REGULAR MEETING OF THE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE
September 14, 1992
MINUTES
Senator not in attendance was: Michelle Provost-Craig
Senators excused were: Susan Amert, Charles Boncelet, John Nye,
Betty Paulanka, R. Byron Pipes, Mary
Richards, David P. Roselle, Stuart
Sharkey, Carolyn Thoroughgood
I. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
The Senate adopted the Agenda as presented.
II. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES
The Senate approved the Minutes as submitted.
III. REMARKS BY VICE PROVOST ANDERSEN
Vice Provost Andersen discussed the possible need for more
budget reductions for 1993-94, announced the appointments of
Dr. Costel Denson as Interim Vice Provost for Research, Dr.
Carol Hoffecker as Associate Provost for Graduate Studies,
Dr. Larry Donnelley as Associate Provost for International
Programs and Special Sessions, and her own change of title
to Vice Provost for Academic Affairs. She also noted that
Dr. Stanley Sandler is serving as Interim Dean of the
College of Engineering and that the new Dean, Dr. Stuart
Cooper, will begin in January. Vice Provost Andersen
reported that the University of Delaware received its
reaccreditation from the Middle States Higher Education
Commission and thanked all who participated in the review
process. She announced the establishment of the first
Distinguished Alumni Professorship to be awarded to a senior
faculty member for outstanding contributions to teaching and
indicated the nomination processes.
IV. ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senate President Lomax introduced members of the Senate
Executive Committee and explained Senate procedures and E-
Mail.
V. NEW BUSINESS
Item A. The Senate elected David Smith (Life and Health
Sciences) as Chairperson of the Committee on Committees and
Nominations.
Item B. Recommendation from the Committee on Graduate
Studies (R. Dalrymple, Chairperson 91-92) with the
concurrence of the Coordinating Committee on Education
(K. Lomax, Chairperson 91-92) for provisional
approval of a new degree called Master of Arts in
Economics for Educators. After an explanation of why
the Program was being shifted from the College of
Education, the Senate approved the following:
WHEREAS, the Center for Economic Education in the
College of Business and Economics has
administered a masters program for
teachers since 1981, and
WHEREAS, the program has been offered as one of
the options in the Master of Instruction
degree in the College of Education, and,
WHEREAS, the program is unique and different from
the general requirements of the Master of
Instruction, be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate approves
provisionally, for four years, the
establishment of a new degree in the
College of Business and Economics,
entitled Master of Arts in Economics for
Educators, and be it further
RESOLVED, that the name Master of Instruction in
Economic Education be discontinued, with
the understanding that a student in the
Master of Instruction program can choose
economics as the area of emphasis.
Item C. Recommendation from the Coordinating Committee on
Education (Lomax, Chairperson 91-92) for the creation
of a new Department in the College of Arts and Sciences
entitled DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY. The Senate
discussed the potential size of the program, the
characteristics of its students, the status of its
faculty, the fact that the department will offer only a
graduate major, how such a graduate program compares
with other programs in the field, the value of the
program for student recruitment, the establishment of a
fee-for-service physical therapy clinic, who would be
able to use such a clinic, the relation of clinic income
to the cost of the program, the cost of adding a new
department during a period of budget reductions, and how
its costs would be balanced in the college and against
other possible budget reductions. The Senate then voted
to approve the following resolution:
WHEREAS, the faculty in the graduate program for
Physical Therapy were given the
opportunity to request departmental
status in the College of their choice,
and
WHEREAS, the College of Arts and Science, both the
College Senate and Dean Mary Richards,
accepted the request from faculty in the
Physical Therapy program to become a
department, be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the University Faculty Senate
support the establishment of a new
Department of Physical Therapy.
Item D. Senator Haslett raised a question about copyright
policies in higher education which was referred to the
Executive Committee.
Senate President Lomax adjourned the meeting at 5:04 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Judith Roof
Senate Secretary
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