MINUTES
UAF FACULTY SENATE MEETING #126
Monday, December 13, 2004
1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Wood Center Conference Room C/D

I	Call to Order – Abel Bult-Ito

	Faculty Senate President Abel Bult-Ito called the meeting to order at 1:05 p.m.

A.	Roll Call

Members Present:  
	Members Absent: 	
Allen, Jane	Bailey, Scott	
Anahita, Sine	Iken, Katrin	
Ayagarak, Nancy	Nakaneczny, Michael	
Barnhardt, Carol	Prakash, Anumpa	
Barry, Ron	Reynolds, Jennifer	
Bult-Ito, Abel	Shur, Yuri	
Cahill, Cathy	Wisen, Craig	
Cockern, Cliff	Zhang, Mingchu	
Cysewski, Steve		
Davis, Mike	Others Present:  	
Erickson, Karen	Havel, Heather	
Genetti, Jon	Jones, Steve	
Gray, Patty (Gary Holton)	Layral, Sheri	
Haugen, Lee	Moyer, Tom 	
He'bert, Michele	Mulder, Christa	
Kawula, John	Reichardt, Paul	
Konar, Brenda		
Lan, Ping		
Leguard, Joan		
Newberry, Rainer		
Patil, Shirish		
Roberts, Larry		
Smith, Jeannette		
Tannehill, Linda		
Thompson, Joseph (& Michael Jennings)		
Weber, Jane		
Wies, Rich		

Non-Voting Members Present:  
	Non-Voting Members Absent:	
Aspnes, John - Dean, CEM	Walker, Thom - ASUAF	
Morrow, Phyllis - Dean, CLA	GSO Student 	
Steadman, Josh - Staff Council President 		
Stickel, Tim - Registrar		

B.	Approval of Minutes to Meeting #124 & #125

Abel Bult-Ito requested the removal of the motion on acceptable degrees from the Meeting #125 minutes and agenda on the website.  The list of institutions creates a huge legal liability for the university. A new policy will be on the agenda.  It was suggest by Rainer Newberry that we need only remove the list of institutions.  The minutes were approved as modified.  

C.	Adoption of Agenda

Jane Weber and Michael Davis asked that a resolution on dial-up service be added to New Business as item L.  Rainer Newberry asked that a replacement motion on acceptable degrees be added under New Business as a new item B.  He also indicated that items C, D, and E could be combined.  The agenda was adopted as modified.  

II	Status of Chancellor's Office Actions 
	A.	Motions Approved:
	1.	Motion to amend the Graduate Credit Registration 
Requirement.
	2.	Motion on Deficiencies for Graduate Students.
		3.	Motion to amend the Cooperative Ph.D. Requirements. 
		4.	Motion to amend the UAF Emeritus Policy.
	B.	Motions Pending:  
		1.	Motion to establish policy on Acceptable Degrees.  
	C.	Motions Denied:  
1.	Motion to amend Bylaws to add the Faculty 
Research Oversight Committee

Abel Bult-Ito indicated that he has asked the Chancellor to veto the motion on acceptable degrees.  A new motion will be presented that will replace the previous motion.  The motion to amend the bylaws to add the Faculty Research Oversight Committee has been denied.  Abel read a statement from Chancellor Jones indicating why he was denying the motion.  "Pursuant to our discussion on December 3, 2004, I am not approving the attached motion regarding the faculty senate oversight committee.  Specifically the motion seeks to amend the faculty senate bylaws to create a Faculty Research Oversight Committee to review classified and proprietary research.  This is a matter left by Board of Regents' Policy to the discretion of the president and chancellors.  It will be dealt with on a statewide basis through University Regulation."  Joan Leguard stated that she thought the policy on classified research had been resolved when the previous chancellor did not sign the motion and it therefore went into effect.  Abel indicated that was correct, but we still needed to change the bylaws to create the faculty research oversight committee.  The chancellor has now denied that motion on the grounds that this is Board of Regents' policy and is to the discretion of the president and chancellor.  Abel indicated that the Senate could override the veto if they wish.  

III	Public Comments/Questions - none

IV	President's Comments - Abel Bult-Ito

Abel indicated that he asked the Chancellor to veto the original motion on acceptable degree policy because it created a legal liability to the university.  A replacement motion that does not include the list of institutions has been drafted with help from General Council and Jamo Parrish.  

Abel indicated that he was a member of the General Council search committee.  He was there as a faculty representative for all UA faculty.  Three of the five candidates interviewed have been forwarded to President Hamilton for his final decision.  

The UA Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs search committee has not met yet.  Their work will start in a few weeks.  

