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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES
August 26, 1991

Greg Reed, Presiding

Members present: Peterson, Mayhew, T. Young (proxy), Strange, McConnel, Graber, Phillips, Granger, Williams, Miller, Reed, Wheeler, Fenske, Misra and Quinn.

Reed called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. in University Center Room 202.

1. Phillips raised the issue of Ely Fly's memo on travel, and there was a good deal of discussion of the memo.

2. Reed raised the issue of a consent agenda on non-controversial resolutions, etc., in order to move Senate meetings more quickly along. Reed then offered two potential resolutions, one on faculty selling of complimentary textbook copies, and another congratulating the University's Chapter of the AAUP as the 1991 recipient of the Beatrice G. Konheim Award for Outstanding Chapter Achievement.

On the textbook sales issue, Mayhew strongly recommended that such a resolution be approved. Mayhew then moved same (2nd Fenske). passed without dissent. The resolution will go to the Senate, but will not be on the consent agenda.

The AAUP resolution was considered a consent agenda item and as such will go to the Senate.

3. Quinn then reported on budget matters. The number of full-time employees has been reduced by 295 (to 3044), with the faculty experiencing a 7% reduction. At present, money is being sought (and sometimes found) to increase library hours, reduce the UT debt, and restore promotion raises. A contingency fund (of around 1% of total budget) also needs to be maintained.

4. Reed reviewed the UT presidential search process which transpired this past summer. Members of the Executive Committee had the opportunity to interview the three candidates and did make recommendations to the Board of Trustees.

5. Reed reported on the University's police department study, done this past summer. A summary will be given at the Senate meeting and Chief Ed Yovella will make a presentation to that Senate meeting. Quinn said he has taken the committee's recommendations, has divided them into those that cost money and those that do not, and has instructed others to set up a list of priorities. Reed concluded by saying the campus police force's morale was down this year.

6. Reed reported on the Campus Chest issue. A committee has been formed and is at work, but the campaign this year will proceed as before. There will be, on the other hand, some changes. Quinn reported that the University will administer the campaign itself (instead of United Way), thus saving a 10% service fee. Also, faculty will be encouraged strongly to designate to which organizations their contribution will go. Granger reported that the goal this year ($425,000) will be the same as that of last year. He also reported that contributions by around 30% of the faculty has remained fairly constant over the years, although the monetary totals have consistently increased.

7. Quinn reported on the increased library hours, which cost around $90,000 in additional funds.

8. Mayhew wanted someone to report to the Senate on the UTSI problems which came to light over the summer. She said the two issues of doctoral dissertation committees and consulting policies will arise. Phillips agreed strongly, saying the potential for such problems arising on this campus are real.

Meeting adjourned at 5:03 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by Bruce Wheeler



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES
September 30, 1991

Greg Reed, Presiding

Members present: Mundy, Patton, Peterson, Granger, Mayhew, Phillips, McLemore, Fenske, Graber, D. Lee, Strange, Quinn, Miller, Misra, Wheeler, Williams and McConnel.

Reed called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m. in University Center Room 202.

1. Announcements

Interviewing for the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs win begin in mid- October, and the Executive Committee has been invited to participate and has a reserved time slot to meet with each candidate.

2. Chancellor's Comments

Discussing the Vice Chancellor's search, Quinn said it is planning to bring to campus five or six candidates. It is possible, he said, that the successful candidate will not be able to come until June, in which case an Acting Vice Chancellor would be appointed, since Trahern is determined to step aside in January.

Quinn reported that he has been discussing with President Johnson the movement of some money from the Athletic Department surplus to academic affairs, mostly for the library. Also some student recruiting efforts will be restored. This would be a one-time transfer presently.

3. Update on Board of Trustees meeting

Reed said the Board raised more questions this time than previously. In light of President Johnson's strong comments on conflicts of interest, the Board extended those rules to itself.

