Council of University System Faculty
Executive Committee Meeting - CUSF - September 9, 2002 - USM Office
Present:
Drs. V. Brannigan (UMCP), W.E. Chapin (UMES, Past Chair), J.H. Collins (UMBI,
Vice Chair), B. Noonan (UMES, Secretary), D. Parker (SU, Chair), R. Robertson (USM)
Dr. Brannigan reported that
Dr. Sharon Siegel is no longer the a delegate from UMB
Committee Assignments:
See handout – pretty well set.
Dr. Parker will send out
directions by 9/11/02 for September 17th meeting at the UMCP golf
course.
For the first time in a long
time. legislative activities are high on the priority list of the Chancellor
(President’s Council and BOR will be more involved).
At 9/17 meeting – CUSF
will meet as a whole, committees will then meet, make plans and begin to outline
how they will proceed.
Tentative
Legislative
Affairs – Collective bargaining; “liaising” with system efforts in
coordination of being high profile in the legislature.
Faculty
Affairs – Faculty Bill of Rights;
Women in first line administrative positions.
Academic
Affairs – K-16; Student Evaluation of Faculty; Review of Administration.
Administrative/Financial
Affairs – Faculty input into the
budget process; Tuition remission versus fees (definition).
Membership/Rules – Number of FTE faculty and issue about faculty at UMUC.
Members
of committees do not need to be members of CUSF
Members
of search committees do not need to be members of CUSF
External
Meetings
Ed
Policy – Drs. Siegel or Collins
(1/26 at UMBC; 1/29 at UB)
Finance
– Drs. Ron Chenette/Carl Smith
Telecommunications – Dr. Marci McClive
BOR Meetings –
Dr. David Parker
Other:
Matching funds for EC members (Dr. Robertson will look at letter from
Chancellor to Presidents)
CUSF EC will meet with the
Senate Chairs and the Chancellor on October 29, 2002.
BOR is realizing that
student housing and lack of is an issue, particularly in this time of increasing
student populations.