Senate Bill 10-11-04
| Bill ID: | 10-11-04 |
| Name: | University Policies Related to Lecturers/Instructors & Research Faculty |
| Proposed: | 07/01/2010 |
| Sponsor: | Boden Sandstrom & Faculty Affairs Committee |
| Proposal: | Boden Sandstrom requested that the Faculty Affairs Committee review the current policies for instructional and research faculty and make suggestions for possible revisions. |
| Active? | No |
Status
| Status: | Completed |
| Completed On: | 04/14/2011 |
History
| Status: | Complete |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate |
| Received: | 2011-03-31 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-04-07 |
| Decision: | The Senate voted to approve the proposal. |
| Actions: | The Senate reviewed the recommendations at its April 7, 2011 meeting and voted to approve them. |
| Next Step: | Presidential Approval |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2011-03-08 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-03-15 |
| Decision: | The SEC voted to place the item on the April 7, 2011 Senate meeting agenda for consideration. |
| Actions: | The SEC reviewed the recommendations at its March 15, 2011 meeting and voted to forward them to the Senate for review. |
| Next Step: | Senate Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Faculty Affairs Committee |
| Received: | 2010-11-18 |
| Decision Date: | 2011-03-07 |
| Decision Due By: | 2011-02-07 |
| Decision: | The committee voted to forward its recommendations to the SEC for consideration. |
| Actions: | The Senate Executive committee charged the Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC) with reviewing University Policies Related to Lecturers/Instructors & Research Faculty. At the September 13, 2010 meeting the FAC discussed the charge and created a Lecturer/Instructor & Research Faculty Policy Working Group to evaluate the current policies of the University of Maryland. The Working Group met over 3 months researching the current practices at the University, during this time they also researched peer institutions and their related policies. Additionally the Working Group met with Boden Sandstrom, the original proposer to have a better understanding of the view point of the Lecturers at the University. In November the Faculty Affairs Committee requested an extension to allow the Working Group more time to finalize its report and remaining recommendations. In December 2010 the Working Group conducted focus groups with several non-tenure-track faculty of the University of Maryland to determine if the experiences of non-tenure-track faculty warrant further evaluation. In January 2011 the Working Group presented their initial findings in a draft report to the committee. The committee accepted the draft report from the Working Group as the basis for the committee report. At the February 4, 2011 meeting the committee agreed that additional demographic information should be added to the final report in order to better support suspected inequities for non-tenure-track faculty across the campus. On March 7, 2011 the final report and recommendations were adopted and approved by the committee via email vote. |
| Next Step: | SEC Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2010-11-10 |
| Decision Date: | 2010-11-17 |
| Decision: | The SEC voted to grant the extension. |
| Actions: | The SEC reviewed the Faculty Affairs Committee's extension request at its November 17, 2010 meeting and voted to approve the extension with a new deadline of February 7, 2011. |
| Next Step: | Faculty Affairs Committee Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Faculty Affairs Committee |
| Received: | 2010-09-01 |
| Decision Date: | 2010-11-10 |
| Decision Due By: | 2010-12-01 |
| Decision: | The committee voted to submit a request for extension. |
| Actions: | The committee began review of the charge at the first committee meeting on September 13, 2010. At this meeting the committee decided to create a working group to complete the research and determine if there are areas of concern and recommend possible solutions. After a few meetings of the working group, the committee voted to request an extension to allow the working group more time to conduct the research and create recommendations. |
| Next Step: | SEC Review |
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| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Senate Executive Committee (SEC) |
| Received: | 2010-08-16 |
| Decision Date: | 2010-08-31 |
| Decision: | The SEC voted to charge the Faculty Affairs Committee with review of the proposal. |
| Actions: | The SEC discussed the proposal at its August 31, 2010 meeting and voted to charge the Faculty Affairs Committee with its review. |
| Next Step: | Faculty Affairs Committee Review |
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