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University Senate (Faculty Senate) records Minutes (Records) Universities and colleges -- Faculty University of Kentucky University Senate (Faculty Senate) meeting minutes, April 8, 1974 text University of Kentucky University Senate (Faculty Senate) meeting minutes, April 8, 1974 1974 1974-04-08 2020 true xt7r4x54jg6g section xt7r4x54jg6g ‘4 MINUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY SENATE, APRIL 8, 1974 3752 The University Senate met in regular session at 3:00 p.m., Monday, April 8, 1974, in the Court Room of the Law Building. Chairman Smith presided. Members absent: Lawrence A. Allen, Lyle N. Back, Harry Barnard*, Charles E. Barnhart, Robert P. Belin*, Ben W. Black, Peter P. Bosomworth*, Robert N. Bostrom*, Garnett L. Bradford*, John M. Bryant, Joseph A. Bryant, John L. Butler*, Jamie Chase*, Alfred L. Crabb, M. Ward Crowe, T. Z. Csaky*, Donald F. Diedrich*, Bette J. Dollase*, Anthony Eardley, Roger Eichhorn*, Claude Farley, Elizabeth Finkenstaedt*, Juanita Fleming, Thomas R. Ford, Lawrence E. Forgy*, Michael B. Freeman*, James E. Funk*, Art Gallaher, John G. Gattozzi*, Milton E. Gellin*, Richard E. Gift*, Ward 0. Griffen*, George W. Gunther, Jack E. Hall, Joseph Hamburg, Holman Hamilton*, J. Merrell Hansen*, George W. Hardy, Virgil W. Hays*, Ron Hill*, Nancy Holland*, Raymond R. Hornbacx, Raymon D. Johnson*, John J. Just*, William F. Kenkel, James B. Kincheloe*, Don Kirk— endall*, Walter Langlois, David L. Larimore*, Robert L. Lester*, Albert S. Levy, Donald R. March*, Susan A. McEvoy*, Marion E. McKenna*, Michael P. McQuillen*, William G. Moody*, Alvin L. Morris*, Vernon A. Musselman, Paul Oberst, Elbert W. Ockerman*, Blaine F. Parker*, Harold F. Parks*, Doyle E. Peaslee, Carl Peter*, Jean Pival, William K. Plucknett*, James A. Prestridge*, Donald A. Ringe*, Wimberly C. Royster, Robert W. Rudd*, D. Milton Shuffett*, Otis A. Singletary*, David Spaeth*, Robert H. Spedding, Earl L. Steele, Marjorie S. Stewart, Andy Strickland, Louis J. Swift*, William C. Templeton*, Paul A. Thornton, Jacinto J. Vasquez*, John N. Walker*, M. Stanley Wall, Daniel L. Weiss*, Paul A. Willis, Miroslava B. Winer*, Ernest F. Witte*, Fred Zechman*. The minutes of the regular meeting of March 11, 1974 were approved as circulated. Chairman Smith made the following remarks to the Senate: There are a number of matters to report to you from the Council Office. The first, of course, is to remind you that there will be a called meeting of the Senate on Monday, April 22, 1974, here at 3:00 o'clock, the usual meeting time. The agenda will include the annual report from the Ombudsman, the annual committee reports which will be circulated and you will have the opportunity to query the chairmen of the standing committees. There are a number of circulations, some of which we have on the agenda today, although we doubt that we will get to them, which will be forthcoming in the near future. Another action which I might report to you is that the Committee on Admissions and Academic Standards was asked to explore two issues: one, the question of the 120 hour bachelor's degree, or first degree; and two, the status of SAT—ACT admissions tests. The Committee established sub- committees and conducted these studies. It has come to the conclusion, at the present time, that there is no particular benefit to be gained by having the Senate or the Senate Council continue to pursue the question of 120 hours for every degree. Their investigation shows that most of the degrees in most of the colleges are either 120 degree hours already or for those that are not, there are reasonably good reasons why they are not; for example, Colleges of Engineering, Pharmacy, etc. The question was raised about the use of ACT or SAT tests as admission documents. After having received considerable testimony examining various documents and reports, it was the conclusion of the Admissions and Academic Standards Committee that we continue to use the ACT tests the way we do now but it *Absence explained Minutes of the University Senate, April 8, 1974 — cont would be desirable to make an inclusion in our Catalog noting that students who do not have them or who had already taken the SATs may submit these. This will be taken care of so that there will be no “£5 action forthcoming on these items. ‘ In addition, the Senate Council has been engaged in a number of other activities and I might report them to you briefly. We dealt with a document which has been circulated to you which attempts to deal with i the ”not in class" problem. The University has a problem in which students sign up during advance registration, occasionally even show up and pay ‘ their bill, show up on class rolls, but are simply never there. We have ‘ great difficulty in finding them, getting them off the rolls, etc. In ; some cases, because they are there and they never show, they are given ‘ Es, Ws, etc. so we have some Rules changes coming attempting to address flmtpnwlmn We received a report from the Academic Facilities Committee dealing with a