RESOLUTION
On Proposed Changes in Code of the Board of Governors of The
Whereas, the Faculty Senate
of Fayetteville State University has received a report from the Faculty
Assembly Delegation and background materials relating to efforts of the Faculty
Assembly of The University of North Carolina to address significant problems in
the proposals by the “Code 603/604 Committee,” and
Whereas, the Faculty Senate wishes
to go on record regarding its concerns with the original Code 603/604 Committee
proposal, insofar as it would have introduced vague language regarding possible
sanctions affecting faculty, conflated the developmental purpose of post-tenure
review with the process of discipline or sanction, imposed relatively lax
evidentiary standards for serious sanctions of tenured faculty members, and
adversely affected the rights of special faculty, among other problems; and
Whereas, the Executive
Committee of the Faculty Assembly has developed alternative language to address
faculty concerns with the original Code 603/604 proposals in an effort to move
matters forward and has requested faculty leaders throughout the UNC System to
evaluate and comment on its alternative language; now, therefore,
The Faculty Senate of Fayetteville State University resolves:
1.
The Faculty Senate
supports the alternative language proposed by the Executive Committee of the
UNC Faculty Assembly and endorsed by the Faculty Assembly at its September 28,
2007 meeting;
2.
The Faculty Senate
requests that, in the future, changes to the Code of the Board of Governors or
other University policies directly affecting faculty be undertaken only with
extensive faculty representation on relevant committees or task forces, open
involvement in deliberations from the outset, and adequate opportunities to
comment during the academic year except under pressing and unusual
circumstances.
3.
The Faculty Senate
asks its Secretary to submit this resolution to the Chancellor and Provost of Fayetteville
State University, and the President of The University of North Carolina as
an indication of its substantial concerns with the original Code 603/604
Committee recommendations, its support for the alternative text prepared by the
Executive Committee of the Faculty Assembly, and its request that in the future
more extensive faculty representation and opportunities for review be accorded
when developing policies affecting faculty.
Submitted by Dr. Charletta Barringer-Brown, Secretary, on behalf
of the Fayetteville State University Faculty Senate.