Abel is also on the Enrollment Management task force.  It is co-chaired by Claudia Clark and Tim Barnett.  The task force is charged with crafting an enrollment management plan by January 31, 2005.  An important aspect of this is to put enrollment numbers to programs.  This is a request from the UA statewide administration to Chancellor Jones.  He subsequently appointed the Enrollment Management committee to deal with that.  It will set some direction to where UAF will go in the future.  It is a document that will be crafted before the new strategic plan.  They are still in the data-gathering mode.  

Abel is also a member of the Chancellor’s Campus Diversity Action Committee.  This committee was proposed by the Governance Coordinating Committee (GCC) to address a host of diversity issues on campus. They are in the process of finalizing their mission and goal statements. There is faculty, staff and student representative. The chair reports to the Chancellor.  Earlina Bowen is an ex-officio member of the committee.  This committee will take over tasks from the GCC Diversity and Tolerance Committee.  There is a lot of interest in diversity issues and in women's issues.  Abel has received a number of requests from staff asking to be on the Committee on the Status of Women.  There is no provision in the bylaws for staff membership, so they can participate not as members, but as guests.  Staff will be looking at forming their own committee.  

At the recent Statewide Systems Governance president's retreat, composed of all three MAUs, the draft governance policy and regulation were passed.  They accepted the changes from the UAF Faculty Senate.  This will go forward to the Board of Regents at their February meeting.  

Ron Barry asked if the enrollment projection data came from PAIR.  Abel indicated that a lot of data does come from PAIR related to enrollment.  The deans have also been asked to give their projection of enrollment for the next five years.

V	A.	Remarks by Chancellor Steve Jones

Chancellor Jones asked if there were any questions on the motions.  Abel indicated that he strongly requests that the motion of degrees be vetoed, as there is a new one on the floor of the Senate.  The Chancellor indicated that he will veto the motion on acceptable degrees.  

Chancellor Jones spoke on the Information Technology (IT) merger with statewide.  It will combine under Steve Smith at statewide, responsibility for three key elements of IT management administration at both UAF and statewide.  Chancellor Jones made it clear that Steve Smith now has two lines of reporting.  For statewide issues he will report to Hamilton and for those areas affecting UAF he will report to the Chancellor.  It is not a take over by statewide.  

President Hamilton has asked Denis Wiesenburg to assume statewide responsibility for the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.  Buck Sharpton has also been asked to take statewide lead on things related to geospatial sciences and serve on a statewide governors office committee.  
Curt Madison at the Center for Distance Education (CDE) will assume a statewide coordination role for distance education across the system.  
The IT merger is a greater recognition of the strength we have at UAF coupling our strength with what they have at statewide.  

Abel received a draft “White Paper” from Mike Sfraga at statewide.  It is called "University of Alaska supporting students at a distance."  It is very preliminary draft.  It has gone out to CRA for their comments and then it will go back to statewide.  This will hopefully come to us for our next meeting.  

The second area that Chancellor Jones spoke on was a greater emphasis at statewide and UAF, UAA, and UAS for any new programs, new buildings, and anything we envision as a new endeavor.  There is greater pressure to support these activities with a business plan.  It is not enough to say we need a new research building, but instead we have to back it up with a financial plan and how we will pay for it.  And, how it will be maintained.   New programs as well will need a plan.  The initial planning for a joint PhD in Psychology is underway.  It is easy to recognize the need for Ph.D.s in Psychology, but it will cost $1 million a year.  We need to determine how it will be paid for.  Even our Presidential Professors that we have received funding to support them from President Hamilton.  The funding is only a 2-5 year commitment.  They are asking how it will be covered after three years.  There is a general trend to make us more conscious of how we will sustain things whether it is a building, program, or professorship. 

Another search will be held for a Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development.  This position will take the funding lines from the current Vice Provost for Research, and convert it into a position that will report directly to the Chancellor.  We have been agonizing over the total group of things that will report to this position.  Each of the major research units has both a research component and an academic component.  To split them away from the Provost and Dean's Council doesn't make sense. The new position needs to support new and existing research.  Paul McCarthy will chair an ad hoc committee composed of Roger Smith, Denis Weisenburg, and Brian Barnes to make recommendations to the Chancellor.  Right now reporting to that position is Sponsored Programs, Office of Research Integrity, and several other research support units.  He hopes to name a search committee in January-February.  He will talk with Abel about faculty representation.  Who will be the chair is undecided. 

Michele Hebert asked about the shared responsibility for other statewide programs.  Paul Reichardt indicated that there is a partnership with UAA for the nursing program.  