number of matters all of which have been handled in a manner ‘_ satisfactory to everybody without coming to the floor. They ran the €3§ gamut from bicycle paths to input on new buildings, etc. and all of 3 these matters are being dealt with in a fairly successful fashion. The Senate Council had two meetings of a fairly lengthy nature, one of them with Dr. Zumwinkle, Jack Hall, Dr. Ockerman, relating to the question of the confidentiality of student records, particularly in the residence halls. The meetings were fruitful; we are making progress; and some guidelines are being prepared in those areas attempting to guarantee further improved confidentiality of student records; and when that activity is finalized, it will be publicized and circulated to you. ‘ The Council also met with Vice President Cochran. We spent some 1 time discussing the question of associate degrees, certificate programs, and other activities of an academic nature which are less than the conventional four-year degree graduate programs that we normally deal with within the University System; and we are continuing to explore that general area. 6%3 Two other activities the Council has embarked upon which may be i of interest to you are the establishment, in conjunction with the Under- graduate and Graduate Councils, and activation of a joint study group to deal with various recommendations, generally known as Standard Nine of the Southern Association, dealing with extension credit, residence credit, and other matters. This will be a major item of business probably the first thing in the fall. We have also requested the Academic Programs Committee to assume, and it has done so, responsibility for some very broad questions dealing with the question of the definition of "programs", not in the most limited sense, but in the broadest sense. In this context that Committee and the Council Office are working jointly with the Budget Office, with the Planning Commission headed by Dr. Paul Sears, and others to attempt to , provide a comprehensive perspective which will allow all of us to deal lA with and discuss matters in a common context. It is one of those mechanical things which is a great deal of work which, hopefully, will be of great benefit but which somehow does not come on looking as spec- tacular; nevertheless it is very important. 4‘31 V Minutes of the University Senate, April 8, 1974 — cont 3754 This is the sum and substance of what has been going on in the Senate Council Office with one exception. As most of you know, there is a Recognition Dinner this evening honoring those people retiring from the University. There are approximately 300 people attending that dinner and the Council Office in the person of Ms.Cindy Todd has assumed a fantastic burden of making reservations, getting certificates prepared and a whole lot of work that has to be done by somebody somewhere. I would like to say on my behalf, Cindy, that we appreciate it. You don't get too much recognition around here sometimes. Ms.Todd was accorded a round of applause. The Chairman stated that he would like to review two matters before em— barking on the next item on the agenda, the Krislov Report, with the hope that they would expedite action on that Report. The first matter is the parliamentary situation. There are 10 Recommendations in the Krislov Report. They will be handled individually. I will call on the Secretary of the Senate Council who will move, on behalf of the Council, Whatever the motion in the circulation says. That will place the main motion, which is the Recommendation substantially as circulated and discussed in the past, with some changes, on the floor. Under the Rules of the University Senate we can circulate with the item amendments submitted in writing signed by two or more Senators; in several cases we have several amendments. The assumption that is made at this point is that the amendments have been received and are placed on the floor, and I will so announce, in the order in which we received them; therefore, the Secretary will move a motion, I will then announce that Amendment 1 is on the floor and is the item of business and we will immediately be discussing Amendment 1 of whatever Recommendation we are dealing with. At that point there are then two levels of motion on the floor —— the main motion and an amendment. You can only have one other amendment——a second rank amendment —u and that is an amendment to the amend— ment. So until we complete all of the circulated written amendments, it is not possible to have another first rank amendment to the main motion so until we get through with the amendments with each Recommendation, we will be talking about the amendments one at a time, and amendments to the amend— ments. Since we can never have more than two ranks of motions on the floor, in addition to the main motion, we can never have more than one more motion from the floor before we vote until we get through all the amendments to that particular recommendation and back to the main motion. There are two other items of concern. One is what is known as "the