UAA Faculty Senate Agenda

December 7, 2007 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. – LIB 307

I. Call to Order II. Roll

2007-2008 Officers:

Bogdan Hoanca, President Caedmon Liburd, Chair, UAB

Anne Bridges, 1st Vice President Genie Babb, Chair, GAB

Larry Foster, 2nd Vice President Kerri Morris, Past President Robert Crosman, Parliamentarian

2007-2008 Senators:

Ann McCoy Herminia Din Ping Tung Chang Carlos Alsua Hilary Davies Randy Magen Carol Coose Jackie Cason Rashmi Prasad Catherine d’Albertis Janice High Robert Boeckmann Cathryn Pearce Jeremy Tasch Robin Wahto Charles Licka John Pauli Sam Thiru Dan Kline Judith Moore Sarah Kirk Dave Fitzgerald Katherine Rawlins Susan Kalina David Meyers Maria Ippolito Susan Mitchell E Eva Kopacz Mark Fitch Terri Olson Gail Holtzman Maureen O’Malley Tim Jester Gail Johnston Nicolae Lobontiu Toni Croft Heidi Mannion Peter Dedych Trish Jenkins Mark Schreiter

III. Agenda Approval (pg. 1-2)

IV. November 2, 2007 Meeting Summary Approval (pg. 3-5)

V. Officer’s Reports A. President’s Report (pg. 6)

B. First Vice President’s Report

C. Second Vice President’s Report (pg. 7)

VI. Boards and Committees

A. Graduate Academic Board (pg. 8) B. Undergraduate Academic Board (pg. 9-10)

C. University-wide Faculty Evaluation Committee

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D. Academic Computing, Distance Learning and Instructional Technology

E. Budget, Planning, and Facilities Advisory Committee- BPFA (pg. 11)

F. Committee on Committees

G. Diversity Committee (pg. 12)

H. Faculty Grants and Leaves Committee

I. IUAC- Evaluation of Deans & Directors Update (pg. 13)

J. Library Advisory Committee (pg. 14-15)

K. Professional Development Committee (pg. 16-17)

L. Student Academic Success Committee

M. Ad Hoc Committee on Constitution and Bylaws (pg. 18-21)

N. Ad Hoc Committee on IDEA (pg. 22-26) VII. Old Business VIII. New Business

A. Constitution and Bylaws for Alliance (pg. 27-36) B. USUAA Textbook Resolution (pg. 37-39)

IX. Reports

A. Chancellor Fran Ulmer (pg. 40-42)

B. Provost Michael Driscoll

C. Interim Vice Chancellor Bill Spindle

D. Union Representatives i. ACCFT ii. United Academics

X. Informational Items & Adjournment

A. Faculty Senate Reception with the Chancellor (following Faculty Senate meeting)

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UAA Faculty Senate Summary

November 2, 2007 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. – LIB 307

I. Call to Order @ 2:34 II. Roll

2007-2008 Officers:

Bogdan Hoanca, President E Caedmon Liburd, Chair, UAB

Anne Bridges, 1st Vice President E Genie Babb, Chair, GAB

Larry Foster, 2nd Vice President E Kerri Morris, Past President Robert Crosman, Parliamentarian

2007-2008 Senators:

A Ann McCoy Herminia Din Ping Tung Chang Carlos Alsua Hilary Davies A Randy Magen

A Carol Coose Jackie Cason Rashmi Prasad Catherine d’Albertis Janice High Robert Boeckmann Cathryn Pearce A Jeremy Tasch Robin Wahto Charles Licka John Pauli Sam Thiru

A Dan Kline Judith Moore Sarah Kirk Dave Fitzgerald Katherine Rawlins E Susan Kalina David Meyers Maria Ippolito Susan Mitchell Eva Kopacz Mark Fitch Terri Olson

E Gail Holtzman Maureen O’Malley Tim Jester Gail Johnston Nicolae Lobontiu Toni Croft Heidi Mannion Peter Dedych Trish Jenkins Mark Schreiter

III. Agenda Approval (pg. 1-2)

Approved

IV. October 5, 2007 Meeting Summary Approval (pg. 3-6) Approved

V. Officer’s Reports A. President’s Report (pg. 7)

B. First Vice President’s Report

Contact your legislatures and Governor Palin- request support for the Board of Regents budget proposal

C. Second Vice President’s Report

VI. Boards and Committees A. Graduate Academic Board (pg. 8)

Approved B. Undergraduate Academic Board (pg. 9-11)

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C. University-wide Faculty Evaluation Committee

D. Academic Computing, Distance Learning and Instructional Technology

E. Budget, Planning, and Facilities Advisory Committee- BPFA (pg. 12)

F. Committee on Committees G. Diversity Committee

Report posted online

H. Faculty Grants and Leaves Committee

I. IUAC- Evaluation of Deans & Directors Update Report posted online

J. Library Advisory Committee (pg. 13-15)

K. Professional Development Committee

L. Student Academic Success Committee

M. Ad Hoc Committee on Constitution and Bylaws (pg. 16-18) At Wednesday forum, report was revised

N. Ad Hoc Committee on IDEA Faculty Senate is working on forum where students and faculty meet to discuss implications of posting IDEA results online

VII. Old Business VIII. New Business

A. Plans for OAA- Dan Julius Has been working with UA for one month, but has been a consultant for UA for many years Position has been reconstructed Academic Affairs and Research has been combined Major initiatives: Elevate clout of academic decision making consensus Would like to launch next stage of Student Success Highlight academic voice Bringing together people who are interested in Sustainability Have work to do with Legislature Still in mode of learning system and its uniqueness Customize best practices in all campuses Rejects the notion that you have to do research to be a good college Supports research and graduate studies and would like to see doctoral programs here Need to take a look at accreditation issues, who the students are, and resources

B. Candidate for eMedia Director- Rich Whitney (pg. 19) Marjorie Zielke spoke to Faculty Senate and answered questions

C. New Sports Arena- Megan Carlson, Bill Spindle & Steve Cobb PowerPoint presentation given

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November 2, 2007 UAA Faculty Senate Page 3 Summary

Will help parking situation Will be able to have graduation on campus Enrollment will increase Will be able to have concerts, lecture series Want to build for future Go to www.GoSeawolves.com to leave feedback Facilities Master Plan includes information on the New Sports Complex Present sports facility will still be used

IX. Reports A. Chancellor Fran Ulmer

Budget- Board of Regents will meet on next week to discuss final budget Budget will go to Governor Palin to decide what she will do Need to have non-UAA employees contact Governor Palin Emergency Response Exercise- group met this morning to do mock scenarios

B. Provost Michael Driscoll Promotion and Tenure Statistics- handout distributed Hope to distributed information on promotion and tenure task force Distributed Student Success Task Force charge

C. Douglas Causey- Chancellor Fund (Research, Scholarship, Creative Activity)- deadline is next Friday Will put out a notice for people to be involved in this Graduate School- Approved it for our campus Dan Julius conveyed this to President Hamilton Graduate Academic Board and Graduate School Action Team put it lots of work on this project

D. Interim Vice Chancellor Bill Spindle Still involved in Statewide External Review Next Monday is open forum- ADM 204, 2 pm FY09 Budget will be discussed next week

E. Union Representatives i. ACCFT

ACCFT hired a professional health care consultant Will be sending out a negotiations update next week

ii. United Academics Still involved in negotiations Administrations views on health care have not been good

X. Informational Items & Adjournment A. Prerequisite Testing B. Energy Policy

http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/governance/upload/Energy-Policy-Cover-Memo-10_09_07-2.pdf

C. Sustainability Coordinator http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/governance/upload/Sustainability-Coordinators-Draft-Policy5.doc

Meeting adjourned @ 4:28 p.m.

