Agenda for the Faculty Senate Meeting
September 5, 2007
Room B-113 Robinson Hall
3:00-4:15 p.m.
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of the Minutes of May 2, 2007
III. Announcements
University Budget Report - Provost Peter Stearns
IV. Unfinished Business
None
V. New Business - Committee Reports
A. Senate
Standing Committees
Executive Committee
Approval of Meeting Schedule for 2007-2008 Academic Year Attachment A
ad hoc Committee to Review the University Faculty Evaluation Form
Attachment
B
Academic Policies
Approval of Dates for Summer Term 2008 Attachment C
Budget & Resources
Faculty Matters
Nominations
Organization & Operations
B. Other Committees
VI. Other New Business
A. Elections
Election of the Secretary of the Senate Nominee: Susan Trencher
Election of Members of Senate Standing Committees Attachment D
Election of Members of University Committees Attachment E
Election of other Faculty Representatives Attachment F
B. Motion to
establish a Task Force to Improve Research Productivity
Attachment
G
C. Motion to approve the proposed University Policy on Misconduct in Research and
Scholarship Attachment H
VII. Remarks for the Good of the General Faculty
VIII. Adjournment
[followed by brief organizational meetings of
the Senate Standing Committees]
OFFICE OF THE
FACULTY SENATE
MEETING SCHEDULE
FOR AY 2007-2008
All Faculty Senate
meetings take place on Wednesday afternoons
at
3:00 p.m. in Robinson Hall, rm. B113
September 5, 2007
October 10, 2007
November 7, 2007
November 28, 2007
President Merten
to address Faculty Senate
January 23, 2008
February 13, 2008
March 5, 2008
April 2, 2008
President Merten
to address Faculty Senate
April 30, 2008
Attachment B
ad hoc Committee to Review the University Faculty Evaluation Form
On March 8, 2006, the Faculty Senate passed the following motion: Be it resolved that the Faculty Senate constitutes an Ad Hoc Committee to review the new University Faculty Evaluation form, one year from its implementation. Rationale:
At the November 30, 2005 meeting of the Faculty Senate, a motion to approve the pilot course evaluation form (University Faculty Evaluation Form) was approved by a divided house: 22 Senators voting for its adoption and 15 Senators voting against. Comments prior to the Senate vote were divided along unit lines, with Senators representing the science, technology, and engineering units cohesive in their opposition to the new form as presently constructed. Evaluating the new form following two semesters of its use will allow all members of the university faculty to assess its utility and provide an opportunity for appropriate feedback.
Nominations for members of the committee should be sent to the
Nominations Committee. A slate of nominees will be presented on the agenda of
the October 10, 2007 meeting.
Attachment C
Approval of Dates for
Summer Term 2008
http://summer.gmu.edu/dates08.htm
SESSION
A
DAYS DATES
EXAM
DATES
MTWRF May
19 - June 17 June 19
& 20
MTWR May
19 - June 17 June 19
MWF(evenings)* May 19 - June 18 June 20
TRS(evenings)** May 20 - June 17 June 19
* Classes meet MW and the
following Fridays: May 30, June 6, 13, and June 20.
** Classes meet TR and the following Saturdays: May 31, June 7, and 14.
The University is closed in observance of Memorial Day - Monday, May 26,
2008.
SESSION
B
DAYS DATES EXAM DATES
MW June 2 - July 14 July 21
TR June 3 - July 22 July 24
University closed in observance
of Independence Day - Friday, July 4, 2008.
No standard classes on
Thursday, July 3, 2008.
SESSION
C
DAYS DATES
EXAM
DATES
MTWRF June
30 - July 30 August
1 & 4
MTWR June
30 - July 29 July 31
MWF(evenings)* June 30 - July 28 July 30
TRS(evenings)** July 1 - July 31 August 2
* Classes meet MW and the
following Fridays: July 11, 18, and
25.
** Classes meet TR and the following Saturdays: July 12, 19, 26, and
August 2.
University closed in
observance of Independence Day - Friday, July 4th, 2008.
No standard classes on
Thursday, July 3, 2008.
SESSION
X
Days, dates,
and times determined by individual course instructors.
