Faculty Senate Minutes, March 9, 1999

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DRAFT MINUTES

Sixth Meeting Academic Year 1998-1999 of

the Faculty Senate of Villanova University

in the Radnor/St. Davids Room, Connelly Center, Tuesday, March 9, 1999 at 4:00 PM.

PRESENT: Professors Willam J. Barnhurst; Walter E. Conn; Linda Copel; Rick Eckstein, Vice-Chair; Trudi Graves; Lowell Gustafson, Chair; Karyn Hollis; Michael Hones; Michael L. Levitan, Executive Secretary; Howard Lurie; Masako Hamada; Robert Styer; and Margaret King, clerk. Guests: Dr. John R. Johannes, Vice President for Academic Affairs; Professor Edward McAssey, and Karl Zimmer, representative for retired faculty.

AGENDA:

I. Approval of Minutes of February Meeting

The February Minutes were approved as published.

II. Discussion with Dr. John R. Johannes, Vice President for Academic Affairs

Professor Gustafson thanked Dr. Johannes for attending today=s meeting. Dr. Johannes thanked the group for inviting him and briefly summarized action taken thus far on the major issues of the past year affecting the Faculty Senate:

1) Rank and Tenure Draft: Draft 20 is almost completed, and work is progressing on implementing the guidelines.

2) Governance Draft: The Executive Committee of the University Senate and the Rules & Review Committee have completed their work.

3) University Budget: The University budget for next year is almost in balance and is based on enrollment of 1600 freshmen.

4.) Academic Intregrity Committee: The system that was put in place last year seems to be working well, but has created more of a workload than anticipated.

5.) CATS: The most recent proposal seems to be working out well.

6.) VITAL Teaching Center: VITAL has established an extraordinarily strong footing and is working with a large number of faculty.

7.) Marketing and Advertising: Marketing efforts have stopped the decline in enrollments in the areas of part-time studies and various graduate programs.

8.) Curriculum Matters: No major university-wide curriculum issues are being addressed at present. Major curriculum changes are going forward in Commerce & Finance. Dean Ellis is looking into a new part-time studies undergraduate degree in Arts & Sciences to appeal to the adult learner.

9.) Faculty Recruitment: Efforts at faculty recruitment are going well.

10.) Construction: Bids are going out in the near future for Bartley improvements, and work is to start in Mendel.

11.) Academic Committee on Information Technology: The Academic Committee on Information Technology has put together a comprehensive technology plan.

12.) Distance Learning: Villanova is moving into the area of distance learning especially for the MBA and graduate nursing programs.

13.) Learning Disabilities Coordinator: Villanova has hired a learning disabilities coordinator. Presently there are 230 learning disabled students at the university.

14.) Middle States: The university evaluation process is moving forward.

Dr. Gustafson opened up the meeting for discussion.

Dr. Johannes thanked the faculty senate for inviting him to the meeting.

The meeting adjourned at5:30 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Linda Carman Copel

NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1999 4 PM IN THE CINEMA