Faculty council

University=20 of Iowa

FACULTY COUNCIL=20

February 20,=20 2007

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MINUTES

Present:=20 &= nbsp; =20 L. Boyle; M. Cohen; D. Drake; S. McGuire; F. Mitros; S. Moorhead; M. = O=92Hara; J.=20 Sa-Aadu; L. Snetselaar; D. Thomas; B. Thompson; J. Tomkovicz

Absent: = =20 V. = Grassian=20

Excused:=20 &= nbsp; =20 C. Catney, D. D=92Alessandro, V. Dominguez; P. Heidger; J. Woodhead, C. = Ringen

Officers Present:=20 J. Glass; S. = Kurtz; V.=20 Sharp

Officers Excusedt: = =20 R. LeBlond

Guests:=20 &= nbsp; =20 B. Altman (Psych & Quant); S. Collins (Faculty Policies and = Compensation=20 Committee); C. Drum (University Relations); D. Heldt (The = Gazette); M.=20 Hogan (Provost Office); P. Kelley (Emeritus Council); A. Shurson (The = Daily=20 Iowan); J. Spratt (Pharmacology Emeritus)

I. = ; =20 Call to Order=97The meeting was called to order at 3:34 pm

II. = ; =20 Approvals

a. =20 Meeting agenda=97 Professor Thompson moved; Professor Cohen = seconded; voice=20 vote; the agenda were approved.

b. = FC=20 Minutes, 1/23/07=97 Professor Thomas moved; Professor McGuire seconded, = voice=20 vote; minutes were approved.

c. =20 Draft FS agenda, 3/20/2007=97 Professor Boyle moved, seconded by = Professor=20 O=92Hara to approve the draft agenda; voice vote, motion approved.

III. = ; =20 Reports

A. Faculty Senate = President,=20 Sheldon Kurtz

1. Faculty Senate=20 Elections

Only five colleges are = having=20 elections this time around: Business, Dentistry, Education, = Liberal Arts=20 & Sciences, and Medicine. The election opens at 8:00 am on = Friday,=20 March 2, through March 10 at midnight.

Kurtz explained a = procedural matter=20 concerning the election. Under current rules, there can be 2 nominees = for every=20 vacancy. Not every college will have enough nominees to fill=20 vacancies. Medicine has a unique situation in that no more than = 20% of=20 your senators can come from clinical ranks. He proposed to have = COM=20 receive the names of 26 nominees (2 x 13 openings). Faculty will = vote for=20 13 names; but only 4 of those may come from the clinical faculty.

Professor O=92Hara moved = to accept=20 these rules; Professor Boyle seconded; there was a unanimous voice vote; = motion=20 approved.

2. NCAA Advertising and = Promotion=20 Standards =96 Professor Betsy Altmaier, UI=92s faculty representative to = the Big=20 Ten.

Professor Altmaier was=20 introduced. She has held this position for the past 5 =BD = years. She=20 is also the UI representative to the NCAA.

a. =20 She commented on the reforms initiated by Myles Brand, President = of NCAA=20 involving academic progress rates (APR).

The goal for any team is = to reach a=20 score of 925 on this scale. Every student contributes to the score = which=20 is tallied on a yearly basis. If a student transferred out the = year=20 before, he/she would not be represented. The APR was = developed=20 in conjunction with penalties, for teams which did not meet certain = standards.=20 Historical penalties are more severe.

There is an additional = component of=20 an improvement review, which exists to serve students who are = non-academically=20 prepared. Iowa=92s APR for this year has not been released; but we have = done well=20 in the past few years. UI scores and average of 943; one team had=20 1,000. The NCAA allowed a squad-size adjustment (for large = teams). =20

Under Brand=92s = leadership, the NCAA=20 has put together several task forces to address, from presidents=92 = perspectives,=20 what their interests are in athletics. The issues range from = values,=20 diversity, transparency, and presidential leadership. President = Skorton=20 served on the Financial Task Force.

