2008 Woodie Awards
Board approves governance model
Amanda Finnegan
Issue date: 3/22/07 Section: News
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The board of trustees unanimously voted to approve the new governance model on Feb. 24, 2007, despite the narrow margin of faculty disapproval during the December vote. Twenty-six approved, 27 disapproved and 4 abstained.
The Middle States Commission of Higher Education mandated that revisions be made to chapter one of the Faculty Handbook in their exit report in March 2005 and gave the college an 18-month time frame.
The board approved the chapter with one amendment that states, "Any substantive changes to the Faculty Handbook must be forwarded to the Board of Trustees through the president"
"I think the board would be better served if there was a more open line of communication from the faculty and from the student body to the board. Currently, all information is filtered through a few administrators. The board would be more knowledgeable and Cabrini would be better served," Dr. Sharon Schwarze, professor of philosophy, said. Schwarze served on the faculty handbook committee for a number of years.
"In the course of the Board's decision-making process, I did share the results of the December vote of the faculty and all correspondence I received from the Faculty Senate," President Antoinette Iadarola said in a letter to the faculty.
"We [board of trustees] believe that the new governance model reflects best practices in higher education, incorporates the core values of the College and broadens meaningful faculty participation in decision-making," Margaret Duprey, the chair of the board of trustees, said in a memo to the president on Feb. 27.
The new governance model eliminates the faculty senate, academic council and the president's faculty meeting. Instead, the approved model includes the Faculty Assembly, a committee composed of all full-time faculty members, the president, the vice-president of academic affairs, dean for academic affairs and dean for graduate and professional studies.
The Faculty Handbook Steering Committee, minus administrators, along with Dr. Anthony Tomasco, professor of psychology, and Dr. Sheryl Fuller-Espie, associated professor of biology, will oversee the appointing and voting of officials for the new model. Faculty are currently submitting recommendations. Fuller-Espie was the chair of faculty senate in the former governance model.
The Middle States Commission of Higher Education mandated that revisions be made to chapter one of the Faculty Handbook in their exit report in March 2005 and gave the college an 18-month time frame.
The board approved the chapter with one amendment that states, "Any substantive changes to the Faculty Handbook must be forwarded to the Board of Trustees through the president"
"I think the board would be better served if there was a more open line of communication from the faculty and from the student body to the board. Currently, all information is filtered through a few administrators. The board would be more knowledgeable and Cabrini would be better served," Dr. Sharon Schwarze, professor of philosophy, said. Schwarze served on the faculty handbook committee for a number of years.
"In the course of the Board's decision-making process, I did share the results of the December vote of the faculty and all correspondence I received from the Faculty Senate," President Antoinette Iadarola said in a letter to the faculty.
"We [board of trustees] believe that the new governance model reflects best practices in higher education, incorporates the core values of the College and broadens meaningful faculty participation in decision-making," Margaret Duprey, the chair of the board of trustees, said in a memo to the president on Feb. 27.
The new governance model eliminates the faculty senate, academic council and the president's faculty meeting. Instead, the approved model includes the Faculty Assembly, a committee composed of all full-time faculty members, the president, the vice-president of academic affairs, dean for academic affairs and dean for graduate and professional studies.
The Faculty Handbook Steering Committee, minus administrators, along with Dr. Anthony Tomasco, professor of psychology, and Dr. Sheryl Fuller-Espie, associated professor of biology, will oversee the appointing and voting of officials for the new model. Faculty are currently submitting recommendations. Fuller-Espie was the chair of faculty senate in the former governance model.
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