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President’s report to the UAA Faculty Senate November 29, 2007 IDEA student evaluation We experienced a problem with managing access to the IDEA survey in Blackboard. Through a loophole in the IDEA web site, students could access surveys for all the courses they are taking if even one of those courses made the survey available. Faculty who thought they were controlling student access had their surveys open in fact. If you would like to control the survey, please call the Call Center at 786-4646 to turn off access (the survey is now ON for everybody by default). Also, please call the Call Center if you would like them to turn off the survey before the default date, December 23. Visit with PWSCC faculty Kerri Morris and Bogdan Hoanca visited with PWSCC faculty on 11/9. There is frustration among PWSCC faculty with their having to be part of our Promotion and Tenure process even though they are independently accredited. We invited them to work more closely with us through the governance process to represent their needs. USUAA is concerned with textbook prices USUAA representatives met with the eboard to discuss a USUAA resolution on textbook prices. Eboard members provided advice and encouragement and asked students to consider taking some steps on their side to cope with increasing textbook prices. Bogdan Hoanca addressed USUAA on 11/16, to express faculty support and to answer questions. Faculty input on Statewide IT decisions The Office of Information Technology at Statewide approached the Faculty Alliance to ask for feedback on how well OIT is seeking and responding to faculty concerns. OIT acknowledged that they consult much more with staff groups, and would like to do better at listening to faculty concerns in the development of new IT applications. Automatic prerequisites enforcement Ongoing work on automatic prerequisites enforcement in Banner will allow each MAU to enforce prerequisites separately from other MAUs. UAF wants to enforce prerequisites in Banner, while UAA has chosen to do so manually. For now, UAA remote campuses would have to use the same settings as the Main Campus. OIT will consider allowing section by section settings, for remote campuses to enforce prerequisites independently. Student success coordination at Statewide VPAA Dan Julius invited System Governance, Student Services and Academic Affairs representatives to a meeting on Student Success on December 19 in Fairbanks. This group intends to coordinate efforts, and not impose uniform initiatives from the top. For any other comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact me at 786-4140 or via email at afbh@uaa.alaska.edu.

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2nd Vice President’s Report UAA Faculty Senate

December 2, 2007 All Senate committees are operational with only one committee still in need of an additional member. On November 12th, all committees were provided an edited set of committee goals for this academic year with a request to review and modify, as needed, these goals. Most committees have done so and the resulting set of goals is being posted on the Senate’s webpage. Committees are encouraged to periodically review their goals and provide the Senate’s E-Board with necessary changes as the year proceeds. An election to fill Senate vacancies closed November 2nd. The winners were:

• Carrie King was elected as a Faculty Senator for the AY 2007 – 2008 term. She is a member of our Community and Technical College’s faculty and teaches in its Culinary Arts & Hospitality, Dietetics & Nutrition Program.

• George Mastroyanis was elected to the University-Wide Faculty Evaluation

Committee. He is a faculty member with our College of Education and specializes in Elementary Education.

The balloting process was electronic and several weaknesses in the Senate’s current balloting software were identified. This software is being replaced by a more robust package. Prepared by Larry M. Foster.

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Graduate Academic Board December 2007 Report

Program/Course Action Request

A. COE Chg CWLA A652 Graduate Writer’s Workshop: Poetry (5 cr) (5+0) Chg CWLA A662 Graduate Writer’s Workshop: Fiction (5 cr) (5+0) Chg CWLA A672 Graduate Writer’s Workshop: Literary Nonfiction (5 cr) (5+0) Chg CWLA A690 Form and Theory (5 cr) (5+0) Chg CWLA A695 Literary Practicum (1-5 cr) (0+3 -15) Chg CWLA A699 Thesis (5 cr) (0+15)

Chg M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing and Literary Arts B. CHSW Chg Master of Public Health Practice C. CTC

Chg CTE A611 Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Career and Technical

Education (3 cr) (3+0) (stacked w/ CTE A411) Chg CTE A690 Selected Topics in Career and Technical Education

(1-6 cr) (1-6+0) (stacked w/ CTE A490)

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Undergraduate Academic Board December 2007 Report

Program/Course Action Request

A. CAS Chg MUS A121 Music Appreciation (3 cr) (3+0)

Chg MUS A221 History of Music I (3 cr) (3+0) Chg MUS A222 History of Music II (3 cr) (3+0) Chg MUS A331 Form and Analysis (3 cr) (3+0)

Add Honors in Music Chg ENGL A301 Literature of Britain I (3 cr) (3+0)

Chg ENGL A302 Literature of Britain II (3 cr) (3+0)

Chg HIST A131 History of United States I (3 cr) (3+0) Chg HIST A132 History of United States II (3 cr) (3+0) Chg GEOL A111 Physical Geology (4 cr) (3+3) Chg GEOL A115 Environmental Geology (3 cr) (3+0)

Chg GEOL A115L Environmental Geology Laboratory (1 cr) (0+3) Chg CHEM A103 Survey of Chemistry (3 cr) (3+0) Chg CHEM A103L Survey of Chemistry Laboratory (1 cr) (0+3) Chg CHEM A104 Introduction to Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (3 cr) (3+0) Chg CHEM A104L Introduction to Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Laboratory

(1 cr) (0+3) Chg CHEM A105 General Chemistry I (3 cr) (3+0) Chg CHEM A105L General Chemistry I Laboratory (1 cr) (0+3) Chg CHEM A106 General Chemistry II (3 cr) (3+0) Chg CHEM A106L General Chemistry II Laboratory (1 cr) (0+3)

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B. CBPP Del BA A101 Introduction to Management (3 cr) (3+0)

Del BA A263 Practices in Consumer Behavior (3 cr) (3+0)

Del BA A232 Fundamentals of Organizational Management (3cr) (3+0) Chg BA A300 Organizational Theory and Behavior (3 cr) (3+0)

Chg BA A461 Negotiation and Conflict Management (3 cr) (3+0) Del CS A100 Introduction to Computers (3 cr) (3+0) C. HNRS Add HNRS A495 Honors Internship (1-6 cr) (0+3-18)

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Budget, Planning, and Facilities Advisory Committee

Maureen O’Malley, Peter Dedych, Co-Chairs Report to Faculty Senate – 11/9/2007

1. BPFA met on Friday 11/9/07, at 2:30PM, RH 202. Present: Maureen O’Malley (Co-Chair),

Peter Dedych (Co-Chair), Brian Wick, Mark Fitch. Guest: Michael Driscoll, Provost.

2. Planning & Budget Advisory Council. Peter Dedych attended the first council of the year on November 9. Complete meeting minutes and handouts can be found at: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/pbac/agendas_minutes.cfm.

The handouts include the FY09 Operating Budget Request from the Regents to the Legislature.

• UA’s operating budget request totals $856.2 million, an increase of 7.2 percent over FY08

• $319.7 million is state funding and $536.5 million is receipt authority (tuition & fees) • The $319.7 million requested state funding is an increase of $27.1 million (9.3 percent)

over FY08 state funding • $13.3 million of the requested $27.1 million increase is for non-discretionary and

compensation increases • More information about statewide and MAU budgets can be found at:

http://www.alaska.edu/swbudget/ 3. Facilities Report. Mark Fitch attended the PBAC Facilities Committee meeting. He reported

no change in facilities issues from what was presented last month.

4. Academic Planning. Provost Driscoll discussed the status of the academic plan. It was finalized prior to the development and finalization of the current strategic plan. It is a high-level document that should be reviewed in light of the strategic plan. The group identified several areas for concern/consideration. How should UAA determine priorities/criteria for making decisions regarding:

A. Academic programs, B. Doctoral programs and C. Research.

The group will look forward to future discussions with Will Jacobs and/or Doug Causey on these questions.

5. Next Meetings: 12/14, 1/11, 2/22, 3/21, 4/11 in RH 220, 2:30 – 3:30

Minutes by M. O’Malley and P. Dedych.

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FACULTY SENATE DIVERSITY COMMITTEE REPORT FOR DECEMBER, 2007

A JOINT MEETING WITH CHANCELLOR’S DIVERSITY ACTION COUNCIL IS PLANNED FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14T H 8:30-9:30 STUDENT UNION ROOM 103.

