Faculty Senate votes to support Teach Out
Cassie Buchman, News Editor
March 21, 2017
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The Faculty Senate discussed the report it sent to the administration reviewing Workgroup No.7’s recommendations on academic programs and passed a resolution supporting a Teach Out at its meeting Tuesday. The Faculty Senate had created a subcommittee in February to review the recommendations on...
Departments, programs respond to referendum, vitalization project
Abbey Whittington, Contributing Writer
February 26, 2017
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Following the Faculty Senate's referendum last Tuesday, programs considered for elimination or consolidation reflected on how they are being affected by the vitalization project. Last week, 145 faculty members voted 'no confidence' in Workgroup No. 7’s process and outcomes in the vitalization project. The...
Referendum results to be announced at next Faculty Senate meeting
Cassie Buchman, News Editor
February 14, 2017
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The results of a referendum asking faculty to vote on whether or not they have confidence in the process and outcomes of vitalization project Workgroup No.7 are set to be announced next Tuesday. The referendum asks the faculty to vote yes or no to the statement “I have confidence in the process...
Vitalization referendum sent out
February 14, 2017
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Faculty were emailed a referendum Monday asking them to vote on whether or not they have confidence in the process and outcomes of vitalization project Workgroup no.7. The Faculty Senate sent out the referendum, which asks faculty to answer yes or no the statement, “I have confidence in the process...
Faculty Senate finalizes vitalization referendum language
Cassie Buchman, News Editor
February 7, 2017
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The Faculty Senate finalized language for a referendum on faculty confidence in the vitalization project process at its meeting Tuesday. The original referendum asked faculty to answer the question, “I have high confidence in the process employed by Vitalization Workgroup no.7 in the program review...
Faculty Senate creates subcommittee to review recommendations
Cassie Buchman, News Editor
February 1, 2017
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The Faculty Senate voted to create a subcommittee to review the recommendations of Workgroup No. 7, which looked at academic programs and suggested eliminating or consolidating several of them, at its meeting Tuesday. The programs being considered for elimination are the bachelor’s programs in philosophy,...
Committee meets to discuss its role
Cassie Buchman, News Editor
January 23, 2017
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This story has been updated to add information that was not received as of press time Sunday. The Academic Program Elimination/Reorganization Review Committee met for the first time to discuss its charge and role going forward Friday. Following the vitalization project, where Workgroups made rec...
Committee needs information on program elimination, consolidation by Friday
Cassie Buchman, News Editor
January 20, 2017
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According to the EIU-UPI Unit A contract, the Academic Program Elimination/Reorganization Review Committee needs to receive information by Friday about each program being considered for elimination or reorganization, if it would involve the layoff of an employee. The purpose of the committee is to...
President Glassman Meets with Faculty Senate for vitalization discussion
Chrissy Miller, Administration Reporter
January 18, 2017
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In the Faculty Senate meeting, Eastern President David Glassman clarified the roles of the Council on Academic Affairs and Faculty Senate, as well as how the administration plans to move forward with program consolidations and deletions. There were originally seven programs Workgroup no. 7 put forward...
Faculty Senate raises concerns about vitalization report
Chrissy Miller, Administration Reporter
January 11, 2017
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*Correction: C.C. Wharram was erroneously attributed. The News regrets the error. In a special meeting to discuss the vitalization project, the Faculty Senate raised concerns about what it called “inconsistent information” in Workgroup No. 7’s final report. During the meeting, members prop...
Faculty Senate criticizes University of Illinois proposal
Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter
December 7, 2016
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The Faculty Senate debated a resolution condemning the University of Illinois system for a funding proposal it sent to Springfield and set a date to discuss the vitalization project at its meeting Tuesday. Also brought up were concerns about the rising cost of health care. Senate member...
Faculty Senate to discuss downsizing
Samuel Nusbaum, Administration Reporter
November 29, 2016
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Faculty Senate will talk about possibly downsizing and voting on a new replacement for a Council on Academic Affairs member in their next meeting tomorrow at 2 p.m. in room 4440 of the Booth Library. Vice Chair of the Faculty Senate Jeffrey Stowell said an item that may be discussed is downsizing...
