UNIVERSITY
SENATE
Executive
Committee
A G E
N D A
January
6, 2017 - 1:10 p.m.
(Executive Committee Meeting begins)
Meeting location: Camden Campus
This is the second of the newly instituted "away" Executive Committee
meetings. It takes place on the Camden Campus.
TIMETABLE:
9:30
a.m. – Board Academy charter bus for Camden in the ASB-III
parking lot. This is our
usual meeting location. [If you’re driving, please see parking
and other
information below.]
Approximately
10:30 a.m. – Arrive in Camden. Meet at the
Alumni
House for continental breakfast.
11:00
a.m. – Chancellor Haddon will lead us on a tour of the Rutgers
Camden Campus beginning at the Alumni
House.
12:15
p.m. – Lunch in the Private Dining Room in the Camden Campus
Center, 326 Penn Street.
1:10
p.m. – Executive Committee meeting begins in the Executive
Meeting Room in the Camden Campus Center..
Approximately
5:00 p.m. – Board charter bus for return trip to New Brunswick.
PARKING
IN CAMDEN:
If
you have made arrangements with Mary
Mickelsen for reserved parking in Lot C13
you may enter at North 3rd Street. Tell the Campus Security Officer
posted at the entrance that you are here for the University Senate
Executive Committee meeting and you will be directed to a specific
parking space based on the vehicle information you sent to Ms.
Mickelsen.
DRIVING
TO CAMDEN:
Map
and directions for the Camden Campus Center
AGENDA
1. Chair’s Report - Peter Gillett,
Senate Chair
2. Secretary’s Report -
Ken Swalagin, Executive Secretary of the Senate
3.
Administrative Report -
Barbara Lee, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
4. Special Orders
Revised
and Annotated Report of the Senate Parliamentarian - Submitted
by Peter
Gillett,
Former Senate Parliamentarian, and first discussed at the June 2016
meeting
5. Old Business
Standing
Committees' Decisions on Proposal
to Form School of Graduate Studies - Committee discussions
also based on Dean Scotto's and Dean Kukor's responses
to Questions
from Standing Committees.
Committee Reports:
Academic
Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee (ASRAC) Revised
Response to
Charge S-1609 on Revisions
to Rutgers University Academic
Integrity Policy - Martha Cotter and Matthew Winkler,
ASRAC Co-chairs
The ASRAC was charged as follows: Consider
and make recommendations on how the Rutgers University Academic
Integrity Policy should be revised in light of the merger with units of
the
former UMDNJ. Should there be a single academic integrity policy
applicable to
all Rutgers schools and colleges? Should the procedures for
adjudicating
alleged violations of academic integrity be different for different
types of schools?
As part of the deliberations, consider the draft academic integrity
policy
tentatively endorsed by the 2013 ad hoc committee charged with
reconciling the
Rutgers Code of Student conduct and Academic Integrity Policy with the
UMDNJ
document Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Disciplinary
Procedures.
Committee Issues/Proposed Charges:
Issue of PTL Access to Rutgers Email and
Other Services During Summer - Submitted by PTL Senator Karen
Thompson:
This
issue has been discussed at previous Executive Committee meetings.
Adrienne Esposito will research the technical aspects of the issue, and
report back to the Executive Committee. Karen Thompson will also
communicate directly with Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Barbara Lee on the subject.
Esposito has since written that, during her
exploration of this issue, she was asked to inquire as to "what class
or classes of PTL have this issue" because there is a Human Resources
class setting that determines access.
Thompson's
rationale for raising this issue
was:
"Another
PTL Senator has asked me to raise this concern, with
the intent of creating universitywide policy in the interest of
students. It
seems that SOME PTLs lose access to their university email, Sakai and
library
privileges during the summer or a semester off. This situation prevents
preparation of classes during these times which disadvantages the PTL
instructor and can undermine class management. This problem especially
occurs
immediately before a course begins (particularly for newly hired PTLs)
and
could at least be avoided by mandated, even temporary, access
requirements. Again, this is a concern for
students as well
as instructors. Can we discuss whether a charge is appropriate to
address this
problem?"