November 16th, 2007: Members attending: Profs. Robert Boeckmann, Yong Cao, Ping-Tung Chang, Robert Crosman, Patricia Fagan, Dave Fitzgerald, Nancy Furlow, Timothy Jester, Sean Licka, Natasa Masanovic, Sudarsan Rangarajan, Dennis. Guests: Marva Watson, Interim Director of the Campus Diversity & Compliance Office; Celeste Hodge, MOA Diversity Office; Deidre Brust (MOA) of the Municipality Diversity Council; Russell Pressley, Academic Advising Coordinator (CHSW); Prof. Nancy Andes, Community-Engagement in Learning Director; Prof. Bogdan Hoanca, UAA Faculty Senate President; Prof. Kerry Feldman, Diverse Voices of Anchorage Program; Alice Hisamoto, AHAINA; Interim Chancellor Fran Ulmer; Mayor Mark Begich; Roy Agloinga, Mayor’s Office.

Informational Items

NCBI Train the Trainer Workshops Updates – Some community people will be included; UAA executives will also receive some separate training Link for NCBI: http://www.ncbi.org/home/index.cfm

Give forewarning to faculty about AK Civil Rights week (first week of classes).

Conversation with visitors about diversity at UAA:

Co-chair Boeckmann presents the views and commitment of our committee – a concern for AK native students and faculty; a wish to have diversity questions included in the IDEA student questionnaires; Visa and legal documentation support for prospective and current international faculty members; coordinate with other committees and offices concerned with diversity; outreach to the greater Anchorage community

Chancellor Ulmer: herself adopted into a Tlingit clan; she strives for an appreciation of the way other cultural groups perceive the world, want and need. UAA needs to be open to diverse peoples, but it is difficult to transform a bureaucracy to new ways of seeing and doing things. It is, however, a very important project. The public square concept is the only way to fulfill our mission, and she intends to follow this way. Mayor Begich and she are agreed to partner more, in every way they can find that makes sense. Tell her how Chancellor’s Office can support our initiatives. It troubles her to hear from AFN meetings that UAF is the more comfortable place for Natives, esp. those from rural areas. Serves on CIRI board, where the desire for a comfortable relationship with UAA is often voiced. How do we find incentives for faculty to embrace an understanding of AK Native culture, and for diverse cultures generally?

Mayor Mark Begich: developing “social capital” among the university and the community. Opportunity and challenges arise from our town’s diversity. Policy makers are naturally resistant to change, reluctant to acknowledge changes in the population.

Celeste’s office (OEO) made more prominent and powerful. Diversity of MOA’s workforce targeted. Connection to rural places and rural folks now living in or coming to Anchorage has been made focus of a new office. Rural Affairs could also become an office of the ASD. Celeste is working on a new affirmative action plan – goals, not quotas. Four outreach pre-recruiting meetings to explain careers in police dept. to areas with under-represented groups – breaks barriers.

Mayor’s diversity focused groups and activities - Diversity Month: banquet, community-organized events, bringing awareness to community thru repetition – repeat in different venues, Northway Mall meeting of minority-owned businesses (attn. College of Business. Emphasize: “We are a diverse community, 95 different languages spoken in ASD, mayor attends naturalization ceremonies – welcome to community, invitation to get involved. Challenges: lack of housing affordability (overcrowding among immigrant families), road signage in ethnic neighborhoods in Korean, etc., directions to downtown landmarks acknowledging Denaina origins of the land on which they stand. Celeste Hodge is the contact-person for the MOA on all diversity initiatives. Partnership between UAA – MOA is not an option, it’s a necessity.

Prof. Feldman: Ways in which UAA and MOA can better coordinate in meeting the needs of our diverse community. Already running: Diverse Voices of Anchorage; Community-Engagement in Learning.

Prof. Furlow cites a need to communicate better on this campus, which could be facilitated by a Faculty Senate committee devoted to Alaska Native concerns. This committee will propose to Faculty Senate to create an Indigenous Faculty Concerns Committee. It needs a mission statement. Include students.

Roy Agloinga working on Native concerns in Anchorage; Natnl Conf of Native Peoples, Eskimo Olympics, bring AFN back to Anchorage, wd like to collaborate with UAA people. Also rural Alaskans in Anch – raising funding for housing, public inebriation; classes on misperceptions of Native entitlements (medical care, cash benefits, etc.); high cost of fuel in rural AK – problems it causes; include business community; how policy issues in rural AK influence events in Anch. Eklutna development and habitat rehab; revival of Denaina culture in Anch and Eklutna

Faculty Senate President Hoanca offers his services to help this committee.

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Institutional & Unit Assessment Committee Report

UAA Faculty Senate December 2, 2007

The Institutional & Unit Assessment Committee (IUAC) met mid-November to finalize the timeline for implementing a faculty survey of UAA’s colleges and schools. In particular, this survey will address its Deans; the instrument will be provided by IDEA and is specifically designed for this purpose. Committee co-Chairs Jeffries and Foster continued their visits with each of UAA’s Deans and on November 28th conferred with all the Deans together to discuss their collective views of the survey process. Overall, the deans’ suggestions were very constructive and point toward for a fair and useful process including the following major steps:

1. The survey will be administered early next term. 2. The results will go to both the Provost and the Deans. 3. The Provost and the Deans will meet individually to discuss the results. 4. The Deans will manage the feedback mechanisms in their respective colleges. 5. The Deans will submit a report to the Faculty Senate; a template is being

developed.

The Deans have noted, individually and collectively, that both faculty and staff should be allowed to complete the survey. Their rational is that their staff can provide much useful information and that, by administering the survey to faculty only, the staff will feel segregated; this case was argued most clearly by colleges with small numbers of faculty and staff. The committee is now collecting from all the Deans, except Honors, the numbers of faculty and staff to be surveyed so we can provide the Provost with an amended budget. Simultaneously, the committee will discuss if the survey should include staff or if other venues for staff are more appropriate. Last, the committee will explore with IDEA how the survey returns can be separated along faculty and staff lines, assuming staff are surveyed along with faculty. Submitted by co-Chair Larry M. Foster

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LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (LAC) REPORT TO UAA FACULTY SENATE NOVEMBER 2007

• Attendance on November 2nd: Sally Bremner (Co-chair), Anne Bridges, Jackie

Cason, Steve Godfrey, Hiroko Harada, Janice High, Garry Kaulitz, Scott Kiefer, Sean Licka, Susan Mitchell, Steve Rollins, and Kirk Scott. New Members: Eva Kopacz, UAA Social Work and Becky James, History.

• Attendance: Since LAC realistically meets only 7 times each academic year,

it is imperative that members attend regularly unless they have a good reason for missing such as out-of-town travel or illness. Sally asked members to take this matter seriously and send their apologies prior to each meeting if necessary. She advised that subcommittee work is expected between LAC monthly meetings too.

• Committee Name Change. Sally has approached the Governance Office to find out how and why the name of our committee has changed over time to inform further discussion and a decision on how best to proceed at our next meeting.

• Database Trial – Patron Feedback Form. Susan has created an evaluation form

people can use when evaluating library databases on trial. Members were given the link and trial database access and asked to try out the draft form Susan has developed. It is likely members of the new Library Resources subcommittee will be given access to 360, the Library’s Intranet to monitor the form’s usage and comments. Becky suggested having different questions for students and faculty, and doubted the reliability of the projected frequency of use responses. Susan suggested adding a question to gauge the responder’s opinion as to whether the database is essential or non-essential to their work. She suggested making some changes and trying the form out for six months to get a sense of the end-users, and determine if different questions or more than one form was necessary.

• Library Gallery Proposal. Steve Godfrey and Sean Licka provided a detailed

exhibition gallery proposal and sample gallery contract to members for preliminary discussion. They would like to see more regular use of the gallery and the improvement of lighting in order to make it a more viable exhibition space. Apparently no other gallery space in Anchorage enjoys as much traffic and therefore as many potential visitors as the library gallery does. It is a grand plan, and maybe something we can work towards, but further discussion was referred to the Library as Place subcommittee just forming.