question", "the previous question". In a parliamentary sense, a member of this body yelling "question" or standing up and being recognized and saying ”question" is simply a request from that Senator that the Chair get on with it and try to get a vote. If you wish to cut off debate, cloture, Stop debate, and vote on the motion on the floor, what you have to do is one of two things: in the older sense you "move the previous question". If you don't know what that means, there is a much better way of doing it and one that is recommended and that is to say "I move that we vote immed— iately". If that is moved and if it is seconded, it is a non—debatable motion. All we do is vote. It takes a two-thirds vote to pass. If that vote passes, there is no further debate and we immediately vote on the motion on the floor. Technically, there is only one motion in there that cc: Minutes of the University Senate, April 8, 1974 — cont you vote on. If you want to move to vote immediately on second rank amendment, we vote on that and then we go back to talking on the first rank amendment. If you want to vote on everything that is on the floor at the moment, you have to move to do that. I would suggest that you may not want to do that in most cases. Roll call votes, under the Rules 2f the University Senate, can be directed by the Chair or require a vote of 25 per cent of the members present and voting. I have received requests from a number of people present to speak and to make some clarifying comments and I will try and insert them as we go along. The Chairman called on Ms. Constance Wilson, Secretary of the Senate Council, who moved to submit the following recommendation to the President for trans— mission to the Board of Trustees for inclusion in the Governing Regulations X—B.2 and for inclusion in the Administrative Regulations II 1.0—1. Recommendation: (1) The applicability of prior work to the tenure criteria at the Univer- sity of Kentucky shall be carefully reviewed on an individual basis by the prospective faculty member, the department chairman and the dean. The following questions shall be examined: a) Did the institution of prior service have similar expectations regarding formal criteria for promotion and tenure as those which prevail at the University of Kentucky? b) Were teaching and service loads at the institution of prior service arranged in order to assure faculty members adequate time for investigation and scholarly or creative productivity? c) Were the measurable achievements of the institution of prior service such that they part of the achievements to be evaluated by Kentucky in consideration for promotion and faculty member at the should be counted as the University of tenure? d) Did the faculty member utilize the same knowledge and skills and have the same career goals at the institution of prior service which he will be applying at the University of Kentucky? e) Does employment at the University of Kentucky involve a change of career and, therefore, a change in the expectations which should be placed upon measurable achievements within a particular period of time? (2) In all cases where a period of prior service of a prospective faculty member involves significantly different institutional objectives or signifi— cantly different professional activity, all or part of the period of prior service may be eliminated from consideration in determining the period of review for tenure at the University of Kentucky. (3) Where it has been determined that all or part of the prior service shall be eliminated, a specific period of employment prior to tenure review shall be agreed on and a specific date for review stipulated in > Minutes of the University Senate, April 8, 1974 — cont 3756 , writing by the faculty member, the department chairman, the dean and a a committee composed of the Chairmen of the Area Committees before being figh reported to the appropriate vice president at the time of the faculty 7' member's initial appointment. Amendment (1), submitted by Professors Wagner and Goldman, became the next { order of business, and reads as follows: (1) It is moved that Recommendation 1 be amended in item (1) above, line 4, to read: ". . .department chairmen, a Committee composed of the Chairmen of the Area Committees, and the dean." Add next sentence: 1 "Normally, the review by a Committee composed of the Chairmen of the Area Committees should be made as early as possible in the consideration of an applicant, preferably before and/or during the interviewing pro— cedure." The Chairman made the following remarks at this point: 6&5 This amendment and the second amendment which follows it deal with the question of where there is going to be a committee which does some 5 review. The main motion also includes a statement as to where there is a committee which will do some review. At the present time in the main motion that review is in paragraph (3) and is done after somebody is hired. If you pass amendment (1), and (2), you will then have a committee which is contacted informally early in the hiring procedure and is also