Issue
of the Future of the Rutgers
University School of Health Professions Department of Allied Dental
Education, Including the Rutgers Dental Hygiene Program -
Issue raised by Rebecca Welch Pugh, New Jersey Dental Hygienists'
Association Executive Director
Pending Charge/Report
6. Standing
Committees
Reports:
Instruction,
Curricula and Advising Committee (ICAC) Response to
Charge S-1614 on Acceptable
Use Policy for Information Technology Resources -
Natalie Borisovets, ICAC Chair
The ICAC was charged as follows: Examine
the existing Rutgers University Acceptable Use Policy for Information
Technology Resources. In particular, review Section 5.B.6 on the
requirement that University business be conducted using defined
software and applications (considering the scope of "University
business"), and Section 5.C on Privacy, with regard to access by
technicians and university administrators to electronic records
(especially the scope of 5.C.5 and the need of the University to carry
on its normal operations.
Issues/Charges:
Proposed Charge to Faculty and Personnel
Affairs Committee (FPAC) on Integrating RBHS Processes for Reviewing
Deans and Programs - Submitted by Peter Gillett on behalf of
RBHS Chancellor Brian Strom
Proposed
Charge: Consider and make recommendations as to how procedures for
review of deans and programs at RBHS might best be integrated with
existing procedures in other parts of Rutgers.
Issue/Rationale: As
part of ongoing efforts to remove inconsistencies and to adopt best
practices, Chancellor Strom has requested that the Senate make
recommendations on these procedures.
Supporting
Documents:
Proposed
Charge on Extramurally Funded Direct Costs - Submitted
by Elizabeth Moran, President of the Faculty Organization at New Jersey
Medical School
Issue/Rationale:
Professor Moran writes, "I was asked to get this info in my role as
Pres of the Faculty Organization at NJMS. Many faculty members are
interested in whether the Senate can address the practice of Rutgers
off-loading ever-increasing charges onto extramurally-funded direct
costs. (Faculty believe many/most of these charges should be covered by
indirects). It is hard for us to know if this issue affects university
divisions other than RBHS, but it seems likely that it does. I will
take your response to our faculty. Thank you."
Proposed
Charge to Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee
(ASRAC) on Making Election Day a University Holiday
- Submitted by Student Senator Julie Serrano
Charge:
Investigate whether Election Day should be a University holiday in
order to allow all members of the Rutgers community to vote.
Rationale:
"The charge is an inspiration from the current election and really wish
[sic] to increase the Rutgers community voting turn out."
Requests
for Charge Deadline Extensions or Roster Changes
Standing
Committee chairs request the following
deadline extensions:
- Charge
S-1611 to the Student Affairs Committee on Examination of University
Policy on Student Use of Drugs and Alcohol, from January 6, 2017 to
March 24, 2017 [two weeks before the April 7 Executive Committee
meeting]
Appointment
of Budget and Finance Committee (BFC) Co-chair -
BFC Chair Menahem Spiegel asks that Brandon Chandler, Camden Staff
Senator, be appointed co-chair of the BFC. Chandler has agreed to
accept the appointment.
7.
New Business
Executive Committee Meeting Scheduling - Natalie
Borisovets has suggested that the Executive Committee should meet more
frequently than once a month. Ken Swalagin suggests that the committee
consider scheduling meetings beginning at 10:00 a.m., and requesting
funding for lunch on those days.
8.
University Senate Agenda
January
20, 2017 Senate Meeting:
- Meeting to be held in New Brunswick
- New Brunswick Chancellor's Report
9.
Adjournment - The meeting should adjourn by approximately 5:00 so
attendees can board the bus for the return trip to New Brunswick.