• Pendulum Surround Update. Steve Godfrey advised that the sale of the remaining “degrees” of the Foucault Pendulum surround is proceeding quickly and only 36 are still available. LAC has committed to providing expertise to ensure the rectangular tiles are affixed accurately within the grouting when the surround is fixed in place permanently.

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• Formation of Subcommittees. Members were surveyed to determine which of three subcommittees they wished to join – Library as Place, Library Services and Library Resources. Fortunately this worked out very well with a fairly even distribution between the three groups and a library staff member in each one. The subcommittees used the remainder of the meeting to convene in individual study rooms to consider priorities, leadership and timelines.

Library as Place: Steve Godfrey Hiroko Harada Garry Kaulitz Sean Licka Robert McCoy Steve Rollins (Library) Kirk Scott

Library Services: Gina Boisclair Sally Bremner (Library) Jackie Cason Scott Kiefer Steve Shore Page Brannon – (Library will work with Plagiarism project)

Library Resources: Anne Bridges Christine Hanson Janice High Elizabeth James Eva Kopacz Susan Mitchell (Library)

[Names in green signify Faculty Senators]

The next meeting will take place on December 7th, in CL204 at 11:30 am.

Prepared by Sally Bremner, LAC Co-Chair.

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Faculty Senate Professional Development Committee Meeting Minutes for October 5, 2007 2:00-2:30 P.M., LIB 302 In attendance: Ann McCoy, Susan Kalina, Trish Grega, Gail Johston. Guest: Larry Foster The meeting was called to order by Co-Chair Ann McCoy, Susan Kalina recorded the minutes. The minutes of the September 2007 meeting were approved. Regular meeting times will be first Fridays at 2:00 following the CAFÉ Advisory Council meeting. Information:

Larry Foster reported that Statewide is seeking input for the development of a new faculty survey regarding professional development and related priorities. He will forward the e-mail to PDC.

PDC members serving on related committees: Trish Grega, Faculty Grants and Leave Committee and Co-Chair, Café Advisory

Council Gail Johnston, E-Learning Working Group and ACIDLIT Susan Kalina, Diversity Action Council and PDC Representative to Café

Advisory Council Ann McCoy, Smart Classrooms Working Group

Findings from committee members regarding focus areas: Mari Ippolito submitted the following areas from Carl Shepro of United Academics. These are issues for which over 50% of the respondents to the United Academics faculty satisfaction survey expressed dissatisfaction: institutional financial support for professional travel (72%), individuals’ base salary (63%), institutional support for professional development (61%), merit salary provisions of the CBA (59%), compensation for summer instruction (58%), compensation for department chairs/heads (52%). It was noted that a full analysis of these data had yet to be completed. Cathy Pearce submitted the following: UA 2003 faculty opinion survey at http://www.alaska.edu/hr/hractivities/surveys/Faculty%20Report%202003.pdf KPC identified the following retention issues: Funding for professional development (high cost of travel to conferences and trainings); release time for preparation and development of new courses; lack of adequate means of recognizing extra faculty efforts.

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Larry Foster submitted the faculty and staff survey Web site from Jim Johnsen at Statewide. http://www.alaska.edu/hr/hractivities/index.xml Trish Grega reported on the Faculty Development and Research Travel Grants as discussed in Faculty Grants and Leave. Discussion of Focus Area for 2007-2008: The committee agreed to ask CAFÉ to devote a place on the CAFÉ Web site that will list existing Faculty Development Resources. The list would be developed over time. The PDC will begin this effort with a focus on travel funding, in the broad sense of the term. Tasks: Compose a memo requesting information from Deans and Directors regarding travel funding (Ann McCoy and Susan Kalina); meet with Kim Perkins to explore the funding sources she is aware of (Trish Grega). Next Meeting: November 2, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. following the CAFÉ Advisory Council meeting in LIB TBA.

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Date: December 1, 2007 From: Hilary Davies, afhmd@uaa.alaska.edu Debbie Narang, afdln@uaa.alaska.edu Ad Hoc UAA Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws Committee Subj: Report to the UAA Faculty Senate A second faculty forum has been scheduled for Friday, December 7, 1:45-2:25 pm in LIB 304 for faculty to recommend changes to the UAA Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws. The current Constitution and Bylaws are available at http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/governance/facultysenate/constitution.cfm Following are recommendations that have been received up to December 1, 2007 at 7:00 pm.

Name changes to Faculty Senate Committees Change Student Academic Support Committee (SAS) to Student Academic Support and Success Committee (SASS). Change Library Advisory Committee (LAC) to Consortium Library Advisory Committee (CLAC). ________________________________________________________________________ Committee Deletion: Committee on Committees The Committee on Committees will be replaced by the Nominations Committee The Nominations Committee will consist of the 2nd Vice President and two members elected by the faculty. The two elected faculty must be eligible to serve on the Faculty Senate. The chair shall be the Second Vice President of the Faculty Senate, with service to commence at the beginning of “New Business” at the last regularly scheduled senate meeting of the academic year.

Functions and Responsibilities of the Committee on Committees To prepare slates of candidates for Senators and alternates.

To prepare a slate of candidates for the posts of President, First Vice President, and Second Vice President of the Senate.

To prepare slates of candidates to serve in at-large positions on boards and committees.

To prepare slates of candidates to serve on all boards, and committees, which include representation from the Faculty Senate.

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Change the composition of the following Faculty Senate Committees to read “a minimum of three (3) Senators….” Academic Computing, Distance Learning and Instructional Technology; Student Academic Support; Budget, Planning and Facilities Advisory; Diversity; Library Advisory; Professional Development; Institutional and Unit Assessment. Rationale: Allows more flexibility for the 2nd Vice President to assign senators based on their interests. ___________________________________________________________________________ Proposed Revisions to Functions and Responsibilities of the Professional Development Committee. Bylaws Article V, r1.

. Functions and Responsibilities of the Professional Development Committee The Committee may initiate and review all policies affecting faculty as defined in Article II, Section 2, subsection c (2) and subsection c (3) of the Faculty Senate constitution including, but not limited to, professional development matters relating to teaching, research, and service. In addition, the Committee will advocate for professional development opportunities for faculty and will participate in strategic planning processes related to professional development.

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Proposed Revisions to the University Wide Faculty Evaluation Committee. (This was brought to the faculty on April 26, 2007) The Faculty Senate shall establish one University-wide Faculty Evaluation Committee consisting of a total of 20 members, 12 of whom must be tenured full professors, and 8 of whom must be tenured associate or full professors, 10 from each workload track (Bipartite and Tripartite). No more than 4 faculty members may be from an individual school or college in either the Bipartite or Tripartite workload category. All faculty members who serve on this committee shall be elected by the faculty at large to 3-year terms. No one on a promotion or tenure committee at a prior level, and no one standing for promotion or tenure is eligible to serve on the committee. Elections shall be held annually. No faculty member who holds an administrative appointment (dean, associate dean, assistant dean) in the University is eligible. No member may be elected to more than 2 successive 3-year terms. The committee shall establish subcommittees composed of committee members for the purposes of evaluation of individual faculty. Each subcommittee shall include a majority of representatives from the same workload track as the faculty member being evaluated. I recommend adding the following language: No committee member may review files nor participate in a meeting where files are being reviewed when the committee member’s or an immediate family member’s file is being evaluated. Note: Several faculty have said the proposed language should be reworded for clarity. ___________________________________________________________________________ Proposed New Faculty Senate Committee:

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Indigenous Faculty Concerns Committee Functions and Responsibilities: The Committee may initiate and review all policies affecting indigenous faculty and students. ___________________________________________________________________________ If the Second VP relinquishes the office, how is a replacement found? There are three proposals: (1) An election will be held. (2) If the resignation occurs between the Spring and Fall semesters, the Senate Executive

Committee decides on the process, with confirmation by the Faculty Senate. If the resignation occurs during the Spring or Fall semester, an election will be held.

(3) If the resignation occurs between the Spring and Fall semesters, the runners-up (in order of the number of votes) will be asked to take the position. If the resignation occurs during the Spring or Fall semester, an election will be held.

