The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
MOTION PASSED (1 Nay)
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The Fairbanks Faculty Senate ratifies the Assembly Constitution
amended by the Assembly as summarized verbally by John Leipzig.
Signed: David M. Smith, President, Fairbanks Faculty Senate
Note: Senate ratification of Assembly constitution appears a
procedural issue. I have noted the action but this does not seem
appropriate for me to approve or disapprove.
Signed: Pat O'Rourke Date: 4/4/88
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
MOTION PASSED (Unanimous Approval)
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The Fairbanks Faculty Senate approves the following Policy on
Approval of Academic Changes Within Existing UAF Programs as
amended:
1. Primary academic responsibility for courses and programs
offered by UAF rests with the individual schools and colleges. Upon
approval, proposed changes in course offerings or degree
requirements by a school or college shall be submitted to the
Faculty Senate Office for University distribution and review.
Deadlines for submission of changes to be included in the next
catalog will be determined by the Faculty Senate Office in
consultation with the Office of Admission and Records.
2. There shall be a thirty day waiting period for the solicitation
of comments or objections prior to the review by the cognizant
Senate subcommittee.
3. a. Changes in graduate programs and graduate level course
offerings shall be received by Curriculum and Instruction
II (Graduate Council).
b. Substantive undergraduate course and program changes
shall be reviewed by the University Curriculum Review
Committee. This Committee shall be composed of the
chairs of the Curriculum Councils of the schools and
colleges and shall be chaired by a member of Curriculum
and Instruction I. The Chairs of the Honors Council and
the Developmental Steering Committee and a
representative from Admissions and Records shall sit as
non-voting members.
In the event that the proposed change is not unanimously
approved, it may be withdrawn or referred to Curriculum
and Instruction I for resolution.
4. Proposed changes approved by the cognizant Senate committee
will be reported to the Senate and forwarded to the VCAA.
5. A review of the full Senate may be requested by the reviewing
Senate committee. A request to the Senate Administrative
Committee for a further Senate review may also be submitted by
individual Senators if the question has policy implications.
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
RATIONALE: Primary academic responsibility for courses
and programs offered by UAF rests with the individual
schools and colleges.
Proposed changes will undergo a University review under
the direction of the Faculty Senate. The purposes of the
review are to prevent adverse effects on other programs,
to avoid course duplication, and to ensure that content is
taught in the appropriate discipline.
Signed: David M. Smith, President, Fairbanks Faculty Senate
APPROVED: W. C. Thomas Date: 4/12/88
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
MOTION PASSED (Unanimous Approval)
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The academic calendar be structured so as to provide, if possible, at
least two days between the last day of class and the first day of
final exams.
Note: The "dead days" between the last day of class and the
first day of finals could be, but need not be, over a weekend.
EFFECTIVE: Fall 1988
RATIONALE: The last week of class is normally a time of
intense activity during the semester with little time for
students to study for the upcoming finals. "Dead week"
policies proposed to correct this are unenforceable,
contrary to academic freedom, and in all probability
would be ignored. This policy provides, when possible, at
least two days the students can use in preparation for
finals. However, there will be years when two "dead
days" will not be provided in order to begin classes after
Labor Day without extending into semester break. The
policy does not attempt to regulate extra curricular
activities during this period. Such matters are left to
the discretion of the individual students.
Signed: David M. Smith, President, Fairbanks Faculty Senate
APPROVED: W. C. Thomas Date: 4/12/88
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
MOTION PASSED (Unanimous Approval)
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The Fairbanks Faculty Senate approves in principle the following
calendar proposal for Fall 88 for the Fairbanks campus.
A calendar containing 800 minutes of instruction/examination
requires 13.3 weeks with 60 minute periods to meet the
minimum contact minutes. Because of the sequencing of
classes, i.e., MWF, TR, MTR, R only, F only, etc., it is not
possible to work out a schedule that provides the exact amount
of contact.
Instruction Begins Thurs., Sept. 8
Thanksgiving Holidays Thurs., Fri., Nov. 24-25
End of Instruction Fri., Dec. 9
Final Examinations Mon.-Thurs., Dec. 12-15
A typical MWF class would meet for a total of 2340 minutes of
instruction and 120 minutes of final examinations for a total of
2460 minutes or 820 minutes per credit. In a three credit course,
that is exactly 60 minutes over the minimum number of minutes of
instruction required.
Credit Instr. Exams. Total Minutes Over
1 780 120 900 100
2 1560 120 1680 80
3 2340 120 2460 60
4 3120 120 3240 40
5 3900 120 4020 20
Having an excess of contact minutes would make available the option
of dropping a class or two during the semester for the courses with
lower amounts of credit. Certainly it would not be necessary for
two hour examinations to be given for courses with one, two, or even
three credit classes.
Signed: David M. Smith, President, Fairbanks Faculty Senate
APPROVED: W. C. Thomas Date: 4/12/88
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
MOTION PASSED (18 yeas, 7 nays)
One academic credit hour of non-laboratory instruction at UAF will
consist of a minimum of 800 minutes of instruction.
