RE: President’s Monthly Report to Policy Committee (12/12/17 – 1/16/18)
Statute revisions: The revisions have been approved by the three senates and the Senates Council. They were transmitted to the president on December 5, 2016. President Killeen and Executive VP Wilson indicated that they are actively pursuing the various details necessary for a major revision effort. Next BoT meetings are on:
Jan 18, 2018 Chicago
Mar 15, 2018 Urbana
May 17, 2018 Springfield
July 18-19, 2018 Urbana
I have been assured of notification prior of transmittal to BoT of the president’s recommendations. Nothing has yet been transmitted. Barbara Wilson has indicated that a general “clean up” of the statute language is in progress.
PC meetings with administrators: I have requested a PC member meeting with Chancellor Jones and he has indicated that he will be out of town on our Fall meeting dates. The Spring 2018 dates were communicated to his office three months ago. So far, no response. Will inquire again.
Tenure and promotion workshop: Provost designee Andreas Cangellaris—current engineering dean—and associate provost Bill Bernhard have agreed to participate on March 8, 2018. I am inviting two other panelists (CAFT & FAC).
Legislative attacks on tenure, course content and free speech: Bob Parker continues to track and monitor news items on these important subjects. Matt Finkin will be in Venice, Italy and cannot participate at our May 2018 annual membership meeting. David O’ Brien, Bob Parker and I will meet this month to organize this meeting.
Shared governance questionnaire: Twenty per cent of the questionnaires were returned in mid-April. Interim provost Wilkin graciously agreed to resent the questionnaire this summer to the unit heads. Responses were received and our ad hoc committee is evaluating them. Hadi Esfahani will report when the evaluation has been completed. A similar questionnaire will be sent next to the UIUC tenure track and tenured faculty through the provost office. We may wish to consider this topic and responses for a special meeting.
