Meeting Minutes
February 18, 2005
PRESENT: Paul Jay, Chair, Isiaah Crawford, Joyce Knight, Ken Olsen, Hank Rose, Beverly Kasper, Tony Barbato
- Introductory Matters:
- The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:03.
- A call for approval of Minutes of 2/4/05 was approved unanimously.
- Old Business:
- Report on issue of Ombudsman. Provost reported that this term had been removed from the job description for the search for a director of faculty diversity. It just confused things. The question of whether Loyola needs an ombudsman and, if so, how we should proceed, remains.
- Dismissal for Cause / Grievance Procedures: The text was reviewed from the beginning, with further discussion of revisions already made and questions remaining. Among key points:
- Including librarians? The text should simply reference "faculty" and leave it up to the Faculty Handbook Revision Committee to define the term. A similar decision was made regarding special reference to faculty at the medical school.
- "Ad Hoc Committee" to be known as "Appeal Panel."
- The Appeal Committee Chair should have the authority to rule on whether an appeal is substantive, or rather trivial or frivolous.
- The Chair confirmed that the next meeting will be on April 8.
- The meeting adjourned at 10:20 AM