Oakland University Senate
Eighth Meeting
April 20, 1978 3:00 p.m.
Gold Room A
AGENDA
Submitted by George T. Matthews for the Steering Committee
A. Old Business
1. From the agenda of April 13, 1978, Item I. (New Business) motion unamended to raise the credit requirement for the B.S. In Management degree from 124 to
128 (Moeller/Tower)
Second Reading: debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
Comments; Kindly refer to the agenda of April 13, 1978, item I. (New Business) for the full motion.
2. From the agenda of April 13, 1978, item 2. (New Business) motion unamended concerning the institution of a "Z" (auditor) grade. (Moeller/Braun)
Second Reading: debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
Comments Kindly refer to the agenda of April 13, 1978, Item 2. (New Business) for the full motion.
3. From the agenda of April 13, 1978, item 3. (New Business) motion concerning approval of a new Constitution of the College of Arts and Sciences
(Torch/Ozinga)
Second Reading: debatable, not amendable and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
Comments: Kindly refer to the agenda of April 13, 1978, Item 3. (New Business) for the full motion and attached Constitution of the College of Arts and Sciences ratified March 31; 1978.
B. New Business
1. Motion from the Steering Committee concerning additional nominations to two standing committees (Mr. Tower)
MOVED THAT THE FACULTY NOMINATED BELOW BE CONFIRMED AS APPOINTED TO COMMITTEES AND TERMS AS SPECIFIED
FINANCIAL AIDS COMMITTEE
Mr. David Shantz, Psychology, to replace Mr. Thomas Friedman (Biological Sciences) for the second year of a two year term.
CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE
Mr. Keith Stanovich, Psychology, to replace Mr. David Evans (Engineering) for the second year of a two year term.
Mr. Richard Stamps, Sociology/Anthropology, continuing member to Chair for the second year of a two year term.
Procedural Motion: debatable, amendable and eligible for final, vote at this meeting.
Comments: In regards to the replacement of Mr. Thomas Friedman, the Steering Committee wishes to state it was unaware that Mr. Friedman had resigned from the University apologies are offered. In regards to the matter of Mr. David Evans, it is apparent that either Mr. Evans had forgotten or never bothered to discover in the first place, that he had indeed been nominated and confirmed as a member of the Campus Development and Environment Committee (see agenda of April 14, 1977, page eight and minutes of the same meeting which reflect no change in this action). For the past several years the Steering Committee has taken willingness to serve on a committee also as willingness to serve as chair if called to the post. Since membership on a standing committee ought not be a form of involuntary servitude, the Steering Committee recommends Mr. Evans' replacement as indicated in the motion.
2. Motion from the Graduate Council (Mr. Johnson)
MOVED THAT THE UNIVERSITY SENATE RECOMMEND TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROGRAM OF GRADUATE STUDIES LEADING TO THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, EFFECTIVE UPON AUTHORIZATION BY THE APPROPRIATE FUNDING AGENCIES OF THE STATE.
First Reading: debatable, amendable, but not eligible for final vote at this meeting.
Comments:
1. The motion before the Senate is sponsored by the Graduate Council and the Department of Political Science. Mr. Johnson, Dean of Graduate Study will present the motion; Mr. Heubel, Chair of the Department of Political Science will be prepared to answer any questions regarding it.
2. The proposal to establish a masters program in Public Administration (M.P.A.) has the endorsement of the College of Arts and Sciences and has been reviewed and endorsed for presentation to the Senate by the Academic Policy and Planning Committee.
3. The full and detailed proposal may be found in the Office of Graduate Study. Attached to this agenda is a summary (distributed to Senator's only) of the full proposal containing all essential information in shortened form.
3. Motion from the Graduate Council (Mr. Johnson)
MOVED THAT THE UNIVERSITY SENATE RECOMMEND TO THE PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROGRAM OF/GRADUATE STUDIES IN COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE LEADING TO THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE, EFFECTIVE UPON AUTHORIZATION BY THE APPROPRIATE FUNDING AGENCIES OF THE STATE.
First Reading: debatable, amendable,, but not eligible for final vote at this meeting.
Comments:
1. The motion before the Senate is sponsored by the Graduate Council and the School of Engineering. Mr. Johnson, Dean of Graduate Study will present the motion: Mr. Ghausi- Dean of the School of Engineering will be prepared to answer any questions regarding it.
2. The proposal to establish a masters program in Computer and Information Science (C.I.S.) has the endorsement of the School of Engineering and has been reviewed and endorsed for presentation to the Senate by the Academic Policy and Planning Committee.
3. The full and detailed proposal may be found in the Office of Graduate Study. Attached to this agenda. is a summary (distributed to Senators only) of the full proposal containing all essential information in shortened form.
4. Motion from the Steering Committee recommending a special meeting of the University Senate, Wednesday. May 3, 1978 3-5 p.m. under provisions of
Article IV, vi of the Constitution of the Oakland University Senate (Mr. Tower).
MOVED THAT THE SENATE MEET IN SPECIAL SESSION ON MAY 3, 1978, WITH AN AGENDA LIMITED TO DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ENDORSEMENT IN PRINCIPLE OF A SET OF RELATED DOCUMENTS FROM THE UNIVERSITY PLANNING COMMITTEE AND PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT AS FOLLOWS:
1. The Role and Mission of Oakland University redraft of statement dated March, 1978.
2. University Five-Year Goal Statement, 1978 through 1982; redraft of statement dated January, 1978.
3. Summary of the University Planning Document-1978 (1978 through 1993) dated April, 1978.
4. Recommendations from the University Planning Document-1978.
Procedural Motion: debatable, amendable and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
Comments: The planning process, at which the University Planning Committee and associated offices and agencies are new and relatively inexperienced, has turned out to be far more complex and time consuming than even the pessimists expected. The UPC was unable to complete and have duplicated and distributed the UPD-78 (and related documents) in time for the April 27 meeting. Therefore the Steering Committee recommends the special session on May 3, under the provisions of Article IV, vi as noted above.
At the meeting of May 3 (if approved) the Senate will be asked to consider endorsement of these planning documents in principle; That is, granted there will always be in any such planning effort some area, some wording, some commission, some omission to which exception may be taken, does the Senate endorse the general thrust of the document and the plan; does the Senate endorse the general future shape of the University implied by the document?
In order better to participate in the discussion, the President will ask the Provost to Chair the meeting of May 3.
The documents which are in process of editing and printing now, will be widely distributed throughout the University in advance of the meeting and a limited number of the full set of Recommendations of UPD-78 document (which is too bulky for general distribution) will be available in strategically located offices throughout the campus.