Transcript How many senators?

HOW MANY SENATORS?
Faculty Senate calculations
March 10, 2015
Base FTE calculations
Each full-time TT faculty counts as 1 FTE
Each .5 FTE or higher NTT faculty counts as .5 FTE
Current Bylaw / Charter language
• The Faculty Senate consists of one senator
per ten WOU faculty FTE and/or major
fraction thereof.
• All faculty units must have at least one
senator position.
How Many Senators?
• One natural method is:
• Determine the number of FTE
• Divide the number of FTE by 10
Questions
• What happens with the decimals?
“Historical” Calculation (partially) used
There is a method passed forward that says:
•
1 - 10 faculty FTE gets 1 senator
• 10.5 - 20 faculty FTE gets 2 senators
• 20.5 - 30 faculty FTE gets 3 senators
• 30.5 - 40 faculty FTE gets 4 senators
• 40.5 - 50 faculty FTE gets 5 senators
Questions
• What does “major fraction thereof” mean?
• Local mathematicians believe this means
“round” – e.g. 1.2 rounds to 1, 1.8 rounds to 2
• If we believe “usual rounding rules” then the
historical method is incorrect.
• If we would prefer to use the historical
method, we should clarify in bylaws.
• As is, a mix of both methods is being used.
• What do the differences mean in reality?
Rounding
• 1 - 14.4
• 15 - 24.4
• 25 - 34.4
• 35 - 44.4
faculty FTE gets 1 senator
faculty FTE gets 2 senators
faculty FTE gets 3 senators
faculty FTE gets 4 senators
Historical
Rounding
Comparison
Historical
1 - 10: 1
10.5 - 20: 2
20.5 - 30: 3
30.5 - 40: 4
Division FTE FTE/10 Historical
BS
13
1.3
2
BE
15
1.5
2
CS
9.5
.95
1
CA
DSPS
HEX
30.5
11
20.5
3.05
1.1
2.05
4
2
3
HUM
LIB
NSM
38
7.5
34.5
3.8
.75
3.45
4
1
4
SS
TT
33.5
27
3.35
2.7
4
3
Rounding
-1
1
= 2
= 1
-1
-1
-1
=
=
-1
-1
=
3
1
2
4
1
3
3
3
How shall we proceed?
• Discuss now, add to Bylaws (will be New
Business in April) for voting?
• Motion and vote now on this?
• Suggestions now, take to divisions, motions
and votes in April?
• Other?