Meeting Minutes: October 5, 2023

 

MINUTES

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday, October 5, 2023, in French 130D and via Zoom. Sixty-three (63) senators were present with twenty-five (25) absent and seven (7) non-voting members present. The meeting was called to order by the Senate Chair, Eric Shelden at 4:10 pm.

Guest Presentation: Global Campus & AOI Update with Dave Cillay, Global Campus Chancellor (PDF).

• Concern: Considerations for cost per credit hours and cost sharing for courses between campuses. Is the enrollment-based budget model splitting course enrollment between campuses/departments? -J. Schneider
  • Response: Undergraduate tuition is identical to out of state tuition. Differential tuition is not possible for undergraduate student programs. Graduate programs have the opportunity for differential tuition programs. Students enrolled by campus and growth above the baseline are EBB funding eligible above the central budget related baseline. – Global Chancellor, Dave Cillay

• Concern: Inquiry re: the seamless process for students associated with a geographic campus enrolling in tandem with the WSU Global Campus. -P. Skilton
  • Response: The budget and flow of financial resources is the biggest challenge to this proposal. AAFTE / EBB funding flows away from the campus. Campus based courses are often discouraged from Global based on the current budget model. The chair and academic department determine whether a course is blended between campuses or is exclusively designated as a global campus course. Based on this determination, access is then provided to students at other campuses. -Global Chancellor, Dave Cillay

• Concern: From 2014 – 2019 the Global Campus enrollment numbers appear to stay the same. The Global Campus degree programs appear to be increasing, but there are the same number of students enrolled. Considerations for the increase in degree programs but lack of increase in enrollment. -D. Gursoy
  • Response: While the enrollment numbers have not increased, by diversifying degree programs on the Global Campus, enrollment has not declined. Additional feedback will be provided based on the exact numbers and prospective plans. -Global Chancellor, Dave Cillay

Agenda 

1. Call to Order at 4:10 pm
2. Approval of minutes from the September 21, 2023 faculty senate meeting (PDF).
3. Announcements
   1. Information Items
      1. The faculty senate executive officers met with Interim Vice Provost for Academic Engagement and Student Achievement, Bill Davis on October 4^th.
      2. The faculty senate executive officers will meet with the Office of the Provost leadership team on Wednesday, October 11, 2023.
      3. (Item #2023.10.05_348_Registrar) Minor Change Bulletin No. 2 (Exhibit 348A).
4. Reports
   1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair Eric Shelden
      1. Recommendation to consider submitting interest in a faculty senate committee or general faculty representation requests (web link).
      2. The Faculty Senate Legislative Affairs Representative Election will be conducted in Fall 2023 to update the next three-year term appointment (web link).
      3. Faculty Senate Concern and Activities Table (PDF).
5. Additions or changes to the agenda
6. Agenda Items
   1. Action Items
      1. (Item #2023.09.21_333_Steering) Recommended approval of updates to the Faculty Senate Bylaws adding a new section II.6 regarding participation in meetings (Exhibit 333A 333B).
         1. No discussion; 58 approved, 0 reject
      2. (Item #2023.09.21_343_GSC_Steering) Recommendation to establish a faculty senate policy concerning graduate program student handbooks (Exhibit 343A 343B).
         1. No discussion; 60 approved; 0 reject
      3. (Item #2023.09.21_340_AAC) Proposal to revise Rule 75, Final Examination Schedule (Exhibit 340A).
         1. No discussion; 58 approved; 0 reject
   2. Discussion Items
      1. (Item #2023.10.05_345_GSC) Recommended approval of the new Individual Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program (IIDP) Handbook and Bylaws (Exhibit 345A 345B 345C 345D).
         1. Concern: Request for funding support for Individual Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program (IIDP) students and budgetary impacts to schools and departments. -H. Jansen
         2. Response: The graduate school is a service-based unit and does not anticipate the flow of any financial resources back to the Graduate School. The departments may have more students within their enrollment, but this increase in student participation has not created a significant demand on schools or departments. Suggestions are welcome. -T. Barry
      2. (Item #2023.10.05_346_AAC) Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin No. 1 (Exhibit 346A 346B).
         1. No discussion
   3. (Item #2023.10.05_347_Registrar) Additions to the Academic Calendar, Fall 2030 through Summer 2035 (Exhibit 347A).
      1. Concern: Disconnect between what appears online and in the WSU Catalog. Request to add the full academic calendar online within the catalog in support of consistency and clarity for faculty and students. Detailed academic calendar information for the next two years, and less detailed information extending out for the next five years is recommended to be accessible through the university catalog. -J. Schneider
      2. Response: The overall framework is identified far in advance. The annual withdrawal / drop deadlines / tuition deadlines are identified only until Fall 2024. Extending these deadlines into the future beyond the year ahead is not identified within the catalog. Suggestions for improvement are welcome and will be considered. -Becky Bitter
      3. Concern: New faculty access to onboarding access tools. And consideration for HRS to provide early contract administrative access as it relates to August 16^th start dates with August 18^th new faculty access timelines and concern for turnaround time for faculty grading tools resource access. -J. McDonald
      4. Response: The window for contract scheduling start dates and changing the student calendar has significant impacts that have historically negatively affected students. -Becky Bitter
   4. (Item #2023.10.05_349_Registrar) UCORE Renewals and changes approved by the UCORE Committee –Bulletin No. 1 (Exhibit 349A).
      1. Concern: UCORE courses may be missing from the psychology course list. -L. Fournier
      2. Response: The cycle for UCORE courses is somewhat standard and this exhibit only refers to the courses on cycle for renewal. -B. Bitter
   5. (Item #2023.10.05_350_Registrar) Professional Health Sciences Major Change Bulletin No. 1 (Exhibit 350A).
      1. No discussion
   6. (Item #2023.10.05_351_Registrar) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 1 (Exhibit 351A).
      1. No discussion

7. Constituent Concerns
   1. Administrators used to have 360-degree evaluations for administrators, deans, and program directors. Why has WSU discontinued these evaluations. -D. Gursoy
   2. Athletic Budget concerns and request for an update. An update will be sent out to the 260+ faculty that signed a letter of concern last year with the information that is known. -V. Walden
   3. The Global presentation in tandem with the information brought forth regarding the IIDP program has instigated some considerations for faculty and staff access to Global Campus courses and the impacts the current barriers have on faculty recruitment and retention. -J. Miller
8. Meeting Adjourned 4:36pm

Respectfully submitted,

Matt Hudelson, Executive Secretary