UTC Faculty Senate, February 2010 H. Lyn Miles, UTC UT Faculty Council Representative.
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UTC Faculty Senate, February 2010 H. Lyn Miles, UTC UT Faculty Council Representative UT FACULTY COUNCIL Represent faculty matters directly to UT system Advise UT President UT Task Forces Interim President Jan Simek Vice President Bonnie Yegidis 2 Representatives per campus Meet 3 times per year around state WEBSITE http://web.utk.edu/~utfc/ UTK Beauvais Lyons, Chair Toby Boulet UTC Pedro Campa Lyn Miles Verbie Prevost, Trustee UTHSC George Cook Parker Suttle Karen Johnson, Trustee UTM Jenna Wright Dan McDonough FACULTY COUNCIL CHARTER FACULTY COUNCIL BYLAWS “The UTFC shall be comprised of the Faculty Senate President from each of the UT System campuses. Additionally, each campus shall elect, by a simple majority, one additional full-time tenured faculty member to a three year staggered term.” “One representative from the full-time tenured faculty of each campus with each representative serving a term of three years. Representatives may be elected to serve a second consecutive term. The manner of election of these campus representatives shall be determined by each campus and should be addressed in their Faculty Senate bylaws.” KNOXVILLE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE III.2.A. Executive Council Membership shall consist of the Chair persons of the standing committees of the Senates; the officers of the Senate, including the Immediate Past President; and up to two at-large faculty members. The executive Council will include the elected faculty representative to the University Faculty Council. III.6 University Faculty Council Representative There shall be a representative of The University of Tennessee, Knoxville faculty elected by the Faculty Senate to serve a three-year term on the University Faculty Council. The representative’s term of office begins on July 1 following his/her election. The representative will attend and report on the meetings of the University Faculty Council to the Faculty Senate Executive Council and the Faculty Senate. If for any reason a representative is not able to complete his/her term, the Faculty Senate Executive Council shall elect an individual to complete the current year of the term. An election for a representative for a new threeyear term is then to be conducted as per Article III, Section 3.J. by the Committee on Nominations and Appointments. UTC is the only UT campus that does not include the Representative & President-Elect on the Senate Executive Committee, along with Chairs of major committees Faculty-moderated list serve Campus ombudsperson Improved system communication Salary data transparency Liaison with state legislators Explanation of state E&G funds Faculty trustee replacement More faculty governance Report to trustees Retreats with trustees Monitor institutional progress Risks/benefits entrepreneurial Budget transparency IT issues Handbook appeal procedures Library coordination CHALLENGES 3% cost of living raises or $1,000 Knoxville-centric UTC & UTM “the undergraduate campuses” TUFS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Pres-Elect Past-Pres Secretary TUFS President John Nolt John Nolt (UTK) Jeffrey S. Berman Timothy F. Winters (AP) H. Lyn Miles (UTC) TUFS WEBSITE Faculty Governance Senate budgets, stipends, serving on Chancellor’s executive team, etc. Legislative Beth Harwell (R) Kim McMillan (D) Rusty Crowe (R) Jim Kyle (D) – next meeting National National Association of Faculty Senates (AAUP) http://www.memphis.edu/facultysenate/tnf acultysenates.php GOALS 10,000 university faculty to Governor Network with other Senates United Voice After High School 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 UNITED STATES 38% of 9th graders complete Bachelor’s Rank dropped 1st to 10th among developed nations First U.S. generation to be less educated than parent’s generation TENNESSEE 11% Bachelor 19% Assoc/Bach 43% College 67% HS TN ranks 40th in nation 24% of citizens have Bachelor’s degree Of TN 9th graders: 67% complete high school 43% attend college 19% complete Associates or Bachelor’s degree 11% complete Bachelor’s degree Source: Complete College America & U.S. Census, 2004 “Race to the Top” funds $4B Federal funding TN seeks $501.8M STEM economic development $400M per year lost tax revenue because citizens are not completing college Oversized UT & TBR administrations Wasteful spending Poor graduation rates GOAL: 38% college graduates from 9th grade population by 2025 (up from 19%) SENATE Jamie Woodson Jim Kyle Randy McNally Andy Burke Delores Gresham HOUSE Lois DeBarry Craig Fitzhew David Hawk Less Winingham Harry Brooks Beth Haarwell Mark Maddox Justin Wilson, Constitutional Officer UTC is below average for State & UT system TENNESSEE 2-year 4-year By 2025 12% 46% 70% UT UTC UTM UTK 42% 44% 58% 60% 60% 80% TBR Chatt St – 2 year AP UM ETSU TT MTSU 9% 27% 34% 38% 42% 44% HIGHER EDUCATION Sponsor: Senator Jim Kyle, D Accountable Memphis Needs reorganization New THEC Master Plan Mission differentiation Reduce degree & research duplication Fund based on outcome, not enrollment Signed into law on January 26, 2010 COORDINATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Uniform statistical reporting “Culture of innovation” Common general education, course STEM emphasis numbers Note courses that do not transfer COMMUNITY COLLEGES Seamless 60 hours between 2 & 4 year Separate administration for 2 year (41 general education; 19 pre-major) institutions All associate degree students admitted to 4-year universities; dual admission Eliminate remedial instruction at 4 year Incorporate into existing curriculum Contract with 2-year In the University Tract Program THEC "shall consider the views of chief academic officers and faculty senates of the respective campuses.“ Law written by TUFS & ETSU with Senator Randy Crowe—faculty writing law! Senator Rusty Crowe District 3 (ETSU Area) “Lift UTK “research flagship” to national research profile” UT & Oak Ridge partnership 200 new faculty positions 400 new graduate students Increase UTK research funds from $200M to $400M UTK restrictive admission— ”overflow” to UTC, UTM, TBR UTHSC in Memphis Research Consortium Uniform pre-major requirements Psychology Communications Business Community colleges should match their general education to ours UTC Senate should contact UTBOT Jim Murphy on presidential search “I am excited about what this new legislation means for higher education in Tennessee.” THEC control of targets & formulas Impact on graduate programs Faculty scapegoat for higher education ills Program accreditation issues “Wal-Mart” education Funds to UTK & 2 year schools UTC could be under resourced Rich Rhoda, THEC Executive Director Graduation rate 3% increase per year Admission standards Sustainable campus STEM initiatives General education Emulate Georgia & North Carolina Creative Approach to “Access” New faculty & student culture The End