Altmaier said over the = next 5 years=20 this document will be given to various NCAA bodies. If there is = something=20 that can translate into legislative action, it will start happening now, = she=20 added. These task forces will set the agenda for the NCAA for the = next 5=20 years.

b. = TV=20 Lottery promotion - Altmaier discussed the Iowa Lottery=20 advertisement filmed at Carver Hawkeye Arena during a basketball = game. She=20 described a befuddled fan, scratching his lottery ticket while singing a = parody=20 of the Iowa Fight Song. She commented that Gary Barta had not = seen the=20 advertisement prior to its broadcast. This has brought Iowa=92s = relationship=20 with the lottery to a higher degree of conversation.

Altmaier described = the=20 promotional relationship with the Lottery. She said she is utterly = opposed=20 to this tie; also to leasing stadium suites to casinos. The NCAA has its = own=20 standards for advertising, which they use for selecting their corporate=20 partners. Lotteries, casinos, and other gaming activates are = impermissible. But=20 these are =93best practices=94 and are not legislated for individual = campuses.

As our = representative, Altmaier=20 says she represents UI faculty, so she wanted to know what the Faculty = Council=20 thinks about issues that she faces. The floor was opened to=20 discussion.

She acknowledged that = there was a=20 difference on opinion on the Presidential Committee on Athletics = (PCA). =20 She explained that Barta expressed the thought that Iowa=92s = relationship with the=20 Lottery is long-standing, and no problems have occurred up until this=20 advertisement. He thinks it can be effectively managed. Because it = is=20 state-run, and benefits the UI indirectly, there should be a legitimate=20 relationship.

She was asked to = clarify how the=20 proceeds from the Iowa lottery benefit education. They get deposited in = the=20 =93state=92s checking account=94. The promise was made that it = would go only to=20 education but that has not been borne out. It supports many = things. It is=20 a problem if we violate the NCAA =93best practices=94; it brings = embarrassment and=20 shame to the university.

She added that we do = not=20 individually manage the promotional activities, but they are outsourced = to=20 Learfield Communications. They sell advertising that appears as = stadium=20 signage.

Asked if she sought a = resolution=20 from the Faculty Council, Altmaier responded that she did not think = councilors=20 were sufficiently informed yet. Kurtz asked if it would be = appropriate to=20 invite Professor Lynch, Chair of the PCA, to attend the Faculty Council = to ask=20 reasons for their decision. The councilors will proceed from = there. =20 Altmaier said it would be helpful for her to attend that session as = well. =20 She added there are some people who feel that the Lottery is a state-run = institution and that we should be supportive of it. Some don=92t = see gaming=20 as inimical to athletics. She encouraged councilors to email her with = their=20 ideas.

Kurtz said that he = will invite=20 Professor Lynch to address the Council.

3. = ; =20 Presidential Search Update - Dean David Johnsen, Chair, and = Professors=20 Gene

Parkin and Jay=20 Sa-Aadu, committee members

Dean Johnsen thanked = councilors for=20 the opportunity to speak about the status of the presidential search. He = briefly=20 reviewed events that led up to this. He commented that great = universities=20 are resilient and that the UI is responding well. 98% of emails he = receives are=20 outpourings of encouragement and offers of help. He has received many=20 suggestions and recommendations for candidates.

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He asked councilors what = issues he=20 should be looking at to attract candidates. He thinks of his team as a=20 recruitment committee who will go out and find candidates and convince = them what=20 a great place Iowa is.

By March 15, there = should be four=20 new Regents named. The committee is following those developments. He = reports=20 monthly to the BOR.

When the initial search = was=20 suspended; everyone was looking at how to get it restarted. = There=20 were frank discussions between Dean Johnsen and the Regents. = Johnsen put=20 forth a 3-point memo that, surprisingly, has become a compass for = people. =20 When the committee was formed, he wanted to appoint 5 other people.

