Faculty Senate Workshop
An FSU Faculty Senate Workshop was held on 1/4/08, 10 am – 4 pm.
Here is the program.
10:00 - 12:30 The Role of Faculty in Improving Graduation and Retention Rates at FSU. Lead by Jon Young.
12:30 - 1:30 Catered Lunch and informal discussion - food provided by Aamark.
1:30 - 2:15 Shared Governance, Ideals, Best Practices, and Necessary Compromises. A presentation by Dr. Mark Taggart (ECU Music Prof. & Chair of the Faculty Assembly Governance Committee to be followed by discussion on this topic.
2:20 - 3:20 How to Enhance the
Practice of Shared Governance at FSU.
Dr. VL Hackley (FSU Chancellor) and Dr. John Mattox (FSU Senate Chair)
will lead this discussion.
3:30 - 4:00 Revision of the FSU Faculty Senate Governance
Documents. Dr. Jonathan Breitzer (FSU Chemistry Professor, Senator, and
Chair of the Senate Governance Committee) will make a 10 minute presentation
on how the Senate Governance Committee proposes to lead the Senate in the
revision of our governance documents. Twenty minutes of discussion will
follow.
Here are power point presentations that were given there.
Revamping the Faculty Governance Documents by Jonathan Breitzer
FSU participants were asked to be conversant with the following materials prior to the session:
Faculty Governance Document; Senate Bylaws; The UNC Code
AAUP's recommendations for shared governance
FA's 2005 recommended Standards of Shared Governance, and Richard Veit's article in the Academe regarding this.