UNIVERSITY
SENATE
Executive
Committee
A G E
N D A
January
8, 2016 - 1:10 p.m.
1. Chair’s Report - Ann Gould,
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. Standing
Committees
Reports:
Issues/Charges:
How Faculty are Counted - Senator
Jerome Langer has raised the issue of how faculty are counted for
Senate-entitlement and other purposes.
5.
Old Business
Draft Resolution on Web
Accessibility Policy -
Ken Swalagin was asked to draft a resolution documenting the Senate's
discussion and endorsement of the Web Accessibility Policy:
Whereas,
the Rutgers University Senate Executive Committee has discussed
the Web
Accessibility Policy; and
Whereas,
the Rutgers University Senate, at its meeting on November 13, 2015,
conducted a committee-of-the-whole discussion on the policy; and
Whereas,
the Senate and Executive Committee have benefited from presentations
by, and responses to questions from, Gayle
Stein, Associate Director for
Instructional Technology,
OIT-Office of
Instructional and Research Technology; Christian Aziz, Manager of
Information Technology; and William Welsh, Executive
Director, Office of Disability Services; and
Whereas,
the University Senate recognizes the need for the policy, and finds it
appropriate and in the best interests of Rutgers University;
Therefore,
Be It Resolved, that the Rutgers University Senate endorses the Web
Accessibility Policy, and recommends its implementation.
[At
approximately 1:30 p.m., or when Deans Robinson and O'Toole arrive.] Nursing Programs Merger Update:
The University
Senate's May 2014 endorsement of the Nursing programs merger
included a provision for updates to be provided to the Senate. Nursing
Deans Joanne Robinson and Marie O'Toole will attend this meeting to
provide that update.
[At
approximately 2:00 p.m., or when Interim Secretary of the University
Kimberlee Pastva arrives.] Discussion
of how University Policies are revised and disseminated, and other
Board of Governors and Board of Trustees issues, including
membership - Kimberlee Pastva, Interim Secretary of the University
Proposal
on "Senate Transparency" - Submitted by Justin Schulberg, New
Brunswick Student Executive Committee Member: RUTV was contacted
regarding feasibility of live streaming of Senate meetings. It is
possible only at the College Avenue Student Center (CASC).
The
Executive Committee should discuss and decide whether or not the CASC
Senate meetings should be streamed.
6.
New Business
7.
University Senate Agenda
January 22, 2016 Senate Meeting:
- New
Brunswick
Chancellor's Report - New Brunswick Chancellor Richard Edwards
- Resolution on Web Accessibility Policy
8.
Adjournment