University Senate Action April 16

University Senate heard reports Monday, April 16, from:

• Keith Fennen, Chair, Faculty Welfare Committee
• Rob Schorman, Chair, Campus Planning Committee and Cody Powell, Associate Vice President of Facility and Planning Operations

Items received on the Senate consent calendar included:

• Curriculum Report
• Graduate Council Minutes - March 13, 2018
• Revision to Final Exam Schedule Policy - S.H. 1.4.B and MUPIM 10.3.B

Minutes of the University Senate April 9, 2018. meeting were approved.

With the approval of the April 9 minutes, the following resolutions were approved:

SR 18-08

April 9 2018

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that University Senate endorses changes in titles for Lecturers and Clinically/ Professionally Licensed Faculty as follows:

For those lecturers currently holding a Ph.D. or other terminal degree, their title will be:

• Assistant Teaching Professor;
• Associate Teaching Professor; or,
• Teaching Professor.

For those clinically/professionally licensed faculty currently holding a Ph.D. or other terminal degree, their title will be:

• Assistant Clinical Professor;
• Associate Clinical Professor; or,
• Clinical Professor.

For those lecturers currently holding a non-terminal Masters degree, their title will be:

• Assistant Lecturer;
• Associate Lecturer; or,
• Senior Lecturer.

For those clinically/professionally licensed faculty currently holding a non-terminal Masters degree, their title will be:

• Assistant Clinical Lecturer;
• Associate Clinical Lecturer; or,
• Senior Clinical Lecturer.

SR 18-09

April 9, 2018

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that University Senate endorses the following revisions to SR 18-07:
Senate endorses a second promotion point for Lecturers and Clinical/Professionally Licensed Faculty. To achieve promotion, the candidate must demonstrate:

• a cumulative record of high-quality teaching
• a cumulative record of high-quality advising (as assigned);
• continued strong productive professional service; and,
• distinction or excellence in some area of pedagogy or service.
   

(Twenty-five members of Faculty Assembly can challenge a Senate resolution by filing a petition with the University Senate Recording Secretary during the first ten class days following publication on the University Senate webpage and in Miami's Campus News section of the website.)