3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m., 1013 South Engineering Research Center
Guest Speaker:
Transportation Services Presentation– Chris D’Esposito, Director
AGENDA
18 September 2018
Approved Minutes
9 October 2018
Approved Minutes
For more meeting information and approved minutes from past meetings, please see the Meetings/Minutestab or visit the Archivestab in the main header.
During the 2015-16 academic year, several committees of the Faculty Senate explored mechanisms to effect the recommendations of the Senate Task Force for Excellence in Equity, Inclusion and Citizenship. Reports of activities during the 2015-16 academic year are:
Report on Task Force Report 1 – AY 2015-16
Report on Task Force Report 2 – AY 2015-16
Report on Task Force Reports 3 & 4 – AY 2015-16
The complete history of the Senate Task Force and followup activities of the Senate are in this document.
UA Faculty,
This past fall, the Office for Academic Affairs and the Faculty Senate created an ad-hoc committee charged with developing a university-wide policy that will govern the appointment and promotion of non-tenure track renewable contract (NTRC) faculty. This committee’s first task was to develop a policy for NTRC faculty with terminal degrees at the ranks of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Full Professor. A separate policy for renewable contract faculty at the ranks of lecturer and instructor will be developed next. The committee is finalizing its draft of the policy and creating a set of recommendations for implementing the policy for faculty with terminal degrees at the ranks of Assistant Professor and higher.
The NTRC Policy Draft is found here: http://provost.ua.edu/uploads/3/9/7/6/39760652/ntrc_policy_draft_as_of_3_30.pdf
An FAQ is found here: http://provost.ua.edu/uploads/3/9/7/6/39760652/ntrc_faqs.pdf
The committee invites feedback from the campus community regarding the policy itself as well as implementation issues. Faculty can offer their feedback through two methods:
All of the above links also are on the NTRC Policy Draft webpage: http://provost.ua.edu/ntrc-policy-draft.html
A summary of the accomplishments of the Senate in AY 2015-16 is here.
Full reports:
Final report of the Financial Affairs Committee – 2015-16
Final report of the Faculty and Senate Governance Committee – 2015-16
Final report of the Information Technology Committee – 2015-16
Report from the SEC Academic Collaboration 2016 Workshop
A summary of Senate accomplishments in the past ten years is here.
The Faculty Senate asked UA faculty to give their opinions with regard to the qualities they desired in the next President, the future of the University, and the conduct of the Presidential search. These comments are collected in this document.
