Faculty Assembly Executive Council (FAEC) Meeting Minutes January 24, 2018 ASB 008 Room 10:30am to 12:30am<\/b><\/p>\n
Attendees: Roark Atkinson, Kim Lorber, Christina Connor, Kathryn Zeno, Tae Kwak, Eva Ogens, Donna Flynn (for Cristina Perez), Gladys Torres-Baumgarten, Renata Gangemi<\/b><\/p>\n
Excused: Cristina Perez<\/b><\/p>\n
Secretary:\u200b Hugh Sheehy<\/b><\/p>\n
Guest: Peter Mercer, Beth Barnett<\/b><\/p>\n A committee member noted that a similarly difficult-to-assess item in the GE is the Experiential component.<\/span><\/p>\n There is a question of whether a second Task Force is necessary for Online Learning or whether one Task Force could handle both Online Learning and Hybrid Courses.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> There are other questions related to Online\/Hybrid Course initiatives. Some of these relate to assessment and practical questions regarding scheduling, student attendance, student participation, and ensuring the integrity of student work. A committee member observed that ARC and related Task Forces play roles that are by turns instructive, advisory, and troubleshooting in nature.<\/span><\/p>\n A committee member noted that some faculty have questions about the various visions of the future place Online\/Hybrid Courses will occupy.<\/span><\/p>\n There may be other inaccuracies in the bylaws; it may be in the Faculty\u2019s interest to amend some of the bylaws.<\/span><\/p>\n Committee members have questions about history of bylaws and will consult former members of FAEC about institutional past.<\/span><\/p>\n Mercer: There will be a change in the duration of BoT meetings. There will be fewer meetings, but each will last longer.<\/span><\/p>\n A committee member reported looking into state of writing centers around the state. There was some discussion of reallocating current resources and the possibility of future requests for increased funding. A committee member stated a concern that anecdotal evidence of falling SAT scores among recent classes of incoming students may indicate a need for an increase in learning support in the form of resources like the Center for Reading and Writing. A committee member stated that transfer students with Associate\u2019s Degrees are allowed to bypass the College Gen Ed and may also be in need of increased or enhanced resources.<\/span><\/p>\n Mercer: A. BoT has extended President\u2019s appointment. Mercer was planning to step down after Spring 2019 but decided to seek to stay on another year once it became clear Barnett would step down after Spring 2018; decision had support of Provost Search Consultants, and there were other concerns, including new library construction project and upcoming Middle States study.<\/span><\/p>\n A committee member asked that, if the Board envisions books as decentered by other activities including an increase in learning online, can Ramapo afford to pay for supplementary online texts and technical facilities? Also, how will the adoption of this learning commons vision affect the mission of the library?<\/span><\/p>\n Mercer: No board member sees the library as ancillary to function of LC; \u201cthe library is at the core\u201d. College must also be careful about what it commits to buying and supporting; the LC must be limited in this interest.<\/span><\/p>\n A committee member stated that faculty in ASB were surprised and concerned that the word \u201clibrary\u201d seemed to be missing from the plans to name the new facility.<\/span><\/p>\n Mercer: The determination of the name is yet to be made. Will speak to issue at FA.<\/span><\/p>\n A committee member raised question of Potter name.<\/span><\/p>\n Mercer: Believes the name should be preserved. Also believes that the naming or placement of the name is question is subject to future developmental\/funding concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Faculty Assembly Executive Council (FAEC) Meeting Minutes January 24, 2018 ASB 008 Room 10:30am to 12:30am Attendees: Roark Atkinson, Kim Lorber, Christina Connor, Kathryn Zeno, Tae Kwak, Eva Ogens, Donna Flynn (for Cristina Perez), Gladys Torres-Baumgarten, Renata Gangemi Excused: Cristina Perez Secretary:\u200b Hugh Sheehy Guest: Peter Mercer, Beth Barnett \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Minutes approved \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Voting Item: Mid-Career Reflection: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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