AGENDA
2000/2001 University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Faculty Senate
Tuesday, December 12, 2000, 2:15 p.m.
James R. Connor University Center 219
  1. Call to Order

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  2. Roll Call
    1. Senators present:
    2. Senators absent: (*informed Secretary)

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  3. Approval of Minutes of Faculty Senate Meeting, Nov. 14, 2000 (attachment)

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  4. Reports of Committees
    1. University Curriculum Committee: Transmittal of actions of Friday, Nov. 17, 2000 (attachment; please see http://acadaff.uww.edu/ucc/2000-01/111700T.htm for download links)
    2. Faculty Elections Committee (Johnson/Garvin)
    3. Faculty Salary Committee (attachments)
    4. Faculty Personnel Rules Committee (Epps)
    5. Ad Hoc Task Force on Fair Labor Practices
  1. New Business
    1. Retirement Resolution(s)
    2. Resolution on December 2000 Graduates: 

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The Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater recommends to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents that the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students who have applied for graduation in December 2000 and who have been certified by the University Registrar to have met all academic requirements and completed all of their courses of study be granted their degrees at the December 2000 commencement exercises.
                                                                                                                                                         (Executive Committee)
    1. Resolution on 2001-2003 biennial salary

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      Whereas, UW-Madison has reached the median salary levels of its peers, and
      Whereas, salary levels for the rest of the Universities are very low compared to their peer groups, and
      Whereas the 1984 peer group for the Comprehensive Universities is no longer reflective of
      what is truly a national and international market, and
      Whereas, AAUP and CUPA data show the need for large salary increases for UW-Milwaukee,
      the Comprehensive Universities, and the UW Colleges, and
      Whereas, competition has intensified throughout the United States to hire and retain faculty,
      BE IT RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate at UW-Whitewater urges the Regents to support a
      national peer group such as AAUP or CUPA, that the Board recommend salary increases not less than 6% and 8% for the 2001-2003 biennium, that the Board develop a plan to reach the median of the national peer group not later that 2004 and to increase the number of faculty in the classroom.
      BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution to be sent to all Regents,
      Chancellors, Provosts, the President and Vice Presidents of the UW System Administration and to the TAUWP Office.
       

                                                                                                                                    (Richard Schauer/TAUWP)
    1. Resolution on the "Marder Case"
The Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater strongly supports the principle of due process in the investigation and prosecution of complaints leveled against faculty members in the UW-System. The Marder case at UW-Superior seriously calls into question whether due process was followed in the prosecution of charges leveled against a tenured member of the faculty. What is at stake is the integrity of the process used to assess the facts in this case. This Faculty Senate asserts that strict compliance with the principles set forth in UWS 4.02 is essential if the case against Professor Marder or against any faculty member is to be resolved fairly and equitably.
 

Be it resolved that the Faculty Senate of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater requests that the Board of Regents of the UW-System set aside the petition to terminate Professor Marder because the requirements of UWS 4.02 were not followed in bringing the charges and because no defect has been identified in the fork of the UW-Superior Faculty Committee on Termination's.

                                                        (Richard Schauer/TAUWP Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee)(attachment)
 

    1. Other new business (no action)

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  1. Announcements and Information (no action)
    1. Report of the Chancellor
    2. Report of the Senate Chair
    3. Next Senate Exec. Comm. Meeting: Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2001, 2:15, UC65 (Governance Center)
    4. Next Faculty Senate Meeting: Feb. 6, 2001, 2:15 p.m., UC219
    5. Other announcements

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  2. Adjournment