Who should represent the Faculty Senate on the Faculty Alliance? There are two proposals: (1) The Past President of the Faculty Senate should represent the UAA Faculty Senate on the

Faculty Alliance, together with the President and President Elect. This would provide continuity on the Faculty Alliance, and conform to UAS and UAF practice.

(2) The Chair of UAB or GAB should represent the UAA Faculty Senate on the Faculty Alliance, together with the President and President Elect. This would provide information on current academic issues, and is current practice.

Election of Committee Chairs/Co Chairs. A variety of opinions have been heard. More discussion is needed. In the meantime, the current Bylaws will be followed. ___________________________________________________________________________ Wording and cleanup: Consolidate the wording that repeats the language for eligibility of committee members, election of chairs, and other common statements. This would apply to Academic Computing, Distance Learning and Instructional Technology; Student Academic Support; Budget, Planning and Facilities Advisory; Diversity; Library Advisory; Professional Development; Institutional and Unit Assessment. A single section in each committee section could refer to that section. Replace “mail-in ballot” by “ballot” Replace “Director of Library” by Dean of Library” Replace “Records Office” by “Office of the Registrar” Replace “Curriculum Office” by “Enrollment Services, Publications and Scheduling” Delete Constitution, Article III, Section 6. Election of alternate representatives. Grammatical changes, e.g. add colons, clarification of wording.

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November 30, 2007 To: Bogdan Hoanca, President of Faculty Senate From: The IDEA Ad Hoc Committee: Andreas Veh, Diane Erickson, Nelta Edwards, and Kerri Morris RE: Preliminary Recommendations Andreas Veh, Diane Erickson, Nelta Edwards, and Kerri Morris have met throughout the fall semester to discuss the implementation of the IDEA online student evaluation. This task has afforded us the opportunity to discuss both the specific instrument that we are adopting, but more importantly, the evaluation of teaching more generally. The IDEA company explicitly states that student ratings can have a positive impact only if the results are not over-interpreted, are not used for more than 50% of the evaluation of teaching, if six to eight classes are evaluated, and if faculty trust the process. As a result of this information the committee focused on the following tasks:

• Creating a more robust system of teaching evaluation for purposes of promotion and tenure

• Building a culture of trust and support among faculty, students, and administration about teaching evaluation

• Implementing IDEA both soundly and practically. Attached to this memo are recommendations about these three matters, first, an introduction about evaluating teaching, second, a table suggesting a four part evaluation heuristic, and third, specific suggestions about IDEA. Finally, we recommend that Provost Mike Driscoll provide another semester during which student evaluations will not be used for promotion, tenure, or retention decisions so that the recommendations made by this committee can receive full discussion and be translated into policies. We further recommend that the Provost provide funding for a summer group, to include members of CAFÉ and faculty senate, to devise tools to be used for peer evaluation and formative student evaluations. We appreciate the opportunity to work on this project and look forward to discussing this proposal with colleagues, students, and administrators, responding to problems and concerns, and to further articulating the evaluation process.

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Introduction A Robust Culture of Evaluation

Teaching is a multifaceted complex human task. In higher education, the teaching and learning exchange occurs in multiple contexts (face to face, on-line, off campus) and through varied teacher student interactions (advising, mentoring, research collaborations, etc.). The impact of the teaching and learning exchange on teacher and student may not be fully realized until long after the student has left the campus. The following recommendations are based not on attempts to produce “evidence of good teaching”, but to rather to demonstrate the efforts made to evolve and develop over one’s faculty career (assistant, associate, full professor) as a thoughtful, critically reflective, and effective teacher. Teaching can be a vulnerable and lonely task. The recommendations for documenting one’s evolution as a teacher are designed to encourage faculty to dialogue with one another about teaching. Our commitment is to the development of a campus culture that supports and recognizes faculty endeavors to improve the teaching learning exchange. The list of items is meant to be neither exhaustive nor prescriptive for individual faculty members or for Promotion and Tenure Committees. Faculty members are encouraged to think broadly and holistically about their teaching. Therefore, the list is intended as a guide to 1) acknowledge the teaching learning exchange in all its forms 2) assist faculty as they begin this process of demonstrating their journey to become an effective teacher 3) encourage promotion and tenure committees to also review teaching as a developmental process.

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Syllabi and Teaching Materials

Student Opinions

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Student Development. Faculty will include evidence of one of the following: Support for student advancement and recognition (e.g., writing letters of recommendation and/or nominating students for scholarships and awards); student accomplishments (e.g., Student Showcase, Undergraduate Research Grants, students present papers at professional conferences); academic advising, chairing student committees (e.g., graduate honors or capstone); Mentoring RAs and TAs; other activities not listed here as described Student Opinion Surveys. Faculty will include student opinion surveys for each of their classes. Faculty who have classes with at least 15 students and a 65 percent response rate may use IDEA to gather student opinions. Faculty who have small classes or a low response rate, will use an alternative assessment tool. Faculty whose classes meet the criteria for using IDEA may also choose to use an alternative assessment tool.

Course Syllabi and Materials. Faculty will include a syllabus and at least one example of course materials for each course. Examples of course materials are assignments, tests, lecture notes, power point presentations, etc. Contribution to Institutional Teaching Mission. Faculty will include evidence of one of the following: development of new courses or substantially revised courses (CARs and CCGs); attending workshops to improve teaching (e.g., CAFÉ or others); presenting workshops to UA peers about teaching; winning a teaching award; teaching innovation (e.g., using the book(s) of the semester, developing new assignments, integrating new materials, integrating technology); conducting service learning; conducting research on teaching and learning for publication in peer reviewed teaching journals, having classroom peer evaluation, and serving as a peer evaluator for faculty peers.

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Using IDEA in a More Robust Teaching Evaluation Culture If we adopt a four-part approach to teaching, reward the many teaching activities that we’re already doing, institute active peer review, and envision teaching as more than classroom performance, then the following suggestions will help to establish a culture of trust, where our development as teachers and the needs and perceptions of students are valued.

• IDEA should be optional. Faculty may use this quantitative instrument if their classroom meets the standards for validity (N>15 with a 65% response rate).

o Classes must be evaluated in context appropriate ways. This instrument is invalid for small numbers of students.

o Not all courses need to be evaluated in order to provide a helpful view of student perceptions of learning.

o Formative and/or qualitative tools should be used when IDEA is not appropriate or desired.

• IDEA’s report of the results of student

evaluations should be sent to IT at UAA on CD and then forwarded directly to the faculty member involved. No chairs, deans, or other administrators should have access to the information without just cause. The report contains dense information, much of it diagnostic for the purpose of improving teaching. In order to be considered as diagnostic, this information can not be used as evaluative by others.

• IDEA's “Converted Average” compared

to the faculty member's Discipline should be the only part of the IDEA report required for the purposes of promotion and tenure.

o It appears on page one and is already interpreted in terms of T units, making it much easier to use.

o It does not use a 5-point scale, which we believe is important in order to not conflate IDEA’s results with SDIS’s results.

• UAA should use the IDEA short form

as standard and allow the diagnostic form to be an option.

o The diagnostic form is valuable only for those individuals who are invested in using it to improve their teaching.

o The short form is more likely, we believe, to be completed by students.

• IDEA should be made available via

UAOnline. o Blackboard is an inappropriate

context for IDEA because extended campuses and many individuals on this campus do not use it. However, all of us use UAOnline. Students register for class via this system and faculty access their financial information this way.

o IDEA’s being embedded in Blackboard has been the biggest complaint we’ve heard about the online system.

• UAA should provide extended

campuses enough computers in every building for IDEA evaluation. For instance, ten laptops could be brought to a class of 30 people, allowing students to complete the evaluations throughout a class period. This would provide computer access, encourage participation, and create minimal disruption.

• UAA should provide the Goose Lake campus evaluation stations in every building, dedicated to the evaluation process.

