Minutes: FACAS Meeting, 10/25/07

Time and Location: 10:30 – 11:45 am, KL 505

Present: D. Biers, G. Doyle (chair), E. Gustafson, P. Johnson, T. Lasley, L. Laubach, Y. Raffoul, D. Sink, L. Snyder, R. Wells

Absent: C. Letavec

1. The minutes from 10/4/07 were approved.

2. Dave Biers reported on his meeting with the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees.

a. The committee was favorably disposed to the philosophy for Post-Tenure

Review policy.

b. A suggestion was made that the Schools might consider an external reviewer on

the committee that conducts the consultation.

c. The Academic Affairs Committee submitted the Promotion and Tenure Policy

to the full board for a vote. However, some members of the board had not seen

the document. The board will likely vote on the P&T policy at their next meeting.

3. George Doyle presented a draft of six slides that would be used as a guide for discussions with the full Academic Senate on Friday, Oct 26, 2007. The FAC edited the slides to be more inline with the content of the philosophy. Rebecca Wells and George Doyle will jointly present the PTR philosophy at the senate meeting.

4. The next meeting will be at 10:30 am on Thursday, November 1, 2007 in KL 505.