1987-1988 RESOLUTIONS
1987-1988-1 Parking, Additional Faculty
The Faculty Senate
recommends that an additional row of "B" spaces be provided in the parking
lot southwest of the administrative lot and west of the visitor's lot.
Approved by
Provost Astro.
1987-1988-2 Final Exams and
Grade Due Date
There is often
very little time allowed between the final examination period and the date
when final grades are due in the Registrar's office. The Fall 1987 term has
only one working day between the exam period and the grade due date, and the
Spring 1988 semester has no working days between the exam period and the due
date for reporting grades to the Registrar's office. Without allowing for
an appropriate time period to grade the final course materials and
examinations, the University is adding unnecessary pressure on the faculty
during the critical evaluation process; adjustment to this pressure can
result in evaluation procedures that dilute the quality of the educational
process. Students and faculty both benefit from the extension of the period
of time between the final exam period and the due date of reporting the
grades to the Registrar's office.
Therefore,
be it resolved that the Faculty Senate Instruction Committee recommends
that the University organize the academic calendar to allow for a minimum of
two working days between the Final Examination Period and the grade due date
at the University Registrar's office.
Approved by
Provost Astro 11/24/87.
1987-1988-3
Tabled 11/5/87.
(No resolution posted)
1987-1988-4
Tabled 11/5/87.
(No resolution posted)
1987-1988-5
Student Academic Behavior, Uniformed Reporting Requirement for
Violations
Whereas,
the Student Academic Behavioral Standards, UCF Rule 6C7-5.042 is
inconsistent in its reporting requirement when either academic and/or
disciplinary action is required.
Whereas,
the Instruction Committee has evidence of inconsistencies in the degree to
which this rule is promulgated and enforced within the various University
Colleges.
Therefore,
the UCF Faculty Senate recommends that a Uniform Reporting Requirement of
Incidents of Violations of the Student Academic Behavioral Standards be
adopted for those cases.
Accepted by
Provost Astro - 12/4/87.
1987-1988-6 Personnel,
University Committee Voting Procedure
Service on
University Personnel Committee: Personnel committee members of the
individual departments, colleges, and the University must remove themselves
from voting in the following cases:
1. nepotism;
2. when the
personnel committee member is non-tenured and is voting on an applicant,
who serves in an
administrative capacity over that voting member;
3. if the
faculty member is a candidate for promotion and/or tenure that
individual shall not be eligible to serve
on the committee.
In these cases,
the personnel committee member(s) shall be replaced by
an alternate. Members of the personnel committee should remove themselves
from voting when in their judgment personal factors might impair their
objectivity regarding an individual applicant. In these cases, committee
members would be replaced by an alternate.
Accepted by
Provost Astro 12/4/87.
1987-1988-7
Student
Union Construction Support
Whereas,
UCF is the only state university in Florida and one of the very
few nationwide that does not have a University Union building, and
Whereas,
the low priority which the University has heretofore given to such a
building:
1.
deprives students and faculty of a centralized facility for campus life and
services, and
2.
perpetuates the university's image as a mere "credit mill" where students
and campus life have little importance, a four-year community college at
best.
Therefore,
the Faculty Senate recommends that this project of a University Union Building be
made a priority of the 1988-1989 SUS Capital Outlay.
Approved by
Provost Astro.
1987-1988-8 Phased Retirement Guidelines
Be it Resolved,
Faculty positions that become available due to phased retirements in each
college shall be converted to the nearest full faculty line and filled with
full-time faculty, based on programmatic needs.
Approved by
Provost Astro 4/11/88.
1987-1988-9
Student Evaluation and
Promotions, Tenure, Annual Evaluation
Since 1986 a new
category, No Response, appears on the student evaluation forms. The values
given under the heading number answering this item include those persons who
marked No Response, who did not respond to the item or who used a pen.
Additionally, computer center personnel feed in all blank forms, and this
fact further distorts the calculated values obtained for each questionnaire
item. These modifications cannot raise the obtained values for an item;
they can, however, have a very serious negative effect on the
values.
Because student
evaluation results have been calculated in a manner that invalidates the
results, i.e., blank answer, blank forms, and those forms marked with ink
have been used in the calculations, the Faculty Senate recommends that these
results not be considered in any faculty evaluation processes, including
promotion, tenure, and annual evaluation.
Tabled 2/25/88
1987-1988-10 Tenure and
Promotion Rules Support
There shall be no
change in the tenure/promotion rules of the University until such time as
the Faculty Senate reviews and votes on any such recommendation.
Approved by Dr.
Astro on 4/11/88.
1987-1988-11 Withdrawals,
Notification of Faculty of Student
Course instructors
will be provided notification of the withdrawal of students from their
courses within two (2) weeks following the withdrawal deadline during each
academic term.
1987-1988-12 Medical Withdrawal Policy
Amend the UCF
Catalog to include an explicit policy concerning "medical withdrawal." The
catalog should clearly state that a grade of "W" is permitted after the
withdrawal deadline only under extraordinary circumstances, such as serious
medical problems. A "medical withdrawal" grade may be assigned, with
appropriate documentation, up to the end of the following academic term.
The student (or student's legal representative) is responsible for arranging
for the assignment of a "medical withdrawal" grade.
The course
instructor shall be given an opportunity to provide input on considering the
assignment of a medical withdrawal grade in that course. If it
is determined that the course grade will be changed to "W", the instructor
will be notified by the administration.
Approved by Dr.
Astro on 4/11/88.
1987-1988-13 Book Vendors Support
The administration
of UCF should provide temporary space to a limited number of student
organization book vendors on campus during the last week of classes, the
week of exams for each academic term, and during the registration period and
the first two weeks of each term. The number of vendors offered temporary
campus space should be no fewer than two (2), with the location selected by
the administration on a space available basis.
Dr. Astro said
under review on 4/11/88.
1987-1988-14 American Sign Language (defeated)
The Faculty Senate
opposes the addition of American Sign Language as an option for fulfilling
the foreign language requirement of the general education program.
Approved by Dr. Astro on 4/11/88.
1987-1988-15 GEP: Botany 1020 Substitution for Biology 1020
The Faculty Senate
recommends that Botany 1020 be accepted as a substitute for Biology 1020 for
the meeting of general education requirements.
Tabled on
3/17/88.
1987-1988-16 Evaluation, Student Timeframe
The Faculty Senate
affirms the present practice of student evaluations of teaching being
administered during the final ten days of instruction each term.
Approved by Dr. Astro on 4/11/88
