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FAEC Minutes 2\/12\/2020<\/b><\/p>\n

Faculty Assembly Executive Council [FAEC] Meeting Minutes<\/b><\/p>\n

Date<\/b>: Wednesday, Feb\u00a0 12, 2020 | <\/span>Location<\/b>: B226\u00a0 | <\/span>Time<\/b>: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Attendees<\/b>: Tae Kwak, Donna Flynn, Kathy Zeno, Christina Connor, Scott Frees, Roarke, Naseem Choudhury, Ashwani Vashihth (Interim SSHS Representative), Pinar Kayaalp (<\/span>interim HGS Representative),\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Secretary<\/b>: Nakia Matthias<\/span><\/p>\n

Guests<\/b>:\u00a0 Interim Provost Gaulden <\/span><\/p>\n

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FAEC Minutes Approved<\/b><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 FA Voting Items Survey\u00a0 Results<\/b><\/p>\n

122 votes were registered in the recent FA survey that was administered by FAEC via qualtrics.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2. RCNJ\u2019s Acting President\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Provost Gaulden informed FAEC that Kirsten Loewrigkeit is serving as RCNJ\u2019s acting president as President Mercer is \u201coff campus\u201d and the role will be filled on a rotating basis among President Mercer\u2019s cabinet members.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Three Plus One Students and Programs at RCNJ [TPO]<\/b><\/p>\n

The plus-one year amounts to a total of 38 credits.\u00a0 TPO students will enter RCNJ with 90 credits and would need a total of 38 credits. \u00a0 FAEC was informed that TPO students will enter RCNJ with, \u201cadvanced\u201d Associates Degree rather than an Associates Degree. Eight credits are required for the completion of the plus-one term and will not be covered by the Pell Grant and will instead be covered by a provisional loan that students will need to take out.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Interim Provost Susan Gaulden:\u00a0 Middle States, Faculty Concerns at RCNJ<\/b><\/p>\n

The Provost is primarily concerned with\u00a0 how can FAEC support a good Middle States visit although the Middle States agenda is not finalized.\u00a0 Provost Gaulden explained that \u201c70% of colleges that are on warning,\u201d from Middle States is due to the lack or absence of programmatic and curricular assessment.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

She explained that the trend in online learning means that online contact hours are assessed, in addition to the workload, and the span of time that learners are engaged with coursework. Furthermore, she explained that the assessment of the quality of online education should meet the same standard as classroom-based contact.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Provost assigned Michael Bitz to the Middle States interview group for online learning due to his work with the facilitation of an online learning taskforce at RCNJ.<\/span><\/p>\n

Provost Gaulden advised that the Middle States team will question GeccO regarding curricular changes although she is aware that the GeccO membership has changed since new curricular changes were implemented.\u00a0 She also mentioned that a lot of thought went into which GeccO members would sit for interviews with the Middle States team and will be based on bottom-up recommendations and administrators\u2019 inputs. The Provost informed FAEC that its members will be asked about shared governance.<\/span><\/p>\n

FAEC shared their hope for a shift in the culture of shared governance and information sharing at RCNJ.\u00a0 <\/span>The Provost assured FAEC that <\/span>justification will be provided for decision-making relative to faculty and campus related issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

FAEC also expressed concerns that faculty have with the administration relative to support and real action for ensuring diversity at RCNJ.\u00a0 FAEC mentioned that despite task forces, focus groups, and campus climate surveys it is unclear as to what is being done with the information that is generated, as well as how it is used toward growing and securing real diversity at RCNJ.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Presentation of FA Concerns to the Interim Provost\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

FAEC discussed and will further develop a \u201claundry list\u201d of concerns to present to Provost Gaulden. FAEC Unit representatives will request input from their unit members regarding their concerns and questions for the Provost. The FA President was asked to reconsider things that the Provost changed or proposed to change and will provide Provost Gaulden with a list of the FA\u2019s most pressing concerns related to tis matter.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FA President was also asked to account for leadership at RCNJ for the Middle States study and report. Middle States\u2019 interests transcend the results obtained about leadership via campus climate surveys, but rather they want to see that action has been taken to address matters evidenced by survey results.\u00a0 They want to see a pattern of attempts to address matters\/concerns that have been recorded.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Other concerns raised for examination by the provost are outlined below:<\/b><\/p>\n

7. Alcohol and Other Drug [AOD] Policy<\/b><\/p>\n

The AOD policy and fines imposed on students as means to enforce policy compliance must be revisited.\u00a0 There have been requests for meetings regarding how this policy has changed. The enforcement of the disproportionately impacts students of color on campus.\u00a0 The policy is in need of revision and culturally competent considerations must be waged in this process, as well as in its enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n

A conversation must take place with the be The Chief Diversity Officer who does not make the policy but serves an advisory role in its enforcement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Link to AOD policies:<\/b> https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/publicsafety\/alcohol-and-drug-policies\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

8. Diversity at RCNJ<\/b><\/p>\n

President Mercer and the former Provost stated that TPO\u2019s would support RCNJ\u2019s diversity goals, as well as increase minority student enrollments but increased enrollment of minority students was never a factor in their financial projections for TPO\u2019s at the College.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

RCNJ is on its way to being a minority serving institution regardless of TPO\u2019s\u00a0 and The College must make a commitment to diversity. One of the concerns is the reporting process for bias incidents.\u00a0 In effort to avert gatekeeping, bias incidents can also be reported to the New Jersey State Ethics Commission, in addition to the EDIC, ELO, and the Affirmative Action Director.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Course Evaluations<\/b><\/p>\n

The average response rate for online course evaluations is around 25%.\u00a0 The FAEC will recommend that the College revert to paper based evaluation as the default and employ online evaluations only if faculty Opt-in relative to the mode of instruction.<\/span><\/p>\n

The current incentive proposal for granting extra credit to students that complete course evaluations is problematic. This method of granting extra credit per student cannot occur unless information about the whom has completed evaluations is disclosed to faculty.\u00a0 FAEC maintains that the extra credit scheme is a non-policy and needs to be addressed by the current provost. The withholding of student grades for a defined period of time is proposed as a means to encourage participation in student course evaluations via electronic delivery.\u00a0 Faculty concerns regarding course evaluations are important for personnel considerations but can easily be addressed through immediate return to paper based evaluations.<\/span><\/p>\n

10. Faculty Handbook Revision\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Helen Higgenbotham, RCNJ\u2019s former Director of Affirmative Action, is still listed as the current Affirmative Action Director in the faculty handbook<\/span><\/p>\n

The Faculty Handbook revision task force is being assembled to address immediate concerns regarding the processes outlined in the handbook for tenure, promotion, and sabbatical considerations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meeting Adjourned at 12 pm<\/b><\/p>\n

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