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Apr 21, 2015

University Senate Action April 20: Senate adopts two new proposed degrees

University Senate heard reports Monday, April 20, from: Bryan Marshall, chair, Executive Committee of University Senate; and Provost Phyllis Callahan, chair of University Senate.

Senate heard the following special reports:

  • Update on Miamideas, Glenn Platt and Peg Faimon, co-chairs, Miamideas
  • Regional Campuses Process Committee Final Report, Jim Oris and Judy Rogers, Committee Chair and Process Coordinator

Items received on the Senate consent calendar included:

Curriculum Report

  • Master of Science in Nursing PDP; Reports dated March16, 2015, March 30, 2015 and April 1, 2015; Note: Distributed (4.3.2015) and Received (4.6.2015)
  • Report dated April 20, 2015

Proposed Revisions to Student Handbook 1.1.C.2: Credit/No Credit Policy

Proposed Revisions to Graduate Handbook Pt. 5: Graduate Faculty Information

 Minutes of Senate Committees

  • Executive Committee of University Senate dated March 20, 2015
  • Executive Committee of University Senate dated April 6, 2014
  • Liberal Education Council dated February 10, 2014
  • Honors Program Advisory Committee dated February 28, 2014

With the approval of the March 2, 2015, full minutes and April 20, 2015, abbreviated minutes, University Senate endorsed the following resolutions.

SR 15-14

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that University Senate endorse revisions to MUPIM 7.4.E., Criteria for Promotion to Full Professor.

7.4.E  Professor (tenure-eligible rank)
Appointment or promotion to the rank of Professor at Miami University will ordinarily be recommended to the Board of Trustees only for those members of the instructional staff who will enhance the excellence of this group and the academic standard of the University.

A Professor must hold an earned doctorate or other terminal degree, or the equivalent of such a degree, from an accredited college or university. (It is recognized that the equivalent of a doctor’s degree may involve specialized training, study, or experience that does not culminate in a doctorate.)

For appointment or promotion to this rank, a candidate must demonstrate excellence in the first and second criteria listed below and must demonstrate strength in the third:

  1. a cumulative record of high-quality teaching and academic advising;
  2. a cumulative record of research, scholarly and/or creative achievement which has resulted in an established reputation within the discipline;
  3. performance of productive professional service.

Regional campus faculty may elect to demonstrate excellence in the first and third criteria and demonstrate strength in the second.

SR 15-14 carried by voice vote.

SR 15-15

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that University Senate adopt the proposed new degree, Bachelor of Science in Applied Communication: Health Communication, College of Professional Studies and Applied Sciences;
AND FURTHERMORE, that the endorsement by University Senate of the proposed degree will be forwarded to the Miami University Board of Trustees for consideration;

SR 15-15 carried by voice vote.

SR 15-16

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that University Senate adopt the proposed new degree, Master of Science in Criminal Justice, College of Professional Studies and Applied Sciences, Daniel Hall, Chair and Professor;
AND FURTHERMORE, that the endorsement by University Senate of the proposed degree will be forwarded to the Miami University Board of Trustees for consideration;

SR 15-16 carried by voice vote.

SR 15-17
April 20, 2015
Sense-of-the-Senate Resolution

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that by a Sense-of-the-Senate vote, University Senate supports the report and recommendations set forth by the Regional Campuses Process Committee in their final report dated April 13, 2015, with the following concerns:

  • Nature of new and current faculty appointment and their relationship to new and existing departments and programs
  • Notation of campus location on transcripts and diplomas
  • Adequacy of single division to encompass degree programs

SR 15-17 carried by voice vote.

The next meeting of University Senate is scheduled for 3:35 p.m. April 27, 111 Harrison Hall.

Twenty-five members of Faculty Assembly can challenge the resolution by filing a petition with the office of the university secretary during the ten class days after publication on Miami University's news website.