Oakland University Senate
Thursday, 12 April 1984
Seventh Meeting
3:10 p.m.
128, 129, 130 Oakland Center
AGENDA
Respectfully submitted by Keith R. Kleckner for the Steering Committee.
A. Old Business:
1. Motion from the Steering Committee modifying the charge and membership specifications for the Academic Policy and Planning Committee (Messrs. Downing
and Moore):
a. Main Motion
MOVED that the Senate approve the following charge and membership specifications for the APPC.
Charge:
1. To recommend to the University Senate regarding academic policies and procedures relating to both graduate and undergraduate students;
2. To recommend concerning any changes affecting the academic organization of the University (i.e. schools, centers);
3. To receive reports on proposed new programs, program revisions, and reviews from UCUI, the General Education Committee, and the Graduate
Council and to advise these bodies on the impact of program innovations or revisions on the University as a whole;
4. To work with the President and the Provost in the development and updating of University academic plans, goals, objectives, role, and mission;
5. To review proposals for introduction or revision of any academic programs in which students simultaneously pursue undergraduate and graduate
degrees and to make appropriate recommendations to the Senate;
6. To receive from the Provost reports on the allocations of resources to the various academic programs and to advise the Provost on the priorities
for such allocations; and
7. To advise the Senate and its committees (UCUI, the Graduate Council, and the General Education Committee) on the University-wide academic and budgetary implications of proposed new academic programs or the discontinuance or major reorganization of existing academic programs as may be proposed.
Membership;
Six faculty-at-large (but not/more than two from any one organized faculty) one of whom shall be chair; one administrative-professional; two students, one of whom shall be the President of the University Congress (or designee); the Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies; the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies; all of the above being voting members. In addition, the following shall be ex officio and non-voting members: The Vice President for Finance and/Administration (or designee); the Dean of the Library (or designee); the Director of Computer and Information Systems (or designee), and the Director of Institutional Research.
b. Amendment (Mses. Scherer and Titus)
Increase faculty membership on the APPC from six to seven.
c. Amendment (Ms. Bledsoe; Mr. Feeman)
Restore the Vice President for Student Affairs to membership on the APPC.
Second Reading: Debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
2. Motion from the Steering Committee modifying the charge and membership specifications for the University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction (Mr.
Splete; Ms. Titus):
a. Main Motion:
MOVED that the Senate approve the following charge and membership specifications for UCUI.
Charge:
1. To recommend to the University Senate academic policies and procedures s concerning undergraduate education and, when necessary, seek advice from "other appropriate bodies concerning the impact of these policies and procedures;
2. To review petitions of exception regarding University-wide undergraduate academic requirements;
3. To make recommendations to the University Senate and to the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies regarding proposed and existing undergraduate programs, including recommendations for program modification, suspension, or discontinuance;
4. To advise the Academic Policy and Planning Committee concerning proposed new undergraduate programs;
5. To cooperate with the General Education Committee in overseeing undergraduate instruction throughout the University;
6. To ensure review of all undergraduate programs in timely fashion and report findings to the APPC and the University Senate;
7. To evaluate ongoing and proposed undergraduate programs for their consistency with University academic policies and mission and to monitor catalog copy to ensure compliance with all such policies; and
8. To advise the Senate on all matters that body may refer to it concerning undergraduate instruction and the general requirements within which the specifics of undergraduate degree programs function.
Membership;
The Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies, who presides as chair and shall also represent UCUI on the APPC; one faculty member from each organized faculty, appointed to staggered two-year terms by the Senate upon nomination by the Steering Committee, each of whom shall represent UCUI to the Committee on Instruction or equivalent group in her/his academic unit; the Director of Academic Advising; and two undergraduate students designated by the University Congress; the above to be voting members. In addition, the following shall serve ex officio and non-voting: The Vice President for Student Affairs (or designee) and the Registrar (or designee).
b. Amendment (Messrs. Appleton and Bertocci)
To revise charge #2, above, to read: "To evaluate and monitor petitions of exception regarding University-wide undergraduate academic requirements
except for general education requirements;"
Second Reading: Debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
3. Motion from the Steering Committee modifying the charge to the General Education Committee (Ms. Eberwein; Mr. Moore):
MOVED that the Senate's charge to the General Education Committee be expanded to read: "To recommend to the Senate general policies and requirements for undergraduate general education, to function as a curriculum committee for a university-wide program of general education, and to respond to petitions of exception relating to that program, in accordance with Senate authorizations."
Second Reading: Debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
B. New Business:
1. Motion from the faculty of the Center for Health Sciences to establish a School of Health Sciences (Mr. Russell):
MOVED that the University establish a School of Health Sciences and an organized faculty of Health Sciences, to be governed by the Proposed Constitution of the School of Health Sciences.
