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TO;
Faculty State University of New York At Albany
FROM:
R. S. Gardner, Representative to s. u. Senate
SUBJECT:
December 3, 4 ~1eeting of Senate
8 Dec 1964
The fall meeting of the Senate was held December 3, 4 at Brubacher Hall,
SUNY-A, with President Gould presiding.
The following notes are presented for your
.i,nformation.
Complete minutes will be filed in the Library.
1.
Following an official welcome to SUNY-A by President Collins, Dr. Gould,
as Chairman of the Senate, made his report which included the following points:
a.
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b.
~ffatrs of SUNY
The image of SUNY should be an academic image of highest quality.
The Senate must take an ever-increasing interest in the academic
c.
The philosophy and pu:t:'pose of the Central Staff should be to advise
qnd assist.
They should not be mere housekeepers or clerks.
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d.
D:r>. Boyer (Calif.), recently appointed Dean for University-wide
~ctivities, wili be concerned with inter-relationships of the 58 units.
His appoint-
~ent is effective 1 July 1965.
e.
Titles and functions of Deans (SUNY) will change from Dean· for Two
~ear Colleges, Dean for Four Year Colleges, etc.~ to Dean for International Studies,
Qean for Continuing Education, etc.'
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f.
Additional copies of the 1964 Master Plan ~re being printed and
should be available in the Library by 15 December.
g.
'the chairman stated that the Central Staff will move into temporary
quarters in SUNY-A buildings when we move. to the new campus.
For permanent head-
quarters, he is not inte:r>ested in space on the mall in Albany, for fear that SONY will
be considered as any other department of state government.
He feels that Central
Offices should be close to the new campus of SUNY-A •
. h.
The Hay 1964 Senate resolution calling for a ;four year: E_l,an,_ to r:~lse
salaries of ~nstructors and assistant professors by 5% per year and salaries of as-
so~iate professors and professors by 15% per year has not been presented to the Board
of\T:r.ustees.
The SUHY 1965-66 budget does propose salar'y inc:r>eases which approximate
the Senate resolution~
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i. The Board of Trustees. is not disposed to advocate repeal of the
Feinberg Act. in accordance with the May 1964 Senate resolution.
'I'hey propose to
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administer the act "with sensitivity." Central Staff will continue to work to protect
academic and o:her.?ights and freedoms.of all SUNY faculty.
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J:d'n order that sabbat:J.cal leaves may be approved early, Pres1dent
~ould hopes to g' e the local unit authority to approve sabbatical leaves. without re-
view by the Cen· raJ. Office.
Th.is is one of several recommendations. · · ·
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FASUNY has requested a meeting with the executive committee of the
Senate to discuss future developments of both organizations.
Meeting is scheduled for•
January.
2.
Vice-Chairman Young:
a.
Reported that the executive committee, with some former vice-chair-
men will attempt to organize the Senate for greater participation in academic affairs
of SUNY.
b.
Noted the presence of four invited "observers" from community
collr~ges.
c.
Stated that a committee will be appointed to plan the first "Annual
C.onference of SUNY faculty.
Tentative plans call for a meeting of approximately 250
faculty members (4 or 5 from each unit) to discuss the practical problems of SUNY.
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This first conference may be held in conjunction with inauguration of President Gould.
Likely locality:
New York City.
Likely date:
Hay 1964.
3.
a.
Two resolutions wer•e passed by the Senate.
The first~ which was
concerned with re-election of senators will be presented to the trustees in December,
and if approved, will be submitted to local units for ratification. It reads as
:follows:
"An elected representative who has served a full three-year term
or major fraction thereof shall be eHgible to serve a second consecudve
three-year term.
He shall not be eligible to serve again as a membel:'' of the
Senate until the expiration of three years from the end of his last pre-
ceding term.
Representatives who have served only a minor fraction of one
three-year term may serve for two additional consecutive three year terms."
b.
The second resolution urges th~" President to wol"k for a program of
scholarships for graduates of two year colleges.
Recipients would apparently be the
lp.te bloomers who did not receive state scholarships upon graduation from high school.
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Dr. Bernardo (Harpmr), chairman of the Committee on Academic Program
iqentified five areas of current interest:
a)
Graduate Programs
b)
Faculty Research
c)
Academic Policies, e.g., admission, faculty loads, articulation
d)
Special programs, e.g., foreign study
e)
Two and Four Year programs, e.g., academic programs of Community
Colleges, Agricultural and Technical Colleges, etc.
NOTE:
Dr. Bernardo has requested nomination of faculty to study
each of the above.
Any SUNY-A faculty interested please let me
know.
5.
Dr. Price (Central Office), stated that local units may decide for themN
sE)lves W:JJiether wish salaries of ten month employees to be paid over a 12 month period.
!·Ie stated that such a method of payment would not interfere with Summer Session
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sqlaries, and further that all employees will soon be on this plan.
Offering a choice <./'
11ow, according to Dr. Price, provides for "palatable acceptance· of the inevitable. 11
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6.
Dr. Car lip, chairman of the Personnel Policies Committee presented the
latest revision of the proposed Personnel Policies of the Board of T:r.ustees.
A list
)f these proposed changes will be sent to you soon for your study and reaction.
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1ope that we may have a discussion of the changes in a general faculty meeting.
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