The Citadel Faculty Council
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of November 18, 2004
  1. Professor Bill Woolsey, Chair of the Faculty Council, called the meeting to order at 11:04 in Bond Hall 295.

  2. Members attending: Professors Greim (for Trautman), Hoyle, Woolsey, Lally, Calloway, Hewett, Knapp, Grenier, Politano, McKinney, Crawford, Davakos, Carter, Niksch, Harbaugh, Davis, and Hurran.

    3. Members absent: Professors Mays, Murray, Andrade, Hammond, and Gustafson.

  3. Approval of Agenda. Prof. Woolsey proposed to add "Veteran Students" to New Business. Prof. Politano so moved and Prof. Niksch seconded.

  4. Approval of Minutes. The minutes were corrected to show that Prof. Feurtado and Dean Metts gave the (Academic Board) opposing position on the formation of a separate SEI committee, and then approved as corrected.

  5. Reports
    • The parking report (Campus Affairs Committee) has been postponed until the December meeting.
    • Spring Athletic Schedules (Athletic Advisory Committee). Prof. Hewett reported that the committee has been working to minimize the impact of sports on class attendance. They met with Coach Steers to review the spring sports schedule. The Southern Conference established the schedule, so it is an involved process. Prof. Hewett brought the schedule with her and reviewed, by sport, when student athletes may be absent. The committee will continue to work on minimizing the problem and will develop recommendations. Prof. Hewett said the Provost is reviewing the issue as well. Prof. Woolsey will confer with the Provost.
    • UMSC rank on website. Prof. Woolsey reported that the Provost has agreed that faculty may choose to whether or not to include UMSC rank, but that it will remain in the directory. Instruction to edit listings are at http://www.citadel.edu/faculty_vitae/index.shtml
    • Faculty manual on dean search. Prof. Woolsey reported that Academic Board approved FC recommendations for amending the language on the appointment and composition of the search committee.
    Proposed alternative:
    The Provost/Dean of the College may appoint the chair from among the representatives of the school or else with the approval of the majority of the Faculty of the school and the majority of Faculty Council may appoint from among the representatives from outside the school. The Provost/Dean prepares the charge for the committee and approves all potion announcements.

    • SEI at Academic Board.
      Prof. Woolsey reported that he brought forward the issues of eliminating the gender question and returning original forms to each professor. Academic Board had other suggestions. Dean Metts said it was too late to change the forms for this semester, but that students will be instructed to ignore the demographic questions. Academic Board made the following resolution:
      Resolution regarding gender on SEI
      The question regarding gender on the SEI form will be removed at the next printing of the forms. Until that occurs, students will be instructed not to complete any of the demographic information on the existing forms.
      The issue of returning original forms to professors was defeated on grounds of confidentiality. Dean Metts said that the reason for the transcripts of SEI forms was that CHE did an audit and found that returning forms was unacceptable and SACS agreed.

      It was Prof. Lally’s understanding that such issues were not to be the concern of the Academic Board but of the Faculty Council in general and of the new standing committee of the Faculty Council in particular.

    • Uniform survey. Profs. Politano, Sharbrough, Woolsey, and Lipovsky will be working on a survey.

  6. Old Business
    • Compression adjustments (continued from the October meeting).

    A. Resolution of appreciation.
    Prof. Woolsey reported that faculty members will get letters on Nov. 15 explaining the errors in time of service. The letters were ready earlier, but checks could not be changed, so adjustments will be take place Dec. 1. However, not all errors will be corrected at this point. In light of the gains made in addressing salary compression, Prof. Woolsey proposed the following resolution:

    The Faculty Council of The Citadel commends the systematic leadership to substantially correct salary compression. We greatly appreciate the leadership shown by The Citadel in dealing with a serious long-standing problem in academia.

    Prof. Hurren moved, and Prof. Crawford seconded, to delay the letter until corrections are made. The motion failed with 6 in favor and 8 against.

    Prof. Hewett moved, and Prof. Politano seconded, to amend the resolution to read "continuing systematic leadership to correct all salary compression." The motion carried.

    Prof. Greim moved, and Prof. Hurren seconded, to add a conditional clause "especially after the administrations announcement to correct remaining inequities concerning time of service." The motion carried with 10 in favor and 4 against.

    Revised wording:

    The Faculty Council of The Citadel commends the continuing systematic leadership to substantially correct all salary compression. We greatly appreciate the leadership shown by The Citadel in dealing with a serious long-standing problem in academia, especially after the administration’s announcement to correct remaining inequities concerning time of service.

    B. Plan to go to 100%.

    Prof. Woolsey recommended referring this issue to the Faculty Employment Committee to study and report back. Prof. Crawford made the motion to this effect, adding the charge to examine salary increases for promotion. Prof. Davakos seconded. Motion carried.

    • Gender on SEI.
      To synchronize with Academic Board, Prof. Woolsey asked for a motion to accept the resolution (see section 5, SEI at Academic Board) to instruct students not to compete the demographic portion of the SEI forms. Prof. Politano made the motion and Prof. Knapp seconded. The motion carried.

      Prof. Greim moved, and Prof. Hoyle seconded, to refer the issue of returning SEI forms to the newly created SEI committee.

The meeting adjourned at 12:00PM.