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December 1st, 2000
 
 
 

The meeting began at 4:05. Present: James Goehring, Lynn Hamilton,  John Morello, Wendy Price, Blair Staley, Jo Tyler, and Ana Chichester, Chair.

We spent some time discussing some of the issues that are part of the central task of the committee's charge:  faculty organization, appointments, benefits.

Matters discussed:

1) Which construction of the present state of organizational governance should be our starting point? Should we think in terms of two different campuses or different programs located in various places within one institution?
 

The MWC Faculty Handbook still contains language that refers to JMC as a "special division" of MWC devoted to "the development of .programs for commuting students." The JMC Faculty Handbook speaks of a campus that is "academically independent" of MWC.

Some clarification of the language in the MWC catalogue is needed to reflect the notion of geographical and academic independence.

 2) Most of the analogs we have studied list one faculty handbook for the entire university system. Does it make sense to have two almost identical handbooks for each MWC and JMC?

 3) Many of the other institutions we have viewed are organized by means of a faculty senate and a faculty council or assembly. The senate reports to the council/assembly. Would a similar system make sense for us? How would these two groups function?

 4) The committee could use input from the rest of the faculty.

Suggestion made: A survey of faculty about areas where there ought to be connection between our two faculty groups and areas where there ought to be autonomy.

The meeting adjourned at 5:20. Next meeting: January 31, 2001.
 

 Respectfully submitted,
  Ana Garcia Chichester
 
 

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