FACULTY PROFESSIONAL POLICES COUNCIL
Minutes of December 4, 1997 Meeting
 

Members Present: Beard, Branch, Cutchen, Hatzenbuehler, Horiuchi, Montgomery, Nunn, Sieber (Chair), Wilson

Members absent: Branch, Sato, West (resigned)

The meeting of the Faculty Professional Policies Council was convened at 3:05 p.m. in the First Security Room in the Business Administration Building. Minutes of the November 14th meeting to be voted on at the next meeting of the PPC.

Discussion of Professor Emeritus Status: (1) Professor Emeritus status: Tracy Montgomery moved for approval to change the wording in the Faculty/Staff Handbook (4.3.4, C) from "Emeritus Professor" to "Emeritus Status" (See attached). Linda Hatzenbuehler seconded. The motion carried with a majority vote; one person voted "no"

2) Nomination. Tracy Montgomery moved that the Professional Policies Council recommend to the Faculty Senate the form of the emeritus nomination and a reminder of the Faculty Senate's function in the nomination process. Dave Beard seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. The paragraph by Montgomery reads:

The form of the nomination should be only a letter of recommendation, either from the Department Chair or the designated departmental faculty representative, that addresses the requirements for emeritus status, as listed in the Faculty/Staff Handbook. No vitae need be appended. The function of the Faculty Senate in this process is to ensure the integrity of the nomination process. The nominating departments are responsible to determine the candidate's suitability for emeritus status. The Faculty Senate ensures that the nomination complies with Faculty/Staff Handbook listed procedures and policies regarding the awarding of emeritus status. 3) Sharon Sieber reported that Rod Lacey in Human Resources stated that privileges to which

Emeritus Faculty are entitled are the ones that correspond to rank held at the time of retirement.

Faculty Leave: The council discussed how the different kinds of leave (leave with pay, leave without pay, leave for medical, maternity, military reasons, leave for research) affect the tenure, promotion, sabbatical, and retirement clock. Linda Hatzenbuehler stated that leave may be voluntarily negotiated by departments. Dave Beard agreed to write a paragraph on leaves (regarding the kinds of leave mandated by law) after consulting with University attorney.

Policy Matter and due process: The council gave suggestions for re-writing of the letter drafted by Sieber to be sent to the University attorney. The council did not feel it was necessary to see another draft of the letter after incorporation of suggestions on the part of the council. Sieber to send letter before the end of Fall Semester. The suggestion was made that the University attorney might come to speak to the council.

Use of student evaluations for the assessment of faculty: The council felt that student satisfaction surveys cannot be the only means by which faculty teaching is assessed (as if the class being evaluated were a consumer satisfaction issue). Suggestion made to bring in a speaker from a small liberal arts school, and again to have Barbara Lawrence speak to this issue.

Policy on Sexual Harassment: It was suggested by Sieber that ISUPW would be interested in drafting a policy statement on sexual harassment regarding professors/advisers/supervisors initiating relationships with current students.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 5:25 p. m.