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Approved by the Alliance, April 8, 1994. Revised 1997-1998 to change name of UAS Faculty Senate to Faculty Council at request of UAS Faculty Council. 2007 AMENDMENTS: FIRST READING OCTOBER 18, 2007, MOSTLY EDITORIAL AND TO CHANGE UAS FACULTY COUNCIL BACK TO UAS FACULTY SENATE AND FIX OTHER OUTDATED TERMINOLOGY. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS FOR SECOND READING NOVEMBER 16, 2007, INCLUDE MORE EDITORIAL CHANGES AND SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO ARTICLE IV.E. TO INCLUDE PROVISIONS FOR A CHAIR-ELECT, AND REPLACEMENT OF ARTICLES IX AND X TO COMPLY WITH GOVERNANCE REGULATION DEVELOPED BY GOVERNANCE AND APPROVED BY PRESIDENT 8/31/2006. NOVEMBER 16, 2007 CHANGES INCLUDE REPLACING ARTICLE IX WITH “The review and transmittal of actions from the Alliance shall be done according to Regulation 03.01.010.” CAPS IN BLUE = ADDITIONS STRIKE THROUGH IN RED = DELETIONS

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Constitution ARTICLE I. INTENT

It is the intent of the Board of Regents: l) that the faculty shall share in the governance of the university, 2) that shared governance is an integral part of the business of the university, and 3) that participators in shared governance are empowered by the Board of Regents to carry out their governance responsibilities to the best of their abilities without interference or fear of reprisal.

ARTICLE II. NAME

The Board of Regents hereby establishes a mechanism for faculty system governance consisting of the Faculty Alliance, hereinafter “Alliance."

ARTICLE III. AUTHORITY, PURPOSES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

A. Authority

The Faculty Alliance receives its authority by policy 03.01.01 of the University of Alaska Board of Regents which derives its authority from the Constitution and statutes of the State of Alaska. The Faculty Alliance shall carry out its functions subject to the authority of the Board of Regents and the President of the University.

B. Purposes

1. Representation

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To provide official representation for the faculty of the University of Alaska in matters which affect the general welfare of the University and its educational purposes and effectiveness.

2. Consultation

To provide consultation to the President of the University and the Board of Regents.

3. Communication

To serve as an instrument by which information which is of interest and concern to the university system faculty may be freely collected, disseminated, coordinated, and discussed.

C. Responsibilities

The Alliance recognizes the faculty of the individual academic major administrative units as having the primary responsibility and authority for recommending the establishment of degree requirements; implementing the degree requirements; establishing the curriculum, the subject matter and methods for instruction; determining when established degree requirements are met; and recommending to the President of AND the Board of Regents the granting of degrees thus achieved. The Alliance shall have advisory and coordinating role in academic affairs; no action of the Alliance shall abridge individual academic major administrative unit's authority in academic matters.

When issues have statewide impact, the responsibilities of the Alliance may include, but are not limited to, coordination on matters relating to academic affairs such as academic program review; the addition, deletion or merging of academic programs; curriculum; subject matter and methods of instruction, those aspects of student life relating to the educational process such as degree requirements, grading policy, course coordination and transfer, student probation and suspension, standards of admission and scholastic standards ; and faculty welfare issues, including, but not limited to compensation, benefits, appointments, reappointments and termination, workload, promotions, the granting of tenure, dismissal, ethics, and other matters affecting the faculty, the general welfare of the university and its educational purposes and effectiveness.

Representatives shall promote maximum dissemination of information to local faculty governance groups before voting in the Alliance.

ARTICLE IV. MEMBERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION A. Membership

The membership of the Alliance shall consist of three faculty each from the University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska Fairbanks and University of Alaska Southeast.

If issues require special knowledge or exclude members because of bargaining unit status, one or more of the three votes from each campus may be designated to alternate faculty members.

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Representatives to the Alliance shall be selected in such a manner as prescribed by local faculty senates and Council.

C. Term of Service

The term of service shall be one year.

D. Recall of members

Any member may be recalled by the faculty senate by which the member was chosen. The method of recall shall be determined by the local faculty senates and council. That faculty senate shall select a replacement to complete the term of office.

E. Official Spokesperson OFFICERS

ALLIANCE OFFICERS INCLUDE THE CHAIR AND CHAIR-ELECT.

1. ElectionS

The official spokesperson of the Faculty Alliance is the Alliance Chair. The Chair AND CHAIR-ELECT shall be elected by and from the voting membership by a majority vote, with at least one vote from each MAU required.

2. Duties

THE CHAIR SHALL SERVE AS Tthe official spokesperson for the Faculty Alliance. THE CHAIR shall a) preside over all meetings of the Alliance b) represent the Alliance, except that the spokesperson be required to present majority and minority opinions regardless of personal opinion. The spokesperson may delegate these duties to another Faculty Alliance member. THE CHAIR-ELECT SHALL CARRY OUT THE DUTIES OF THE CHAIR IN THE CHAIR’S ABSENCE.

The Chair-Elect shall become Chair at the beginning of the next term of the Alliance.

F. Task Forces

The Alliance may establish task forces independently or in response to requests of the Board of Regents or the President of the University to consider complex system wide issues relating primarily to academic matters or faculty welfare issues. Issues and suggestions of the task force, from whatever source, shall be referred to local faculty senates before action occurs at the Alliance level.

ARTICLE V. MEETINGS A. Regular and special meetings

The Faculty Alliance shall have four regular meetings during the academic year. At least once per semester, the Faculty Alliance shall meet with the President of the University to identify system issues and plan for the coming year. Special Faculty Alliance meetings may be called by the Board

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of Regents, the President of the University, the spokesperson of the Faculty Alliance CHAIR, or on petition of one-third of the membership of the Faculty Alliance.

B. Voting

Voting shall be by simple majority of the full voting membership to include at least one member from each MAU, except for amendments to the Faculty Alliance constitution or bylaws. Amendments to membership rights require a unanimous vote.

Representatives may defer voting pending action by local faculty senates on the issue.

ARTICLE VI. QUORUM

A minimum of a simple majority of the voting membership to include at least one member from each MAU shall constitute a quorum.

ARTICLE VII. PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY

The parliamentary authority shall be the latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order.

ARTICLE VIII. CONSTITUTIONS AND BYLAWS, AMENDMENTS, APPROVAL

A. Constitutions and bylaws

The constitution and bylaws, once passed by the Alliance, shall be transmitted to the President of the University for approval. and to the Board of Regents for action. Copies of the Faculty Alliance constitution and bylaws shall be maintained in the system governance office.

B. Amendments; distribution prior to voting

Amendments to the constitution and bylaws shall be sent to Allliance members and to the local faculty senates at least 30 days prior to the Alliance meeting at which they will be considered. Amendments to the constitution require seven Allliance member votes.

ARTICLE IX. REVIEW AND TRANSMITTAL OF PROPOSALS The review and transmittal of actions from the Alliance shall be done according to Regulation 03.01.010. A. Review

Submission of administrative proposals and issues affecting the statewide university system faculty shall be in accordance with University Regulation 03.01.01. Those administrative proposals submitted in the summer months shall be acted upon by the local senates and the Faculty Alliance by October 15. Proposals relating to faculty requiring immediate implementation for compliance with state or federal law shall be submitted to the Faculty Alliance for review, and may be implemented prior to Faculty Alliance action but do not represent official action until the local senates are involved in the actions.

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B. Transmittal to the President

The system governance executive officer shall submit the original proposal in writing, together with faculty governance input, including majority and minority viewpoint, to the President of the University for information or action.

C. Transmittal to the Board of Regents

The spokesperson for the Faculty Alliance shall present Faculty Alliance views. The spokesperson shall present the minority viewpoint to the Board of Regents if requested by the minority in writing to the spokesperson before the meeting.

ARTICLE X. ACTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF REGENTS A. Action by the President

The President of the University shall, in writing, approve, disapprove, or modify an Faculty Alliance action, and notify the spokesperson and the system governance executive officer within forty-five (45) days of receiving notification of the action by the system governance executive officer.

B. Modifications by the President

The President of the University may modify an Faculty Alliance action if the modification does not effectively contravene or nullify the purpose or principle involved in the action.