Karen Erickson asked about the cross cutting themes between the two vice chancellor positions.  They are all interconnected, including Bernice Joseph.  The new position will empower faculty through their academic & research centers to be more effect grants makers, to be more collaborative.  Jake Poole's position is to raise money for various needs of the university.  The principle, to make sure we can attract and retain the world class faculty we have, to increase the number of fellowship, internships, scholarships, to bring money for equipment, to help us establish more infrastructure on campus including new building.  The positions will continue to work together.  Anything we do in economic development will cut across the arenas.  

Chancellor Jones indicated that he really enjoys the relationship with this group through Abel and he looks forward to working with the new president-elect, Paul Layer.  

B.	Remarks by Provost P. Reichardt

Provost Reichardt attended the annual meeting of the National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.  Three items came out of that meeting.  It was dominated by issues relating to international education, from curricular questions to questions on demonstrating a second language competency as a graduation requirement.  Also the Global studies minor and the business of international students and the way security concerns and security bureauacy had impacted it.  The second item is the role of the public university as an entrepreneurial organization and how it related to the Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development.  How does this relate to academic programs?  There are stories about the role universities have played in regional economic development and the ways that has benefited their programs.  This is something that needs the attention of faculty to make sure that as we get into more entrepreneurial endeavors that we maintain our focus as institutions of higher education.  The third item concerns the announcement from the Carnegie Foundation that they are going to do an overhaul of the Carnegie classifications.  The classifications were developed to assist scholars to identify similar institutions.  The net effect was to create boxes.  We are presently a Research Intensive University.  The new classification would be more of a matrix and would be classified by ten or more criteria.  Criteria might include size, location, student credit hours, etc.  The system will change to a matrix approach.  There are many funding opportunities that are presently tied to classification.  

The Chancellor is headed to meeting of the Presidents Council with several things on the agenda.  One of the items is a five-year plan for new degree programs from each of the MAUs.  The list includes those that have been through the Faculty Senate and others that are being planned.  

The Provost is in the midst of budget meetings.  They are looking at where we stand in FY05 and FY06.  They are trying to confirm the composition and responsibilities of a budget committee.  The one thing that clearly came out of the meeting today was that the price of fixed costs has increased.  It is largely driven by the rising cost of oil.  It has used up a big piece of discretionary funds.  

VI	Guest Speaker - Heather Havel

MyUA presentation (www.alaska.edu/myua/myua-uaf)

Presentation on MyUA by Heather Havel and Tom Moyer.

The MyUA portal will integrate with Banner.  It is tab driven.  The channels are a way of getting information from the outside to MyUA in a meaningful way.  It will be a single sign in for email, UAOnline, Banner, and Blackboard.   

They will be doing a pilot project in February.  Anyone interested in being part of the pilot project should contact them.  They hope to have it roll out in May.  

Abel suggested that all senators sign up and recruit two other faculty members for the pilot program.  

VII	Governance Reports			

	A.	Staff Council - Josh Steadman 		

Josh Steadman indicated that the Staff Council elections are done.  They had pretty good results, although not every position and alternate is filled.  

Shared governance is working at UAF.  He has been working with Abel on Performance Based Budgeting.  Staff Council is working together with the Faculty Senate on diversity issues.  

Abel stated that the Chancellors committee on diversity started with a staff initiative and the Governance Coordinating Committee move ahead to finalize this committee.  Abel also indicated that Staff Council leadership is also part of the Systemwide Governance Council and attended the recent retreat.  

	B.	ASUAF -Thom Walker / GSO -   	

No one was available to give a report. 

VIII	New Business	

A.	Resolution to ratify the election of Paul Layer as President-Elect by acclamation, submitted by Administrative Committee 

Abel Bult-Ito indicated that the resolution was submitted by the Administrative committee.  The resolution passed with no objection.  

RESOLUTION:
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BE IT RESOLVED, That the UAF Faculty Senate ratifies the election of Paul Layer as President-Elect of the UAF Faculty Senate for 2004-2005 by acclamation.  

EFFECTIVE:  	Immediately

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	B.	Motion to establish a Policy on the Identification and Use of Acceptable degrees

Abel indicated that this policy was rewritten with the assistance of General Council.  There was no objection to approving the motion.  

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to establish a Policy on the Identification and Use of Acceptable Academic Degrees.

EFFECTIVE:            Immediately, Upon Chancellor Approval

RATIONALE:           Preservation of UAF’s integrity as a degree-granting institution is very important.  A significant aspect of UAF’s academic integrity is the assurance that UAF students, staff, faculty, and administrators only claim possession of academic degrees deemed acceptable to UAF.  In the last decade, unregulated degree  'suppliers' has become more common.   Definition and regulation of the use of academic degrees and academic credits acceptable to UAF is therefore necessary.

