Archived 1987-1988 Resolutions

1987-1988-1 Parking, Additional Faculty

The Faculty Senate recommends that an additional row of "B" spaces be provided in the parking lot southwest of the administrative lot and west of the visitor's lot.

 Approved by Provost Astro.

 

1987-1988-2 Final Exams and Grade Due Date

There is often very little time allowed between the final examination period and the date when final grades are due in the Registrar's office.  The Fall 1987 term has only one working day between the exam period and the grade due date, and the Spring 1988 semester has no working days between the exam period and the due date for reporting grades to the Registrar's office.  Without allowing for an appropriate time period to grade the final course materials and examinations, the University is adding unnecessary pressure on the faculty during the critical evaluation process; adjustment to this pressure can result in evaluation procedures that dilute the quality of the educational process.  Students and faculty both benefit from the extension of the period of time between the final exam period and the due date of reporting the grades to the Registrar's office. 

Therefore, be it resolved that the Faculty Senate Instruction Committee   recommends that the University organize the academic calendar to allow for a minimum of two working days between the Final Examination Period and the grade due date at the University Registrar's office.  

 Approved by Provost Astro 11/24/87.

 

1987-1988-3

Tabled 11/5/87. (No resolution posted)

 

1987-1988-4

Tabled 11/5/87. (No resolution posted)

 

1987-1988-5  Student Academic Behavior, Uniformed Reporting Requirement for Violations

Whereas, the Student Academic Behavioral Standards, UCF Rule 6C7-5.042 is inconsistent in its reporting requirement when either academic and/or disciplinary action is required.

 Whereas, the Instruction Committee has evidence of inconsistencies in the degree to which this rule is promulgated and enforced within the various University Colleges.

Therefore, the UCF Faculty Senate recommends that a Uniform Reporting Requirement of Incidents of Violations of the Student Academic Behavioral Standards be adopted for those cases.

 Accepted by Provost Astro - 12/4/87.

 

1987-1988-6 Personnel, University Committee Voting Procedure

Service on University Personnel Committee: Personnel committee members of the individual departments, colleges, and the University must remove themselves from voting in the following cases: 

1.  nepotism; 

2.  when the personnel committee member is non-tenured and is voting on an applicant, who serves in an
     administrative capacity over that voting member; 

3.  if the faculty member is a candidate for promotion and/or tenure that individual shall not be eligible to serve
    on the committee.

In these cases, the personnel committee member(s) shall be replaced by an  alternate. Members of the personnel committee should remove themselves from voting  when in their judgment personal factors might impair their objectivity regarding an individual applicant.  In these cases, committee members would be replaced by an alternate.

 Accepted by Provost Astro 12/4/87.

 

1987-1988-7 Student Union Construction Support

Whereas, UCF is the only state university in Florida and one of the very few nationwide that does not have a University Union building, and 

Whereas, the low priority which the University has heretofore given to such a building: 

      1.   deprives students and faculty of a centralized facility for campus life and services, and      

      2.   perpetuates the university's image as a mere "credit mill" where students and campus life have little importance, a four-year community college at best.

Therefore, the Faculty Senate recommends that this project of a University   Union Building be made a priority of the 1988-1989 SUS Capital Outlay.        

Approved by Provost Astro.

 

 1987-1988-8 Phased Retirement Guidelines

Be it Resolved, Faculty positions that become available due to phased retirements in each college shall be converted to the nearest full faculty line and filled with full-time faculty, based on programmatic needs.        

Approved by Provost Astro 4/11/88.

 

 1987-1988-9 Student Evaluation and Promotions, Tenure, Annual Evaluation

Since 1986 a new category, No Response, appears on the student evaluation forms.  The values given under the heading number answering this item include those persons who marked No Response, who did not respond to the item or who used a pen.  Additionally, computer center personnel feed in all blank forms, and this fact further distorts the calculated values obtained for each questionnaire item.  These modifications cannot raise the obtained values for an item; they can, however, have a very serious negative effect on the values.            

Because student evaluation results have been calculated in a manner that invalidates the results, i.e., blank answer, blank forms, and those forms marked with ink have been used in the calculations, the Faculty Senate recommends that these results not be considered in any faculty evaluation processes, including promotion, tenure, and annual evaluation. 

Tabled 2/25/88

 

1987-1988-10 Tenure and Promotion Rules Support

There shall be no change in the tenure/promotion rules of the University until such time as the Faculty Senate reviews and votes on any such recommendation.

 Approved by Dr. Astro on 4/11/88.      

    

1987-1988-11 Withdrawals, Notification of Faculty of Student

Course instructors will be provided notification of the withdrawal of students from their courses within two (2) weeks following the withdrawal deadline during each academic term. 

        Approved by Dr. Astro on 4/11/88.

  1987-1988-12 Medical Withdrawal Policy 

Amend the UCF Catalog to include an explicit policy concerning "medical withdrawal."  The catalog should clearly state that a grade of "W" is permitted after the withdrawal deadline only under extraordinary circumstances, such as serious medical problems.  A "medical withdrawal" grade may be assigned, with appropriate documentation, up to the end of the following academic term.  The student (or student's legal representative) is responsible for arranging for the assignment of a "medical withdrawal" grade. 

The course instructor shall be given an opportunity to provide input on considering the assignment of a medical withdrawal grade in that course.  If it is determined that the course grade will be changed to "W", the instructor will be notified by the administration. 

 Approved by Dr. Astro on 4/11/88.

 

1987-1988-13 Book Vendors Support

The administration of UCF should provide temporary space to a limited number of student organization book vendors on campus during the last week of classes, the week of exams for each academic term, and during the registration period and the first two weeks of each term.  The number of vendors offered temporary campus space should be no fewer than two (2), with the location selected by the administration on a space available basis. 

Dr. Astro said under review on 4/11/88.

 

  1987-1988-14 American Sign Language (defeated)

The Faculty Senate opposes the addition of American Sign Language as an option for fulfilling the foreign language requirement of the general education program. 

Approved by Dr. Astro on 4/11/88.

 

1987-1988-15 GEP: Botany 1020 Substitution for Biology 1020

The Faculty Senate recommends that Botany 1020 be accepted as a substitute for Biology 1020 for the meeting of general education requirements.

 Tabled on 3/17/88.

 

 1987-1988-16 Evaluation, Student Timeframe

The Faculty Senate affirms the present practice of student evaluations of teaching being administered during the final ten days of instruction each term.

Approved by Dr. Astro on 4/11/88

 

1987-1988-1 Overrides and Class Size

At no time should "administrative" overrides result in class sizes which are unmanageable from the perspective of the instructor.  This applies to the "home" campus as well as the "satellite"  campus locations.          

        Approved by Dr. Astro on 4/11/88.