C. Disapprovals

The President of the University shall inform the Faculty Alliance of the reasons for any disapproval or modification within one month of disapproving or modifying an Faculty Alliance action.

D. Board of Regents notification and action

Faculty Alliance actions which are modified or disapproved by the President of the University, together with the statement of reasons, shall be placed on the next Board of Regents' meeting agenda for the information of the Board if requested by the Faculty Alliance. At the request of either the President of the University or the Faculty Alliance, the Faculty Alliance action which has been modified or disapproved shall be brought before the Board for action. The decision of the Board of Regents is final.

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ACTIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATION.¶¶ACTIONS OF THE SYSTEM GOVERNANCE GROUPS AFFECTING THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OR SYSTEM COMMUNITY SHALL BE TRANSMITTED IN WRITING TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE RESPONSIBLE EXECUTIVE WITHIN FORTY-FIVE (45) DAYS OF THE ACTION TAKEN. TRANSMITTAL SHALL NORMALLY INCLUDE EVIDENCE OF DIALOGUE WITH THE RESPONSIBLE EXECUTIVE AND A FAITHFUL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE VIEWS OF THE RESPONSIBLE EXECUTIVE AND OF THE SYSTEM GOVERNANCE GROUP.¶¶THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY SHALL NOTIFY THE SPOKESPERSON OF THE SPONSORING GOVERNANCE GROUP AND THE SYSTEM GOVERNANCE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE APPROVAL, DISAPPROVAL, OR MODIFICATION OF A GOVERNANCE ACTION WITHIN 45 DAYS OF RECEIVING THE RECOMMENDATION. ¶¶IN CASES WHERE THIS ARRANGEMENT CANNOT BE SATISFIED, THE RESPONSIBLE EXECUTIVE WILL NOTIFY THE SPONSORING GOVERNANCE GROUP AS TO THE REVIEW PROCESS AND ANTICIPATED DATE THE REVIEW IS LIKELY TO BE CONCLUDED AND ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARDED TO THE PRESIDENT.¶¶B. TRANSMITTAL OF ITEMS FROM ADMINISTRATION TO SYSTEM GOVERNANCE¶¶ITEMS, INCLUDING REGENTS POLICY AND UNIVERSITY REGULATION INITIATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OR THE PRESIDENT’S DESIGNEE AFFECTING MATTERS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF STAFF, FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT GOVERNANCE NORMALLY SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE APPROPRIATE SYSTEM GOVERNANCE GROUP THROUGH THE SYSTEM GOVERNANCE OFFICE IN A TIMELY FASHION TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME FOR ADEQUATE REVIEW AND RESPONSE PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION. IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE GOVERNANCE GROUP WILL PROVIDE ITS RESPONSE ... [1]

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REGENTS’ AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION OR ACTION AS APPROPRIATE AND THE SPONSORING GOVERNANCE LEADER(S) ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUE. SPOKESPERSONS FOR GOVERNANCE GROUPS MAY ALSO PRESENT THEIR VIEWS DIRECTLY TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD PROCEDURES. ARTICLE Xl. HANDBOOK

The Faculty Alliance shall annually submit a directory of Alliance members, a description of the Alliance and how it works, and the annual Alliance calendar to the system governance executive officer for inclusion in the governance handbook. This handbook shall be distributed to the Board of Regents and to the shared governance groups.

ARTICLE XII. REPORTS

The Faculty Alliance CHAIR OR DESIGNEE shall annually prepare a report of ALLIANCE activities. This report shall be submitted to the system governance executive officer for compilation into a single annual report of governance activities for submission to the President of the University and the Board of Regents AS PART OF THE AGENDA FOR REGULAR BOARD OF REGENTS MEETINGS. The system governance executive officer shall ALSO maintain Faculty Alliance ELECTRONIC AND PRINTED communications SYSTEMS. via vax, the vax bulletin board, and prepare system governance news for inclusion in vax and printed newsletters.

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TRANSMITTAL OF SYSTEM GOVERNANCE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS TO THE ADMINISTRATION.

ACTIONS OF THE SYSTEM GOVERNANCE GROUPS AFFECTING THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OR SYSTEM COMMUNITY SHALL BE TRANSMITTED IN WRITING TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE RESPONSIBLE EXECUTIVE WITHIN FORTY-FIVE (45) DAYS OF THE ACTION TAKEN. TRANSMITTAL SHALL NORMALLY INCLUDE EVIDENCE OF DIALOGUE WITH THE RESPONSIBLE EXECUTIVE AND A FAITHFUL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE VIEWS OF THE RESPONSIBLE EXECUTIVE AND OF THE SYSTEM GOVERNANCE GROUP. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY SHALL NOTIFY THE SPOKESPERSON OF THE SPONSORING GOVERNANCE GROUP AND THE SYSTEM GOVERNANCE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE APPROVAL, DISAPPROVAL, OR MODIFICATION OF A GOVERNANCE ACTION WITHIN 45 DAYS OF RECEIVING THE RECOMMENDATION. IN CASES WHERE THIS ARRANGEMENT CANNOT BE SATISFIED, THE RESPONSIBLE EXECUTIVE WILL NOTIFY THE SPONSORING GOVERNANCE GROUP AS TO THE REVIEW PROCESS AND ANTICIPATED DATE THE REVIEW IS LIKELY TO BE CONCLUDED AND ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARDED TO THE PRESIDENT.

B. TRANSMITTAL OF ITEMS FROM ADMINISTRATION TO SYSTEM GOVERNANCE

ITEMS, INCLUDING REGENTS POLICY AND UNIVERSITY REGULATION INITIATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OR THE PRESIDENT’S DESIGNEE AFFECTING MATTERS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF STAFF, FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT GOVERNANCE NORMALLY SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE APPROPRIATE SYSTEM GOVERNANCE GROUP THROUGH THE SYSTEM GOVERNANCE OFFICE IN A TIMELY FASHION TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME FOR ADEQUATE REVIEW AND RESPONSE PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION. IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE GOVERNANCE GROUP WILL PROVIDE ITS RESPONSE WITHIN FORTY-FIVE (45) DAYS. HOWEVER, ITEMS, INCLUDING REGENTS’ POLICIES AND UNIVERSITY REGULATIONS, REQUIRING IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION MAY BE IMPLEMENTED PRIOR TO REVIEW

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The agendas of each regular meeting or special Alliance meeting shall be distributed to the Alliance membership by the system governance executive officer at least five working days prior to the meeting. The executive officer shall submit a written explanation for any exception.

The Alliance chair shall prepare the agenda in conjunction with the system governance executive officer, and approve the final agenda before distribution.

D. Recording meetings

The Alliance and its committees and task forces shall record meetings on audio tape. AND CREATE WRITTEN MINUTES, except for those times when the Alliance meets in executive session. Records of the meeting shall be preserved for at least three years and shall be available to the public upon request.

The minutes of all meetings shall include all actions taken by the Alliance, shall be prepared and distributed no later than thirty SEVEN days after the meeting, shall be made available to Alliance members and the public, and shall be posted on the University of Alaska Internet bulletin board. ALLIANCE WEB SITE.

F. E. Open meetings

All Alliance meetings are open to all members of the university and the general public; however, only Alliance members may participate in the meeting unless the rules for participation in a meeting are suspended by a two- thirds vote of the members present.

G. F. Executive session

The Alliance may meet in executive session at any meeting when the subject to be discussed tends to prejudice the reputation or character of any person, or when the subject under discussion includes matters which are required by law or university policy or regulations to be held confidential. The portions of a meeting spent in executive session shall not be recorded.

E. G. Roll call vote

A roll call vote shall be ordered if requested by one-third of the members present.

F. H Teleconference and video conferenced meetings

Any regular or special Alliance meeting may be conducted by teleconference or video conference.

Section III. QUORUM (Constitution Article VI.)

A. Alternates; proxy voting prohibited

When Alliance members cannot attend a meeting, they shall make every effort to send an alternate and shall advise the Alliance spokesperson prior to the meeting if this is not possible. Voting by proxy is prohibited.

