Inconsistencies in membership voting/selection process for Academic Council, University Curriculum Committee, and Promotion & Tenure Committee
Document all advisory committees.
Consider need for new standing committees
Internal campus communications
Review of processes by which faculty are involved in and receive communications about the university
Use of faculty/staff emails. Are there better ways such as a daily digest email?
Alternative ways to use E-net?
Comparisons to external communications strategies
Support working group focused on assessing and documenting effective, high quality teaching as defined in the faculty handbook
Continue exploration of promotion and tenure process
Focus on P&T Committee’s report from 2015-16
Consider need for a task force or other formal mechanism moving forward
Continue Support for Post-probationary Faculty Working Group
Continue Task Force on Department Chairs
Investigate Support Staff with Faculty Rank designation
Consider name change
Future status of this type of employee?
Membership on standing committees?
Ongoing work to update and maintain accuracy with the Faculty Handbook
Other Concerns
Pre-departure courses for winter-term study abroad. Does there need to be a uniform way in which they are taught, times offered, structure, etc.?
Mid-term grade policy
Credit hour definition: why the range in numbers for different types of courses? Also the difference in contact hours to credit hours vs. contact hours to faculty load hours.
Need for a better repository for Academic Council and/or Committee on Committees (possibly also standing committee) materials beyond what’s available on Moodle?
Concern about lowering enrollment in some CORE and Arts and Sciences courses potentially due to study abroad programs, transfer credits, high school AP courses, etc.
Examine issues surrounding the identity of the Arts at Elon