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
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