APSCUF AGENDA

I.              First Year Common Hour             -clarification of faculty roles 

II.             Tutoring                                      -academic department responsibility 

III.            Promotions                                 -follow-up on decision process 

IV.           RN to BSN program                    -availability of on-line courses 

V.            Permission Override form             -purpose and procedures 

VI.           Elem Educ Degree completion     -cooperative program with Butler
                                                   County CommunityCollege

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MANAGEMENT AGENDA

1. Early Alert
    

2. Highlands Phase 2/Ghering Health and Wellness Center
    

3. Admissions Standards
    

4. Faculty Search Process – Training Update
    

5. Budget Update

APSCUF AGENDA
 

I.        Discussion
What is Meet and Discuss?  What are the goals, objectives, and purposes of it?

II.       Status of the new rule of 30 regarding graduates; plans for implementation

III.      High School articulation agreements

Please provide: 
·         a precise count of current articulation agreements
·         a template of a standard agreement
·         the number of students receiving college credit annually under these agreements
·         the number of college credits granted annually under these agreements

IV.     Budget for FY 2010-2011 and potential impact on personnel 

V.      Act 3 of 2008 ("Right to Know")

Please provide: 
·         a written summary list of all requests at EUP since the law went into effect on Jan. 1, 2009
·         an explain of what happens when a request is made that involves a faculty member

VI.     Student evaluation of faculty

When will evaluations from Spring 2009 be available to faculty?

VII.    Summer School 2010
Please provide financial data for Summer 2009
 

VIII.   Biology labs
What are the plans to relocate them during Phase I of the Cooper Hall renovation?

 IX.      Fire drills
 How are drills scheduled in academic buildings when classes are in session?

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MANAGEMENT AGENDA

1. PASSHE Doctoral Mission Review Committee – Update
    

2.  PASSHE Curriculum Review

      a.   Accreditation
b.      New Curriculum Committee
c.       Distance Education

3. International Partnerships
    

4. Late Fees

I.        Students’ evaluation of faculty

(1) The problems, needs, lines of authority, and confusion surrounding the current system;

(2) The issues that are arising as we seek to apply an outdated system to our 2010 campus (i.e. evaluating on-line courses, issues due to the increasing number of temps., etc.); and

(3) The longer term issue of reorganizing, overhauling, and updating our current system of evaluation. 

(4) When were evaluations from Spring 2009 made available to faculty?

 II.       Cooper Hall renovation

What are the plans to relocate laboratories during Phase I of the Cooper Hall renovation?

What restroom accommodations will exist?

 III.      Faculty hiring

Chairperson’s need departmental enrollment figures upon which to base recommendations.

IV.     Fire drills

 How are drills scheduled in academic buildings when classes are in session?

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MANAGEMENT AGENDA 

1. Requesting update from APSCUF committee to look at online evaluation of faculty
    

2. Requesting update on APSCUF’s committee on the promotion process
    

3. Mid-term grades:  1386 were missing a day after they were to be  posted
    

4. Need names of APSCUF members for 2010 summer school committee
    

5. Reorganization, possibility of moving from 4 schools to three – Discussion
    

6. Community College – Update
    

7. Search for Dean, School of Education

I.        Reorganization of Schools – Discussion item

·         What are the details of the planned organizational structure? 

·         What is the larger agenda or direction of the university at this time? 

·         What are the long-term plans for administrative leadership?  How do these plans promote the overall mission and direction of the university? 

·         What will be the role of APSCUF faculty in the mission going forward?  What opportunities for shared governance, promoting positive change, etc. will there be for APSCUF faculty?"   

 II.      Students’ evaluation of faculty – information request

·         Procedures and timelines for Spring, 2010 are requested for effective coordination of this activity.

III.     Payment for Thesis Supervision – information request

·         Past practice has been for thesis supervision (e.g. Art Dept.) to be paid during the fall or spring semester immediately following the graduation of the supervised student (M&D: Oct ’04, Jun ’05). Has this practice changed? If so, how?

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MANAGEMENT AGENDA

1. Students’ evaluation of faculty: continuation of discussion from November Meet and Discuss
    

2. Number of grades reported after the December 22 deadline
    

3. Spring enrollment report
    

4. Summer School:  Setting up discussions to prepare for 2011.

I.        Notification of policy revisions

Since being discussed in May, 2008, policy change notification to employees has not occurred systematically.

 II.      Overload payment

Payment for coverage when a faculty member is on sick leave.

 III.     Support for online teaching

Instructional and support services for faculty are inadequate.

IV.     Low enrolled programs

PASSHE ‘rule of 30’: what are the criteria and plans for addressing these programs?
 

V.      Learning Management Systems

Update on PASSHE plans is requested.

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MANAGEMENT AGENDA

1.  Low-enrolled programs – Request for additional data, Discussion
    

2. Discussion about Desire2Learn migration and training
    

3. APSCUF committee on the promotion process – Request for an update
    

4. Clarification of departmental voting procedures – What it means to abstain in a departmental vote.

I.        Lower-enrolled programs

What is the status of the OOC forms resubmission process?
What are the possible pending actions under consideration on campus, including moratorium?

