April 6, 2006

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

The meeting convened at 4:15.

Minutes of March 30th were approved following minor amending.

The CPC looked again at a revised CPC policy statement on Salary Merit Increases and concluded that it is ready to go to faculty in its present form.

Transition team leader David Zaret joined us at 4:30. He briefed us on the budget construction process carried out by the College during the past week. The uncertainties are relatively large due to unknown 2006-07 enrollments and faculty numbers that are not yet firm. To achieve a 3% average salary increment in a time of decreased state appropriation, relatively few hires will be authorized for next year. Part of the problem is that there were fewer failed searches this year than predicted. In fact, the budget is tighter than he and Swamy thought it would be. David provided some information from the review committee that is studying the School of Informatics as Dean Dunn prepares to retire as dean. Then we briefly considered some requested changes in FTE affiliations within the College, some of which we have already approved and another that is not yet ready for our consideration. Concerns were shared regarding some other organizational issues, but nothing will be ready for CPC deliberation until fall at the earliest. David left at 5:12.

Once again we considered potential nominees for our annual election ballot for CPC. It is nearly finished.

Regarding the printed schedule of classes produced yesterday by the IDS, we are delighted that it happened, and we anticipate that advisors and students will save time looking for specific items and will browse for desirable course possibilities more readily. If there is a poll of student thoughts about having the printed version, it needs to be done very carefully. And faculty and advisors must be polled as well.

Several times during the meeting our discussion was informed by reference to the detailed summary circulated to us by Erik (and Rosemary), who attended and reported upon the recent College Chairs and Directors Meeting. Issues of institutional structure seemed particularly important.

As we considered some of the departmental planning meetings that we have been attending, issues such as time off from full teaching loads for various purposes, annual departmental publication of each faculty member's teaching assignments, and length of departmental chairmanships came to the fore.

The meeting adjourned at 5:55.

Albert Ruesink, recorder

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.