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The committee has moved = ahead. =20 There is a website. Johnsen tries to communicate openly with the = campus.=20 He will not be open about candidate names, however. They will be = discussed=20 in closed sessions. Meetings are being taped so =93an agent of the = court=94 might=20 hear it later, if called for. They are now starting to contact people = about=20 submitting applications.

Dean Johnsen = briefly=20 reported on meetings he had with specific constituencies:

1. =20 Several meetings with students to seek their input.

2. =20 Hospital personnel =96 they do not think a health sciences = background is=20 essential (though might be beneficial). If someone is willing to = learn and=20 willing to work hard, that=92s the most important thing.

3. =20 Legislators- many felt unconnected with the university but would = like to=20 be more directly involved. They discussed economic = development.

4. =20 Athletics wants someone who is interactive and is a fan.

Dean Johnsen = said he=20 believes the UI is very attractive for a future president. He would like = to be=20 able to announce a new President by July 1 .

He said the salient = points are (1) a=20 reaffirmation of shared governance and (2) selection of a president with = a=20 compelling vision.

President Kurtz said it = is extremely=20 refreshing to receive Johnsen=92s emails. He senses that people = across=20 campus are learning about the process and are clearer about what is = being=20 sought. He encouraged Dean Johnsen to continue in this vein. Kurtz said = he fully=20 supports the vision he has articulated, being open about the process but = closed=20 about the candidates.

Dean Johnsen said = that everyone=20 who is recommended, including former candidates, will be evaluated. He = added=20 that he is very pleased with the caliber of applicants; they are people = of=20 national stature who have already indicated that Iowa is a special = place. He=20 said we need someone who can lead strategically; we will look at how = they manage=20 resources; someone who will command the respect of the community. He = added the=20 process started and will end with the Regents.

Professor Sa-Aadu added = that it is=20 very clear there is a reaffirmation of shared governance.

Dean Johnsen asked = councilors what=20 the issues are that we should use to evaluate candidates. Kurtz = offered to=20 send him a copy of the compilation of emails sent from faculty to Regent = Wahlert.

Professor McGuire raised = the=20 question of on-campus interviews. He added there is a great = deal of=20 confidence in the membership of the committee. Dean Johnsen=20 commented that there are a range of models available from no campus = contact to=20 individual on-campus interviews, and that we should be open to = alternatives in=20 =96between depending on the list of finalists selected.

President Kurtz = commented that Iowa=20 has a history of openness. He strongly believes that people want a = process=20 by which the campus community can interview candidates. The nature = of the=20 job is that candidates have to be used to being open with campus and = off-campus=20 constituencies. They have to have had some form of engagement. =

Professor O=92Hara said = he wants our=20 next president to be accountable to whatever they have said in the=20 interview. They should stake out their territory so it=92s a = benchmark to=20 follow what they say to the Regents and the search committee. This is = what=20 always worried him about the old process. It=92s part of the UI = culture to=20 be open and know where we stand. Vice President Sharp added how = important=20 on-campus interviews are. Candidates will also get a chance to = hear=20 faculty, the ones who will sell the place.

Professor Thomas said = that openness=20 is the key thing. Renegotiating the place of education in the State of = Iowa=20 needs to be rethought in terms of income; and what goes out of the = university.=20 Johnsen agreed that he wants the next president to set an agenda = with the=20 state.

Professor O=92Hara added = that it is=20 critical that the new president be able to identify good talents at = senior=20 levels and to be able to work well with these people. He/She has = to be=20 able to communicate effectively with the state and internally with his = advisors.=20

Emeritus Professor = Spratt said it a=20 leader we are looking for, and we should be able to meet them = face-to-face.

Dean Johnsen=20 was thanked for speaking to the Faculty Council.

