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RPC Meeting Minutes
November 1, 2006
Present: Collins, Flath, Heyman, Hornbach, Hoye, Laskin, Lindeman, Michelfelder, Wheaton and Contant (ACE Fellow).
- Meeting was called to order at 2:08 pm.
- Minutes from the meeting of October 25, 2006 were approved as amended (Collins should not be included as present). There was a brief discussion about the posting of minutes of this committee to the web. Collins agreed to check on that process.
- Chair Heyman resumed the discussion of the faculty support issue. He had prepared a document that outlined the results of several options for the committee to review. Comments from the committee included the need to provide context about these various options, including revenue availability to pay for the changes proposed as well as a time frame for implementation.
There was discussion about the summer research support option to compensate faculty for working with students during the summer. This option was tabled. There was also discussion about how to assess the student perspective on these options (for example, in the 1:6 sabbatical cycle, a faculty member would be on leave at least once during a student’s four years at Mac).
- Chair Heyman distributed another draft of a proposed survey of faculty members on their perceptions of the benefits of various options. Again, context issues were raised regarding how to frame these options in the survey. Two new options will be added: sabbatical cycle on 1:9 semesters and junior faculty course release until pre-tenure review. Another set of questions were proposed for the end of the survey to identify faculty support for other options such as support staff increases, compensation, startup funds, FTR, and student research assistants.
- Chair Heyman announced that FPAC will meet on November 8 to review FaCE grant proposals and that all FPAC members should read proposals prior to that meeting. If the number of proposals is small, the regular RPC meeting will occur as scheduled, but adjourn at 3:00 pm to allow FPAC to discuss FaCE proposals. Chair Heyman will confirm with committee members when the meeting will begin.
- Meeting adjourned at 3:20 pm.
Respectfully submitted by Cheryl Contant
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