Organizations exist that research and evaluate the quality of academic oversight for degree suppliers and publish lists of accredited degree-granting institutions.  For UAF to create its own ‘degree evaluation’ program is neither necessary nor worthwhile.  Rather, UAF may identify outside agencies upon which to base evaluations of what degree granting institutions are acceptable for UAF purposes.

Organizations that UAF relies upon to evaluate and identify degree-granting institutions acceptable to UAF include:

•	U.S. Department of Education, to the extent that it evaluates foreign and domestic accrediting agencies.

•	Oregon Office of Degree Authorization, which is charged by the State of Oregon to evaluate degree suppliers.

•	American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, which annually publishes a CD of worldwide accredited degree-granting institutions.

•	World Education Services, which (along with the AACRAO) provides evaluations of foreign degrees.

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THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS AND REGULATIONS CONSTITUTE THE UAF POLICY ON THE IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF INVALID ACADEMIC DEGREES:

1.	An academic degree acceptable to UAF is one that has been issued by a degree-granting institution identified by UAF either generally or with respect to a specific degree as acceptable, or one that has been accredited by an accrediting agency identified as acceptable to UAF.

2.	Only accrediting agencies that have been approved by the U.S. Department of Education, or which have been deemed acceptable by this policy or by the UAF Chancellor or Provost are acceptable to UAF.

3.	UAF identifies as acceptable degree-granting institutions those that are accredited by an acceptable accrediting agency or those which are listed in the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers International Registry of degree-granting institutions.

4.	The holder of a degree or credits issued by an institution that is not identified as acceptable as set forth above may seek identification of the degree or credits as acceptable by providing a transcript and an evaluation made by either
(a)	the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, or 
(b)	the World Education Services that states the degree in question is in fact equivalent to a degree granted by an accredited U.S. institution.  A copy of this transcript evaluation should be filed with the individual’s Dean.  Unless and until the Provost or the Chancellor determines in writing that the degree or credits are acceptable, they will not be considered acceptable for use within UAF, provided, however, that unless otherwise directed by the Chancellor or Provost, a Dean may determine in writing that the degree or credits are acceptable solely for use within the academic unit of the Dean.

5.	Only academic degrees and credits earned from acceptable degree-granting institutions may be used for the purposes of identification, credit transfer, hiring, promotion, or tenure at UAF.

6.	Employees and students of the UAF who possess academic degrees that do not qualify as acceptable to UAF are forbidden to indicate that they possess such degrees in any official UAF context, including --but not limited to-- UAF classes, UAF syllabi, UAF web sites, and at meetings where they are identified as UAF employees or UAF students; provided, however, that they may state that they hold the degree if they also qualify the statement with a statement that the degree is not acceptable to UAF.  "Indicating” one possesses a degree includes --but is not limited to-- using the title "Dr." or other degree-related title before one's name or listing the degree abbreviation (e.g., B.S., M.S., PhD) after one's name.

7.	The Provost, after approval of the Faculty Senate, is authorized to develop and revise lists of accrediting agencies and/or degree granting institutions that are acceptable and/or unacceptable to UAF as necessary and appropriate to advance the business of UAF.  

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B.	Motion to amend the Bachelor of Business Administration degree requirements, submitted by Curricular Affairs 

Rainer Newberry indicated that this motion changes the credits required for the BBA degree.  It also adds BA 323 as the ethics course for the core.  The motion passed without objection.  

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend the Bachelor of Business 
Administration degree requirements to the following:

[[   ]] = 	Deletion
CAPS (or underline) = 	Addition 

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

All majors must earn a "C" or better in all Common Body of Knowledge courses, department-specific general requirements, major specific requirements, and specific math and statistics requirements.

Requirements								Credits

Baccalaureate Core Requirements 			         	 38-39 
(BA 323X--BUSINESS ETHICS [[A core Ethics class]] must be included in the courses used to meet the Perspectives on the Human Condition requirements [[for accounting and business administration majors]].)

B.B.A. Degree Requirements     					 

Complete the following in addition to the core:
Mathematics:
	MATH 161X--Algebra for Business and Economics    	3 
	(Math 262 should be taken to complete the 
	   mathematics requirement for the core.)

