ࡱ> ;=: $bjbj 4&$0   $AF       t bbR|0)l@))              )          : Draft Faculty Assembly Trustees Pavilion April 15, 2009 Report of the President of Faculty Assembly: E. Saiff President Saiff expressed his thanks to Stephen Roma, George Tabback, and the entire team involved in setting up the online ballot. He reported that the voting for change in bylaws failed because less than 2/3rd of the faculty voted. The ballot will continue for ten more days so that more faculty members can vote. The motion to continue the ballot for bylaw change for another ten days was passed and unanimously approved. President Saiff asked faculty to respond to emails about Henry Bischoff teaching excellence award. Presidents Report: P. Mercer No Report Provosts Report: B. Barnett Provost Barnett mentioned various activities being conducted by the Cahill Center to understand the needs of various units including surveys, focus groups, and meetings with unit Deans. This was followed by a comment on the various issues that are being discussed: Gen. Ed. Curriculum and assessment, online learning, and manual for distance learning. Provost Barnett spoke about the in-service for new faculty separate from the one for all faculty members at the end of the current semester. Susan Eisner asked for an update on the implementation of the mentoring report that was submitted last year by the faculty executive council. Provost Barnett then answered questions regarding the nursing partnership program proposal between Ramapo School of Nursing and the Hackensack University Medical Center. The questions related to tenure and union membership of the faculty in the partnership program and the resources dedicated if any from operating budget and the current TAS faculty that need to be committed to the proposed program. Provost Barnett clarified that the program was not discussed at the ARC and faculty assembly since there is no change in curriculum and that the salaries are not paid from the operating budget. Rosa Mulryan reported on the assessment of summer programs and mentioned that the assessment will be done at the end of second year to confirm the positive evaluation seen at the end of first year. Report on Plagiarism Policy: G. Saccon Vice Provost Curriculum and Academic Affairs, Graziella Saccon presented her report on changes to the plagiarism policy. Faculty members expressed concerns and asked questions. Graziella Saccon responded to the questions and discussed concerns with faculty members. At the end of discussion, faculty members expressed that they would like to provide further inputs and involve ARC before making a final decision on the modified plagiarism policy. President Saiff asked faculty members to give their inputs to the ARC representative and assured that the plagiarism policy will be discussed with ARC. Report from the Director of Fellowships and Scholarships: A. Lawrence Aaron Lawrence introduced himself as the Director of fellowships and scholarships and described the various services that would be offered to faculty and students. ARC Report: D. Crawley Donna Crawley updated faculty on the GenEd assessment taskforce and manual of distance learning. She further conveyed ARCs reluctance to approve the two-credit courses for EOF. BOT Committees: Capital improvements: E. Weiner updated the faculty assembly on the sustainability Education Center and the Spirituality Center. Both these centers are scheduled to open in September. The fifth floor of ASB building may open in fall. He further mentioned that discussions are in progress about upgrading science facilities and student center. Union Report: I. Kuchta President Kuchta reported that the Council of NJ State Locals is working on a state legislature to provide more support to higher education from stimulus money. ITS Report: S. Massimo Scotty Massimo reported on the progress of Moodle training. Online Course Evaluations: G. Tabback George Tabback reported on online course evaluations. Faculty members had questions regarding online course evaluations. Some of the concerns included low participation rates, quality and fairness of evaluation, comparison of the validity of the online and paper based evaluation methods for purposes of personnel decisions, and reasons for switching to online mode. It was decided to continue the discussion on the online evaluations and cancel online course evaluations for the current semester. Teaching evaluations will be conducted using paper based forms for the Spring semester and there would be a discussion regarding implementing online versus paper based methods in the fall semester. 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