Loyola University Chicago

PRESENT Paul Jay, Chair, Beverly Kasper, Chris Manning, Ken Olsen, Hank Rose

• Introductory Matters:
  • The Chair called the meeting to order at 9:55.
  • A call for approval of Minutes of 4/22/05 was approved unanimously.
• Old Business:
  • Appeal & Grievance Process: There was a call for further suggestions. Some slight language changes were offered.
    • Question: should librarians be included as a section from which to elect members of the Appeals Committee? Yes, if librarians are also eligible to use the appeal and grievance procedures. But that seems unclear. It was noted that librarians are listed in the Faculty Titles document as full-time faculty "with limited status." The committee agreed unanimously to interpret the "Applicability' clause of the grievance and appeal procedures as applying to librarians with faculty status, and therefore to include this group as a voting block for purposes of electing members to the appeal and grievance committee.
    • Question: For now, are faculty of the School of Communication, Technology and Human Services also included as members of the faculty of CAS? If so, should they, for now, be a separate category? Or should that await the separate incorporation of the new school? The group concluded that these issues should be clarified; but that faculty should be represented only once.
    • The plan is to post the draft for general faculty comment in the fall.
• New Business:
  • Proposal for Expanded Campus Security. Phil Kosiba and Bernie Ward made a presentation and answered questions. After a thorough discussion the committee agreed to support the proposed plan, but directed the chair to communicate to Mr. Kosiba and Mr. Ward its concern that in the implementation process due consideration be given to student and faculty rights, and to preservation of a relaxed and open environment conducive to scholarly pursuits.
  • Tuition Remission Benefits Plan. Tom Kelly made a presentation. He explained that this issue had been assigned by UCC to the Budget & Finance UPC. But B&F had consulted with this group at the beginning and had promised to return with their product, before delivering it to the president. Dialogue ensued.
  • Resolved: that the Faculty Affairs UPC approves and endorses the Tuition Remission Benefit Policy as crafted by the Budget and Finance UPC. (Vote: 6-0-0).
  • Resolved: that the Faculty Affairs UPC commends and thanks Paul Jay for his skillful, conscientious, and gracious leadership over the last two years, taking note of the degree to which his contribution has helped to define how the UPC approach can benefit the entire University. (Vote: 6-0-0)
  • The Chair thanked all the members for their work. And in particular thanked the members whose term now ends: Isiaah Crawford and Hank Rose.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:02.