Complete College Tennessee Act 2010

UTC Faculty Senate, February 2010H. Lyn Miles, UTC UT Faculty Council Representative

UT FACULTY COUNCIL Represent faculty matters directly to

UT system Advise UT President UT Task Forces

2 Representatives per campus Meet 3 times per year around state

WEBSITEhttp://web.utk.edu/~utfc/

Interim President Vice PresidentJan Simek

Bonnie Yegidis

Council RepresentativesUTKBeauvais Lyons, ChairToby Boulet

UTCPedro CampaLyn MilesVerbie Prevost, Trustee

UTHSCGeorge CookParker SuttleKaren Johnson, Trustee

UTMJenna WrightDan McDonough

Faculty Council RepresentativeFACULTY COUNCIL

CHARTER

“The UTFC shall be comprised of the Faculty Senate President from each of the UT System campuses. Additionally, each campus shall elect, by a simple majority, one additional full-time tenured faculty member to a three year staggered term.”

FACULTY COUNCIL BYLAWS

“One representative from the full-time tenured faculty of each campus with each representative serving a term of three years. Representatives may be elected to serve a second consecutive term. The manner of election of these campus representatives shall be determined by each campus and should be addressed in their Faculty Senate bylaws.”

Senate Executive CommitteeKNOXVILLE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEIII.2.A. Executive CouncilMembership shall consist of the Chair persons of

the standing committees of the Senates; the officers of the Senate, including the Immediate Past President; and up to two at-large faculty members. The executive Council will include the elected faculty representative to the University Faculty Council.

III.6 University Faculty Council RepresentativeThere shall be a representative of The University of

Tennessee, Knoxville faculty elected by the Faculty Senate to serve a three-year term on the University Faculty Council. The representative’s term of office begins on July 1 following his/her election. The representative will attend and report on the meetings of the University Faculty Council to the Faculty Senate Executive Council and the Faculty Senate.

If for any reason a representative is not able to complete his/her term, the Faculty Senate Executive Council shall elect an individual to complete the current year of the term. An election for a representative for a new three-year term is then to be conducted as per Article III, Section 3.J. by the Committee on Nominations and Appointments.

UTC is the only UT campus that does not include the Representative & President-Elect on the Senate Executive Committee, along with Chairs of major committees

Council Achievements Faculty-moderated list serve Campus ombudsperson Improved system

communication Salary data transparency Liaison with state

legislators Explanation of state E&G

funds Faculty trustee replacement More faculty governance Report to trustees Retreats with trustees

Monitor institutional progress Risks/benefits

entrepreneurial Budget transparency IT issues Handbook appeal procedures Library coordination

CHALLENGES 3% cost of living raises or

$1,000 Knoxville-centric UTC & UTM “the

undergraduate campuses”

Tennessee UniversityFaculty Senates (TUFS)TUFS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President John Nolt (UTK) Pres-Elect Jeffrey S. Berman Past-Pres Timothy F. Winters

(AP) Secretary H. Lyn Miles (UTC)

TUFS WEBSITE

http://www.memphis.edu/facultysenate/tnfacultysenates.php

GOALS

10,000 university faculty to Governor

Network with other Senates United Voice

TUFS PresidentJohn Nolt

Faculty GovernanceSenate budgets, stipends, serving on Chancellor’s executive team, etc.

LegislativeBeth Harwell (R)Kim McMillan (D)Rusty Crowe (R)Jim Kyle (D) – next meeting

NationalNational Association of Faculty Senates (AAUP)

Tennessee’s ProblemUNITED STATES 38% of 9th graders complete Bachelor’s Rank dropped 1st to 10th among

developed nations First U.S. generation to be less educated

than parent’s generation

TENNESSEE TN ranks 40th in nation 24% of citizens have Bachelor’s degree Of TN 9th graders:

67% complete high school43% attend college19% complete Associates or Bachelor’s degree11% complete Bachelor’s degree

Source: Complete College America & U.S. Census, 2004

67% HS

43% Coll

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19% As

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11% Ba

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40

60

80

After High School

Governor’s Mandate “Race to the Top” funds

$4B Federal funding TN seeks $501.8M

STEM economic development

$400M per year lost tax revenue because citizens are not completing college

Oversized UT & TBR administrationsWasteful spendingPoor graduation rates

GOAL: 38% college graduates from 9th grade population by 2025(up from 19%)

Special Higher Education Committee

SENATE HOUSEJamie Woodson Lois DeBarryJim Kyle Craig FitzhewRandy McNally David HawkAndy Burke Less WininghamDelores Gresham Harry Brooks

Beth Haarwell Mark Maddox

Justin Wilson, Constitutional Officer

Graduation Within 6 Years

TENNESSEE By 2025

2-year 12%4-year 46% 70%

UT

UTC 42% 60%UTM 44% 60%UTK 58% 80%

TBR

Chatt St – 2 year 9%AP 27%UM 34%ETSU 38%TT 42%MTSU 44%

UTC is below average for State & UT system

Complete College Tennessee Act2010

HIGHER EDUCATION Accountable Needs reorganization New THEC Master Plan Mission differentiation Reduce degree & research

duplication Fund based on outcome, not

enrollment

Sponsor: Senator Jim Kyle, D-Memphis

Signed into law on January 26, 2010

Complete College Tennessee Act2010

COORDINATION Uniform statistical reporting Common general education,

course numbers Note courses that do not

transfer Seamless 60 hours between 2

& 4 year(41 general education; 19 pre-major)

All associate degree students admitted to 4-year universities; dual admission

Eliminate remedial instruction at 4 yearIncorporate into existing curriculumContract with 2-year

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY “Culture of innovation” STEM emphasis

COMMUNITY COLLEGES Separate administration for

2 year institutions

Amendment 12In the University Tract Program

THEC "shall consider the views of chief academic officers and faculty senates of the respective campuses.“

Law written by TUFS & ETSU with Senator Randy Crowe—faculty writing law!

Senator Rusty CroweDistrict 3 (ETSU Area)

Knoxville Emphasis “Lift UTK “research flagship”

to national research profile”

UT & Oak Ridge partnership200 new faculty positions400 new graduate students

Increase UTK research funds from $200M to $400M

UTK restrictive admission—”overflow” to UTC, UTM, TBR

UTHSC in Memphis Research Consortium

Messages From UT System Uniform pre-major

requirements PsychologyCommunicationsBusiness

Community colleges should match their general education to ours

UTC Senate should contact UTBOT Jim Murphy on presidential search

“I am excited about what this new legislation means for higher education in Tennessee.”

Challenges THEC control of targets & formulas Impact on graduate programs Faculty scapegoat for higher education

ills Program accreditation issues “Wal-Mart” education Funds to UTK & 2 year schools UTC could be under resourced

Rich Rhoda, THEC Executive Director

Opportunities for UTC Sustainable campus

STEM initiatives

General educationEmulate Georgia & North Carolina

Creative Approach to “Access”

New faculty & student culture

Graduation rate3% increase per yearAdmission standards

Opportunity: UTC “Partnership” in Faculty Governance

Complete Education Act 2010

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