The following resolution was added to the agenda at the beginning of the meeting prior to adopting the agenda. The agenda was adopted with the addition of the following resolution:

Whereas the time of instruction for a UD course is a Faculty Senate matter; and,

Whereas Winter Sessions over the past ten years have had 22 to 25 days of instruction; and,

Whereas the Faculty Handbook holds that class meeting time during the winter and summer sessions should be equivalent to that scheduled in other academic terms; and,

Whereas Winter Session 2013, because of various scheduling factors, can have only 21 days of instruction, and Winter Session 2014 can have either only 20 days of instruction or Spring semester 2014 can have only 66 days of instruction; and,

Whereas a course of length 105 minutes for 21 days or 105 minutes for 20 days of instruction would equal 2,205 minutes and 2100 minutes, respectively of total meeting time; be it therefore

Resolved that beginning Winter Session 2013, daily course meeting times increase from 90 minutes to 105 minutes, and the Faculty Senate in the spring of 2014 will review the desirability of 105 minute daily class meeting times during a winter session.

Resolution on Winter Session

· Motion on the floor to defer this resolution till the May meeting – 18 votes in favor; 30 against

· 38 in favor of original resolution; 8 opposed.

· Resolution passes.