The University of Tennessee at Martin
Faculty Senate 
Executive Committee Meeting
November 21, 2000
University Center, Room 209

Members present: Richard Chesteen (President), Ruby L. Black (Secretary),
Maurice Field (past president), Jim Byford (Academic Council), Sue Byrd, Ed
Wheeler, Stan Sieber, Jenna Wright, Lucia Jones for Aubrey Keller, Nick
Dunagan (Interim Chancellor), and Ernest Harriss

Chesteen called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m. 

Electronic posting of grades will be placed on the agenda.

Chesteen continues to work on putting together a list of faculty as possible
members for the Chancellor Search Committee. 


Budget and Economic Concerns - Jenna Wright
Minutes were distributed from the November 14th meeting. The meeting
focused on implementation strategies of recommendations from the Summer
School Task Force. These included "guaranteed" courses, integrity of
faculty salaries, and student needs. 


Personnel Policy - Stan Sieber
Minutes were distributed from the November 7th meeting. The Faculty
Handbook has been updated with all approved senate changes. 

A copy of the implementation strategies for the Cumulative Performance
Review has been sent to all faculty. The committee will continue to review
the document to make sure it is consistent with what was passed by the senate. 

All senators were emailed a copy of the procedural changes for election of
senate officers
(Article 5, Section 3a).


Committee on Instruction - Lucia Jones
Lucia reported the results of each subcommittee. New College is looking at
the number of online courses, workload of faculty, and ownership of courses.
Factors Eroding Faculty Time/Flexibility subcommittee is looking at the
frequent changes in Banner, class size, committee work, and issues related
to hiring and retention of faculty. How adjuncts are used and their
responsibilities are being looked at by the Adjunct Subcommittee.




Undergraduate Council - Ed Wheeler
Curriculum changes from the College of Business and Public Affairs, College
of Education and Behavioral Sciences, College of Engineering and Natural
Sciences, and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts were approved. 

Other business included the revision of the Curricular Request and the
Student Special Request forms, clarification of residency requirement, and
the amount of time it takes to put information on the web. 


Graduate Council - Sue Byrd
Sue reported the proposed change in the master's of history, reviewed
graduate faculty applications, and discussed the lack of consistency in
departmental review and/or approval of curriculum requests. 


Library Committee - Ernie Harriss
Since librarians now have faculty status, the committee should be reviewed
because the composition is not selected like all other senate committees. 

Further discussion centered on the Resolution that was passed during the
last senate meeting. Steve Rogers, Nick Dunagan, and Frank Black met to
discuss the budget. There is money for books from gifts and endowments.
The issue is what should be the focus of spending - books, databases, or
periodicals. 


Chancellor's Report - Nick Dunagan
Dunagan reported this is Connie Cantrell's last week. We wish her well!

Adjourned at 5:00 p.m.


Respectfully submitted


Ruby Lindsey Black
Secretary