date to eliminate out-of-stock problems with publishers.

To Student Affairs Committee, requested by Co-chair Marilyn Novell: Route 18 Construction:  Explore how the Route 18 construction next year will affect student quality of life at Rutgers. (Senator Novell, in requesting the charge, noted that, "Currently, there are committees forming within Rutgers looking into possibly not allowing/ strictly limiting travel between the campuses next year, and that would have a huge impact on student life next year.")

To Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee:  Respond to Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA) request for review, comment, and suggested revision of COIA Draft Principles, Proposed Rules, and Guidelines Concerning the Faculty Role in Campus.  Respond to Senate Executive Committee by March 22, 2004.

6. Old Business

7. New Business

8. March 26 Senate Meeting Agenda

• Presentation on Route 18 Construction Project - Paul Leath, Robert Spear, Frank Wong