The Citadel Faculty Council Meeting Minutes

I. Call To Order

Chair Mailloux called the meeting of the Faculty Council to order.

II. Attendees (substitutes shown in parentheses)

III. Approval of Minutes from Last Meeting

The draft minutes of the October meeting were sent out prior to this meeting. Comments or corrections were requested. Jane Bishop suggested alternate wording for the sentence related to running the college like a business. A typographical error was pointed out. The minutes were approved with these corrections. Chair Mailloux pointed out Brent Dunahoe is the representative for Naval Science. Faculty Council secretary Elizabeth Connor asked whether council members want comments attributed to specific council members.

IV. Meeting Reports

Chair Mailloux said that at Academic Board, various issues were discussed including faculty pay raises (and the effect on retention), mood and behavior of the Corps, delay of library renovations and clarification of cadet senior status (credit hours, senior privileges) when core course requirements are not met.

At the Commandant’s meeting, various issues were discussed. Incidents of MECEPs not saluting faculty were noted. MECEPS do not report to the Commandant. Guard duty is interfering with academics. COL Mercado said that guard was not an excuse for missing class. The issue of early morning PT was also discussed.

Issues at the Provost’s meeting included discussing the faculty uniform committee that will meet after Thanksgiving break. This committee will be chaired by Associate Provost Bebensee and will explore alternatives to faculty wearing uniform but faculty who wear it will wear it appropriately. Margaret Francel asked about due dates for reviewing the policy and making recommendations by the March 2011 meeting of the Academic Board if the committee did not convene over the summer as planned.

At the Presidential Staff Meeting, LTGEN Rosa said that this year’s Homecoming was the best since he has been president. LTGEN Rosa also said that the state’s budget shortfall has dire consequences for higher education.

V. Procedural Clarifications for GO4

Chair Mailloux explained that faculty Council needed to discuss and vote on procedural clarifications for General Order 4. GO4 governs tenure/promotion of faculty. Please note that voting numbers differ because some faculty council members had to leave after 12 Noon.

PASSED (yes-9; no-0; abstention-1)
Add “must be eligible to serve but” after ‘The faculty member” in line 3 of item 3. A. 5) on page 13. [This section deals with the appointment of a senior faculty member from another school/department to the 3rd year probationary review.  Previously, it said “This faculty member may not currently be serving on the Faculty Tenure and Promotion Committee.” Chair Mailloux will seek clarification of the term “senior faculty member” but at the discussion's end, council agreed that this term was explanatory, not official.l]
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PASSED (yes-6; no-5; abstention-1)
In item 3. B. 1) line 6 of page 14 , replace the sentence, “The candidate must be present at The Citadel during the academic year in which application for tenure is made.” with the following, “During the academic year in which application for tenure is made, the candidate for tenure must not be on leave (leave with pay or leave without pay) and must be fully engaged in his/her normal professional responsibilities of teaching, scholarship, and service.

[same vote as vote for page 13, above]
Add “must be eligible to serve but” after ‘The faculty member” in line 3 of item 3. B. 3) on page 15.

PASSED (yes-10; no-1; abstention-1)
In item 3. D. 1) page 19, replace the opening sentence, “A candidate for promotion must be present at The Citadel during the academic year in which application for promotion is made.” with the following, “During the academic year in which application for promotion is made, the candidate for promotion must not be on leave (leave with pay or leave without pay) and must be fully engaged in his/her normal professional responsibilities of teaching, scholarship, and service.”

PASSED (yes-11; no-0; abstention-1)
--In item 3. B. 7) page 17 before the final sentence, insert the following, “After reviewing all materials and meeting with the candidate if deemed appropriate, the dean makes his/her recommendation in writing.  This recommendation is included in the materials to be sent to the FTPC and is presented to the Provost.  If the recommendation of the Dean is negative, a meeting with the dean and the candidate is mandatory.”
--Item 3. B. 11) on page 18 is replaced by, “The Provost/Dean of the College presents his or her recommendations to the President, who is responsible for making the final decision.”
--In item 3. D. 6)  page 22, before the final sentence, insert the following, “After reviewing all materials and meeting with the candidate if deemed appropriate, the dean makes his/her recommendation in writing.  This recommendation is included in the materials to be sent to the FTPC and is presented to the Provost.  If the recommendation of the Dean is negative, a meeting with the dean and the candidate is mandatory.”

[no vote on this as it just involved pagination]
Item 3. B. 10) on page 23 is deleted, and item 11) becomes item 10).

Faculty Council Secretary Connor reminded everyone that elected council members and designated substitutes are eligible to vote at Faculty Council meetings.

V. Adjournment

Chair Mailloux adjourned the meeting at 12:15 pm. The next meeting is December 9, 2010 in Bond 327.

Respectfully submitted,