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FACULTY SENATE MINUTES
Dr. Alan Kaufman, Chair of the Senate, called the
meeting to order at 4 p.m.
I.
REVIEW OF MINUTES
Minutes of the October 18, 2005, Senate
meeting were approved with one correction:
Page 2, IV. C should read: Search
Committees—Professor Peter Helff: this was postponed tabled until
the next meeting.
II.
CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT:
A. Assessment—Dr. Kaufman explained that
there are two parts to Assessment:
1. Senate
2. BCCFA
BCCFA is at present in negotiation
regarding remuneration for Assessment, so it is inappropriate to discuss
Assessment in the Senate at this time.
B.
Shared Governance—Dr. Kaufman reported that he became
interested in shared governance this past year as he was chairing the Middle
States Governance and Administration sub-committee. This committee was set up
by Dr. George Cronk in Spring 2005 when he was Chair of the Senate . If the
Shared Governance proposal comes before the Senate and is then sent to Dr. Winn
as a resolution, then the Board of Trustees can have nothing to say about it.
Dr. Kaufman and President Winn discussed this and agreed that, instead, the
Senate would treat the Shared Governance proposal as a report, discuss it, and
then forward it to President Winn for her executive council and the Board to
consider. They could then offer suggestions and discuss these with the
Executive Officers of the Senate. When the final report is complete, the Senate
will discuss it again—this time as a resolution. If the Senate passes the
proposal, it can then be sent to Dr. Winn for her signature.
A motion was made to move the Agenda so
that the New Business item of “Voting Privileges for All Senators” be addressed
before Committee Reports. After a discussion, the following motion was made:
RESOLVED, that pursuant to the terms of
Article Four of the Constitution of the Faculty of Bergen Community College,
the Senate Executive Committee shall cause to be placed on the agenda of the
next meeting of the General Faculty at which a quorum is present a proposal to
amend Appendix A of the Constitution allowing all members of the Faculty
Senate, whether constitutionally established or elected, and whether having
faculty rank or not, to have full voting rights in the said Faculty Senate.
PASSED:
43 – 1 – 5
(NOTE: To be approved, this proposal
will require a majority vote of [a quorum of] the General Faculty (Constitution
2.1.d). Note also, that a full written copy of the proposal must be distributed
to each faculty member at least two weeks prior to the scheduled General
Faculty meeting.)
III. COMMITTEE REPORTS
Shared
Governance.—Professor Mauro Marzocco, a member of this
sub-Committee, presented the “Proposal to the Faculty Senate for a Shared
Governance Policy at BCC.” A few suggestions were made, which the Committee
will take into consideration for the final version.
IV. OLD
BUSINESS: None.
V. NEW
BUSINESS:
A. Senate Resolutions:
SR#1-05/06 Course
Modification ART-284 Digital Photography
PASSED: 40 –
0 – 1
with the
stipulation that in the Course Syllabus, the Grading Policy conform to the BCC
catalog
SR#10-05/06 CHM-102
Chemistry in Context – Gen Ed Course:, Dr.
PASSED: 48 – 0 - 0
B. Guidelines for Program Review—Dr.
During
discussion, a motion was made to amend the proposal to have the ad hoc
committee be filled through the Curriculum Committee, but the maker later withdrew
that motion.
A motion was
made to amend the proposal: under item No. 4, that the Academic Vice President
be one of the co-chairs, which was accepted by the maker of the proposal.
PASSED: 23 – 14 - 10.
Dr. Kaufman
encouraged all Senators to arrive in time to begin our meetings at the
established time of 3:50.
VI. ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Professor Marjorie Webster
Secretary