\- WASHINGTON Tur PRnsronNt 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. \- SJT/hdi Attachments \- ztzt Eyp. STREET, N.!7. . \trASHrNGTON , DC Zoo52 c (2oz) 994-5500 . FAx (2o2) 994-0554 WASHINGTON 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 \(ZASHTNGTON , DC 2oojz o (2Oz) 994-7198 \ \ - - , ilEo9Ao---l*,.loEtht.lo\o\\oIo\f-ai€) a.=a=.--oE ilq)u,7Z=o o dE:q)(l)iDo.=-o0 H.--tac)ofr.&(!)u,-o--{J.- :t &0)1AroU,ootr61'EI EI .AL6oI o\\o rn oq\o E E -UEa uOg * uooo.o! - g 3 E f : A a ; ; E * o\\oq ro oo\\o Eg E EE E g;$io EiD EeE g a&Lo (9EE I ()FqoqlLEoIEql F{f- F(€\o\\o Ea : E ; E ' i * E o\\oa ro!-loo\\o E E eEl EEr g aqLorl)EE€19Fqo6li oEAIriql>aF{r-F(g\g\\o i 'I ; ilE :E i$ Z cl E n . E a o\\ol? in oo\\o E g E €tr (Juoaq)E i - E H g o\ \o= IaP ra:oFaa=\O EE ?.8EE 3 iD.-o7Lg EE€6EE E =e,oo+ruooE'F.o.F +) g\\o E\\C) E :E f ? 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E E ;i $E ooG,Ooeo+vt1OJoc,*,+,,!UoELooCLooo+,oolto + - )' - o\\o\,Ftin \.F{Fa f- 4 EE €gEE $ a o f EF EE E r " ! t o a 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. 4. \- \, 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 \- within the School, which they are. As regards the Senate, the change is one only of 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. 5. \-, \ \ - - , , il€)e,zz=o o d>:oc.)E -ao H-.ltaq)ofr*€)u,-o--.E-5--aq)ao---{J.loEat-lo\o\\oIo\f-ai():ta.=0=.d-oI-l il(Der2goeD€)or:6E 1AILqloI o\\oFl l,O oo\\o 4 EE E6Z Bs fEa E En , EE o\\0q io oq\o E EE ;QSEa> 3s gLo (DEE €)tqodLEo atsicl r- g\o\\o F rE E --b gga E E E HE- f l o\\oa in oo\\o E EE EEEEl 3g=E aaLoo E oFqo6L o ataql r-!-lo\€\\0 E :rI e ei . HE | g E3E E ; E o\\o ln oo\\o 4 E E = .E * i g ; B B E . 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