Faculty Council Minutes

Present : Ed Akin (speaker), Lynne Huffer (deputy speaker), Stephen Baker, Steven Crowell, Rebekah Drezek, Tom Haskell, Julia Morgan, Bob Patten, Caroline Quenemoen, Herb Ward. Absent : Marjorie Corcoran, Deborah Harter, Hannah Landecker, Michael Emerson, Patricia Reiff, Mark Wiesner

1. Minutes (Dec. 8) : The minutes were approved.

2. Courses for Distribution Credit Proposal (speaker): The Council reviewed the courses for distribution proposal, which was sent to it by the Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum, and decided to request modifications to address concerns pertaining to the language (mainly, the final determination of courses and designation of deans listing courses). The suggested changes were forwarded to the Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum.

3. Continuing Studies, Liberal Studies Masters Degree Proposal (speaker): Akin pointed out that the master’s of liberal studies degree proposal has been revised to address the concerns that Council expressed in their business meeting Nov. 3, in which Mary McIntire, dean of Continuing Studies, and Ira Gruber, professor of history, participated.

Patten made a motion to forward the Continuing Studies, Liberal Studies master’s degree proposal to the faculty for their decision, and when it is presented in March, enumerate a brief history of the changes made to that document and describe the Faculty Council’s concerns. (Motion carried.)

4. Intellectual Property Policy (No. 333-03) (deputy speaker): Huffer informed the Council that the International Intellectual Property Subcommittee has pointed out their concerns, pertaining mainly to the courseware described in the current draft of the Intellectual Property Policy. Richard Zansitis, general counsel, at Provost Eugene Levy’s request, is forming a working group to make changes to that policy.

5. New Business :

A. Graduate Council, New Charge Proposal, April 2003 (speaker): Akin stated that the Graduate Council has sent to the Faculty Council a proposed change in their responsibilities/charge. (Further discussion deferred to the Feb. 10 business meeting.)

B. Board Study on Athletics (development of questions/suggestions to forward to the Board of Trustees) (speaker): Discussion deferred to the
Feb. 10 business meeting.

6. Adjournment : The meeting was adjourned at 1:20 p.m., with the next Faculty Council meeting scheduled for 11:45 a.m. Feb. 10 at the Cohen House.

Ellen Butler, secretary