UNIVERSITY SENATE
Executive Committee
A G E N D A
March 6, 2015 - 1:10 p.m.
1. Chair's Report - Ann Gould,
Senate Chair
2. Secretary’s Report - Ken Swalagin,
Senate Executive Secretary
3.
Administrative Report - Robert Barchi, University President
4. Standing Committees
Research,
and Graduate and Professional Education Committee
(RGPEC) Administrator Member: Christopher Molloy has suggested
inviting Judy Neubauer, Associate Vice President for Research and
Regulatory Affairs, as an Office of Research and Economic Development
(ORED) ex officio RGPEC
member. This is in response to the Senate's inquiry regarding how to
replace the Senior Vice President for Research and Graduate and
Professional Education (obsolete job title) as an ex officio member, as stated in the
RGPEC standing charge. [ORED
Organization Chart]
Committee
Reports:
Budget and Finance Committee (BFC) Response
to Charge S-1408 on Athletics Program Deficits - BFC
Chair Menahem Spiegel
The BFC has been charged as follows:
Charge S-1408, Athletics Program Deficits: "
Study
the sources and the use of funds by the Athletic Department and make
recommendations concerning the use of funds from the University
operating
budget and student fees to support athletics expenditures. When
discussing this
charge, the Budget and Finance Committee may wish to ask the Student
Affairs
Committee for input relative to student funding of athletics. It may
also want
to consider the recent New Brunswick Faculty Council’s detailed
report entitled
the 'Athletics
Program's Revenues, Expenditures, and Deficit.'"
Issues/Proposed
Charges:
Proposed
Charge to Research, and Graduate and Professional Education Committee
(RGPEC) on Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) Implementation, and
Rationale,
submitted by Jane Otto, RGPEC Chair:
Investigate
and make recommendations with regard to an implementation of Open
Researcher and Contributor IDs (ORCID) (i.e.
minting ORCID IDs) at Rutgers. If deemed appropriate, make specific
recommendations
for incremental implementation, for example, beginning with the
graduate school(s).
Identify benefits, processes, timeline, who would be involved, and
approximate
costs. Respond to Senate Executive Committee by December 2015.
5. [At approximately 2:15 p.m.] Discussion of
Enterprise Risk Management Issues for Possible Committee Consideration
and Charges on class attendance for students who receive federal
assistance, and compliance for hearing/vision-impaired students in
online courses - Nicole Medrozo, Deputy Chief of Enterprise Risk and
Compliance, and Fran Bouchoux, Interim Senior Vice President
6. Old
Business
Continued Discussion of
Proposed Merger of School of Law - Camden and School of Law - Newark (Continued)
Proposed Charge on Modifying Academic
Calendar and Exam Times for Online Courses,
submitted by James Massachaele, Executive Vice Dean of SAS-NB via email
as follows:
"I
write in my capacity as Executive Vice-Dean of SAS to ask the Senate to
consider a proposal for making an adjustment to the University's exam
schedule.
A number of faculty in SAS have asked for an improved process for
scheduling
final exams in online courses. Currently the University makes no
provision for
this. Many faculty who teach online courses feel that in-person final
exams are
the best way to ensure the integrity of the exam. To make the
scheduling of
final exams for online courses more effective, we propose that the
University
set aside and advertise certain time slots as standard exam times for
online
courses. You can find details
of the proposal on the attached document. Please
let me know if you need more detail or if there is a different avenue I
need to
pursue to have the proposal considered by the Senate."
This matter was discussed at the
January Executive Committee meeting,
where it was suggested that ASRAC Chair Martha Cotter would consult
with Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee (ICAC) Chair Natalie
Borisovets to determine how this issue may fit in with ICAC discussions
on exam space and facilities, and online course exams. The issue was
discussed again at the February meeting, at which Academic
Standards, Regulations, Admissions Committee Co-chair Martha Cotter and
Instruction, Curriculum and Advising Committee Chair Natalie Borisovets
were present. Cotter and Borisovets agreed to draft a charge on the
matter,
which will come to the Executive Committee.
7. New Business
Discussion
of Senate Participation in Rutgers' 250th Anniversary
8.
University
Senate Agenda for March 27, 2015
- Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) Unit Report? -
Brian Strom, Chancellor of RBHS: Chancellor Strom is willing to do a
report, but cannot arrive at the Senate meeting until approximately
3:30 p.m.
- Annual Budget Report - Menahem Spiegel, Budget and Finance
Committee Chair
9. Adjournment