Social Science and Statistics:   						10     
	STAT 200--Elementary Probabilities and Statistics (3) 		
ECON 200--Principles of Economics  (4) 
	ECON 227--Intermediate Statistics for 
	   Economics and Business  (3) 		

Common Body of Knowledge:					31-34 
	AIS 101--Effective Personal Computer Use 
	   OR Demonstrated Computer Literacy  (0-3) 
	ACCT 261-262--Accounting Concepts & Uses (6) 
	AIS 310--Introduction to Information Systems 
	   or  AIS 316--Accounting Information Systems (3)
	BA 325--Financial Management (3) 
	BA 330--Legal Environment of Business (4) 
	BA 343--Principles of Marketing (3) 
	BA 360--Production/Operations Management (3) 
	BA 390--Organizational Theory and Behavior (3) 
	BA 462--Corporate Strategy (3) 
	ECON 324--Intermediate Macroeconomics 
   or  ECON 350--Money and Banking  (3) 

Major complex*      						  at least 27 

Minor complex** (optional)      				  at least 15 

[[Electives      					 		11 or more]] 

Minimum credits required for degree   			[[ 123 ]] 120

Of the above, at least 39 credits must be taken in upper division (300 level or higher) courses.

*Departmental requirements for majors may exceed the minimum indicated.  Specific requirements are listed in the Degrees and Programs section of the catalog.

**Requirements for minors may exceed 15 credits.  Specific requirements are listed in the Degree and Programs section of the catalog.

  	EFFECTIVE:  	Fall 2005
				Upon Chancellor's Approval

RATIONALE:  	Reducing the BBA degree program credits to 120 is in keeping with the Board of Regents policy.  This also keeps the BBA degree consistent in credit hours with most business programs in the country.  BA 323X is more applicable ethics course for business students.  Reducing the elective credits make that requirement more depend on specific programs under the BBA.    

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C.	Motion to approve a Certificate in Medical Assisting, submitted by Curricular Affairs 

Rainer Newberry indicated that these three certificates (Medical Assisting, Instrumentation Technology, and Safety, Health and Environmental Awareness Technology) were a result of wanting to provide a step towards existing AAS degrees.  This would potentially increase enrollment in the programs.  Michelle He'bert asked if these were tied to workforce placement.  The narrative indicates that they are and Rainer indicated that these certificates would not cost us anything because we have existing AAS degrees.  The motions were passed unanimously.  

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to approve a Certificate in Medical Assisting.  

	EFFECTIVE:  	Fall 2005 and/or
		Upon Board of Regents' Approval.

RATIONALE: 	See full program proposal #54 from the Fall 2004 review cycle on file in the Governance Office, 312 Signers' Hall.

Requires 33-36 credits; general communication and human relations requirements are embedded in the major required courses.  All required courses are part of the existing A.A.S. degree requirements.

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D.	Motion to approve a Certificate in Instrumentation Technology, submitted by Curricular Affairs 

The motion passed unanimously.  

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to approve a Certificate in Instrumentation Technology.

	EFFECTIVE:  	Fall 2005 and/or
		Upon Board of Regents' Approval.

	RATIONALE: 	See full program proposal #96 from 
		the Fall 2004 review cycle on file in the 
		Governance Office, 312 Signers' Hall.

Requires 32 credits; requires four semesters, designed to be taken in conjunction with the AAS in Process Technology.  

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E.	Motion to approve a Certificate in Safety, Health, and 
Environmental Awareness Technology, submitted by Curricular Affairs 

The motion passed unanimously. 

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to approve a Certificate in Safety, Health, and Environmental Awareness Technology.

	EFFECTIVE:  	Fall 2005 and/or
		Upon Board of Regents' Approval.

	RATIONALE: 	See full program proposal ##103 and course 
proposals #97-102 from the Fall 2004 review cycle on file 
in the Governance Office, 312 Signers' Hall.

Requires 33 credits: 9 credits of general certificate requirements and 24 credits of PRT and SHEN courses.  Program requires four semesters.  

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F.	Motion to amend the UAF Faculty Senate Constitution (Article III and IV), submitted by Faculty Affairs 

Shirish Patil indicated this amendment adds a section to the Constitution concerning recall and election of officers.  The motion passed without objection. 

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend Article III and IV of the UAF Faculty Senate Constitution as follows:  

[[   ]] - Deletions
CAPS - Additions

ARTICLE III - Membership 

Sec. 1  The Senate shall be constituted according to the provisions specified in the bylaws.  

Sec. 2  Voting members of the Senate must either hold academic rank with full-time continuing appointment at the University of Alaska Fairbanks or hold special academic rank with title preceded by "research" or "term".

Sec. 3  Senate members shall be elected from and by the faculty of their respective units, as set forth in the bylaws, to two-year terms which shall be staggered to ensure continuity.  

Sec. 4  The terms of the newly elected and appointed members shall commence at the beginning of "New Business" of the last regularly scheduled Senate meeting of the academic year.  

Sec. 5  Any ELECTED OFFICER OR voting member of the Senate may be recalled according to the provisions of the by-laws.

Sec. 6  Non-voting members of the Senate shall have voting privileges on any Senate committee on which they serve. 

ARTICLE IV - Officers

Sect. 1  The two officers of the Senate shall be the President and the President-Elect.

