2022-04-15 Academic Senate Minutes

Abstract

Contains minutes of Senate meeting including announcement that the following ballots passed 1) Reorganization, Elimination and Merger of Academic Units and Programs at Indiana University South Bend Policy, 2) Extending auto W to the last day of classes through he end of the COVID pandemic, 3) Administrative withdrawal for Guided Pathway Academy students to the last day of classes, 4) AAUP Resolution on Community Health and Campus Autonomy; Action to send to ballot 1) Changes to Guidelines for Reappointment and Promotion for Lecturers (SB-ACA-18) which will allow for reappointments with reservations for Senior Lecturers or Teaching Professors 2) Policy that requires a minimum of 2,000 minutes of instructional activity for a three-credit lecture class 3) Endorsement of the Academic Organizational Design Task Force; Report on the campus strategic plan by the Campus Directions Committee; Report by the Senate Promotion, Tenure and Reappointment Committee; Report from the General Education Program calling for collaboration between the schools for the scheduling of general education courses; Report of a change in the University Faculty Executive Committee bylaws; Discussion of an AAUP resolution on academic freedom