ACADEMIC POLICIES:
Continuing Member: Julie Christensen
Nominees: Jim Kozlowski, Janette Muir, Mary M. Williams, Mike Wolf-Branigin
BUDGET AND RESOURCES:
Continuing Members: Karen Hallows, Joe Scimecca, Ray Sommer
Nominees: Phil Buchanan, Rick Coffinberger
FACULTY MATTERS:
Continuing Member: Jim Sanford
Nominees: Frieda
Butler, Dave Kuebrich, Patricia Moyer-Packenham,
Larry Rockwood
ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS:
Continuing Members:
Nominees: Ernest Barreto, Phil Wiest
NOMINATIONS:
Continuing Members: Linda Monson, Jane Razeghi
Nominees: Must come from Senate floor
ACADEMIC APPEALS:
Continuing Member: Lloyd Cohen
Nominees: Flavia Colonna, Mike Hurley (Provost’s appointee), Walter
Morris, Michael Noar, Bob Pasnak
ADMISSIONS:
Continuing Members: Kelly Dunne, Ramon Planas
Nominees: Frieda Butler, James Carroll, John Kulesza, Eddie Tallent (Dean of Admissions appointee)
ATHLETIC COUNCIL:
Continuing Members: Linda Miller, Phil Wiest
Nominees: Robert
E. Baker, Julie Christensen,
EFFECTIVE TEACHING:
Continuing Members: Doris Bitler, Bob Smith
Nominees: Karen Hallows, Giuseppina Kysar, Lynne Schrum, Melanie Szulczewski
EXTERNAL ACADEMIC
RELATIONS:
Continuing
Members: Deborah Boehm-Davis, Dave Kuebrich, Nance Lucas
Nominees: Michelle
Marks (Provost appointee), Peter Pober,
John Riskind
GENERAL EDUCATION:
Continuing
Members: Alok
Nominees: Don
Boileau, Rick Davis (Associate Provost, Chair), Douglas Eyman,
R. Claire Snyder, Hugh Sockett, Karen Studd, Cliff Sutton (Provost appointee)
GRIEVANCE:
(nominees must be tenured, may not be a chair or serving in
administrative capacity)
Continuing
Members: John Crockett, Sheryl Friedley, Miriam Raskin, Joseph
Reid
Nominee: Howard Kurtz
MINORITY
AND DIVERSITY ISSUES:
(nominees must be tenured or tenure-track)
Continuing
Members: David Kravitz, Jim Metcalf
Nominees: David S. Anderson, Heibatollah
Baghi, Raja Parasuraman
NON-TRADITIONAL,
INTERDISCIPLINARY, AND ADULT LEARNING
Continuing
Members:
Jeng-Eng Lin, Laurie Harmon
Nominees: Penelope Earley, Steve
Ruth, Linda Samuels
SALARY
EQUITY STUDY COMMITTEE:
Continuing
Members: Kristine Bell, Don Seto
Nominees: Karen Hallows (Provost appointee),
Carol Urban
TECHNOLOGY POLICY:
Continuing Members: Melissa Martin, Goodlet McDaniel (Provost appointee), Iosif Vaisman, Steven Weinberger, Stanley Zoltek
Nominees: Star Muir, Paula Petrik
WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM:
Continuing Members: Pamela Cangelosi, Susan Durham, Beth Schneider, Andrew Wingfield, Terry Zawacki (ex-officio), Stanley Zoltek
Nominees: Anne Marchant, Tom Owens, Ellen Rodgers
TASK
FORCE TO EVALUATE THE STUDENT COURSE EVALUATION FORM
Kim Eby (Provost appointee)
Cliff Sutton
Mary M. Williams
Bob Smith
John Crockett
Attachment G
Motion: that a TASK FORCE TO
IMPROVE RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY be established.
The
Task Force is charged to:
1. survey
the Faculty about all aspects of management of research and grants that affect
productivity;
2. discuss
whatever problems or issues that are identified with relevant offices and
individuals and to seek to resolve the concerns of Faculty; and
3. report
its findings, in both written and oral form, to the Faculty Senate at the
April, 2008 meeting.
The
final report should recognize both the strengths and deficiencies of the
research environment, should specify the steps that
have been taken to resolve problems or deficiencies and state what issues still
need to be addressed.
The
Task Force shall consist of three faculty members elected by the Senate, one of
whom must be a Senator, a Provost's appointee and a representative of the
Office of Sponsored Programs.