contacted for formal approval after the hiring is done. In other words, the amend— ments are such that you could have any possibility. You can have review ‘ at the beginning of the hiring period and not at the end; you can have ; review at the end and not at the beginning; you can have review at both; and you can wipe it out and have review at none. So the amendments are set up to give you all the possibilities. At this poiht in the meeting Dr. Joseph Krislov rose to make the following correction of a statement he had made in the Senate meeting of March 11, 1974: @flh I would like to take the floor to correct a statement that I made ‘i regarding the review procedure. I think it is of some consequence. \ The question that was addressed to me was how this review procedure came into the proposal. I indicated correctly that the ad_hgg committee had voted five to four against it. It then went to the Senate Council. There was considerable discussion of the review procedure in the Council, largely following the AAUP suggestion of a review. We then discussed ‘ this with the President and I think I indicated that the review procedure came in, largely because of the President's interest in it. That is not accurate. I have discussed it with the President. Although we spent a good deal of time talking about this, he has indicated that he does not wish to be counted on either side of the issue and he would like you to make your decision uninfluenced by any predilection of his. I apologize d for the error and if I have mislead any of you, I again state that the President has not taken a position on this and I would urge you to consider A Chairman Smith stated that two additional amendments had been received after the circulation of the March 22, 1974 Krislov Report with its amendments; namely, “ it solely and completely on its merits. ’i 3757 Minutes of the University Senate, April 8, 1974 — cont an additional amendment to Recommendation 1 and an additional amendment to Recommendation 3; that these two additional amendments were handed to Senators as they entered the meeting, and that he would interject them at the pertinent places as the consideration progressed. By a hand count of 46 to 42 the Senate approved amendment (1) to Recommendation 1. That paragraph as amended and approved now reads: (1) The applicability of prior work to the tenure criteria at the University of Kentucky shall be carefully reviewed on an in— dividual basis by the prospective faculty member, the department chairman, a Committee composed of the Chairmen of the Area Committees, and the dean. Normally, the review by a Committee composed of the Chairmen of the Area Committees should be made as early as possible in the consideration of an applicant, preferably before and/or during the interviewing procedure. Amendment (2), submitted by Professors Wagner and Goldman, became the next order of business and reads as follows: (2) It is moved that Recommendation 1 be amended in item (3), lines 5—6, by deleting the following: ". . .and a committee composed of the Chairmen of the Area Committees . . ." Chairman Smith remarked that this proposed amendment would have the effect of placing the review on an informal basis in paragraph (1) of Recommendation 1 and if the Senate deleted the wording as proposed in amendment (2), there would be no formal review later on. The Senate then voted to approve amendment (2) to delete ". . .and a committee composed of the Chairmen of the Area Committees . . ." from item (3). Item (3) as amended now reads: (3) Where it has been determined that all or part of the prior service shall be eliminated, a specific period of employment prior to tenure review shall be agreed on and a specific date for review stipulated in writing by the faculty member, the department chairman, and the dean before being reported to the appropriate vice president at the time of the faculty member's initial appointment. The amendment on the floor became amendment (3) submitted by Dr. Goldman and Mr. Damon Harrison, to add a paragraph (4) to Recommendation 1 to read: (4) In the case of (2) above, the faculty member shall, for one year from.the date of the contract of appointment, have the right to reinstate all or part of the period of prior service which was eliminated from consideration in determining the period of tenure review. Such reinstatement must be by a signed letter to the dean submitted through the department chairman. Dr. Bruce Westley rose to speak in opposition to amendment (3). He stated that it was the AAUP Chapter that raised the question of whether the faculty approved of paragraph (1) of the Krislov Report and at the same time they had the opportunity to check with the national office about this. He stated that what was stressed in their conversations with the national office was that an early determination be made of the maximum number of years of probation that would Minutes of the University Senate, April 8, 1974 — cont 3758 be allowed, that it be stated in writing, and that it be arrived at at the earliest possible moment. He stated