The Citadel Faculty Council (FC) Meeting Minutes

I. Call To Order and Agenda - Chair Rudolph called the meeting of the Faculty Council to order at 1100.

II. Attendees

III. Announcements

a. Chair Rudolph reported on upcoming changes to regulations/training/certification on child abuse/sexual assault, etc. for faculty. Specifics will be provided in the near future.

b. Chair Rudolph reported the Faculty Council Constitution was approved by a 2/3 majority of the faculty and the President.

c. Chair Rudolph reminded attendees about School/Department AY 12-13 Faculty Committee replacements – please plan ahead; replacements should be named and present at first meeting for AY12-13 on May 1, 2012. Note: Criminal Justice and Political Science will be split into separate departments next AY and will therefore each have a representative.

IV. Approval of Minutes from Last Meeting - The 3/20/12 minutes were unanimously approved.

V. Business

a. Faculty Manual – The rewrite/update of the Faculty Manual was unanimously approved and will be forwarded to Academic Board. An electronic version of the update will be posted on The Citadel Policies website maintained by Mark Brandenburg.

b. Adjunct Manual – Chair Rudolph explained the Provost asked the Faculty Committee to review all adjunct policies and procedures in the next Faculty Council term, AY 12-13. Chair Rudolph indicated the review would likely result in another rewrite next AY. The recent update of the Adjunct Manual done by the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs was unanimously approved and will be forwarded to Academic Board.

c. Policy on Standing Faculty Committee Electronic Meetings– unanimously approved and forwarded to Academic Board. A question did arise about where the policy should be posted.

d. Faculty Governance – Zane Segle provided an update. He will be contacting Bill Woolsey to determine the information collected during a previous Faculty Council investigation.

e. Faculty Awards Process – Chair Rudolph will brief the faculty about the new faculty awards process at the faculty lunch tomorrow.

f. Faculty Access to Blackboard system functions – This issue was brought to the Council by Lt. Col. Fekula. Chair Rudolph believes most issues have been resolved but wants the issue looked at next term because of the growth in online programs/classes.

g. Faculty/Staff Salary Compression Studies – a concern was expressed that Administration was backing off on a policy to conduct compression studies every 3-5 years. If the issue is not addressed, long-term, Citadel faculty salaries could end up being not competitive. Chair Rudolph indicated the President was aware of some policy confusion. If the issue is not addressed at the faculty lunch tomorrow, Chair Rudolph will raise the question.

h. Future Business (items we won’t have time for at this meeting but may want to address) - Chair Rudolph briefly reminded us of the following items:

(1) Regulations for online courses

(2) Service Requirements for Tenure-Track and Tenured Faculty

(3) IPAC

VI. Adjournment - Chair Rudolph adjourned the meeting at 12:00.

VII. Next Meeting – May 1, 2012, 1100 hours Bond Hall 295 (per the Faculty Council Constitution first meeting AY12-13 – newly elected members should attend)

Respectfully submitted,

Steve Cotter, Secretary