Faculty Senate (1996 - 1997 minutes): Resolutions

44 Pages·1997·25.6 MB·English

by  George Washington University, Faculty Senate

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TO Professor John G. Boswell
FROM: Stephen J. Trachtenberg
SUB.JECT: Facultv Senate Resolutions/1996-97
DATE: June 19, 1997
I have your memorandum of April 18 providing a tabulation of resolutions acted upon by
the Faculty Senate during its 1996-97 Session. As you requested, I am pleased to attach
the response of the Administration to these resolutions for incl in the Faculty
Senate Annual Report.
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Attachments
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FACULTY SENATE
April 18, 1997
MEMORANDUM
TO: Stephen Joel T
FROM: John G. Boswell, Ghair
Executive Committee Faculty Senate
On behalf of the Committee, lam enclosing a tabulation
of resolutions acted upon by the Faculty Senate during its 1996-97
Session.
We would appreciate receiving the response of the Administration
to these resolutions for inclusion in the Annual Report of the Executive
\-, committee of the Faculty senate for the 1996-97 Session.
Thank you.
Enclosures
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Response of Administration to Resolution No. 96/11 ; A Resolution
Apposing selective Reductions in salary of Tenured Faculty
ln the governance of a university, it is important that personnel actions, to the extent
possiblS, proceed not only with fairness but also with a perception of fairness. To the
extent tfrai tfris may have been inadvertently inadequately attended to in the case at hand,
the administration is keen to mend the oversight. Therefore, we have instructed the
Medical Center to revisit their deliberations and to take all appropriate steps to proceed
in accordance with this Resolution.
Response of Administration to Resotution No. 96/13: A Resolution on the
estihtishment of a Schoot of Pubtic Health and Health Services
The administration wishes to maintain the governance structure that has served The
George Washington University well a governance structure which includes
participation in thL Faculty Senate by all sectors of the University, whether classically
academic or professionally oriented. We are a stronger University for having under the
iurisdiction of a single Faculty Senate not only schools of arts and sciences but also law
and medicine. lt is, however, imperative that we recognize the dynamism in certain
areas of the University and, most particularly, the almost revolutionary events
impacting on the health frofessions as we go forward, so as not to inhibit the capacity of
the healih center to remain bonded with the rest of the University. The resolution
\- regarding the School of Public Health and Health Sciences raises questions that cannot be
ap-propriitely dealt with by a simple yes or no reply. Negotiations between the Medical
Center and ihe Senate in search of a mutually acceptable compromise have, despite good
faith efforts on all sides, thus far been unsuccessful. The administration proposes to
invite third party participation to assist in seeking an acceptable resolution. ln the
coming yeai, w-e are going to ask that a member of the Board of Trustees chair a
committee with repreientitives from the Medical Center and the Faculty Senate
Executive Commitiee. This committee will be charged with the responsibility of
researching the most contemporary status of medical center faculty governance relations
with univeisity senates at peer institutions and will use this information to inform a
recommendat'ron to the administration for a substantive reply to Resolution No.96i13.
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Response of Administration to Resolution No.96/14: A Resolution on
"schools Within Schools"
Section 9A (page 16) of lhe Faculty Code reads. in pertinent part: The Faculty Senate or
an appropriate committee thereof is entitled to an opportunity to make recommendations
on proposals concerning the creation . of schools . of the University. The
administration acknowledges its responsibility to share with the Faculty Senate before
the creation of a School. The Faculty Code contemplates that a School is an "autonomous"
academic entity of the University which has a distinct faculty, with all that that implies,
and which, in the normal course of events, is represented as a School in the Faculty
Senate. One may reasonably distinguish the "creation" of Schools (such as the School of
Public Health and Health Sciences) from the mere designation of subordinate units
within already existing Schools as "schools" that do not meet the criteria for review
anticipated by the Faculty Code. There are Schools and there are gchools. So, for
example, it seems patent that the Faculty Code does not require consultation when an
"autonomous" School, such as the Columbian School, decides through proper application
of the governance process of that School itself and the university administration that it
simply wishes to designate a component of the existing School as a subordinate school (as
in the School of Media and Public Affairs). This assumes no consequential changes
accompany the denomination (see: ln re Snook, 2 Hilt., N.Y' 566). Under these
circumstances, the faculty in the school continue to relate to the Faculty Senate in
exactly the same way as they would if they were a department or other subordinate unit
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nomenclature--not of substance. lt is seamless and invisible to the Faculty Code. (Just
as the change in name by the National Law Center to The George Washington University
Law School last year inspired no Faculty Senate consultation.)
That said, the administration recognizes the classic wisdom of consultation with the
Senate whenever sound in academic matters and takes this opportunity to express its
intention to continue in the future as it has in the past, pursuant to common law campus
traditions, if not statutory requirement, with appropriate collegial decision-making.
Further, in response to a particular concern of Resolution 96/14, the administration
will advise the Graduate School of Political Management and the School of Media and
Public Affairs, both subordinate units (in the nature of departments in the Columbian
School), to indicate on letterhead and in material published in University bulletins and
elsewhere that they are respectively subdivisions of the Columbian School.
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