UNIVERSITY SENATE
Executive Committee
A G E N D A
September 7, 2012 - 1:10 p.m.
1. Chairpersons' Report
2. Secretary’s Report
- Approval of Agenda
- Approval of Minutes
of April 13, 2012
Senate Executive Committee Meeting
- Approval of Minutes
of May 18, 2012
Senate Executive Committee Meeting
- Approval of Minutes
of April 27, 2012 Regular Senate Meeting
- Communications:
- Targum
Concept Plan (This is a very
large file. It may take some time to download. Please also see
separately docketed item below under "Standing
Committees - Issues/Proposed Charges")
- Members of the School of Communication and Information Decanal
Evaluation Committee have been selected: Mark Aakhus, Daniel Goldstein,
Susan Keith, Jerry Kukor, Kim Manning, Sue Schurman, Ross Todd, Myoung
Wilson (Goldstein and Wilson were nominated by the Senate Executive
Committee)
- Review of SAS-NB Executive Dean Greenberg will not go forward
because he is no longer in the position.
- Last year, Gayle Stein had asked the Executive Committee to
seek a definition of "faculty" in relation to academic freedom issues.
The definition is
online at the Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters' website.
- Administrative Responses to Senate Reports and Recommendations:
3. Administrative Liaison
- Administrative Report - Robert L. Barchi, University
President
4. Standing Committees
Review of Standing Committee
Membership/Rosters (Draft rosters will be distributed in
hardcopy at the meeting.)
Issues/Proposed Charges:
Proposed Charge to Academic Standards, Regulations and
Admissions Committee (ASRAC) on Changes to Academic Integrity Policy
Related to University Code of Student Conduct, submitted by Martha
Cotter, ASRAC Co-chair: Recommend changes to the Rutgers Academic
Integrity
Policy necessitated by the about-to-be-adopted revised University Code
of
Student Conduct, which states that procedures for adjudicating alleged
violations of academic integrity are specified in the Academic
Integrity
Policy, Required changes to the Academic Integrity Policy therefore
consist, at
a minimum, of incorporation of the procedures for resolving alleged
separable
violations of academic integrity in the appendices to the Policy or in
a
companion document. Also recommend whether some of the revised and
simplified
procedures for handling alleged separable conduct violations in the new
Code of
Student Conduct should also be adopted for resolving alleged violations
of
academic integrity.
Request for Modification of Research, and Graduate and
Professional
Education Committee (RGPEC) Charge S-1108 on Research Support
Infrastructure, submitted by Gayle
Stein, RGPEC Co-chair:
The following request to divide RGPEC charge S-1108 was discussed at
the May 2012 Executive Committee meeting, at which headings and
deadlines were requested for each subcharge. Stein has provided
headings as listed below, but asks that she be allowed to consult with
the RGPEC before requesting deadlines. So that the charges may be
issued/divided as requested, Ken Swalagin asks that he be allowed to
assign each an April 2013 deadlines, then revise those deadlines when
Stein responds with the RGPEC's suggestions.
Stein stated that, "The RGPEC is
requesting that charge S-1108 be divided into smaller charges as
follows, in order to make the results more manageable. The committee
plans to invite a number of experts to speak at our meetings and
believe that it can fulfill its charge more effectively if it is broken
up."
Charge S-1108
Research Support Infrastructure:
In preparation for the Rutgers/UMD merger, investigate the status of
the research support infrastructure at Rutgers, including
instrumentation, equipment,maintenance contracts, site licenses, and
shared data storage. Provide recommendations that have the potential to
reduce associated costs and enhance opportunities for information,
equipment, and instrumentation sharing. Provide recommendations about
research data security and academic and non-academic support services.
Draft Breakdown:
S-1108-1 - Data and Information Sharing
- Data and information sharing
- Public vs. private
- RUCore access
- Seminars/workshops
- Streaming video, video on demand
S-1108-2
- Secure Data Storage
- Secure data storage
- Local, central, cloud
- Access
- Working data vs. archived data
- Costs
- Federal policies re data access and storage
S-1108-3
- Data Transport
- Data transport
- Networking
- Internet2
S-1108-4
- Scientific Equipment
- Scientific equipment
- Sharing (maintenance funding)
- Inventory (over $X)
S-1108-5
- Research Support Services
- Research support services
- Site licenses
- High performance computing
- Memberships/subscriptions
- NJEDge.Net, Internet2, etc.
Targum Concept Plan Review: In
preparation for a Spring 2013 referendum, The Daily Targum has
submitted a Concept Plan,
audit
reports for the three previous years, and a cover
letter. The Senate's Student Affairs Committee should be charged
with reviewing the Concept Plan for educational value.
5.
University Senate Agenda
September 21, 2012 Senate Meeting:
- President Barchi's Administrative Report (replaces President's
Address)
- Recess to allow nonsenators to leave before Senate business begins
- Election of Newark student member of the Senate Executive
Committee
6. Old
Business
7. New Business
8. Adjournment