4. "Unofficial" Religious Holidays (those not on University calendar)

This issue arose because Reed mistakenly scheduled a Senate meeting on one of these holidays earlier this month. Also a letter to the VPI faculty from that institution's senior vice president regarding that same issue as it applied to students at VPI (the memo suggested not giving exams on these dates). If one counted the religious holidays in Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Buddhism, and Judaism together, there would be 16 such days in September, 6 in October, etc. Reed wanted the committee to discuss only the effects on Senate meetings. After some discussion, it was generally decided that there wasn't a real problem with regard to Senate meetings.

5. Resolutions from SGA & GSA
a. The SGA and GSA have asked the Senate to support their resolutions having to do with requiring certain athletic funds be transferred to academic purposes. David Lee reported that President Johnson did not think it was a good idea to lock the Athletic Department in permanently to a certain percentage of whatever budget (or surplus) there will be that will be transferred. Mayhew spoke for a fixed percentage, but to keep that percentage low. Quinn said he had reservations about both of the students' resolution and some about Mayhew's resolution. After a long discussion of the Athletic Department and the University, Reed said he would ask the Senate's Athletic Committee to write our own resolution. Phillips suggested that the students' resolution not be sidestepped, but should be discussed in the Senate. Reed asked for a straw vote on bringing issue before the Senate for discussion (passed 9-14). It will be discussed at the next Senate meeting. Lee then talked about the "poor fit" between an opulent and well- run Athletic Department running a "semi-professional sports program" and the rest of the University.

b. Reed said there may well be a resolution coming to the Senate floor protesting restrictions on "R' accounts.
6. Bylaws Committee

Peterson brought forward two proposals from the Bylaws Committee, one on the executive committee selection of UT Knoxville representatives to the Tennessee Higher Education Faculty Association (THEFA), and modifying language regarding summer meetings /activities. These proposals will come to the full Senate at its next meeting (1st reading).

7. Planning Committee for SACS

Copies of the draft document are available from Reed. Ralph Norman will be at the next Senate meeting to talk about the draft document.

8. Faculty Morale

Reed asked for comments on faculty mood this fall. Salary equity was one issue that came up, and Quinn said he would like to use 40% of future raise pool money to address that (with 60% for merit). Also on salary equity, the subject of the chairs of excellence was raised. Quinn also raised the issue of position cutbacks and said he was impressed by how the faculty has responded and taken up the slack.

Meeting adjourned at 5:05 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by Bruce Wheeler



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES
November 4, 1991

Greg Reed, Presiding

Members present: Peterson, Fenske, McConnel, Misra, Phillips, Trahern, Conn, Mayhew, Mundy, Graber, Miller, Brenkert, Wheeler, Quinn.

Reed called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m. in University Center Room 202.

Reed announced that Wheeler's replacement as secretary of the Senate will be Sam Jordan of Mathematics, pursuant to the Committee's approval. Approved without dissent.

1. Athletics Committee recommendations (distributed). The committee had several recommendations in place of the student resolutions of how Athletic Department funds would be shared with academic programs (share of priority seating rights, share of priority parking, percentage of funds above costs). Mayhew suggested an amendment requiring the Athletic Department to contribute 2% of its total revenue to academic programs (which presently would be approximately $400,000). It was generally agreed that the full Senate would begin with a discussion of the student resolutions, perhaps moving from there to Senate resolutions which would be like or different from the student resolutions. After some discussion, it was further agreed that the Athletics Committee's resolutions would come to the full Senate where any amendments might be offered. Phillips moved the above (seconded Miller). Passed without dissent. This item will be #1 on the agenda.

2. Evaluation of Administrators report (distributed). This report is coming to the Executive Committee for the second time, after the report was sent back to that joint Senate-Chancellor committee last year. That committee said that its report did meet the charge as the committee understood it and the report is begin resubmitted without change. Graber moved (seconded Misra) that it should be added to the report that, if the report is passed, a committee should be formed to work out the details. Approved without dissent.