Rationale:
Sponsored
by:
Senator Alok
Senator Deborah Boehm-Davis (CHSS)
Senator June Tangney (CHSS)
Senator Iosif Vaisman (COS)
Senator Stanley Zoltek
(COS)
In
order that the Task Force have enough time to fulfill its charge, the Faculty
Senate will be asked to determine that the formation of the Task Force is of
“urgent necessity” (Bylaws V.3.) so that nominations and election of members to
the committee can take place at the meeting on 5 Sept.
Attachment
H
Motion to approve the proposed University Policy on Misconduct in Research and Scholarship
The full text
appears at http://www3.gmu.edu/facstaff/senate/Misconduct-document.htm
April 26, 2007
To: Suzanne W. Slayden, Chair, Faculty Senate
From: Barry W. Stevens, Director, Research Policy Development
Subject: University Policy on Misconduct in Research and Scholarship
This memorandum transmits for the consideration
of the Faculty Senate a university policy on Misconduct in Research and
Scholarship. As you know, by consensus, the committee that developed the
policy endorsed its contents and recommended that it be adopted by the
university. This morning, the Deans and Directors also endorsed the
policy.
A revised policy on research misconduct is
needed to replace the university’s moribund 1990 Policy on Scientific
Misconduct and bring the university into compliance with the requirements for
the receipt of Federal funds. A draft of the policy was the subject of
discussion at the October 5, 2006 meeting of the Deans and Directors. As
a result of that discussion, the committee that had worked on the draft was
expanded to include three members of the Deans and Directors and two additional
members of the faculty and the draft was thoroughly reexamined.
The expanded committee included the following:
Matt Kluger, Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Jack Censer, Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Kingsley Haynes, Dean, School of Public Policy
Supported by Jonathan Gifford, Acting Associate Dean
Jim Olds, Director, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
Chip Petricoin, Professor of Life Sciences
Larry Kerschberg, Professor of Information and
Software Engineering
Suzanne Slayden, Associate Professor of Chemistry
Bob Nadeau, Professor of English
Linda Samuels, Professor of Legal Studies
Jennifer Murphy, Director, Office of Technology Transfer
Ann McGuigan, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
Tom Moncure, University Counsel
I chaired the committee and served as
facilitator, researcher, and drafter.
Among the principal features of the policy that
these individuals endorsed are the following:
1. The policy sets out the university’s
commitment to the highest standards of ethical, scientific, and scholarly
practice and to compliance with the requirements for the receipt of Federal
funds. The policy fully complies with Federal law.
2.The policy applies to both Federally-funded
research and other research.
3. “Research misconduct,” as that term is used
in the policy, includes only conduct that Federal law proscribes; that is,
fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism, but not honest error or differences
of opinion.
4. “Research” includes both the kinds of
activities addressed by Federal rules on research misconduct and other forms of
scholarship.
5. Any allegation of “research misconduct” is
addressed under the policy and not under any other university policy or
procedure except as the policy provides. Respecting students, this means
that the policy applies to post baccalaureate graduate and professional
students who are engaged in Federally-funded or non-coursework-related research
and to undergraduate students who are involved in Federally-funded
research. Students engaged in other activities are covered by the Honor
Code and the University Code of Conduct. Respecting faculty, it means
that the policy and not the Faculty Grievance Process governs
the examination of allegations of research misconduct.
6. The policy clearly assigns responsibility
for the various steps in a research misconduct proceeding to the respondent’s
Dean or Director, the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, the
Provost, or the President. In doing so, it strikes a balance between unit
and central administration and ensures that proceedings are free from both real
and apparent lack of fairness.
7. The policy includes all the protections for
participants in research misconduct proceedings (respondents, complainants,
witnesses, and committee members) that are required by Federal law and adds a
number of others, including provisions intended to protect respondents against
unfounded allegations.
On behalf of the committee and the Deans and
Directors, I would request that the Senate act to bring this important matter
to a successful and expeditious conclusion. Please let me know if I can
be of further assistance.
Policy on Misconduct in Research and
Scholarship
pdf format http://www3.gmu.edu/facstaff/senate/misconduct_policy_FacultySenate-4-26-07.pdf
[Note: See the last two pages of the document for a summary of procedures.]