General Faculty Meeting
August 18, 2004
Faculty Issues
The faculty raised
issues of concern that were discussed and then prioritized. In rank order, these
are the areas the faculty wants the Academic Senate to address:
- Increase faculty
salaries.
- Elect department chairs
to terms of three years.
- Implement secure parking
areas for faculty near classroom/office buildings and require proof of
insurance for all parking permits.
- Increase hires of
master’s degreed tenure-track faculty at technical rank to teach lower
division courses.
- Provide guidance for
Personnel Committees.
- Incorporate summer
teaching as part of workload to allow flexible scheduling.
Faculty also requested
information or clarification about the following topics:
- What are the guidelines
from the State of Texas regarding reporting of absences?
- How are the formulas for
salary comparisons to peer institutions by department and field derived?