Sect. 2  The President and President-Elect shall be elected by the elected representatives of the Senate for one-year terms.  Eligible nominees for the offices of President and President-Elect shall be elected representatives and/or chairs of standing and permanent committees of the Senate.  

Sect. 3  The President-Elect, after serving for one year in this position, subject to Sections 4, [[ and]] 5, AND 6,  will automatically become President for one year.

Sect. 4  The term of the President may be extended for one additional year by a two-thirds majority vote of the entire voting membership of the Senate. The vote will be by secret ballot and, if passed, the term of the President and the current President-Elect will be extended for no more than one additional year.

Sect. 5  If for any reason the President should relinquish or be recalled from office, the President-Elect will automatically and immediately assume the Presidency.  The Senate shall elect a Vice President to fill out the remainder of the year at which time a new election for President-Elect will be held [[as outlined in ARTICLE III, Section 6]].  The previously elevated President-Elect will complete the next academic year as President.

SECT. 6  IF FOR ANY REASON THE PRESIDENT-ELECT SHOULD RELINQUISH OR BE RECALLED FROM OFFICE, THE SENATE SHALL ELECT A PRESIDENT-ELECT TO FILL OUT THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR AT WHICH TIME A NEW ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT WILL BE HELD.  

SECT. 7  The terms of the newly elected President and President-Elect shall commence 	at the beginning of "New Business" of the last regularly scheduled Senate 	meeting of the academic year.

	EFFECTIVE:  	Immediate, Upon Chancellor Approval

RATIONALE:  	To preserve Faculty Senate's integrity and to assure that the members and/or officers of the Senate are held at highest professional, academic, and ethical standards.

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G.	Motion to recommend the amendment of Regents' Policy 04.04.040, submitted by Faculty Affairs 

Shirish Patil indicated this amendment to Regents' policy was to make appointments to distinguished professor subject to a process of review.  The motion passed without objection.  

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to recommend the amendment of Regents' Policy 04.04.040 A.1.e.(1) as follows:  

[[  ]]  -  Deletions
CAPS  - Additions

REGENTS POLICY P04.04.040.A.1.e.(1)

Appointment							P04.04.040

e.	Appointments of distinction for faculty. 

(1)	Distinguished [[and University]] Professors.  Tenured appointment as Distinguished [[Teaching]] Professor [[Distinguished Research Professor, Distinguished Service Professor or University Professor]] may be made by the President, SUBJECT TO A PROCESS OF REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION ESTABLISHED BY THE CHANCELLOR OF THE MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT (I.E., UAA, UAF, UAS) IN WHICH THE FACULTY MEMBER HOLDS TENURE.

EFFECTIVE:  	Immediately, Upon BOR Approval

RATIONALE:  	In line with common practice, the title is being changed to Distinguished Professor.  The addition of the process of review and recommendation is to bring it in accord with usual university practice in the matter of faculty appointments.

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H.	Motion to amend the UAF Regulations for the Appointment and Evaluation of Faculty "Blue Book", submitted by Unit Criteria 

Gary Holton indicated this is a matter of policy catching up with current practice.  This allows separate committees for the different types of review committees.  The motion passed without objection.  

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend the UAF Regulations for the Appointment and Evaluation of Faculty (“Blue Book”) Section IV.B.5.d, paragraph 2 as follows:

[[  ]] = Deletions
CAPS = Additions

d.	Constitution and Operation of the University-wide [[Promotion and Tenure]] REVIEW CommitteeS.  
For the purpose of 4th year comprehensive and diagnostic review [[, and post-tenure review]] of members of the United Academics – AAUP/AFT bargaining unit, the Faculty Senate will present a list of names of seven (7) faculty members to the provost who will select the committee or committees. Each unit peer review committee may nominate one of its members to serve. The list [[will]] MAY be determined from those nominees by vote of all faculty who serve on unit peer review committees. Faculty shall remain on the list for a term of two years with the terms being staggered. No more than one faculty member on the list can be a member of any specific peer review committee. 

FOR THE PURPOSE OF POST-TENURE REVIEW OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED ACADEMICS – AAUP/AFT BARGAINING UNIT, THE FACULTY SENATE WILL PRESENT A LIST OF NAMES OF SEVEN (7) FACULTY MEMBERS TO THE PROVOST WHO WILL SELECT THE COMMITTEE OR COMMITTEES. EACH UNIT PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE MAY NOMINATE ONE OF ITS MEMBERS TO SERVE. THE LIST MAY BE DETERMINED FROM THOSE NOMINEES BY VOTE OF ALL FACULTY WHO SERVE ON UNIT PEER REVIEW COMMITTEES. FACULTY SHALL REMAIN ON THE LIST FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS WITH THE TERMS BEING STAGGERED. NO MORE THAN ONE FACULTY MEMBER ON THE LIST CAN BE A MEMBER OF ANY SPECIFIC PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE. A faculty member shall not serve as a member of the university-wide committee reviewing post-tenure files in the year in which s/he is undergoing post-tenure review.

