UNIVERSITY SENATE MINUTES
March 27, 1969
PRESENT: Miss Attwood, Messrs. Appleton, Atkinson, Butler, Cherno, Davis, Galloway, Hammerle, Hetenyi, Hildum, Iodice, Johnson, Kent, Kleckner, Lowy, Lyons, McKay, O' Dowd, Pino, Righter, Stoutenburg, Swanson, Tomboulian, Torch, Vann, Varner, Williamson, Witt, Yennior.
ABSENT: Black, Briod, Cafone, Clarke, Dutton, Fernald, Gerulaitis, Gibson, Hahn, Harding, Hoopes, Linsalata, Matthews, Mittra, Pitts, Schwab, Simmons, Susskind, Mrs. White.
GUESTS : Approximately 20 guests were present.
Chancellor Varner called the meeting to order at 3:55 p.m.
Chancellor Varner discussed the announcement and provided background information on Dr. Walter Adams, the new acting President of Michigan State University.
Mr. O'Dowd moved to accept the minutes of March 6, 1969. Seconded by Mr. Williamson. Approved.
NEW BUSINESS
Mr. Tomboulian moved the recommendation of the Graduate Study Committee that "the President and the Board of Trustees should be requested to approve the offering of the new degree programs described in the following two motions:
a. The School of Education is authorized to offer a program leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Teaching in Special Education (Concentration: Emotionally Disturbed Children). The program leading to this degree may be implemented as soon as feasible."
Seconded by Mr. Butler.
c. "The Department of History is authorized to offer a program leading to the degree of Master of Arts in History and Master of Arts in the Teaching of History. The programs leading to these degrees may be implemented as soon as feasible."
Seconded by Mr. Hetenyi.
Final action on these motions will be taken at a subsequent meeting.
Mr. Tomboulian moved the recommendations of the Graduate Study Committee that "the President and the Board of Trustees should be requested to approve the offering of the new degree programs described in the following two motions:
a. The College of Arts and Sciences is authorized to offer a program leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Science under the sponsorship of an interdepartmental committee consisting of representatives from the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics. The program leading to this degree may be implemented as soon as feasible."
Seconded by Mr. Kleckner.
b. The School of Engineering is authorized to offer a program leading to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Engineering (Concentration: Systems Engineering). The program leading to this degree may be implemented as soon as feasible."
Seconded by Mr. Hammerle.
Final action on these motions will be taken at a subsequent meeting.
Mr. Lowy moved the recommendation from the Academic Policy Committee that "the criteria for the admission of a student to the Honors List in the category of Student of Distinction be amended to read as follows: Grade Point Average of 3.0 or higher, and not a University Scholar or Student of Great Distinction. A student must have taken and completed 12 or more credits, with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher and with no grade below 2.0."
Seconded by Mr. Hetenyi.
Final action on this motion will be taken at a subsequent meeting.
Mr. Lowy moved the recommendation from the Academic Policy Committee that
"the general qualifications applicable to all categories on the Honors List be amended to read as follows: In order to qualify for the Honors List, a student must have received numerical grades in twelve or more credits of academic work. Any student who has received a grade of U in any course is not considered for the Honors List."
Seconded by Mr. Hetenyi.
Mr. Atkinson moved to amend the motion by adding, after the letter U in the second sentence, "or I."
Seconded by Mr. Righter.
Final action on this amendment and motion will be taken at a subsequent meeting.
Mr. O'Dowd moved the recommendation from the Tenure and Appointment Policy Committee that
"Professional Library staff members be awarded faculty appointments at the standard academic ranks and they be included in the Tenure System.
Seconded by Mr. Cherno
Final action on this motion will be taken at a subsequent meeting.
Mr. O'Dowd moved the recommendation from the Tenure and Appointment Policy Committee that
"the Library shall be constituted as an organized faculty within one year of the approval by the Board of Trustees of the extension of faculty status to Professional Library staff members."
Seconded by Mr. Cherno.
Final action on this motion will be taken at a subsequent meeting.
Mr. O'Dowd moved the recommendation from the Tenure and Appointment Policy Committee that "the Rules of Tenure be changed by adding the following section:
B) Assistant Professor
Additional item:
6) A member of the Professional Library staff who has completed a standard series of non-tenured appointments as described in paragraph A and sections 1) through 5) of paragraph B above, may be granted tenure as an Assistant Professor and need not be promoted to Associate Professor."
Seconded by Mr. Cherno.
Final action on this motion will be taken at a subsequent meeting.
Mr. O'Dowd moved the recommendation of the Tenure and Appointment Policy Committee that "an additional item be added to the Assistant Professor section of the Rules of Tenure to safeguard the interests of faculty members. The new section is as follows:
Assistant Professor
Additional item:
7) When there is a time gap between the date of tenure decision and the effective date of promotion of a faculty member who has completed a standard series of non-tenured appointments as described in paragraph A and sections 1) through 5) of paragraph B above, he may be granted tenure as an Assistant Professor."
Seconded by Mr. McKay.
Final action on this motion will be taken at a subsequent meeting.
Mr. O'Dowd moved the recommendation of the Tenure and Policy Committee that "the rules of tenure be amended to authorize officially the use of visiting appointments.
E) Visiting Appointments
A person may be appointed through normal channels at the rank of Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor as a Visiting Faculty member for a mutually agreeable term of appointment. Visiting appointments are not subject to the Tenure Rules and ordinarily should be offered only for periods of one year or less."
Seconded by Mr. Hetenyi.
Final action on this motion will be taken at a subsequent meeting.
Mr. McKay moved the recommendation of the Academic Standing and Honors Committee that "The standards and procedures presented in the document entitled, "Procedures in Cases of Student Academic Violations," submitted by the Academic Standing and Honors Committee in March, 1969, is accepted and will henceforth serve as official University Policy."
Seconded by Mr. Iodice.
Mr. Hetenyi moved to amend the motion by deleting the period and adding the words "for undergraduate students." at the end of the motion.
Seconded by Mr. Lowy.
Final action on this amendment and motion will be taken at a subsequent meeting.
Mr. O'Dowd reported the activities of the Steering Committee.
Mr. Vann asked the Steering Committee to review the procedure used in electing members to the University Senate. He then requested that the Election Committee hold the ballots of the recent Senate election for review and study by an objective person (Mr. Casstevens) in order to determine the results of the balloting when different systems of counting are used.
Mr. Hammerle moved that the meeting be adjourned. Seconded by Mr. Vann.
Approved 5:30.p.m.
Submitted by
H. N. Stoutenburg, Jr.
Secretary
University Senate