Transcript Faculty Senate Retreat

Faculty Senate Retreat
August 17, 2010
MSU 208
Senior Senators should complete elections
in their respective units before September
14th
 Special Hearing Committee Elections will
take place at September meeting
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◦ Encourage colleagues to serve
Reminders and Information
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 Nevada
System of Higher Education
Board of Regents Handbook
◦ Title 1
 Bylaws of the Board of Regents
◦ Title 2
 NSHE Code
◦ Title 3
 Legal Status of the University
◦ Title 4
 Codification of Board Policy Statements
What governs our system?
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 Title
2 of the Board of Regents Handbook
◦ The “Code”
 Chapter 1
◦ Organization and Administration of NSHE
 Chapter 2
◦ Academic Freedom and Responsibility
 Chapter 3
◦ Tenure for University Faculty
 Chapter 5
◦ Personnel Policy for Faculty
 Chapter 6
◦ Rules and Disciplinary Procedures for the University
Community
More on the Code
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UNLV Bylaws
◦ Formerly BOR Handbook: Title 5, Chapter 6
◦ Maintained by Faculty Senate
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Faculty Senate Bylaws and Constitution
UNLV & Faculty Senate Bylaws
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Faculty Senate
approves bylaw change
2/3 of UNLV Faculty who voted
needed for approval
President
Chancellor
How do we change the UNLV
Bylaws?
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Voting Senators (plus 3 Chairs – nonvoting)
 Executive Committee
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◦ Chair: Cecilia Maldonado (Workforce Education &
Development),
◦ Vice Chair: Sally Miller (Nursing),
◦ Past Chair: John Filler (Special Education)
◦ Secretary: Elaine Bunker (English)
◦ Administrative Faculty Representative: Amy Brooks
(Foundation)
◦ At-Large Senators: Bryan Spangelo (Science), Greg
Brown (Liberal Arts)
 16
standing committees
◦ approximately 400 faculty participate
Structure of the Faculty Senate
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Academic Freedom
and Ethics
Academic Standards
Admissions
Campus Affairs
Curriculum
Faculty Development
Leave
Fiscal Affairs
General Education
Grievance
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Priority and New
Programs
Professional
Staff/Administrative
Faculty
Program Review
Sabbatical Leave
Scholarship
Tenure and
Promotion
University Bylaw
Faculty Senate Committees
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 Parking
Committee
 Special Hearing Committee
 Inter-Athletic Council [IAC]
 Graduate College Committees
 President’s Advisory Council [PAC]
 Consortium for Faculty Professional
Opportunities [CFPO]
FS Reps on Other Committees
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 Faculty
Senate Representatives
◦ act as liaison
 between Senate and Committee
◦ proposes agenda items
 Committee submits to Senate
◦ advises Committee
 policies and procedures
Faculty Senate Committees
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At Large…..
Business….
Education…
Engineering.
Fine Arts…..
Health Sci…
Hotel……….
Law…………
Liberal Arts...
Library……..
Admin. Fac...
Sciences…..
Urban Affairs.
