RESOLUTION 1998-1999-1
Compliance with SACS criteria
Whereas,
UCF
now offers study abroad programs as well as semester and academic
year exchange programs for direct UCF credit, and
Whereas,
faculty who teach courses for SUS credit must meet SACS
accreditation standards, and
Whereas,
it is the university’s responsibility to assure future compliance
with SACS accreditation standards,
Be It Resolved,
that continued compliance with SACS
accreditation standards for Study Abroad Programs and Student
Exchange Abroad Programs for direct UCF credit be assured by
mechanisms approved by the Provost.
Future compliance will be monitored by and
may include the attached.
Attachment to Resolution 1998-1999-1
a) All Departments and academic units
involved in Study Abroad are to be reminded by the OIS (Office of
International Studies), that it is their responsibility to assure
compliance with SACS criteria of all faculty who teach for direct
UCF credit.
(b) Conditions for SACS compliance are to
be included by the Office of International Studies in all new Study
Abroad and Student Exchange Abroad agreements that involve
instruction by faculty from the host institution.
(c) As Study Abroad and Student Exchange
Abroad agreements that involve instruction by faculty from the host
institution come up for periodic renewal, rules of SACS compliance
are to be attached to the agreements by OIS.
(d) Memos about updated SACS criteria shall
be sent to all partnership institutions with which UCF currently has
Study Abroad or Student Exchange Abroad agreements that involve
instruction by faculty from the host institution. This process shall
begin during Spring, 1999 and continued as needed.
(Approved by the Faculty Senate on January 21, 1999)
(Forwarded to Provost Whitehouse on January 22, 1999)
(Approved on February 19, 1999)
RESOLUTION 1998-1999-2
Faculty Parking*
Whereas,
The University has now
opened the second parking garage, effectively relieving parking
congestion, and
Whereas,
Faculty parking lots have been so designated to contribute to the
smooth functioning of the University, and
Whereas,
Faculty are charged more for parking permits than students, and
Whereas,
Courses offered in the
evenings and faculty lots are now open to students after 5:30 p.m.,
and
Whereas, Regular faculty and
adjuncts who teach evening courses beginning after 5:30 p.m. are
unable to find parking spaces in the faculty lots, and
Whereas, Faculty parking lots were
previously closed to students until 7:00 p.m.
Therefore Be It Resolved,
That faculty lots not be open for student
parking Monday through Thursday until after 7:00 p.m.
(Approved by Faculty Senate on November
19, 1998)
(Forward to Provost Whitehouse on December 15, 1998)
*(Defeated January 2, 1999, partially
implemented)
RESOLUTION 1998-1999-3
Baccalaureate requirement of regular instruction by UCF faculty
Whereas,
the university offers qualified juniors and seniors semester and
academic year exchanges abroad as well as a National Student
Exchange Program for direct UCF credits, and
Whereas,
the former requirement for 60 hours
of senior institution credits has recently been diminished, and
Whereas,
it is in the interest of the university
to safeguard a minimum requirement for residence credit,
Be It Resolved,
that 25% of a baccalaureate degree requirement
be met by courses taught by UCF faculty.
(Approved by the Faculty Senate on January 21, 1999)
(Forwarded to Provost Whitehouse on January 22, 1999)
(Approved on February 19, 1999)
RESOLUTION 1998-1999-4 Study Abroad or National Student
Exchange Course work
Whereas,
UCF values the exposure of its students to
international and diversity issues, and
Whereas,
UCF offers Study Abroad and National Student Exchange opportunities
to qualified students, and
Whereas,
such official UCF study programs, which are sanctioned and sponsored
by the academic departments involved, imply direct UCF credit and
UCF tuition,
Be It Resolved,
that the credit for course work done by UCF
students during an official and departmentally sanctioned Study
Abroad or National Student Exchange program will count as direct UCF
credit.
(Forwarded to Provost Whitehouse on January 22, 1999)
(Aprroved on Fevruary 19,1999)
RESOLUTION 1998-1999-5
Baccalaureate Honors
Whereas,
the current system of determining
Baccalaureate Honors based on the grade point average earned in the
semesters that comprise the last 48 UCF hours has proven impractical
due to the large number of 4.0 grade point averages produced in most
UCF colleges, and
Whereas,
Baccalaureate Honors should reflect a student=s
entire academic record, and
Whereas,
the University values the conference of
Baccalaureate Honors,
Be It Resolved,
that UCF return to its previous
policy of conferring Baccalaureate Honors on those students who have
completed a minimum of 48 UCF credit hours and who are in the upper
10% of the graduating class of their college as determined by
overall grade point average (as described in the 1997-98
Undergraduate Catalog - p. 69).
(Approved by Faculty Senate on March 25, 1999)
(Forwarded to Provost Whitehouse on March 29, 1999)
(Approved on April 16, 1999)
RESOLUTION 1998-1999-6
Term Limits for State-Funded Assistantship
Whereas,
graduate assistantship funded using state
monies are limited and scarce, and
Whereas,
some graduate assistants have been
supported on these funds for long periods, and
Whereas,
these funds are best used to
support students for a reasonable period of time while working
towards a degree, and
Whereas,
these funds are then best used to
recruit highly qualified new graduate students
Be It Resolved,
that the Senate supports the
concept of term limits for State funded graduate student
assistantships.
(Approved by Faculty Senate on March 25, 1999)
(Forwarded to Provost Whitehouse on March 29, 1999)
(Approved on April 16, 1999)
RESOLUTION 1998-1999-7
Unlawful Discrimination
Whereas, the Faculty
Senate recognizes the issues of unlawful discrimination based on
gender, race, religion, national origin, marital or veteran status,
and disability is complex and stems from legal and case history, and
Whereas, the university
community would like guidance on these matters, and
Whereas, the state, the
university and faculty can incur liability if unlawful
discrimination complaints are not dealt with in a timely and
appropriate manner,
Be It Resolved, that an
articulation of guidelines be provided to the University of Central
Florida community that describes and defines unlawful discrimination
based on gender, race, religion, national origin marital or veteran
status, and disability, and
Be It Further Resolved,
that guidelines be provided to University of Central Florida
community for the investigation and resolution of such actions.
This resolutions was
approved unanimously by the Faculty Senate on March 25, 1999 and
forwarded to Provost Whitehouse for his approval on March 29, 1999.
Approved by President Hitt,
Attorney Mary Beth Liberto, Deans, and Provost Gary Whitehouse on
April 16, 1999 after revisions were approved.