that approval of amendment (3) to add the additional paragraph (4) would prohibit this and he did not think the national office would smile on this action. Dr. Goldman responded that the proposed amendment did not, in any way, affect the fixing of the maximum probationary time; that what it would do is give the professor, during his first year here, an opportunity to reduce the amount of probationary time; that it could be reduced but not lengthened and that the lengthening is the action that must be of the most concern to the national office. Question was asked of whether the faculty member would have to justify a change of mind. The Chairman responded with a ”No." Dr. Reedy asked how many times during that first year the individual would be allowed to change his mind. The Chairman responded "Presumably once"; that one would have the right to reinstate all or part of the period of prior service but that once it is reinstated, it is reinstated; that he had already had the option once of ESE having it count and that being wishy-washy would be prohibited. By a hand count of 51 to 50 the Senate voted to disapprove the inclusion of the additional paragraph (4) in Recommendation #1. The amendment on the floor became amendment (4) submitted by Doctors Gabbard and Cox and received after the circulation of March 22, 1974, to wit: Move to amend paragraph (3) by deleting the words ". . . and reviewed by a committee composed of the Chairmen of the Area Committees. . ." Since the substance of this motion was the same as amendment (2) which had already been approved by the Senate, Professors Gabbard and Cox withdrew amend— ment (4). Dr. Fletcher Gabbard presented the following amendment to amendment (1) of Recommendation 1, to add: A part of the charge to the Committee composed of the Chairmen of the Area Committees, in performing this review function, shall be to study the necessity for the review procedure within the community of the University of Kentucky. In conducting this study, the Committee should consult department chairmen, and other persons, officials, and groups, as the Committee deems appropriate, to determine if this review function is necessary. By the end of the Fall Semester, 1974—75, the Committee shall recommend to the President of the University of Kentucky as to whether this function shall be continued or not. Question was asked of whether this was a primary or secondary amendment. The Chairman responded that it was a first rank amendment and is subject to an amend— ment to the amendment. Motion was then made to amend the amendment to replace the words "the President” in line 8 to "the Senate". Dr. Gabbard and Dr. Sears, the seconder, accepted this change without taking a vote. 3759 Minutes of the University Senate, April 8, 1974 — cont Motion was made to amend the amendment to change the date from 1974—75 to 1975-76. Following limited discussion the Senate voted to change the date of implementa— tion to 1975—76. The amendment to amendment (1) of Recommendation 1 to add a paragraph, amended twice, now reads: A part of the charge of the Committee composed of the Chairmen of the Area Committees, in performing this review function, shall be to study the necessity for the review procedure within the community of the Univer— sity of Kentucky. In conducting this study, the Committee should consult department chairmen, and other persons, officials, and groups, as the Committee deems appropriate, to determine if this review function is necessary. By the end of the Fall Semester, 1975—76, the Committee shall recommend to the University Senate as to whether this function shall be continued or not. Dr. Sears referred to the words "tenure criteria" in line 1 of item (1) in Recommendation 1. He presented a motion that these words be deleted and the words "probationary period" be substituted. He referred further to the words "criteria" in line 2 and "tenure" in line 3 of item (1) a). He stated that criteria for tenure is inappropriate; that we have criteria for ranks but not for tenure; and that this paragraph could be cleaned up by deletion of the words "and tenure" from the third line of item (1) a). The Senate then voted to substitute the words "probationary period" in the first line of item (1) and to delete the words "and tenure" from line 3 of subparagraph a). The Senate then voted to submit Recommendation 1, as amended, to the President for transmission to the Board of Trustees for inclusion in the Governing Reg- ulations, X-B.2 and for inclusion in the Administrative Regulations, II l.O—l. Recommendation 1, as amended and approved, reads as follows: Recommendation 1: Prior Service Rule (1) The applicability of prior work to the probationary period at the University of Kentucky shall be carefully reviewed on an individual basis by the prospective faculty member, the department chairman, a Committee composed of the Chairmen of the Area Committees, and the dean. Normally, the review by a Committee composed of the Chairmen of the Area Committees should be made as early as possible in the consideration of an