Agenda for Faculty Senate Meeting
March 18, 2014
2:00 pm � 4:00 pm. Cameron 105
Meeting 2014-03
1. Call to order.
2. Approval of January 14, 2014 minutes
3. Individual Reports
a. Chancellor Miller.
b. Provost Battles
c. President of the Senate Lugo.
o College Articulation Agreement update
o Faculty Assembly General Education Council update
o Faculty Lounge
o Continuation of RTP revision. Reminder to read all documents in the RTP Forum including the recommendations by AA/Deans
4. Committee Reports
a. [Motion 2014-03-M01] The University Studies Advisory Committee offers the following motion: That the following US courses be added to the catalogue
� Writing Intensive: BIO 316 � Vertebrate Embryology
� Explorations Beyond the Classroom: HST 290 � The Practice of History
b. [Motion 2014-03-M02] (Continuation of 2014-02-M05) Revisions as proposed by the ad-hoc RTP committee: 2013_Faculty_Handbook_Rev_03_18_14_senate_v2
� Ch. IV. H (Rest of section on Evaluation of Faculty) Referred back to Steering
� Ch. IV. A (Policies on Academic Freedom & Tenure)
o Article IV.b (Probationary Service)
i. Recommendations 34, 35, Done
ii. Recommendation 8: Senior members/faculty refers to all tenured associate and full professors. Decision: a) accept, b) change to full professor only, c) leave to departments.
o Article IV.c (Procedures)
i. Recommendation 16: Deans responsible for compliance to RTP process guidelines (page 56)
ii. Recommendation 27: CRTP may seek additional information. Disregard what is not in the dossier (page 56)
iii. Recommendation 28: Clarifies language related to documentation (page 57)
o All of Chapter IV.A (Note: Chapter IV.A sets forth the official policy of The University of North Carolina at Wilmington regarding academic freedom, rights, and responsibilities, promotion, and tenure of its faculty.)
� Ch. IV. D
o D.2 (Criteria)
i. D.2.a.- Recommendation 3, 39: Evaluation areas
ii. D2.a Recommendation 10: What if fewer than 3 senior faculty (page 79)
iii. D.2.b (Evaluation Areas � Recommendations 3, 17, 18: Integrate PD into the three evaluation areas (page 79, 81)
iv. D.2.c (Mentoring Faculty � Recommendation 36)
v. D.2.d (Length of service � Recommendations 18)
vi. D.2 Entire section
o D.3 (Additional Guidelines � Recommendation 15)
o D.4 (Process)
i. D.4.c (External Reviews � Recommendations 20, 21, 22.)
ii. D.4.d (Process for RTP App � Recommendations 1,6,9,11-13
5. Old Business
6. New Business
7. Documents
� Ad hoc RTP committee documents
8. Announcements
9. Adjournment