MSU FACULTY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 7, 2001 PRESENT: Sherwood, Kommers, Linker, Leech, Benham, Howard, Stewart, Larsen, Harkin, Nehrir, Mooney, Lefcort, Weaver, Amend for McClure, Locke, Lansverk, Levy, Bogar, Bond, Jelinski, McKinsey, Lynch, Scott, Griffith. ABSENT: Young, Hatfield, Morrill, McDermott, White, Anderson, Peed, Jost, Francis, Fisher, Prawdzienski, Butterfield, Carlstrom. The meeting was called to order by Chair, Ron Larsen, at 4:10 PM. A quorum was present. The minutes of the February 21 and February 28, 2001, Faculty Council meetings were approved as distributed. Chair's report - Ron Larsen. - The Administrative Review is ongoing. - Statements of responsibilities, accomplishments and goals were received from three of four VPs, three of four Vice Provosts, all Deans, half of the Directors, and 18 of 29 Department Heads. - Reviews are to be completed by March 21. Eighty reviews have been received during the first 2 ? days of the review process. - There have been requests from three adjunct faculty and one professional to participate in the review. - During discussion, Chair Larsen suggested considering adjuncts' participation in the review, but during a different time frame, since the review by tenurable faculty has already begun. - Any change to the process would have to be approved by President Gamble. - The University Planning, Budgeting and Analysis Committee will meet tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 PM. The Faculty Council Chair and Chair Elect are members of the committee. - The first task of the committee will be to develop principles upon which budget decisions will be made. Only then will budget be considered. - Pay Improvement Plan. - A Faculty Pay Improvement Plan Proposal (Idea Sheet #1) was distributed and discussed. - It was pointed out that the Oklahoma Study can be used to make a variety of specific comparisons, if requested. - Rich Howard, Jack Jelinski and Ron Larsen volunteered to work on a proposal. Other interested faculty should e-mail Ron at ronl@montana.edu. UGC Nominating Committee report. - There are two nominees for one three-year position on the Salary Review Committee: Jack Jelinski (Modern Languages) and Shannon Taylor (Business). - Ed Mooney moved the two names be forwarded to the Provost, who makes the appointment to the position. The motion was seconded and carried. Faculty Workload Policy. - A memo to President Malone (Nov. 30, 1999) regarding Faculty Council's desired outcomes of a workload policy, a memo from Bill Locke, and a revised workload policy with attached institutional accountability statement were distributed. - Additions made to the workload task force draft include statements that workloads are individual and must allow opportunity for all faculty to participate in professional development and creative activity. - The words "preferred and" were left out of the MSU teaching load policy reference in this draft and will be included to read, "...current MSU teaching policy regarding preferred and maximum teaching loads." - In the College of Arts and Architecture, the four Faculty Council representatives are meeting with the dean to discuss teaching load and a college-wide review of teaching loads. This department-up method may be a way to implement the intent of the teaching load policy. - In any workload policy, there needs to be recognition that different areas of the university have different roles, and these differences need to be recognized. - The Institutional Accountability statement refers to all areas of the university, not just faculty, so it was separated from the workload policy. It was suggested the section be called "Organization Measures" instead of "Institutional Accountability". "Measures" has quality implications. - It was suggested departmental profiles need to be reconsidered, keeping in mind the measures of institutional accountability. - The footnote regarding hours worked per week should be moved to Page 1. - The draft policy will be e-mailed to Faculty Council representatives to be distributed and discussed within departments. As there was no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:05 PM. Joann Amend, Secretary Ron Larsen, Chair