Comment: The Center for Health Sciences, which has been operating since its inception as a not-yet-organized faculty has been growing increasingly more complex in its internal organization and steadily more ambitious in the scope and level of its academic programs. A Commission on the Future of the Health Sciences has been conducting a detailed study during this academic year and recommends that the time has come for elevation from Center to School status. This progression to organized faculty status requires the formal adoption by the Center faculty of a proposed constitution and the ratification of that constitution by the Senate, the central administration, and the Board of Trustees. Therefore, the Center now offers this Constitution (attached to the agendas of all Senators) to the Senate for its approval.
First Reading: Debatable, but not amendable, and not eligible for final vote at this meeting. (In the past school constitutions have been treated as debatable but not amendable. The debate during first reading may lead the sponsor to make corrections and emendations, but the Senate may not itself amend the document. A negative vote on second reading returns the motion, perhaps with specific instructions, to the sponsoring body; a positive vote constitutes approval.)
2. Motion from the Graduate Council to establish a Master of Science program in Exercise Science (Mr. Feeman):
MOVED that the Senate recommend to the President and the Board the establishment of an academic program leading to the degree of Master of Science in Exercise Science.
Comment: Details of the proposed program, indication of its potential audience and effect, and a rationale for its introduction at Oakland University are presented in the "Proposal for a Master of Science in Exercise Science" that is attached to the agenda of every Senator; summaries of the proposal are attached for the information of other readers.
First reading: Debatable, amendable, but not eligible for final vote at this meeting.
3. Motion from the Steering Committee nominating certain faculty members to the Senate standing committees (Mr. Hough):
MOVED that the faculty nominated below be confirmed as appointed to committees and terms as specified:
a. Academic Career and Advising Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1984-86) effective fall, 1984.
Lucinda Hart-Gonzales
Alice Horning
Floyd Willoughby
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1984-85).
Roberta Schwartz (Chair)
Chris Pillow
b. Academic Computing Committee.
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1984-86) effective fall, 1984.
Anne Jaworski
Peter Schmidt
Jerrold Grossman
Gerald Post
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1984-85)
Helen Schwartz (Chair)
Gary Moore
c. Academic Conduct Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1984-86), effective fall, 1984.
Robert Goldstein
Frances Jackson
Anne Tripp
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year 1984-85.
Robert Gaylor (Chair)
Steven Miller
Dean Purcell
Mildred Merz (Alternate)
d. Academic Standing & Honors Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terns (1984-86) effective fall, 1984.
Augustin Fosu
Richard Rozek
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1984-85).
Willard St. John (Chair)
Hoda Abdel-Aty-Zohdy
e. Admission and Financial Aid Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1984-86) effective fall, 1984.
Louis Bragg
Luellen Ramey
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1984-85).
Linda Hildebrand (Chair)
Gary Shepherd
W. Patrick Strauss
f. Campus Development & Environment Committee (1984-86) effective fall, 1984.
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1984-86) effective fall, 1984.
Daniel Fullmer
Harold Zepelin
William Hoffman
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1984-85).
Adeline Hirschfeld-Medalia (Chair)
David C. Housel
g. General Education Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1984-86) effective fall, 1984.
Jean Easterly
Robert Edgerton
Sheldon Appleton
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1984-85)
Jack Moeller (Chair)
David Daniels
Richard Stamps
h. Research Committee
NOMINEES to new two-year terms (1984-86) effective fall, 1984,
Ro Craig Taylor
Jean Braun
Mark Workman
Lawrence Orton
Ronald Tracy
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1984-85).
I. E. Schochetman (Chair)
Bhushan Bhatt (Graduate Council appointee)
Michael V. Riley
William A., Maccauley
i. Teaching and Learning Committee
NOMINEES Co new two-year terms (1984-86) effective fall, 1984.
Harvey Burdick
Virginia Blankenship
Janet Krompart
CONTINUING MEMBERS serving final year (1984-85)
Joan Rosen (Chair)
William Bryant
Jerry Marsh
Procedural Motion: Debatable, amendable, and eligible for final vote at this meeting.
COMMENT: Appointment slates for the Academic Policy and Planning Committee and the University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction will be presented at
the April 23rd meeting of the Senate. The appointment rosters for these committees are a function of motions currently before the Senate
C. Good and Welfare:
Private Resolutions
D. Information Items:
1. The final Senate meeting of the academic year has been scheduled for Monday, April 23, at 1:30 p.m. in the Gold Rooms A, B, and C.
ATTACHMENTS: [Available in the Office of Academic Affairs]
1. Proposed Constitution for a. School of Health Sciences (Senators only)
2. Proposal for a Master of Science in Exercise Science (Senators only)
3. APPC Memorandum (March 22, 1984) on School Status for the Center for Health Sciences
4. APPC Memorandum (March 8, 1984) on MS in Exercise Science
5. Proposal for a Master o� Science in Exercise Science (Summary)