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ISU Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Action Items

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2011-2012 Provisional Faculty Senate Actions

 

Approved February 6, 2012:

Motions passed:

Be it resolved
The ISU Provisional Faculty Senate, consistent with overwhelming faculty consensus, accepts the governing principles granted to the faculty of Boise State Univesity by the Idaho State Board of Education throughthe Board’s 2011 approval of the Boise State University constitution.  The Provisional Faculty Senate recognizes that identical governing principles are embodied in the draft ISU constitution that was approved by the ISU faculty.

The Provisional Faculty Senate, consistent with overwhelming faculty consensus, rejects the governing principles advocated by ISU President Arthur Vailas and communicated to the ISU faculty through Interim Provost Barbara Adamick in her 2011-12 public and university communications on governance.  The governing principles advocated by President Vailas, as evidenced by administrative rewriting of the faculty-approved draft constitution ,contradict NWCCU accreditation standards, contradict nationally recognized university best practices, and deny to ISU faculty the rights, responsibilities, and academic freedom granted by the SBOE to the faculties of Boise State University and the University of Idaho."
Vote on motion:    Passed.  (13 for, 3 opposed)

Approved January 30, 2012

Motions passed:

Approved January 23, 2012:

Motions passed:

  • Motion to have the Chair of the PFS communicate with the Interim Provost, requesting the summarization of faculty constitution input she received from the Colleges and deans, as she had stated in the minutes of Dec 12, 2011.

Approved January 9, 2012:

Approved December 12, 2011:

Motions passed:

  • Motion to post the Nov. 30, 2011 Idaho Supreme Court Ruling on Protected Speech on the Faculty Senate’s webpage.
  • Motion to create a PFS subcommittee to draft new Faculty Senate bylaws based on the previous Senate bylaws.
  • Motion that the composition of the subcommittee be formed from the larger Division or Colleges, including one member from each of the Division of Health Sciences, the College of Arts & Letters, the College of Science & Engineering, and the College of Technology, and one member from either the College of Business, or the College of Education, or the Library with the provision that at least one of these five members be from the Outreach campuses.
  • Motion to have the Provisional Faculty Senate meet weekly next semester as normally scheduled, barring holidays.
  • Motion that the Bylaws subcommittee begin their work no later than January 9, 2012 and attempt to forward their findings to the PFS one to two weeks of the PFS being asked to consider their findings. Material not posted by the PFS more than two business days ahead of the meeting can be unilaterally postponed for discussion at the request of any Senator.
  • Motion to appoint the Bylaws subcommittee members on Monday, January 9, 2012. Nominations should be submitted prior to the meeting.

Approved December 5, 2011:

Motions passed:

  • Motion to request that Dr. Vailas and Dr. Adamcik attend the December 12 Provisional Faculty Senate meeting to clarify the November 30th memo and the processes referred to therein.

Approved November 28, 2011:

  • Motion to have the Provisional Faculty Senate forward the current draft of the constitution to President Vailas for his review and approval in accordance with SBOE policy III.C.2 and the SBOE motions passed on April 21 and February 17, 2011. The Provisional Faculty Senate requests that President Vailas announce his decision by December 6, 2011.
  • Motion to have the Provisional Faculty Senate forward the current draft of the constitution with a cover letter and the memo stating the voting results to the Executive Director of the Idaho State Board of Education with the request that it be distributed to SBOE members as an informational item.
  • Motion to invite President Vailas to the Provisional Faculty Senate on December 5 or 12, 2011, to communicate his views on the constitution that was ratified approved by a two-thirds majority of the faculty.

Approved November 14, 2011:

Approved November 7, 2011:

Approved October 31, 2011:

Motions passed:

Approved October 24, 2011:

Motions passed:

Approved October 17, 2011:

Approved October 10, 2011:

Approved October 3, 2011:

Approved September 26, 2011:

Approved September 19, 2011:

Approved September 12, 2011:

Approved August 29, 2011:

 

 

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