applicant, preferably before and/or during the interviewing procedure. The following questions shall be examined: a) Did the institution of prior service have similar expectations regarding formal criteria for promotion as those which prevail at the University of Kentucky? b) Were teaching and service loads at the institution of prior service arranged in order to assure faculty members adequate time for investigation and scholarly or creative productivity? Minutes of the University Senate, April 8, 1974 — cont 3760 c) Were the measurable achievements of the faculty member at the institution of prior service such that they should Ea be counted as part of the achievements to be evaluated by " the University of Kentucky in consideration for promotion and tenure? d) Did the faculty member utilize the same knowledge and p , skills and have the same career goals at the institution of 3 f prior service which he will be applying at the University " of Kentucky? 6) Does employment at the University of Kentucky involve a change of career and, therefore, a change in the expectations which should be placed upon measurable achievements within I a particular period of time? a A part of the charge to the Committee composed of the Chairmen in“ of the Area Committees, in performing this review function, shall mp be to study the necessity for the review procedure within the community of the University of Kentucky. In conducting this : study, the Committee should consult department chairmen, and ‘ other persons, officials, and groups, as the Committee deems appropriate, to determine if this review function is necessary. By the end of the Fall Semester, 1975—76, the Committee shall \ recommend to the University Senate as to whether this function shall be continued or not. faculty member involves significantly different institutional objectives or significantly different professional activity, all or part of the period of prior service may be eliminated from i consideration in determining the period of review for tenure at l the University of Kentucky. - J i (2) In all cases where a period of prior service of a prospective i d 1 (3) Where it has been determined that all or part of the prior ewe service shall be eliminated, a specific period of employment 1 prior to tenure review shall be agreed on and a specific date 1 for review stipulated in writing by the faculty member, the department chairman, and the dean before being reported to the V appropriate vice president at the time of the faculty member's initial appointment. 1 The Chairman called on Ms. Wilson who moved to submit the following recom— i mendations to the President for inclusion in the Administrative Regulations or M: other appropriate implementation. ‘ Recommendation: (1) The following guidelines are suggested for faculty files to be main— f tained jointly by the Chairman and the individual faculty member, because 4. , all considerations of promotion and tenure require thorough documentation 7 of the faculty member's record of pertinent activities in the University Q. j as well as all relevant actions involving the individual's faculty status. H i a) A statement specifying whether the chairman has or has not recommended the faculty member for tenure or promotion. Minutes of the University Senate, April 8, 1974 — cont . b) All correspondence between chairman and faculty member concerning appointment or faculty status. c) A curriculum vitae which shall be updated at least annually. d) Copies of publications and published reviews or letters concerning publications. I \ R e) Copies of faculty performance reviews. This file shall be available to the faculty member, except for letters of [ recommendation and written judgments obtained under conditions of confidentiafiwfi Amendment (1), submitted by Professors Westley and Tipton, became the next order of business and reads as follows: (1) It is moved to amend by replacing the word "suggested" with ‘ the word "established" in item (1), line 1. The Senate approved this amendment. Amendment (2), submitted by Professors Westley and Tipton, became the next order of business and reads as follows: (2) It is moved to amend by replacing the word "chairman" with the word "department" in subparagraph a), line 1. Chairman Smith stated that the Senate Council had disapproved this proposed amend- l ment because it is inconsistent with the phraseology in the remainder of the Governing Regulations; that the Chair had suggested to Professor Westley that he might wish to withdraw this amendment. Professors Westley and Tipton indicated they were agreeable to withdrawing this amendment and it was so done. Amendment (3), submitted by Professors Cox, Govindarajulu, and Freeman I became the next order of business and reads as follows: (3) It is moved to amend by deleting subparagraph a) and redesignat— \ ing the remaining paragraphs. Dr. Longyear, speaking for Dr. Morgan, School of Music, stated that Dr. Morgan interpreted this paragraph to be a redesignation of the role of the department chairman and he raised the question of whether the interpretation