The regular meeting for April of the Marietta College faculty for the 2001-2002 academic year convened at 5:00 p.m. April 8, 2002, in the Selby Science Center, room 101. Dr. Sidney Potash, Chair of the Faculty, presided.

1. Announcements
   
   
   1. Dr. Kenneth Kramer. Dr. Gloria Stewart, Director of the Physicians Assistant Studies Program introduced Dr. Kenneth Kramer, Medical Director of the program
   
   
   
   2. Library Survey. The Chair asked faculty to complete the survey recently sent out.
   
   
   
   3. Commencement Awards. The Chair urged faculty to consider submitting nominations to Council for student awards made at Commencement.


2. Minutes
   

   The minutes of the meeting of February 11, 2002 were approved as submitted.

3. Provost’s Report
   
   
   1. Successful weekend. Dr. DeWine reported on three successful events: Volunteer Weekend, Science Fair, Blue & White Weekend, and thanked all faculty who had participated in some way.
   
   
   
   2. Dr. Scott. It was reported that President Scott was at University of Richmond being honored as an Outstanding Alumna.
   
   
   
   3. Enrollment. Dr. DeWine reported that applications and deposits for Fall 2002 were slightly down. The application drop was "net," in that men were down but women applicants were up on last year at the same time.
   
   
   
   4. Spring Honors. Dr. DeWine reminded faculty of the Spring Honors Convocation scheduled for April 24.
   
   
   
   5. Seniors. Dr. DeWine outlined some of the special events scheduled for the senior class, including gifts of small blocks from the Ban Johnson floor.
   
   
   
   6. Diversity. Dr. DeWine reminded faculty of the upcoming lunchtime discussion on diversity to be facilitated by President Scott.
   
   
   
   7. International Week. Dr. DeWine reminded faculty of the International Week being organized by Dr. Rees-Miller and her colleagues.
   
   
   
   8. State of the College. Dr. DeWine reported that, as required by the Strategic Plan, President Scott would be making State of the College addresses at various times during the remainder of the month.

   There was an opportunity for questions. A question was asked concerning projected retention for the Fall based on the pre-registration just being completed and Dr. DeWine responded that she had no information to share. Further information on the drop in applications and deposits was sought and Dean Craig replied that men applicants were down by 100 and women up by 60, producing a net 40, while deposits were down by 20. Dean Craig added that the "yield" from women applicants was typically better than from men applicants.

4. Proposed Change to the Constitution
   

   Prior to the meeting, a document had been distributed which detailed proposed changes to the Constitution and also a statement of the policy to be followed henceforth by Faculty Council in connection with appointments to non-standing committees. A copy is attached as an Exhibit to these minutes (yellow).

   Dr. Potash introduced the proposal and indicated that Council was attempting to streamline the committee structure in the hope of having faculty time and effort focussed on key parts of the faculty’s responsibilities.

   The discussion initially looked at the new policy being announced. Issues raised included concern over Council removing itself from the responsibility of making appointments to non-standing committees; would this mean that service by tenure-track faculty on non-standing committees would not "count" for as much as standing committees; since there would now be more faculty than slots on standing committees, could faculty opt out of committee service; was there a contractual obligation to serve on committees; committees existed for a reason was anything being done about removing the reasons.

   Discussion moved to the proposed changes for the Academic Standing Committee. Issues raised included concern that Faculty Council would have no control over any faculty appointment to this committee; the proposal referred to "unit heads" which were nowhere defined and this amounted to codifying what had in the past been a very fluid arrangement; the new proportion of faculty to non-faculty on the committee meant faculty were in a minority; by limiting the membership to division heads, newer faculty would automatically be excluded from serving on the committee; there had been talk of changing the composition and number of divisions yet the proposal spoke of "four"; there was no apparent rationale for certain of the existing divisions; perhaps only the committee’s faculty should be allowed to vote.

   A question was asked about how the Honors and Investigative Studies Committee would work. Dr. Barnas, a member of Council, replied that it was expected that the committee would divide up the duties with one member being trained in the human subjects area. In response to a further question, it was confirmed that the committee’s responsibility in the research area would be limited to undergraduate research.

5. Adjournment
   

   The meeting adjourned at 6:04 p.m.

EXHIBIT (yellow): "Council proposes the following changes…"