REGULAR MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE

                          APRIL 1, 1996

                             MINUTES

Senators excused were:   Kenneth Biederman, Stuart Cooper, Steven
                         Helmling, Paul Hooper, Alvina Quintan,
                         Carolyn Thoroughgood

Senators absent were:    Steven Bennett, Christine Heyrman, Arnold
                         Kerr, John Kraft, Kara Newport Paige,
                         Tuncay Saydam

I.   ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA

     The agenda was approved as submitted.

II.  APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES

     The minutes of the March 4, 1996 meeting were approved as
     written.

III. REMARKS BY UNIVERSITY PROVOST SCHIAVELLI  

     The Provost had no remarks.

IV.  ANNOUNCEMENTS 

     President Hall announced that an attachment that was
     inadvertently left off the agenda had been sent out separately
     and that extra copies were available.  He also explained that
     the speed with which the new changes had been made to the
     Faculty Handbook had resulted in the appearance of the new
     sexual harassment policy before it had appeared as an item of
     information on the Senate agenda.

     Senator Gottfredson posed several questions regarding the new
     policy and suggested that the Faculty Senate may wish to
     consider future revisions of the policy.  She remarked that it
     was her understanding that the new procedures require that the
     Office of Employee Relations do two things: (1) To notify the
     AAUP upon receiving a complaint, and (2) to hold a meeting
     with the accused and the accuseds supervisors.  She asked if
     there were any other procedures that were routinely followed
     which were not spelled out, for example, an unannounced
     procedure that the administrative officer in charge should
     interview witnesses and or the complainant?

     Professor David Colton, President of the AAUP Chapter,
     remarked that the changes in the Faculty Handbook were made to
     inform the faculty of what the existing procedures were and
     that the changes reflected present practice.

     Senator Gottfredson remarked that the list of procedures
     undertaken when a complaint was made may not, in fact, be
     complete.  Vice President Colm assured her and the Senate that
     these procedures spelled out just what her office has done in
     such cases.

     After further discussion, Presiden Hall summarized the points.

     ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CHALLENGE

     The following Announcement for Challenge was accepted without
     discussion:

     Clarification of GPA requirements for admission to EDDV 400
     Student Teaching

V.   OLD BUSINESS 

     There was no old business. 

VI.  NEW BUSINESS

     A.   There was only one item of new business, a motion from
          the Committee on Rules to postpone the reapportionment of
          the Senate, which would normally take place this year,
          until next year after the reorganization of the colleges
          had taken place.

          Senator David Bellamy asked if the motion required a two-
          thirds majority to approve and the chair ruled that it
          did.

          There being no discussion, the following motion was
          unanimously approved:

          MOTION TO POSTPONE REAPPORTIONMENT OF SENATE

     The University Faculty Senate hereby instructs the Committee
     on Rules to postpone until February 1, 1997 the recomputation
     of faculty memberships in the Senate as required by the
     Constitution of the Faculty of the University of Delaware,
     Section IV, paragraph 4., of the Faculty Handbook.

          The Senate or a committee that it designates shall be
          responsible every second year for recomputing the
          formula for faculty senators. . . and shall notify each
          Unit by February 1 of that year of the number of faculty
          senators it is to elect in each of the following two
          years.

     and as detailed in the Bylaws and Regulations of the
     University Faculty Senate on page I-7, paragraph J.1., which
     reads:

          By February 1 of each year, the Secretary of the Senate
          shall inform the Units of the Senate of (1) the names 
          of senators whose terms will expire during the current
          academic year, and (2) any changes in apportionment 
          every other year, as stated in the Constitution. . . .

     B.   There being no further new business, the meeting was
          adjourned at 4:24 p.m.

                              Respectfully submitted,

                              Thomas Angell
                              Secretary
                              University Faculty Senate

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