EFFECTIVE: Fall 1988
RATIONALE: A polling of UAF faculty at a UAF convocation
plus reactions from students all indicated a desire to
return to a longer number of contact minutes.
Signed: David M. Smith, President, Fairbanks Faculty Senate
APPROVED: W. C. Thomas Date: 4/12/88
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
MOTION PASSED (1 nay)
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Candidates for administrative positions at UAF who desire tenure
and rank in an academic discipline must be evaluated for tenure and
rank before a contract is offered. The evaluation process shall begin
in the department of the candidate's discipline.
Interim policy -- The motion is to serve as interim policy until
general policies regarding hiring, review, and/or transfer
of administrators are completed.
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
RATIONALE: It is not appropriate for administrators to be
evaluated for tenure after they are hired. Such a process
puts departments and their faculty in the potentially
difficult position of evaluating the tenurability of
persons that will continue to have administrative and
fiscal control over their units. An alternative is that
finalists desiring tenure be reviewed by a committee of
peers in the discipline and department/college involved
before being offered a position.
Signed: David M. Smith, President, Fairbanks Faculty Senate
APPROVED: W. C. Thomas, Chancellor's Office Date: 4/22/88
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
MOTION PASSED (Unanimous Approval)
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No University employee hired with academic rank shall be awarded a
higher level academic rank without following the University
promotion procedure, and no University employee shall be granted
academic rank without appropriate review.
Interim policy -- The motion is to serve as interim policy until
general policies regarding hiring, review, and/or transfer
of administrators are completed.
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
RATIONALE: This motion is intended to prevent
administration from unilaterally promoting individuals
by, for example, moving an individual in a visiting
position to a tenure track position of higher rank without
review. Also to be prevented is promotion without
review associated with the movement from an
administrative position without faculty rank to a faculty
position without appropriate advertising and selection
procedures being followed. Another relevant example
would be the moving of APT employees to academic rank
positions.
Signed: David M. Smith, President, Fairbanks Faculty Senate
APPROVED: W. C. Thomas, Chancellor's Office Date: 4/22/88
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
MOTION PASSED (Unanimous Approval)
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The Fairbanks Faculty Senate authorizes the Administrative
Committee to Establish 1988-89 Senate Meeting Schedule.
Signed: David M. Smith, President, Fairbanks Faculty Senate
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
MOTION PASSED (Unanimous Approval)
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The Fairbanks Faculty Senate receives the Standing and Permanent
Committee Reports identified as Attachment 1 in the Agenda for
Meeting 3 on March 25, 1988.
Signed: David M. Smith, President, Fairbanks Faculty Senate
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
MOTION PASSED (Unanimous Approval)
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Before the Statewide Task Force on Regents' Policy & University
Regulations and Procedures on Faculty Appointment, Review,
Promotion, Tenure and Sabbatical Leave submits its proposal to the
Board of Regents, the faculty governance units of each MAU shall be
given the opportunity to consider and approve the proposal.
EFFECTIVE: Immediately
Note: The President was asked to transmit this action to the Office
of the Provost.
Signed: David M. Smith, President, Fairbanks Faculty Senate
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
MOTION PASSED (1 Nay)
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The Fairbanks Faculty Senate refers the Motion to accept the UAF
Tenure Track Faculty Rank and Minimum Eligibility Requirements
back to the Committee.
Signed: David M. Smith, President, Fairbanks Faculty Senate
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
MOTION PASSED (Unanimous)
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To remove all asterisks (*) and the accompanying material in the
proposal submitted by Faculty Affairs on "UAF Tenure Track Faculty
Rank and Minimum Eligibility Requirements."
Signed: David M. Smith, President, Fairbanks Faculty Senate
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
APPROVED: (Unanimous)
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New Course: BIOL. 601-Radioisotope Techniques. 3 credits
(2+3), offered alternate Spring, first offered Spring 1990.
JUSTIFICATION: See request attached
APPROVED: W. C. Thomas Date: 4/7/88
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
APPROVED: (Unanimous)
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Trial Course: MPR 694-Solution Concentration and
Purification. 3 credits (3+0), offered alternate Fall,
first offered Fall 1988.
JUSTIFICATION: See request attached
APPROVED: W. C. Thomas Date: 4/15/88
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
APPROVED: (Unanimous)
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Trial Course: ALR 494-Extension Services: Theories and
Practices. 3 credits (3+0), offered alternate Fall, first
offered Fall 1988.
JUSTIFICATION: See request attached
APPROVED: W. C. Thomas Date: 4/12/88
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The Faculty Senate Office passed the following at its Meeting #3 on
March 25, 1988:
APPROVED: (Unanimous)
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Trial Course: CCC 194-Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction
to Critical Thinking. 3 credits (3+0), Fall 1988.
JUSTIFICATION: See request attached
APPROVED: W. C. Thomas Date: 4/12/88
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