SM-S97-2

At its meeting of March 3, 1997, the Academic Senate approved the following Senate Management Resolution presented by Dominique Van Hooff for the Executive Committee.

SENATE MANAGEMENT RESOLUTION

CREATING A METHOD FOR REVIEWING

TWO REPORTS RELATED TO ACADEMIC PRIORITIES

Whereas, The Provost of the University has requested that the Senate offer its advice on two reports related to Academic Priorities: the reports of the Redesign Task Force and of the Academic Priorities Steering Committee; and

Whereas, Among other ideas, the Senate retreat suggested that an ad hoc committee be formed to prepare the Senate for a full discussion of these reports; now therefore, be it

Resolved, A special ad hoc committee, called the "Senate Academic Priorities Review Committee" be created as follows:

1. This committee will be composed of seven Senators nominated by the Executive Committee and confirmed by majority vote of the Senate.

2. The committee will exist from March 3 until such time as the Senate concludes its review of the two reports mentioned above.

3. The members of this committee will be released from their normal seats on policy committees. The policy committees to which they are currently assigned will be temporarily reduced in membership so that the ad hoc committee members do not count against the quorum requirements of their (former) policy committees.

4. The committee is charged to conduct, through campus mail, a comprehensive Delphi-method survey of all Academic Senators on relevant topics surrounding the two aforementioned reports. It is further charged to author one or more Sense-of-the-Senate resolutions for consideration by the Senate expressing the sentiments uncovered in the Delphi survey.

Resolved, The Senate shall, at its regular meeting on April 7, as a special order of business immediately following the President's announcements, debate one or more Sense-of-the-Senate resolutions expressing its sentiment with regard to the two aforementioned reports.

Resolved, The Senate shall schedule a special session for April 21, 2:00-4:00, to deal with matters delayed as a result of the April 7 debate on Academic Priorities.