EFFECTIVE: 		Immediately
		Upon Chancellor Approval

RATIONALE:  	This amendment provides for separate university-wide review committees for 4th-year and post-tenure review.  The amendment affects the UNAC review process only.  Currently, files for 4th-year and post-tenure review are handled by a single committee. (Promotion and tenure files are already handled by a separate committee.) Given the increasing number of 4th-year and post-tenure review files, the workload is becoming too large for a single committee to handle effectively.

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I.	Motion to approve the Unit Criteria for the Marine Advisory 
Program (MAP), submitted by Unit Criteria

Gary Holton indicated that these represent the first unit criteria to come out of committee this year and are exemplary and are consistent with UAF guidelines.  Gary indicated that these were approved by the Marine Advisory Program and the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.  The motion passed without objection.  

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to approve the Unit Criteria for the Marine Advisory Program (MAP). 

	EFFECTIVE:  	Immediately
				Upon Chancellor Approval

	RATIONALE:  	The committee assessed the unit criteria 
		submitted by the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, 
Marine Advisory Program (MAP).  With some changes, 
agreed upon by the school representative the unit criteria were found to be consistent with UAF guidelines.

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J.	Motion to approve the deletion of the Engineer of Mines (E.M.) degree, submitted by Graduate Academic & Advisory Committee 

Christa Mulder indicated the program has not had any students since 1987.  A program review in 2002 recommended deletion of the degree.  The motion passed unanimously.  

MOTION:
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to approve the deletion of the E.M. (Engineer of Mines) degree.  

	EFFECTIVE:  	Fall 2005 and/or
		Upon Board of Regents' Approval.

	RATIONALE: 	See full program proposal #16 from 
		the Fall 2004 review cycle on file in the 
		Governance Office, 312 Signers' Hall.

The program has not had any enrollment and graduates since 1987.  At the last program review in 2002, the review committee recommended the removal of this degree program.  

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K.	Motion to amend the policy on Special or Reserved Numbers, submitted by Graduate Academic & Advisory Committee 

Christa Mulder indicated every year many students sign up for the wrong course for thesis research under the course number 698.  It is not intended for thesis research, but for projects and other non-thesis research.  This creates a lot of paperwork to change the course number.  This motion clarifies the difference between project research and thesis or dissertation work.  The motion passed unanimously.  

MOTION:  
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The UAF Faculty Senate moves to amend the policy on Special or Reserved Numbers (p. 206, 2004-2005 UAF catalog), and the class schedule as follows:  

[[   ]] - Deletions
CAPS - Additions

Special or Reserved Numbers
Courses identified with numbers ending in -92 are seminars; ending in -93 are special topics courses; -94 TRIAL courses; -95 special topics summer session courses, offered only during the summer; -97 indicates individual study; -98 NON-THESIS [[individual]] research/PROJECT; and -99, thesis/DISSERTATION.  

Changes to the class schedule: 

Courses with the -698 designator would be renamed NON-THESIS RESEARCH/ PROJECT.  

Courses with the -699 designator would be renamed THESIS/DISSERTATION

EFFECTIVE:  	Fall 2005

RATIONALE:  	The term "individual research" is confusing:  the -98 designator is intended for projects or other non-thesis research, but students often sign up under this course number instead of under the -99 designator when conducting thesis research.  To change the credits requires additional paperwork for the graduate committee chair, department chair, and dean of the college and graduate school.  Inserting the phrase "non-thesis" will make it clear that this is not the appropriate course number for thesis research.  

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L.	Resolution on UA Dial-Up 

Mike Davis spoke on the resolution.  The issue is the elimination of dial-up service for students, faculty and staff.  This resolution illustrates some of the problems that exist.  There are a number of students who don't have alternatives or it will be a very expensive alternative for those in rural Alaska.  What we should be looking at a way to provide universal access instead of making the digital divide even greater.  The other issue is that students are not going to know about this.  Students will be enrolling in class next semester without knowing that they will have to purchase Internet access.   John Aspnes asked if off-campus users would be willing to pay a fee for that service.  Mike indicated that rural student and faculty will have to purchase a service in their home region and then if they come to urban areas they will need additional service.  Many students will not have local service--all their connect to the Internet is long distance.  