Tenure Clock Policy = update =97=20 Shelly Kurtz

Kurtz explained the work = of the task=20 force charged with considering changes to the Tenure Clock Policy. = Concerns came out of the College of Medicine that the current six-year = track is=20 not sufficient to allow tenure track members of that faculty to be able = to build=20 the kind of portfolio when they go up to tenure, taking into account = outside=20 funding, potential clinical responsibilities, and the tasks of doing = research=20 and scholarship. The Gender Equity Committee had made a number of=20 recommendations related to the appropriateness of the existing tenure = clock,=20 especially when tenure-seeking faculty have new members of their = family. =20 Professors O=92Hara and McGuire are also on the committee.

= ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; &nb= sp; =20 i. = The=20 core insight (proposals) are:

= ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; &nb= sp;=20 ii. = Each=20 college should be free to set its own tenure clock, but in no event = should it=20 exceed 8 years;

= ; = &= nbsp; &n= bsp; =20 iii. = There=20 would be automatic extensions for each child who was born to a faculty = member=20 (or adopted; or a step child as result of marriage) during the = probationary=20 period. The maximum amount would be a two-year extension.

No expansion of a = faculty member=92s=20 probationary period (as a result of an extension) shall result in any = increase=20 in the quantity or quality of the probationary faculty member=92s = expected=20 scholarship from what would have been expected had that faculty member = been=20 considered for promotion or tenure in the final year of probationary = service in=20 light of the collegiate norms.

The committee is = committed to the=20 idea that it is up to each college to make this decision. There is still = some=20 tinkering that needs to be done.

Provost Hogan commented = that he=20 wanted the Senate involved in this committee. He said these were not = unusual=20 recommendations. We are probably behind the curve. = Universities=20 around the country have looked at this and have differentiated tenure = clock=20 policies. The imperative comes from certain areas connected to gender=20 issues. It is getting harder and harder to opt for tenure track in = medicine; it affects all faculty there. Competition for medicine grants = has=20 quadrupled. You can=92t get tenure without an NIH grant, then this = is=20 compounded with having children. He added data shows it is getting more=20 difficult for both men and women to stay on the tenure track.

At UI, very few colleges = will have=20 to make this adjustment. He thinks faculty in the colleges should = have the=20 opportunity to make a recommendation to the Provost=92s Office.

At present, if a faculty = member has=20 a baby, you can ask for an extension, but under this new policy it is=20 automatically granted. You don=92t have to ask for it to be = conferred. This=20 avoids the stigma of having to ask for an extension and having this = interpreted=20 as a lack of commitment or ability.

Professor O=92Hara said = he would be=20 concerned about having different policies for different colleges. He = imagines=20 that someone in CLAS who didn=92t do this, but draws an analogy with a = colleague=20 in Medicine and says =93this is not equitable treatment.=94 In the = past we=20 have had standard approaches to tenure, to have a homogenous policy. = Professor=20 Boyle said that people are already comparing themselves across = colleges. =20 There are different requirements for publications in different colleges, = for=20 example.

Professor Sa-Aadu called = for an=20 alternative by creating a uniform system where tenure is decoupled from=20 promotion. Professor Thomas expressed concern about this within = CLAS,=20 although he felt the change within Medicine would not be too great. = Professor=20 Cohen said the committee had considered decoupling, but didn=92t think = it was the=20 right place to go at this time. McGuire said it would affect governance=20 structure.

Provost Hogan added that = this is a=20 conservative policy by comparison to other institutions. He did = not think=20 it would affect other colleges. Even the AAUP seems sympathetic, = he said.=20

Kurtz did not want to = proceed with a=20 resolution until Susan Johnson was present. He said that = some on the=20 committee were worried about expanding the tenure clock. He wants = to=20 protect the benefits of tenure. We can still be creative in = dealing with=20 this issue, but it is best to have a policy in place to rely on.

Professor Cohen moved; = seconded by=20 Professor Sa-Aadu to adjoin the meeting; unanimous approval.

The meeting closed at 5:12 pm.

The next meeting of the Faculty Council will be = Tuesday,=20 March 6, 3:30 =96 5:15 pm, Penn State Room, IMU. =