II.       Financial information request

III.      Faculty hiring

What practice is used to decide the position advertisement text to be published, e.g in the Chronicle?

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MANAGEMENT AGENDA

1. Searches for Provost and Dean, School of Education – Update
    

2. D2L Migration – Update
    

3. Late mid-term grade reports
    

4. Fall Enrollment – Update
    

5. Budget Outlook for Fall Semester

I.        E-mail distribution lists

Chairpersons were not notified when the distribution list was modified to include deans.

II.       Overload payment

Clarification is requested to confirm that class coverage for a faculty member on sick leave includes the final exam week.

III.      Faculty hiring

What practice is used to decide the position advertisement text to be published, e.g in the Chronicle?

How many temporary faculty (head count and FTE) will be hired for Fall, 2010? What is the percent of regular and temporary part-time faculty (FTE basis) at present?  

IV.     Graduate Assistantships

How will placements differ in AY2011 from the current year?
Will GAs be asked to teach?

V.      Department Chairperson responsibilities

What are expectations for 3 workload hours during summer school?

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MANAGEMENT AGENDA

1.                  Late mid-term grade reports – information

2.                  Update on Human Services Building construction

3.                  Highlands, Phase 2 – Report

4.                  Enrollment Update

5.         Online Evaluations – update on the committee’s progress

I.        Final Exams

How will final exams be scheduled during AY2011?

II.       Cooper Hall renovation

·         Concerns include air quality problems. Who is the contact person when faculty have concerns or problems arise?

·         How much space is designated for each department? How many seats are available in labs?

·         A copy of the floor plan for the renovation of Cooper Hall is requested.

III.      Contractual committees

·         Faculty representation will be affected by the College of Arts and Sciences reorganization. Policies/ agreements will need to be updated regarding nominations and elections.

·         An organizational chart for the College of Arts and Sciences is requested.

IV.     Faculty hiring

What is the budget for a search to hire a tenure track and/or temporary faculty member?

V.      Temporary faculty

What steps are being taken to address workload inequities for faculty in departments with a high proportion of temporary faculty?

VI.     PASSHE Concurrent Enrollment program

Specific details about this program are requested. What will be EUP participation over the next two academic years?

VII.    Alternate work assignments

Discussion of having job descriptions for AWA.

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APSCUF AGENDA
 

I.        Organizational structure

·         Relative to AY2009-10, what organizational changes will be implemented for AY 2010-11?

·         An organizational chart for Edinboro University is requested.

·         Faculty representation will be affected by the College of Arts and Sciences reorganization. Policies/ agreements will need to be updated regarding nominations and elections. What changes are envisioned?

II.       Class size

In which courses/ classes have seat counts been increased for Fall, 2010?

III.      Advising

What instruction is Admissions giving to new and transfer students recently admitted about contacting an advisor and scheduling classes?

IV.     Low enrolled programs

A status update is requested. What plans are being considered for collaborative degree programs involving those programs with low enrollment of majors?

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MANAGEMENT AGENDA

1.      Conversion to D2L - Update

2.      Promotion Criteria - Requesting an update from APSCUF committee on the promotion process.

3.      Budget Report– Need for increased state allocation and/or tuition revenue

4.      Departmental Voting Procedures – Discussion to resolve some remaining questions

5.      Enrollment Report

6.      Common Academic Calendar - Report

I.        Faculty Evaluation by students

Review and approval of revised instrument to evaluate teaching.

II.       Program moratorium

Latin American Studies was not placed on the M&D agenda as required by grievance settlement.

III.      Faculty hiring

·         Faculty (e.g. Math) are not being compensated for conducting searches over the summer due to late approval of positions.

·         What is the status of a faculty vacancy at OSD?

·         Clarification of hiring plans for temporary faculty in English is requested.

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MANAGEMENT AGENDA

1.                              Faculty responsibilities in online courses –  Report of problems and discussion about how to proceed

 2.                              E-mail Distribution Lists – Discussion

 3.                              Assessment Coordinator – Report

 4.                              Budget – Update

 5.                              Admissions – Update

I.        Faculty Evaluation by students

·         Review and approval of revised instrument to evaluate teaching.

·         Implementation and procedures.

 II.       Faculty hiring

·         What is the status of a faculty vacancy at OSD?

·         Clarification of contracts for temporary faculty: use of one semester versus AY contracts.

 III.      College of A&S

How is the office of the Dean of Arts & Sciences structured, and who will be responsible for what?

IV.     Contractual Committees

Faculty representation will be affected by the College of Arts and Sciences reorganization in AY2012. A sub-committee of M&D is proposed to review and update policies/ agreements regarding nominations and elections.

 V.      PASSHE Concurrent Enrollment program

Specific details about this program are requested. What will be EUP participation over the next two academic years?

 VI.     Final Exams

What is the schedule for Spring, 2011?

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MANAGEMENT AGENDA

1.         Ensuring responsiveness to students in online classes – Discussion

2.     Budget Outlook – Update 

3.          Visitors Parking System (Web base) – Informational

4.          Marketing of Student Residence Housing – Informational

 5.    Enrollment - Update