February 2, 2006

Present: Bob Becker (chair), Judith Anderson, Erik Bucy, Sandra Dolby, Roger Levesque, Rosemary Lloyd, Al Ruesink (recorder), and Rick Van Kooten.

Note to all faculty: The CPC will soon be holding its annual elections, with several seats to be filled. Please send suggestions for potential CPC members to Erik Bucy (ebucy@indiana.edu).

The meeting convened at 4:15.

Minutes of the meeting of January 26th were approved as presented.

Roger distributed some notes from the College Chairs and Directors meeting of Feb. 1; then he and Rick briefed us on what they heard. Some tidbits: The goal of the College portion of the campus "Matching the Promise" campaign for funds is $150M, and that campaign is already underway in its "silent phase." The College goal for grad student endowment is $25M. The College budget picture continues to be bleak; however, salary increments for continuing faculty and replenishing faculty positions (30-40 retirements expected) remain the College's highest priority. The College budget may take a potential hit as high as $1.7M due to unexpected increased costs for SAA (grad student) health and dental coverage. Annual unit budget meetings this year will focus on faculty hiring issues because there is no increase in budgets expected next year over this. The reconstitution of the Department of Second Language Studies is moving forward. Presently the College has 10 CTE (Commitment to Excellence) projects under way, with no new ones anticipated.

Dean Swamy joined our meeting at 4:30 and left at 5:18. Much of the discussion with him involved College leadership issues for the next six months or so. He clearly is trying to do everything he can to provide transition stability. A transition team will probably be announced within the next week. The College Academic Enhancement Plan that was circulated to the CPC and presented at the Chairs meeting will be augmented with a section on building progress and then should provide a stabilizing influence for the 2006-2008 time period. Swamy has drafted a recusal policy for use with College Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committees. The CPC will consider it and either adopt some version of it or simply let it stand as "Dean's guidelines" in its present form. We heard a brief report from Swamy on the work of the Classroom Scheduling Task Force, which will likely have a positive impact.

After Swamy left, the CPC agreed to hold a special meeting on Friday, Feb. 10, with Kevin Hunt (former CPC chair who is now on the BFC Agenda Committee) to share concerns and knowledge about campus reorganization issues.

Next Thursday, Feb. 9th, during our regular meeting time, the CPC has been invited by chair Lauren Robel to talk with the Dean Search Committee about issues relating to and possible candidates for the College deanship.

Minor changes were made to the COAS Salary Policy document (Originally Nov. 96) in response to some faculty response.

The meeting adjourned at 5:43.

Questions or comments regarding the minutes and actions of the College Policy Committee may be addressed to co-chairs Judith Anderson (anders@indiana.edu --855-3845) and Bob Becker (becker@indiana.edu --855-3014). Past minutes and College Policy Statements can be found at the CPC web page: www.indiana.edu/~college/faculty/policy/policies.shtml.