3. Joint Resolution on Faculty Representation on the Board of Trustees. Reed reported that he had visited other senates in the system and wondered if a four-campus joint resolution on this matter, passed by all the senates, would be a good idea. He said there was interest on other campuses. At present there is one student representative, which rotates from campus to campus. There was some concern that a faculty member from another campus could not represent our interests. After some discussion, it was generally agreed (no vote) that Reed consult with other senates on the idea of having all four presidents of the campus senates sit as speaking but non-voting members of the Board of Trustees.

4. Consulting Policy Revisited (distribution). This draft policy statement returns to the committee with modifications. Reed explained that it was his understanding that the draft would be distributed for discussion and approval by all four campuses by January 1992. Mayhew moved (seconded Miller) that this statement be brought back to the Senate floor. Miller said she seconded, but predicted that the twelve-month people would vote against. Mundy spoke forcefully against the draft, saying it lacked trust of the faculty. A warm discussion ensued, after which the vote on Mayhew's motion was 4-4, with one abstaining. Reed's vote was nay, thus the draft will not come to the Senate floor. Trahern warned that a systems document was in process, which could go to the Board of Trustees without further faculty input. Mayhew moved (seconded Graber) that the Executive Committee work on the document for the next meeting where the committee would hammer out a document that could go forward to the Senate. Motion was approved without dissent. Next meeting will be December 9. Committee members should submit suggestions for change to Reed by December 2.

Meeting adjourned at 5:08 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by Bruce Wheeler



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES
January 27, 1992

Greg Reed, Presiding

Members present: Greg Reed, Ffrancon Williams, Paul Winistorfer, Ben Granger, Robert McConnel. Richard Strange, John Quinn, Kula Misra, Ray Mundy, Bill Snyder, Glenn Graber, Marla Peterson, Anne Mayhew and Sam Jordan.

Reed called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. in University Center Room 202.

1 . SACS Visit. G. Reed reminded the committee that the visit will occur April 20-22. 1992. The President of the University of South Carolina, John Palms will chair the visiting committee.

2. Committee reports at the February 3. 1992 Faculty Senate meeting:
Committee on Assessment Alternatives
Legislative Committee will present a redrafted version of the resolution passed last year on tax and education reform.
Nominating Committee
Budget /Athletics Joint Subcommittee - report on desirable management of athletic funding.
3. Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor searches. G. Reed reported that President Joe Johnson has announced the Chancellor Search Committee membership. The committee's first meeting will be February 10. Chancellor Quinn reported that the Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs search has identified two top candidates who will meet with the Chancellor-designate when that person is identified. The search for a Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance is not as far along, but will proceed, in hopes that the Chancellor-designate can make a prompt decision.

4. Budget process. Chancellor Quinn believes we have a better idea of where the budget is at this time this year than at the same time last year. The expectation is for a flat budget or. perhaps, for a small increase. Faculty raises are expected to be tied closely to raises for all state employees. No definite budget information is expected for some time. G. Reed raised the possibility of establishing a broad-based committee that could advise quickly about budget matters. The committee might consist of the Senate Budget Committee together with additional knowledgeable individuals. Cuts made last year were expected to be temporary. If cuts must be longer-term ones, then is could be helpful to have more faculty involved in the decision process as resource people. The idea of including the chars of selected Senate committees received general approval. The matter will be considered further.

5. Campus Chest. G. Reed reported a number of inquiries and comments concerning a Knoxville News Sentinel editorial which some believe painted the faculty as anti-United Way. The advisability of responding VMS discussed. A. Mayhew recommended and the committee agreed that no response should be made until there can be further discussion about the campaign.

6. Evaluation of Administrators. A joint Chancellor/ Senate committee to work out the implementation procedures is needed. Composition of the committee was discussed. It was suggested that the local AAUP chapter have a representative, that firm deadlines be established for the committee and that administrators who had served the longest be evaluated first. G. Reed will continue to work on the matter.

7. Rotation of faculty representatives on athletic boards and committees. G. Reed asked whether a rotation policy would be appropriate. Chancellor Quinn reported that his staff and others believe it is useful for more faculty to learn first-hand about athletic issues. The committee was supportive of the rotation idea. G. Reed will pursue the drafting of a resolution.

