REGULAR MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE
September 16, 1991
MINUTES
President Taggart called to order the regular meeting of the University
Faculty Senate on Monday, September 16, 1991 at 4:00 p.m.
Senators not in attendance were: Suzanne Alchon, Lawrence Nees, Raymond
Nichols, Debra Norris, Alfred Wedel
Senators excused were: Edith Anderson, Costel Denson, Bernard Herman, Robert
Knecht, John Pikulski, Daniel Rich, David P. Roselle,
Yda Schreuder, Stuart Sharkey, Janet Smith, Carolyn
Thoroughgood
I. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
Before explaining the Guidelines for Reduction and Elimination of
Programs appended to the agenda, President Taggart requested that we
approve the agenda as distributed, but change the order of business so
that we could begin the process of electing the chairperson of the
Committee on Committees and Nominations before commencing with Old
Business. The Senate approved the modification without objection.
II. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
Since no one offered changes or objections, the Senate approved the
minutes as distributed.
III. OLD BUSINESS
Item A was a recommendation from the Ad Hoc Committee on Divestment (D.
Colton, Chairperson). Wunyabari Maloba, a member of the Committee,
explained that the Committee's view of the need for divestment had not
changed. After debate and defeated motions to table and for secret
ballot, the following resolution was not approved:
Based on our considered deliberations and our extensive consultations
and, after having fully considered the significant political changes
that have taken place in South Africa, we hereby recommend to the
University Faculty Senate the adoption of the following resolution:
WHEREAS, the University of Delaware continues to deplore the
policy of apartheid still practiced in South Africa,
and
WHEREAS, the University of Delaware has the moral and
intellectual responsibility to provide leadership in
opposition to this abhorrent policy, and
WHEREAS, divestment has proven to be an effective weapon
against apartheid in South Africa, and
WHEREAS, a fundamental and irreversible rupture with apartheid
policy has not yet occurred, and taking note of the
continuing calls for sanctions by organizations
representative of the majority of South Africa's
people, and
WHEREAS, considering that the suspension of armed struggle in
South Africa makes economic pressure against apartheid
all the more significant at this historic juncture, be
it
RESOLVED, that the University Faculty Senate of the University
of Delaware recommend that the officers and trustees
of the University divest the University of stocks,
bonds and other holdings in all corporations that have
operations in South Africa.
IV. NEW BUSINESS
Item A: David Smith was the elected Chairperson of the Committee on
Committees and Nominations.
Item B: was a recommendation from the Committee on Committees and
Nominations (Jon Olsen, Chairperson) to delay its report on the use of
outside legal advisers in actions before the Committee on Faculty
Welfare and Privileges. The following motion was approved:
WHEREAS, in the March 11, 1991 Faculty Senate meeting, the University
Faculty Senate referred the following resolution to the
Committee on Committees and Nomination for consideration:
Except in cases involving termination (or non-renewal)
of faculty, in hearings before the Committee on
Faculty Welfare and Privileges, the choice
of"advisers" or "observers" who may participate in the
hearing shall be limited to persons selected from the
University of Delaware faculty. In a termination (or
non-renewal) complaint before the Committee the
decision whether to involve non-faculty attorneys
shall rest with the person who faces termination. If
the complainant chooses to engage a non-faculty
attorney for the hearing, the University shall be
obliged to provide an attorney for the respondents to
the complaint.
. . . With the recommendations to be reported at the October 1991
meeting, and
WHEREAS, the entire procedures for operation of the Committee on
Faculty Welfare and Privileges now are being reviewed by the
Committee on Committees and Nominations, and
WHEREAS, the resolution of March 11 is included within the later
charge, be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the University Faculty Senate amends the timing of the
charge of March 11, 1991 to the date of the report of the
review of all of the procedures for the Committee on Faculty
Welfare and Privileges.
Item C: was a resolution amending the Faculty Handbook, changing a title
in roster of the Committee on Instructional Computing and Research
Support Services to reflect current usage. The following resolution was
approved:
RESOLVED, that the second paragraph of the charge to the Committee on
Instructional, Computing and Research Support Services, as
it appears in Section I-III, page I-19 of the Faculty
Handbook be amended as follows:
The Committee on Instructional, Computing and Research Support
Services shall consist of one faculty member from each of the
colleges of the University, one of whom shall be appointed as
chairperson; an undergraduate student; a graduate student; a
designee of the Director of the Library; a designee of the
Associate Provost for Instructional Technology; and a designee of
the Associate Vice President for Computing and Network Services.
Item D: Senator Edward Schweizer offered the following motion which was
placed on the agenda for October:
BE IT RESOLVED, that all of the parents of students who are members of
live-in social organizations be advised, in writing,
that the University does not have Residence Life staff
members residing in the social organizations' housing
units.
President Taggart adjourned the meeting at 4:50 p. m.
Respectfully submitted,
Judith Roof
Secretary
University Faculty Senate
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