Penn State Intercom......January 24, 2002

Faculty Senate agenda items
include proposed change
to have retired faculty serve

The University Faculty Senate will meet at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29, in 112 Kern Graduate Building, University Park. Items to be discussed include:

* Committees and Rules -- legislative report: proposed change to the Senate Constitution to have the retired faculty of the University be represented by two elected retired faculty Senators who will serve on the Senate Faculty Affairs and Faculty Benefits Committees;

* Admissions, records, scheduling and student aid -- informational report: change of campus location to University Park; overview of enrollment trends at the campus colleges; new baccalaureate degree offerings at campuses;

* Faculty affairs -- informational report: best practices for the recruitment and retention of female and minority faculty; summary of faculty by gender and rank and other demographic data and strategies for conducting effective searches; and climate improvement for retention and administrative accountability will be emphasized;

* Libraries -- informational report: trends in the University Libraries; budget allocations; and information on electronic resource expenditures, endowments, service trends, staffing changes and the movement of research libraries to new models of information delivery are among the topics to be covered;

* Outreach activities -- informational report: update of the status of the World Campus; overview of the growth of the World Campus, including new program/ course development, considerations for faculty workload, new budget models and collaboration with campus colleges;

* Senate Council -- University Faculty Census Report 2002/2003, for the purpose of election of Senators;

* Senate Council -- informational report on fall 2001 campus visits: report on the Senate officers' fall 2001 visits to 10 campuses identifying themes and areas of concern for the campuses visited; and

* University Planning -- informational report: update on classroom conditions and presentation by the Office of Physical Plant on maintenance, repair and updating of general-purpose classrooms.

Members of the University community may attend. Any member of the University community who is not a member of the Senate may request the privilege of the floor on any item of business already before the Senate. Such a request must be made to the chair, through the executive secretary of the Senate, at least four calendar days before the meeting at which the individual wishes to speak.

For information on how to submit major, minor, option or course proposals, the "Guide to Curricular Procedures" is now available on the Web from the Faculty Senate home page at http://www.psu.edu/ufs/.

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