8. New Business.

R. Mundy suggested allowing more time for the next meeting of the committee to discuss the anticipated reports on the study of age discrimination and a proposal coming from Faculty Affairs. He also raised the question of developing an annual survey to assess the attitudes and morale of the faculty.

After some discussion R. Mundy and G. Reed agreed to bring something more specific to a future committee meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 4:33 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by Sam Jordan



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES
February 17, 1992

Greg Reed, Presiding

Members present: Keith Stanga, Marla Peterson, Sharon Patton, Paul Phillips, Glenn Graber, Ffrancon Williams, Kula Misra, Anne Mayhew, David Conn, John Quinn, Robert McConnel, Tamara Miller, Ray Mundy, Greg Reed, Richard Strange and Samuel Jordan.

Reed called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. in University Center Room 202.

1 . The report of the Committee on Age Discrimination and Faculty Salaries was presented by K. Stanga. Inability to measure reliably the effects of the many variables which are involved in determining salaries is a major difficulty. However, data for the entire campus and data for the College of Business were collected and analyzed. The focus was on salary changes in different age groups over a period of several years. Material age discrimination in a legal sense did not appear to exist, but may require further study. Salary compression is another obvious concern. A minority report was presented by R. Mundy to call attention to (1) differences between salaries of associate professors and professors at UTK in comparison to the salaries of those ranks at peer institutions and (2) the "overlap" of senior faculty salaries by junior faculty salaries. After much discussion, there was a consensus that the minority report was not ready to go to the Faculty Senate and agreement that the committee report should go the Faculty Senate for discussion.

2. The Faculty Affairs Committee's proposals for revisions of and an addition to the text of the Faculty Handbook were read by G. Reed. The question of whether the proposals are ready to go to the Faculty Senate was discussed. It was decided that more discussion should occur and Executive Committee members should have an opportunity to read the proposals and to discuss the implications of changes with previous Faculty Affairs Committee chairs.

3. D. Conn discussed the upcoming campus visit by members of the system administration. The Executive Committee will meet with the visitors on Wednesday, March 4, 1992, for forty minutes. Issues to raise were discussed. Possibilities proposed were athletics, plans for changes in the systems administration, the future of the UTK campus and its relation to other higher education institutions, budget emphasis if funding does not improve short- or long-term, and infrastructure problems, such as the condition of buildings.

4. Reed reported that the Executive Committee may nominate three possible commencement speakers. After thinking about the matter, committee members will provide G. Reed with their suggestions within one week.

5. G. Reed distributed minutes of the first meeting of the Advisory Committee, UTK Chancellor Search. It is hoped that interviews can begin in June and a new chancellor can begin in August, 1992. The accuracy of the affirmative action statement to be included in ads for the position was questioned; G. Reed will raise the matter with the committee chair.

6. The Chancellor reported on continuing activities related to faculty recommendations concerning Campus Chest. Equitable treatment of the many agencies remains the goal.

7. G. Reed reported that the joint Chancellor/Senate Committee to Implement Evaluation of Administrators has been formed and will consult with the local AAUP chapter.

Meeting adjourned at 4:58 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by Sam Jordan



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES
March 30, 1992

Greg Reed, Presiding

Members present: Keith Stanga, Carl Pierce, Marla Peterson, Glenn Graber, Bill Snyder, Tom Hood, Ffrancon Williams, Kula Misra, Mildred Fenske, Sharon Patton, Richard Strange, Carol Foggin, John Quinn, Paul Phillips, Anne Mayhew, Robert McConnel, Tamara Miller, Sompon Betz, Roger Nooe, Greg Reed and Samuel Jordan.

Reed called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. in University Center Room 202.

1. Announcements. A. Mayhew presented K. Stanga with a "good citizenship award" for chairing the committee on Age Discrimination and Faculty Salaries.

2. Reed opened the floor to further discussion of issues related to the report of the Committee on Age Discrimination and Faculty Salaries and the related "minority report". After some discussion it was voted that the committee be thanked for its efforts. G. Reed also apologized to K. Stanga and the committee for the handling of its report. Anne Mayhew is to search her files for an old committee report concerning raises and report back to the committee.