Michelle He'bert asked if this was something to pass on to Steve Smith.  Jane Weber suggested a small committee to work with administration to define the problems these students will have and to look into solutions.  Rainer Newberry indicated there are two issues in the resolution.  One is the problems that are going to be cause for rural students.  The other is about faculty travel.  He recommended changes to the resolution to remove those paragraphs.  We need to focus on students.  

Shirish Patil stated that about six months ago Steve Smith sent out an email systemwide to everybody saying that this would happen.  He asked if anyone had brought up these problems.  Abel indicated that he had send an email pointing out a lot of these issues.  

There was further discussion on the discrepancy of data between sources.  It was recommended that paragraph be deleted as well.   Steve Cysewski indicated that we need to emphasize the needs of rural students.  Carol Barnhardt spoke about the communities where the university has a good relationship with the schools.  In those communities the students do not have any problems.   Other modifications were submitted.  All changes were accepted as friendly amendments.  GCI and ACS are offering discounts for UAF affiliated persons.  The web site for dialup information is: www.alaska.edu/its/projects/dialup/.  

The resolution passed as amended with 1 abstention.  

RESOLUTION:
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WHEREAS UA Dial Up service at all locations will end on December 31, 2004; and

WHEREAS students and faculty will be expected to purchase their own Internet access through "local" Internet Service Providers (ISPs); and

WHEREAS discontinuation of this service is alleged to save the University $269,000; and

WHEREAS students and faculty who reside or do all of their internet work on campus will still have access without costs while rural off campus students, faculty, and staff will be expected to find and pay for their own internet access thereby creating a condition of inequity; and

WHEREAS the University is encouraging faculty to put more of their courses online via Blackboard, however, these courses require Internet access; and

WHEREAS major commercial providers such as GCI offer flat rate dialup in the Bethel and Fairbanks areas but not in other hub communities; and 

WHEREAS students in rural villages outside of the hub areas have limited Internet access and where available, the costs are significantly greater than those in hub communities; and

WHEREAS the availability of Internet access is inconsistent across the state with the least availability and greatest cost associated with small villages placing the greatest financial burden on those least able to pay; and

WHEREAS the proposed discontinuance runs counter to the mission of the University to provide opportunities for learning throughout the state; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the UAF Faculty Senate asks the UA administration to put a hold on discontinuance of the contracted University Modem Service until such time as a UA-wide faculty, staff, student, and administration committee can be formed to review the various options, make a recommendation, and have that recommendation reviewed for implementation, and 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the UAF Faculty Senate asks the UA administration to quickly develop a plan to provide reliable and low cost Internet access for students, faculty, and staff in rural Alaska.

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IX	Committee Reports

	A.	Curricular Affairs - Rainer Newberry 

A report was attached to the agenda.  The committee is working on a motion on submitting freshman mid-term grades for all 100-200 level courses.  Another motion they are working on is math and science courses.  They are looking at requiring a “C” grade in all prerequisite courses. 

	B.	Faculty Affairs - Shirish Patil 

A report was attached to the agenda.  No additional comments.  

	C.	Committee on the Status of Women - Jane Weber 

A report was attached to the agenda.  The committee is working on a survey that will be completed in January and sent out in March.  

	D.	Core Review - Doug Schamel

No report was available.  

	E.	Curriculum Review - Rainer Newberry

The committee processed 183 course and program requests.  Many of the requests had problems.  Committee members are preparing a checklist for faculty and college curriculum committees.  The committee received many request for “s” designators.  Those have been put on hold.  The committee will be working on modifying the criteria for course classification.  

	F.	Developmental Studies - Joe Mason/Cindy Hardy

No report was available.  

	G.	Faculty Appeals & Oversight - Paul Layer/M. Pippenger  

No report was available.  

	H.	Faculty Development, Assessment & Improvement – 
		Lee Haugen 

A report was attached to the agenda. 

	I.	Graduate Academic & Advisory Committee – Christa Mulder

A report was attached to the agenda.  Christa indicated that coming up next semester is a review of the joint UAA/UAF Ph.D. proposal in Clinical and Community Psychology.  

	J.	Unit Criteria - Gary Holton 

A report was attached to the agenda. 

X	Members' Comments/Questions

Tim Stickel indicated that for the Fairbanks campus today is the last day of instruction.  Grades are due in Tuesday at noon.  They can be drop off in the office--faculty don't have to wait in line at the Registrar's Office counter.  Planning for Fall 2005 is underway.  The first schedule proof is due January 28, 2005.  

XI	Adjournment

Adjourned at 3:15 p.m.

Tapes of this Faculty Senate meeting are in the Governance Office, 312 Signers' Hall if anyone wishes to listen to the complete tapes. 

Submitted by Sheri Layral, Faculty Senate Secretary.