Fabbi
Riddel
Gelfer
Bein
Mink-Colbert
Pales
Izzolo
Gordon
Frink
Smith
Wilde
Hatchett
Traudt
(3 Senators)
(3 Senators)
(5 Senators)
(3 Senators)
(4 Senators)
(5 Senators)
(2 Senators)
(2 Senators)
(6 Senators)
(2 Senators)
(8 Senators)
(4 Senators)
(3 Senators)
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+3
Chairs
Senior Senators & Representation
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 Role
of Senior Senator
◦ Faculty Senate Bylaws
 Appendix 2
◦ Guidelines for Senior Senators
 Liaison to Executive Committee
◦ Council of Senior Senators
◦ Meetings with Senators in their units
 Recommend agenda items for Senate
 Conduct elections
 certification of results
Senior Senator
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 As
a Senator I must…
◦ come to Senate meetings prepared
 Senate debate requires knowledge of issues
 bring requests from my constituents
 know your colleagues positions regarding
issues
◦ vote
Senator Responsibilities
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 Faculty
Senate procedures
◦ meetings on Tuesdays
 start promptly at 12:15 PM
◦ if you miss more than 2 meetings
 you may be replaced
◦ proxy rights
 short term
 long term
Faculty Senate Meetings
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[Call to Order, Announcements, Approval of Minutes,
Invited Speakers]
 Action
Items
item presented
first and second motion required to debate
first Senator must support but second need not
 Future Action
Items
item presented without debate
 New
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Business
[Committee Reports, Public Comment, Adjournment]
Typical Agenda
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 Bylaw
Revisions
Must be submitted according to FS bylaws, requires two meetings
 Resolutions
May be brought forward, discussed and acted upon in a single
meeting but customarily come from committee
 Sense
of the Senate
May be brought forward, discussed and acted upon in a single
meeting
Senate Actions
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Precedence of Motions
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ladder of motions has 14 steps
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main motion
postpone indefinitely
primary amendment
secondary amendment
commit or refer
postpone to a certain time
limit/extend limits of debate
Robert’s Rules Govern
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Precedence of Motions
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ladder of motions has 14 steps
8. previous question
9. lay on the table
10. call for orders of the day
11. raise a question of privilege
12. recess
13. adjourn
14. fix time to which to adjourn
Robert’s Rules Govern
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Senator can introduce a bill as a new business item
To initiate a discussion of any action-oriented items, you need to
prepare and submit a document that includes:
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current status and existence of a problem,
proposed change (action),
rationale and,
pros and cons of the change.
Please send it to me. I will take it to the Executive Committee for
discussion and then place it on the future Senate agenda.
In addition, a senator can verbally suggest ideas and solicit help
from the Executive Committee in order to prepare issues for
discussion.
Please note that, on average, it takes about three meetings for an
action item brought up as new business to actually be voted on,
since it has to be a future action item and then an action item.
The relevant material and as a template are provided in your binder.
Process and Guidelines for Placing an
Item on the Faculty Senate Agenda
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Faculty Senate Bylaws
◦ Additions are underlined/Deletions are in [brackets]
◦ Faculty Senate Bylaws, Section 5.0 Article 5: Committees Section 2.0
◦ 5.1 Unless changed in a manner consistent with the Senate Bylaws or Constitution
of the Faculty Senate, the following committees, composed of the following
membership, shall be maintained:
◦ Tenure and Promotion
◦ 1 Tenured academic faculty from each degree granting college and school
◦ 1 Tenured alternate academic faculty from each degree granting college and
school
◦ 1 Tenured librarian
◦ 1 Tenured alternate librarian
◦ 1 Vice Chair of the Senate (ex-officio, non-voting)
◦ 1 Immediate Past Chair of the Senate (ex-officio, non-voting)
◦ a) An alternate committee member shall be elected from each unit to serve in the
event the committee member is on leave or in cases of conflict of interest.
Alternates shall attend in place of the principal member only when the principal
member is on leave or in case of conflict of interest.
◦ b) The Immediate Past Chair of the Senate shall serve as the chair of the Tenure
and Promotion committee for one year.
◦ 5.6 After committee membership has been determined, the Executive Committee
shall appoint a chair subject to the approval of the committee. The chair of the
Tenure and Promotion committee shall be the Immediate Past Chair of the Senate.
Typical Action Item Form
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Pros:
 Past Chair of Senate identifies this committee as a Faculty Senate
committee and not an administrative committee.
 Chair of the committee will not vote on any applicant including his/her
unit, thus eliminating potential of conflict of interest.
 Chair of the committee will be knowledgeable of Board of Regents
Handbook, UNLV bylaws, and Faculty senate bylaws and, thus, fluent
with promotion and tenure processes.
 Chair of the committee will be identified two years in advance of serving.
 Being an ex-officio member of the committee two years earlier and chair of
the Senate one year earlier, provides significant experience to be an
effective chair of the P & T committee.
Cons:
 Increases workload for Past Chair of the Senate.
Typical Action Item Form
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Advocacy for maintenance of PEBP
Benefits
 Program Review Implementation
 General Education
 Assisting in setting the agenda for
upcoming legislative session
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Issues this year…
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Questions?
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