The Citadel Faculty Council
Corrected Minutes of the Regular Meeting of 06 May 1999
161 Bond Hall

  1. Professor Julie Lipovsky, new Chair of the Faculty Council, called the meeting to order at 11:08am.

  2. Members attending: Professors Taylor, Thompson, Maynard, Foster, G. Williams, Zuraw, Woo, Silver, Ezell, White, Cooper sat in for J. Brown, Pages, Toubiana, Brookshier, Pilcher, McDowell, Hoyle, Lipovsky, Murden

    Members absent: Since I did not yet know the new makeup of the Faculty Council, I could not make a list of the Professors that were absent.

  3. Approval of minutes: Tom Thompson moved that the minutes of the 15 April 1999 Faculty Council meeting be approved. John Murden seconded the motion. The motion carried.

  4. Major Koob reported on his discussion with General Mace about class absences. General Mace was concerned and reported that they were some 5000 to 6000 names behind in reporting absences.

  5. A motion was made and passed that Faculty Council would investigate the possibility of a roll sheet database where faculty members could enter absences directly into the computer.

  6. The VPAA Search Debriefing Document was discussed and it was felt that everything turned out for the best.

  7. Julie reported on the Academic Board meeting. Topics discussed were:
    1. The library journal situation,
    2. The College of Charleston versus The Citadel Master of Arts programs in Computer Science
    3. Post tenure Review - CHE backed off PTR external review
    4. Merit Assessment - CDF has been asked to give The Citadel $440,000 to use for merit pay increases for this year
    5. The merit review needs to be in place by October 15, 1999

  8. A joint task force with the Academic Board and the Faculty Council will be set up to formulate a college wide plan for merit assessment. Faculty Council members were asked to get in touch with Julie if anyone was interested in working on this document.

  9. Performance funding was briefly discussed. The Citadel missed the exceeds category by 2/100 of a point.

  10. The Graduate Council reported that the site visit by NCATE will now be from 19 Feb 2000 through 23 Feb 2000.

  11. The unpleasantness between Education and Foreign Language about the use of classrooms has been resolved.

  12. The meeting was adjourned at 12:00 noon.