Section IV. PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY (Constitution Article VII)

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A. Voting membership

The voting membership shall consist of three faculty selected by the UAA Faculty Senate, three faculty selected by the UAF Faculty Senate and three members selected by the UAS Faculty Council SENATE. Representatives to the Alliance shall be selected in such a manner as prescribed by local faculty senates.

B. Corresponding with the Alliance

Incoming correspondence to the Alliance shall be addressed and sent to the Alliance spokesperson CHAIR with a copy to the system governance executive officer. All outgoing Alliance correspondence shall be sent with the approval of the Alliance spokesperson CHAIR

C. Task Forces

1. Membership

The UAA and UAF AND UAS faculty senates and the UAS Faculty Council shall nominate representatives to serve on Alliance task forces. The Alliance shall endeavor to ensure that there is at least one task force representative from each academic MAU.

Requests to the Alliance for nominations to task forces established by the Board of Regents, the President of the University, or others within the university community shall be relayed by the Alliance to the UAA, and UAF AND UAS Faculty Senates and the UAS Faculty Council.. The leaders of these groupsshall submit nominations to the Alliance. The Alliance shall forward the list of nominees to the person requesting nominations.

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From: John Roberson III [mailto:asjhr4@uaa.alaska.edu] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 6:16 PM To: Hoanca, Bogdan Subject: We're Ready Bogdan, Seth, Allison and I are ready to present our textbook resolution to the faculty Senate; however, USUAA passed the resolution. We are unable to change it.

John H. Roberson III UAA Student Body President Union of Students/Student Government Phone: 907-786-1206 E-mail: president.roberson@uaa.alaska.edu Fax: 907-786-1302

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RESOLUTION 08-02 “Student Perspective and Ideas on the Textbook Selection Process” Sponsor: Phillip Louie Co-Sponsor: Senator Seth Holtshouser Co-Sponsor: Senator Allison Murrell Date: October 12, 2007 WHEREAS: In the year of 2007 alone, a significant number of states have introduced legislation to

combat the rising costs of textbooks and the unfair practices of textbook publishers. WHEREAS: Studies by the Government Accounting Office of California, California Public Interest

Research Group, and others have shown that the total cost of textbooks alone is about 26% of the total costs of attending a four year public institution.

WHEREAS: Alaska lacks the legislation to ensure that textbook publishers act in a fair manner in

regards to students, college bookstores, and faculty. WHEREAS: We would like to remind the faculty of the options available to them when they are

choosing text books from publishers. These options include but are not limited to: • Not selecting the text if information about the projected lifetime of the current

edition is not made available, • Not selecting the text if information detailing the changes between the current

edition and the previous editions is not available, • Selecting bundled packages only if the bundled materials are of actual pertinent

use in regards to the coursework and only if there is a significant monetary savings,

• Asking publishers and distributors about other available and less costly textbooks germane to the area of study and type of course,

• Requesting the UAA Campus Bookstore sell only a small amount of bundled textbook sets, with the majority of required and optional materials, such as CDs, DVD’s, and workbooks, available as separate purchases,

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Union of Students at University of Alaska Anchorage that we on behalf of all students at the University of Alaska Anchorage request that faculty take these suggestion options into consideration and implement them in the future. This Resolution shall be delivered to Faculty Senate no later than October 31st, 2007. The Assembly has passed the attached legislation by a vote. This legislation required a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Assembly and has been through the Assembly’s legislative process. This requires the President’s signature of approval or veto six days from its receipt.

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Karl R. Wing Delivered by Date Time Speaker of the Assembly Approved John H. Roberson III President USUAA Vetoed

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November 2007

Dear Friends and Colleagues, The highlight of November at UAA is always the Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Shootout. It is a great event for both UAA and the Anchorage community. This year’s attendance topped 60,000 at all of the games combined. It was an especially exciting first Shootout as UAA’s chancellor! The UAA women’s team second championship trophy in as many years inspired us all. The outstanding performance bumped the Lady Seawolves to 5th in the nation among Division II teams. Go Seawolves! Last month I met with the faculty at the School of Nursing and was very impressed with how the School has stretched to meet community needs. Healthcare is a major part of UAA’s future and continued growth. I was recently at the University of Washington School of Medicine-they would like to get satellite locations on board and are considering Anchorage. This could really enrich our program and help our state. The change of season brings some changes in the chancellor’s office. After more than six years serving three UAA chancellors, Denise Burger has been lured away by the Rasmuson Foundation. She will leave UAA on December 14. Tina Rhodes is the new Administrative Manager for the Chancellor’s Division. Pam Cravez is Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Communications. Many of you know Tina in her capacity as assistant to Jan Gehler at CTC, a position Tina assumed in 2001. Prior to joining the university, Tina provided high level administrative support and office management for a biomedical and technology firm and a manufacturing firm in California. Pam is currently an adjunct instructor at UAA teaching Technical Writing. She is the founding editor of Art Matters, and formerly a writer for Senior Voice. Pam has published essays and commentaries in print and radio on a wide variety of topics. She also participated in the editing, writing, and research of several ISER reports as a consultant. An attorney by trade, a writer by passion, Pam received an M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction at UAA. At the writing of this newsletter, I am in Washington, D.C. serving as a committee member of the National Academy of Science’s Computer Science and Telecommunications Board. We’re here to address the challenges in maintaining accurate state voter registration databases. I appreciate the opportunity to represent Alaska on these national forums.

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Q: Community partnerships are more and more important to UAA. How are we helping people learn about UAA’s science programs and how they might affect our businesses and community? The response from alumni, business leaders and community members has been enthusiastic at the first two of three tours to showcase science labs and programs at UAA. Prof. John Kennish lead the tour of the Applied Sciences, Engineering, & Technology (ASET) lab on November 8. We also got a look at the Stable Isotope Laboratory that is dedicated to understanding ecosystem and biogeochemical processes in terrestrial and aquatic systems. One more tour in this very successful series is scheduled on December 7 to learn about how geology is used to study “Water quality issues and Research in Alaska”. If you would like to do a similar series to showcase your programs to the community, call Harry Need at 786-1010 or anhwn@uaa.alaska.edu for more information.

Q: What is happening with UAA’s Project Management Degree Program? On September 21st UAA’s Project Management Degree became one of only 13 (at the time of this printing 14) accredited project management programs in the world. Dr. Jang Ra, Chair of the Engineering, Science and Project Management Department (ESPM) relayed on my recent visit with the ESPM faculty that the 18-month program is completely self-supporting. ESPM has an exciting global distant learning capability. Students in places such as Florida, Korea and Texas can participate in real-time courses through their computers and webcam.

Q: Did the Regents approve UAA’s budget? In my last FAQs I told you we had submitted our budget request to the Board of Regents. I am pleased to tell you the Board approved our request. The Board set the following top three overall priorities for UA’s capital budget: one, repair of UA’s facilities (including roof replacement, electrical and mechanical upgrades, fire systems upgrades, etc. for UAA); two, Phase I of UAF’s Bio-Science Building, and the third priority on the capital projects list is UAA’s Health Sciences Building. The capital budget includes planning money for UAA’s sports arena, an engineering building addition, and a joint library/auditorium at Mat-Su. The budget also includes funding for a student recreation center and the next phase of student housing. The next step, getting the budget through the legislature, will require a lot of support from the community. Your voice can make the difference on whether we succeed. Please take a moment to contact your legislator to urge their support of the university operating and capital budgets.

Did you know that… As of Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 2p.m. UAA Spring 08 registration shows:

• 566 classes have closed full • 740 classes still open have three seats or less available • 8,918 students have registered

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• 93,150 credit hours were registered for As always, thanks for all you do to make UAA a great university. Wishing you well,

PS Staff and Faculty Please be sure to mark your calendar to join me for the staff and faculty holiday gathering on Friday, December 14 at 3:00pm in the dining room at the Gorsuch Commons. A special program is being planned that promises o deliver a few surprises! t

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