MINUTES OF THE FACULTY HANDBOOK REVISION COMMITTEE

APRIL 10, 2006 � Mason Hall, room D5; 3:00 � 4:30 p.m.

Present: �Kevin Avruch, Professor of Conflict Resolution and Anthropology, ICAR; Lorraine Brown, Professor of English (CAS) and President of the AAUP Chapter of George Mason University; Rick Coffinberger, Associate Professor of Business and Legal Studies, School of Management, Chair; Martin Ford, Senior Associate Dean, College of Education and Human Development; Dave Harr, Senior Associate Dean, School of Management; Marilyn Mobley, Associate Provost for Education Programs; Suzanne Slayden, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry.

Absent:� ��David Rossell, Associate Provost for Personnel and Budget, ex-officio.�

Approval of Minutes of March 27, 2006:� Any revisions received� from members of the committee will be resubmitted for approval.� In absence of revisions received, minutes will be posted as approved.

Future Committee Meetings Schedule for Summer and Fall, 2006:� The committee will be polled to determine schedule for future meetings.� It is hoped the committee will meet more frequently during the fall term.� In the absence of David Rossell due to illness, the committee expressed concern and hopes for his speedy recovery; questions will be emailed to him as needed.

3.3. Summer Salary: Revisions and Proposed Draft:

• Simplification wherever possible.
• Preservation of language of the 2 March 2000 Memorandum from Peter Stearns and Don Boileau on the Interpretation of the 1994 Faculty Handbook Sec. 3.3.
• Full-time faculty to receive 10% of annual nine-month salary to teach one summer course now included in text.
• Full-time faculty should not be excluded from teaching additional courses at 10% of the annual nine-month salary when no demonstrated financial constraints exist; deans have some financial flexibility.
• Faculty may be paid no more than 33% of their prior academic year salary for all summer work.
• Grievance resolution at the local level whenever possible; however some grievances may need to be resolved at a higher level.
• Grievances over what constitutes financial constraints not resolved at the local level to be resolved by the Provost and Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate.
• Pay rate per course/credit consistent with workload during academic year.�
• Minimal enrollment criteria may affect full-time faculty who wish to teach during the summer if too few courses available, or ability to teach a second summer course.

DRAFT TEXT OF 3.3. SUMMER SALARY:

3.3 Summer Salary

The University offers a summer program consisting of several terms.� If a full-time faculty member teaches a summer course the pay rate shall be 10% of their annual nine-month salary per course, unless a course is valued at a higher or lower amount for workload purposes during the academic year.� Every full-time faculty who wishes to teach in the summer shall be afforded an opportunity to teach one course at 10% of their annual nine-month salary, assuming they are qualified to teach the course and that the course meets minimal enrollment criteria and appropriate scheduling, curricular, and pedagogical needs.�� Furthermore, full-time faculty should not be excluded from teaching additional courses at 10% of their annual nine-month salary when no demonstrated financial constraints exist.� Grievances over what constitutes financial constraints should be resolved at the local level, but if no agreement can be reached, then the Provost and the Faculty Senate�s Executive Committee will be the designated body to resolve the disagreement.� Summer teaching is optional, and in no case may it be required of a faculty member.� Faculty may be paid no more than .3333 percent of their prior academic year salary for all summer work.�

External review of Faculty Handbook revisions by:

� Board of Visitors: to make periodic reports to the Faculty and Academic Standards Committee of progress; also periodically send committee minutes.

� Faculty:� future open forums, to ask Chair of the Faculty Senate to send email requesting further input, Faculty Senate.

� Provost�s opinions solicited on draft language.

Next Topics for Review:

� Study Leaves section in the Faculty Information Guide, not in current Handbook.

� 1.3.4.2 Institutes:� Martin Ford to draft a proposed revision; not purview of committee to change the fundamental status of ICAR or the Krasnow Institute; however changes in language may affect status; a complex issue.

� 2.2.6 Emeritus Status:� Rick to forward to Lorraine and Suzanne various input received from faculty, also May 2004 motion passed by Faculty Senate on emeritus status.

� 2.11.8 Outside Employment and/or Business Interests:� draft document distributed at recent Deans and Directors meeting to be considered.

Next Meeting:� Friday, April 21, 2006, 10:00 � 11:30 a.m. in Mason Hall, rm. D5.

Respectfully submitted,

Meg Caniano

Clerk, Faculty Senate