. DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY HELD ?
ON MONDAY, JULY 8, 1991 KLAUS RIECKHOFF HALL, 4:30 P.M.
OPEN SESSION
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Present: ?
Saywell, W., Chair
Blackman, R.
Blaney, J.
Boland, L.
Brown, R.
Carlson, R.
Clayman, B.
Covell, M.
D'Auria, J.
Dickinson, J.
Dill, L.
Ethenngton, L.
Evenden, L.
Giffen, K.
Heinrich, K.
Hoegg, J.L.
Jespersen, J.
Lindberg, T.
Menzies, A.
Morrison, T.
Percival, P.
Pinfield, L.
Plischke, M. (replacing C. Jones)
Rae, B.
Rieckhoff, K.
Saunders, R.
Shapiro, S.
Soheili, A.
Swartz, N.
Verdun-Jones, S.
Wade, S.
Waker, A.
Winne, P.
Heath, W.R., Secretary
Grant, B., Recording Secretary
Absent: ?
Barrow, R.
Bowman, M.
Bukovac, S.
Cercone, N.
Chan, B.
Choquer, K.
Dahl, H.
Delgrande, J.
Dobb, T.
Duguid, S.
Haje, P.
Leiss, W.
Luk, W.S.
Mauser, G.
McKeown, B.
Munro, J.
Myers, T.
Nicol, I.
Nielsen, V.
Palmer, E.
Palmer, L.
Reilly, N.
Shannon, D.
Stewart, M.L.
Thomson, K.
Tuinman, J.
Warsh, M.
Wotherspoon, A.
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1.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
The Agenda was approved as distributed.
2.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE OPEN SESSION OF JULY 8. 1991
The Minutes were approved as distributed.
3.
BSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
The Chair reported that SCAR concurred with the suggestion that Senators be provided
with name plates for Senate meetings and it was hoped that they would be available at
the next meeting of Senate.
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i)
The Chair reported that the final determination of the Access Program for the
University will fund 500 FTEs and he reminded Senate that an FTE enrolment target of
450 had originally been estimated and approved.
ii)
The Chair reported that the Minister of Advanced Education and Job Training had
recently made the following announcements concerning post-secondary education in the
Fraser Valley. Firstly, Fraser Valley College will become a University-College and
expectations are that it will begin to admit third-year students in September, 1992.
Secondly, it is the intent of the Government to establish a committee or commission to
look into the creation of an independent university in the Fraser Valley as well as a
separate committee or commission to look into the creation of a vocational training
institute in the same area. No further details had been made available as to the format o
either, or who would be involved with them.
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Brief discussion took place about the comments in the report with respect to faculty salary
structure and the reporting requirement of the University in this regard. It was suggested
that since the document had not been generally distributed, it would not be fair to debate
issues at length because many Senators would not have read the Report. The Chair
reported that SCAR had made a conscious decision, based on economic considerations,
not to circulate the report but the report was easily accessible to any Senator wishing to
obtain a copy. The Chair suggested that this method would be continued and perhaps
reconsidered by SCAR at some future point. Feedback from Senators on this issue was
invited.
Following this discussion, the Report was received by Senate for information.
ii) ?
Senate Committee on Academic Planning/Senate Committee on Continuing
Studies
Paper S.91-37 - Proposal for a Non-Credit Certificate in Cross-Cultura[
Management and Communication
Moved by A. Saunders, seconded by A. Soheili
"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
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Governors, as set forth in S.91-37, the proposal for a Non-Credit
Certificate in Cross-Cultural Management and Communication"
Concern was expressed with respect to the University getting involved in a program which
might be better handled by the private sector rather than a public institution. It was
pointed out that the private sector could not offer the same kind of program because they
do not have access to the specialized facilities of the the David Lam Centre or the
resources of the Faculty of Business Administration.
Opinion was expressed that the title of the program was potentially offensive. Senate was
informed that the proposers of the program were aware that the title was somewhat
awkward but intent was to test community reaction to the title before the program is
promoted.
In reply to a concern that the program might be used as an avenue to divert regular
teaching responsibilities from campus programs and courses, Senate was advised that
all faculty teaching would be done on an overload basis with the appropriate
compensation to the instructional staff involved.
In reply to an inquiry about whether students could fail from this program, it was pointed
out that there is an evaluation process and that students could fail in terms of being asked
to repeat a course or not being granted a certificate for lack of performance.
Inquiry was made as to how students who had already taken some of the courses, would
. be handled. It was pointed out that the courses are specifically designed for this program
and may not have exact equivalency, but it would be up to the academic department to
determine whether academic equivalency could be granted. It was also suggested that
students would most likely be encouraged to take courses they did not already have
rather than have the same course count for double purposes and that, at the present time,
this was not a real issue because not all of the courses were offered through regular
campus programs.
In reply to an inquiry as to how students are accepted into the program, Senate was
informed that applicants are screened by an advisory committee composed of faculty
members and personnel from Continuing Studies.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
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iii) ?
Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules
Paper S.91-38 - Student Representation on
Senate
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ICommittees - For Information
The report pertaining to student representation on Senate Committees was received by
Senate for information.
A notice of motion was put forward by K. Giffen that one student senator, elected by and
from Senate, replace one of the Student Society appointments on the Senate Committee
on Academic Discipline; and that one student senator, elected by and from Senate,
• replace the equivalent Student Society appointment on the Senate Appeals Board. The
specific wording of this motion will be clarified by the Secretary of Senate for presentation
to SCAR.
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6.
Other Business
i)
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Paper S.91-39 Notice of Motion from Senate meeting June 3. 1991
Since the originator of this motion was not present, the motion was lost.
7.
Notices of Motion
There were no notices of motion other than the one presented under agenda item 5.iii.
8.
Information
The date of the next regularly scheduled meeting of Senate is Monday, August 12, 1991.
The Assembly moved directly into Closed Session at 5:05 p.m.
W.R. Heath
Secretary of Senate
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