The sixth regular meeting of the University Senate will be held on Monday, May 1, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. in Rooms 314-315 of the University Union. The following agenda will be addressed at the meeting:
? CALL TO ORDER
? ROLL CALL
? APPROVAL OF AGENDA
? APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 3, 2006 MEETING
? REPORTS OF EX OFFICIO SENATORS (Twenty Minutes)
? REPORTS OF OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE (Twenty Minutes)
? POINTS OF INFORMATION (Twenty Minutes)
1. UPTRM Committee approval of changes to the PTRM section of the Faculty Handboook, requested by the Senate.
2. Provost?s Report on Workload
? OLD BUSINESS (Ten Minutes)
1. Motion 05/06-27:
Accept Annual Report of TEEB (Teacher Education Executive Board)
(Senate Executive Committee)
? NEW BUSINESS (Fifty Minutes)
1. Motion 05/06-31:
To oppose implementation of the University?s new advising system which would require one-on-one advising and responsibilities for faculty, with tremendously disproportionate time and responsibility requirements for faculty of larger departments. Problems include, but are not limited to, the following concerns:
1. Recruitment of new faculty, especially for large departments; 2. the increasingly incompatible goals for the faculty including the advising changes, the movement of the faculty into a research intensive university, and the compounding of the workload addition for faculty members; and 3. the significant time encroachment plus the disproportionate time consumption the policy promises for large departments.
(Prof. Richard Vatz)
2. Motion 05/06-32:
Accept Revised Student Academic Integrity Policy
(Senate Executive Committee)
3. Motion 05/06-33:
Receive New COBE Academic Policy
(Senate Executive Committee)
4. Motion 05/06-34:
Approve Change in By-Laws for University Curriculum Committee
(University Curriculum Committee)
Contact information for people viewing the message to get more information (e-mail address, phone number, web URL address, etc.)
For further information, please contact Prof. Tim Sullivan, Chair of the University Senate {tsullivan@towson.edu}.
