Mānoa Faculty Senate Executive Committee
Minutes of February 23, 2009

Mānoa Faculty Senate Executive Committee
Monday – Feb 23, 2009; Hawaiʻi Hall 208
Present: SEC - Crookes, Crosby, Hilgers, Keil Ross, Tiles, Wakayama

A.  Regular SEC meeting

1.  Minutes from 2/9 were approved as amended.

2.  Chair’s report/issues

a. ACCFSC

1)         Donna Tanoue presented an update on the Presidential Search process.

2)         SLO issues; several community colleges are against mandatory SLOs because of possible misuse in personnel decisions.

3)         Discussed proposal to make ACCFSC the official representative of all faculties; UHM’s strong opposition was reiterated.

b. SEC accepted D. Choy’s report on the TIM in Singapore proposal. Klaus will prepare a memo to acknowledge receipt of the report to Dr. Choy.

c. The Study Abroad advisory council opposes the proposal for Study Abroad to report to VCAA.  SEC will review the situation.

d. The appointment of a director of the Mānoa Assessment Office is being negotiated by VCAA and a dean.

e. SEC recommends that the FS representative on APC be from CAPP.

f. Pick-a-Prof: A for-profit company seeks individual instructor grade distributions. SEC will work with OVCAA to sort through possible issues. David will draft a response.

3.         Committee Reports

CFS:

a.                   Will be asked to provide names for the UHM Distance Learning Committee.

b.                  CFS will be providing names for the Student Conduct and Academic Grievance committees.

c.         CFS has made an appointment to the Campus Fee Advisory Committee.

d.         Beth Tillinghast was appointed to the Student Employee of Year Selection committee.

COA:  Discussed the FAR report. The admissions practices of athletes revealed that the difficulty of transfer students catching up with their degree requirements and remaining eligible is a concern.

CPM:   Resolution on Dossier Simplification will be submitted for discussion at the next SEC meeting.

CAPP: Resolution to Establish the Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship will be considered for the agenda for the March 18^th Faculty Senate meeting. As a few SEC members could not receive the attachment that was sent to them, Lei will ask for the proposal to be posted to the UHMFS website.

4.  SEC discussed agenda items for the upcoming meeting with standing committee chairs. Lei will send a reminder and agenda to all committee chairs.

a.         Mary Boland will be providing an update on the VCAA Search process.

b.         Discussion about shared governance memo will be solicited by committee.

c.         Planning for Senate meetings for the remainder of the academic year.

5.  CAPP will offer a resolution on a proposed Certificate in Entrepeneurship.  SEC will ask CAPP to post the very long supporting document at the FS website.

6.  SEC discussed CAPP’s request that the newly created Mānoa Assessment Committee be staffed now. Lei will be drafting a response to reflect the issue of appointing members to the committee at the present time.

7. SEC discussed CAPP’s findings on eCAFE. David will be preparing a response to CAPP to welcome suggestions for improvement.

8. David will be contacting Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa at the School of Hawaiian Knowledge about her offer to hold Faculty Senate meetings at their site.

B.  Regular SEC meeting with Chancellor

1. SEC asked for update on VCAA search.  Chancellor is consulting with BOR and Reed Dasenbrock, recommended to her by VCAA search committee.

2. SEC asked for particulars of A&S “pause.” Chancellor is meeting with A&S deans and A&S SEC to discuss her pause in A&S reorganization.  She noted that the issues around A&S “are not going away.”

3. SEC asked about status of last year’s review of existing UHM committees.  Chancellor will inquire and report back.

4. SEC asked about Chancellor’s plans for next AY. She gives priority to sustainability issues; is looking for opportunities in the many parts of the federal Stimulus Package.  The HI budget situation remains unpredictable. There was a discussion of topics for next semester’s “advance.” Suggestions were to assess the roles and actions of administration and the senate and to see what both sides could do differently.

5. The SEC reflected on information received that the States of Washington and California have already stopped admitting students for the Fall term. As a result, UH could benefit by asking the BOR for a temporary waiver to the non-resident cap set for the system.

Respectfully submitted,
Graham Crookes