{"id":4420,"date":"2020-03-15T22:46:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T02:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/?p=4420"},"modified":"2020-04-15T22:46:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T02:46:33","slug":"faec-minutes-2-26-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/2020\/03\/15\/faec-minutes-2-26-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"FAEC Minutes 2\/26\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
FAEC Minutes 2\/26\/2020<\/b><\/p>\n
Faculty Assembly Executive Council [FAEC] Meeting Minutes<\/b><\/p>\n
Date<\/b>: Wednesday, Feb\u00a0 26, 2020 | <\/span>Location<\/b>: B226\u00a0 | <\/span>Time<\/b>: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm<\/span><\/p>\n Attendees<\/b>: Tae Kwak, Donna Flynn, Kathy Zeno, Christina Connor, Scott Frees, Roark Atkinson, Naseem Choudhury, Ashwani Vashihth (Interim SSHS Representative), Pinar Kayaalp (<\/span>interim HGS Representative), Lisa Lutter<\/span><\/p>\n Secretary<\/b>: Nakia Matthias<\/span><\/p>\n I. FAEC Minutes Approved\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n II. Revision to FA By-Laws<\/b><\/p>\n The FAEC recommends a revision of the FA by-laws to address ambiguities and some inaccurate information.\u00a0 For instance, the bylaws indicate that the FA President should sit on the Provost\u2019s \u201cCabinet\u201d and the President\u2019s \u201cCabinet\u201d when they sit on the Provost\u2019s Council and PAC. Additionally, FA by-laws define full voting members as full time employees that are contractually obligated to teach at least one course.\u00a0 However, the number of FA members is different from actual full time faculty.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Terms and election dates should be revisited with the goal of rules and practice being consistent.<\/span><\/p>\n III. Concerns to Share with Provost<\/b><\/p>\n Criteria for \u201cnew\u201d (new or replacement) lines must be clear and transparent. Program closure criteria needs to be re-addressed.\u00a0 The Administration currently has the right to close programs based on programmatic need but arguments can be made by the FA about this due to the fact that faculty are tenured to the college, and not to the program or their respective unit.\u00a0 This would also create clarity for conveners enabling them to have clearer descriptions for tenure-track lines. It was also mentioned that having the process for tenure track line approval on paper could be problematic. The tenure-track faculty line strategy was tied to the strategic plan.\u00a0 To ask for these lines they need to be tied to strategic plans but the strategic plan is an evolving document.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n IV. The George Potter Library\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n The Library has been granted approval to open a search for two part time staff lines.\u00a0 Leigh Keller, who currently serves in the role of Interim Library Director, will be asking for additional money to restore some of the lost resources that were cut due to the recent summer 2019 budget cuts.<\/span><\/p>\n V. Middle States Visit\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Although Middle States feedback was positive it was suggested that RCNJ need to work on Diversity at The College.\u00a0 Middle States lauded the college\u2019s Shared Governance efforts. The Middle States team was surprised that there is no mechanism for faculty to evaluate administration and suggested that the administration should be assessed.\u00a0 It was suggested that the RCNJ Board be involved in closing the loop and reviewing faculty assessments of Deans and other administrators.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n VI. Presidential Search<\/b><\/p>\n
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