UNIVERSITY SENATE
Executive Committee
AGENDA
May 17, 2013 - 1:10 p.m.
1. Chairperson’s Report
2. Secretary’s Report
3. Administrative Liaison
4. Standing Committees
- Proposed Charges, Issues
Issue:
Dollars Spent Per Student by Campus, Submitted by Robert Puhak:
"Following up here to my motion at the
last Senate meeting, i.e., i) to post accurate/clarified information
(at a specific webpage for anyone to access) regarding dollars spent
per student for each Rutgers campus and ii) to have an e-mail sent to
the full Rutgers community (at least faculty, students, staff, and
administration) regarding that webpage, as well as related summary
message and URL.
"As I said at that Senate meeting and in the previous Executive
Committee meeting, I believe it is crucial to have the most accurate
and up to date information clearly defined for all to see and review,
especially in light of the serious and understandable concerns over
this matter."
Issue: Rutgers Biological and Health
Sciences Faculty Member of the Executive Committee, Submitted by Robert
Puhak:
“As
i) the Senate Executive Committee
has one 'fulltime faculty position' for each of the three geographic
campuses
(New Brunswick, Newark, and Camden), and ii) in light of the UMDNJ
integration
taking place this July, forming the fourth campus of Rutgers Biomedical
and
Health Sciences (RBHS), and iii) given
the University Senate's commitment to shared governance, it seems the
Executive
Committee should have a 'fulltime faculty position' specifically for
RBHS.”
Issue: Uniformity and Transparency of
Faculty Retirement Packages, Submitted by Yuchung Wang:
“I
met a few faculty in Camden yesterday who
have negotiated a package with an intention to gradually relieve their
teaching
duties. Or gradual departure from Rutgers. It seems different dean or
school
may offer different packages and they are not transparent. The issues
that
concern faculty the most are health care coverage, life insurance and
length of
departure. For such personnel matters, can university senate play any
role in advising
the administration?” [Note: See Response
to Charge S-1011 on Endorsing the
New
Brunswick Faculty Council's Faculty Retirement Survey -
Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee - November 2010.]
5. Old Business
6. New Business
7. Adjournment