3. The proposal from the Faculty Affairs Committee for changes in the Faculty Handbook was considered next. The changes will involve the committee in the faculty appeals process at an earlier stage than the current procedure allows and also will clarify the role(s) of the committee chairperson. C. Pierce raised a number of points about the current proposal in hopes of clarifying duties, processes and procedures. Extensive discussion yielded the decision that the Faculty Affairs Committee should consider Pierce's suggestions before proceeding to the Senate.

4. Reed brought before the committee the recommendation that Sam Jordan be nominated as Faculty Senate Secretary. The recommendation was approved.

5. Other Business: Marla Peterson reported that the Committee on Committee's ballot is ready and most units have elected new senators. Quinn reported that there may be new funds for higher education, but that community colleges are likely to receive a considerable fraction of them. There is no hard information on salary increases. Tamara Miller asked that the Library Committee Report precede the Chancellor's Report and the President's Report at the next Senate meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by Sam Jordan



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES
April 20, 1992

Greg Reed, Presiding

Members present: Carol Foggin, Glenn Graber, Marla Peterson, Robert McConnel, Ffrancon Williams, Anne Mayhew, Mildred Fenske, Kula Misra, Richard Strange, David Conn, Bill Snyder, Ray Mundy, Paul Phillips, Paul Winistorfer, Tamara Miller, John Quinn, Greg Reed and Samuel Jordan.

Reed called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m. in University Center Room 202.

1. Carol Foggin of the Faculty Affairs Committee discussed the latest proposed revision of General Appeals Procedures, which includes a number of changes proposed by Carl Pierce and/or the Executive Committee. In particular, she read a replacement for the first paragraph under item B on page 3 of the document. After the correction of some typographical errors, the document was approved to go before the Senate. R. Mundy proposed a vote of thanks and commendation for the Faculty Affairs Committee and it passed unanimously.

2. R. Mundy reported on national trends in age discrimination and salary compression inversion issues. He distributed copies of news items from around the nation and of the minority report to the Report of the Faculty Senate Committee on Age Discrimination and Faculty Salaries. He encouraged the university to look further at matters concerning all forms of discrimination and proposed that the university's legal staff be asked by the Executive Committee to review the salary structure in all departments where salary overlap in the professional rank occurs for possible age discrimination, and inform Department Heads and Directors of their findings within three months. Mundy accepted a revision to his proposal to have the legal staff report back to the Executive Committee. Mayhew proposed that a member of the legal staff be asked to discuss these matters with the Executive Committee. After discussion of the appropriate request to make of the legal staff, Mayhew proposed a substitute motion to ask the legal staff to discuss with the Executive Committee a review by the staff of existing legal cases nationwide and their interpretation of the age-discrimination law. Mundy asked that a more specific request be made. Mayhew's substitute motion was defeated 6 to 5. The original motion was then defeated 7 to 4.

Mundy then proposed asking the legal staff to review age discrimination cases in university settings and the committee report on age discrimination and then to report to the Executive Committee early in the 1992-93 academic year. Objections to submitting the committee report to legal scrutiny were raised. Further discussion led to defeat of this proposal.

3. Election of two representatives to the Tennessee Higher Education Faculty Assembly in Nashville on May 2. M. Peterson and R. Strange were elected by acclamation.

4. Resolution on committee "answerability." Reed presented a resolution submitted by Kelsey Cook and urged the Senate President to remind Committee Chairs of the importance of bringing substantive issues to the Senate floor for consideration. The committee defeated a proposal to submit the resolution to the Senate.

5. D. Conn, ACE Fellow, discussed some distributed comments from indepth interviews with junior faculty. He noted that some comments are contradictory and also discussed the balance between teaching and research. In particular, he raised the idea of limiting the number of publications that could be submitted for consideration in tenure and promotion cases. A recent survey of 300 faculty at UTK showed overwhelming support of the concept.

Meeting adjourned at 4:35 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by Sam Jordan

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