Faculty Senate has assembled a light agenda this week in order to finish business from the Jan. 29 Spring 2002 Faculty Forum and to vote on a resolution dealing with IMAP grants.

The Council of Illinois Senates, a group of faculty senate chairs from Illinois’ public universities, circulated an IMAP resolution that asks the General Assembly to work to correct a disproportionate amount of need-based IMAP grants going to students of private college.

The resolution makes the argument that because public universities educate most of the state’s college students (about 70 percent) they should receive a corresponding percentage of the funds. Currently, private institutions’ students receive about half of available IMAP grants.

Senate chair Bud Fischer, biological sciences professor, said he needs the senate to vote on the issue this week in order to get back to the CIS on time.

The senate has been working since the spring forum to draft and pass recommendations based on the issues raised there. The forum’s discussions centered on faculty development, and suggested recommendations include an office for faculty development, release time for professors and assistance with grant writing.

In communications, the senate will review minutes of the Feb. 5 meeting of the Council on Student Assessment and Learning and receive copies of the Alumni Association Magazine Old Main Line.

This is also the last week Faculty Senate Vice Chair Reed Benedict, associate sociology/anthropology professor, will accept nominations for faculty elections to university committees and boards.

The Faculty Senate meets at 2 p.m. every Tuesday in Booth Library Conference Room 4440.