FACULTY SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
October 24, 1996

Members present: Ballester, Butler, Calhoun, Greenlief, Irwin, McCoy, Terrell, Yanik
Absent: Payne

I. Call to order:

President Ron McCoy called the meeting to order at 12:05 p.m.

II. Announcements and Remarks:

A. Faculty President McCoy
1. The Senate Executive Committee will not meet Nov. 7 and Nov. 14 due to many members being away at conferences on the 7th and the Board of Regents meets on the 14th.
2. Regent Nolan has been invited to campus to meet with faculty. President McCoy is waiting for her response. It has been suggested that Tuesday afternoon would be a good meeting time for faculty, particularly faculty senators.
3. On November 21, several legislators will be on campus. The faculty may meet with them in the KSTC Room between 10:20-10:50 am.
4. The Board of Regents did not recommend an ESU budget cut of $527,000 which was under consideration because of the decrease in enrollment. The matter now goes to the governor.
5. The Board of Regents took three votes before finally approving the Chronic Low Performance documents submitted by the regents universities. Several regents thought the 4 yr. out of 6 year policy of KU and ESU was not strict enough. Many schools adopted a 3 out of 5 year time frame.
6. The Board of Regents also discussed the need to have training sessions for chairs.
7. President McCoy reviewed the schedule of the Presidential Search Committee. This committee will hold meetings on Nov. 11, Dec. 10, and Jan 9-12 and will submit to the Board of Regents a short list of candidates on Feb. 3.

B. Past President Irwin
Past President Irwin distributed copies of the position paper submitted by his regents committee on the high school requirements for qualified admissions.

III. Committee Reports:

A. Academic Affairs (Ballester)
This committee will probably be voting on a prior approval bill at its next committee meeting. The committee is still studying the issue of concurrent enrollment. A new issue concerning the status of competency exams has been brought to Academic Affairs by the General Education Council.

B. Committee on Campus Governance (Terrell)
Senator Terrell mentioned a membership problem on the Student Publications Board. He is working with the parties involved to resolve this situation.

C. Faculty Affairs (Butler)
This committee is searching for its next topic of action. The committee is interested in gathering information about how travel money is distributed. There seems to be a wide variation across campus in the disbursement of travel money. The committee would like to determine if any guidelines or general policies exist for travel allowances. The committee has also discussed chair evaluations.

D. Faculty Handbook (Greenlief)
This committee continues to make progress on updating the faculty handbook.

IV. Adjournment:

President McCoy adjourned the meeting at 1:45 p.m.

Betsy Yanik
Secretary
Last updated on October 31, 1996.
Provide comments about the text to Betsy Yanik at yanikeli@esumail.emporia.edu.
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