RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE
MEETING AGENDA
Friday, September 30, 2005, 1:10 p.m.
Rutgers Student Center, Multipurpose Room
College Avenue Campus, New Brunswick



CALL TO ORDER, DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM, AND CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT

  - Martha Cotter, Chairperson

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT  -  President Richard L. McCormick 
COMMITTEE REPORTS (Carried from April 22, 2005 Regular Senate Meeting)

Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee, Response to Charge S-0318, Use of Course Management Systems (click this link to read the Report Summary) - Natalie Borisovets, Chair   [Discussion:  10 minutes]
Original Charge:  Examine the various types of online instructional software (courseware) being utilized by departments and units at Rutgers.  What are the consequences of using a growing number of different courseware products (sometimes even within an individual course) for faculty, staff and students? Determine whether Rutgers should decide upon and use a standard courseware product.
Student Affairs Committee, Response to Charge S-0406, Tolerance and Sensitivity - Valerie Johnson and David Portilla, Co-chairs (Nicole Smith and Claudia Volk, 2004-05 Co-chairs)  [Discussion:  10 minutes]
Original Charge:  Explore and recommend ways in which tolerance, sensitivity and open dialog may be promoted at Rutgers, particularly among students, in media content, housing, and other areas.
University Structure and Governance Committee, Resolution: Support for the Chair of the University Senate - Gary Gigliotti, Chair (Joseph Blasi and Kathleen Scott, 2004-05 Co-chairs)   [Discussion:  10 minutes]

University Structure and Governance Committee, Response to Charge S-0401, Faculty and Student Board of Governors Membership - Gary Gigliotti, Chair (Joseph Blasi and Kathleen Scott, 2004-05 Co-chairs)   [Discussion:  10 minutes]

Original Charge:  Student and Faculty Board Membership.  Investigate why there is no student voting representative on the Board of Governors in the spirit of N.J.S.A.18A:64-3.1, which states that the Board of Trustees of every state college must provide for the election of two student representatives who serve two-year terms and are voting members in their second year, considering that at Rutgers the Board of Governors is currently equivalent to the board of trustees at most New Jersey colleges.  Report back as to why this is not the case, and make appropriate recommendations as to if and how this issue should be pursued.  Investigate the same issues relative to faculty membership on the Board of Governors.  Respond to Senate Executive Committee by December 2004.

University Structure and Governance Committee, Senate Committee Structure, Graduate and Professional Education  - Gary Gigliotti, Chair (Joseph Blasi and Kathleen Scott, 2004-05 Co-chairs)   [Discussion:  10 minutes]

Original Charge S-0409:  Senate Committee Structure, Graduate and Professional Education:  Consider revising the Senate committees’ standing charges to include among them responsibility for exploring issues related to graduate and professional education.  Also consider placement of responsibility for considering research-related issues in the committees’ standing charges.

Equal Opportunity Committee, Status Report on Charge S-0413, FAIR v. Rumsfeld Appeal
- Connie Ellis and Michael LaSala, Co-chairs (Michael LaSala and Ben Sifuentes-Jauregui, 2004-05 Co-chairs)    [This report is for information only.  No Senate action is required at this time.]   [Discussion:  10 minutes]
Original Charge:  Considering the November 29, 2004 decision of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals regarding the case of FAIR v. Rumsfeld, revisit the issues addressed in the University Senate’s reports/resolutions on FAIR v. Rumsfeld and on Federally Mandated Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation in ROTC Programs.  Draft recommendations on how Rutgers should respond to the recent decision. Respond to Senate Executive Committee by March 18, 2005.

Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee, Response to Charge S-0407, Faculty Reporting Processes
- Ann Brooks Gould and Paul Panayotatos, Co-chairs  [This report is for information only.  No Senate action is required at this time.]   [Discussion:  10 minutes]

Original Charge:  Investigate, consider, and make recommendations for streamlining and making easier the processes involved in faculty reporting of teaching, scholarship and service. Consider compatibilities between the Annual Faculty Survey and Form 1A, cross-document copy-and-paste capability, and availability of data for reformatting for insertion into other electronic documents.”

DISCUSSION OF REPORT OF TASK FORCE ON UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION (Committee of the Whole)

OLD BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE  -  Samuel Rabinowitz, Vice Chairperson REPORT OF THE REPRESENTATIVES TO BOARDS OF GOVERNORS AND TRUSTEES

CAMPUS FACULTY LIAISONS

ADJOURNMENT OF THE REGULAR MEETING


*Note:  Addition of items to the Agenda requires a two-thirds vote.  There is an overall time limit of 2-1/2 hours for Senate meetings.   Specific time and limits are set for questions and debate; not for presentation of reports.  After approval, extension of time limits requires a two-thirds vote.
 
 Remaining 2005-06 University Senate Meetings
[Meetings are in New Brunswick, unless otherwise noted.]

October 21, 2005 (Camden Campus Report – IN CAMDEN)
November 18, 2005
January 20, 2006 (New Brunswick Campus Report)
February 24, 2006 (Newark Campus Report – IN NEWARK)
March 24, 2006
April 28, 2006