University Senate Reports and Resolutions
(As of January 21, 2008. In chronological order, most recent
first,
since February 1998.)
- Response to Charge S-0607, Sale of Examination and Desk Copies of Textbooks - Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee - December 2007 [President McCormick's Response]
- Response
to Charge S-0414, Student Fees - Budget and Finance Committee -
April 2007 [President McCormick's Response]
- Response
to Charge S-0602, Course-Textbook Reserve Requirement -
Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee - April 2007 [President's Response]
- Response
to Charge S-0604, Shared Governance - University Structure and
Governance Committee - April 2007
- Response
to Charge S-0702 (formerly S-0406), Tolerance and Sensitivity -
Student Affairs Committee and Equal Opportunity Committee - April 2007 [President's Response]
- Response
to Charge S-0415, Faculty Retirement Incentives - Faculty Affairs
and Personnel Committee - March 2007
- Response
to Charge S-0608, Merger Proposals - University Structure and
Governance Committee - March 2007
- Partial
Response to Charge S-0603, Senate Membership, New Brunswick
- University Structure and Governance Committee - February 2007
- Response
to Charge S-0208, Safety Issues - Budget and Finance Committee,
February 2007
- Report
and Recommendations in Response to Charge S-0606, Targum - Student
Affairs Committee - January 2007 (Report for Information Only; No vote,
No action taken.)
- Report and
Recommendations on Charge S-0502, Status of full-time,
Non-tenure-track, Non-clinical Faculty - Faculty Affairs and
Personnel Committee - December 2006 [President's
Response]
- Response
to Charge S-0411, Content of Student Transcripts - Academic
Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - October 2006 (No
action taken, No changes to the status quo were recommended)
- Response
to Charge S-0313, Availability of Syllabi during Add/Drop
- Instruction Curricula and Advising Committee - October 2006
[President's
Response]
- Report
on Addition of Plus/Minus Grades to Default Grading System -
Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - April 2006
(Report for Information Only; No action taken.)
- Report
and Resolution in Response to
Charge A-0601, Proposal
for Establishment of a School of Public Affairs and Administration at
Rutgers-Newark - April 2006 [President's
Response]
- Recommendations
in Response to Task Force on Undergraduate
Education Report - Executive Committee, for the University Senate -
February 2006 - - President McCormick's February 1,
2006 e-mail to the Rutgers Community regarding "Update on
Undergraduate Education Report" - Text
of President McCormick's March 7, 2006 E-mail to the Rutgers-New
Brunswick/Piscataway Community regarding "President's Recommendations
for Transforming Undergradate Education" -
- Status
Report and Resolution
in Response to Charge S-0413, FAIR v. Rumsfeld Appeal - Equal
Opportunity Committee - October 2005 [President's
Response]
- Response
to Charge A-0312, Endorsement of Draft University
Copyright Policy - Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions
Committee - October 2005 [President's
Response]
- Response
to Charge S-0401, Faculty and Student Board of
Governors Membership - University Structure and Governance
Committee - October 2005
- Response
to Charge S-0407, Faculty Reporting Processes - Faculty Affairs and
Personnel Committee - October 2005
- Response
to
Charge S-0318, Use of Course Management Systems
- Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee - September 2005 [President's
Response]
- Resolution: Support
for Chair of the University Senate - University Structure and
Governance Committee - September 2005 [President's
Response]
- Senate
Bylaws Review (Part 2, Senate
Handbook) - University Structure and Governance Committee - April
2005
- Report
on the Proposals to make the Clinical Track available to the Graduate
School of Applied and Professional Psychology, and to establish a new
track of Professional Practice Faculty in Both Business Schools and the
Mason Gross School of the Arts - Faculty Affairs and Personnel
Committee - April 2005 [President's
Response]
- Faculty
Role in Undergraduate Student Recruitment and Admissions - Academic
Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - April 2005
- Report
on Possible Conflict of Interest in Assignment of Textbooks -
Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee - March 2005 [President's
Response]
- Academic
Calendar, Commencement Dates - Academic Standards,
Regulations and
Admissions Committee - March 2005
- Modification
of University Calendar for Academic Year 2009-2010 - Academic
Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - March 2005
- Senate
Bylaws Review, and Election Procedures for At-Large and PTL/Annual
Appointee Senators - University Structure and Governance Committee
-February 2005
- Report
on E-mail Privacy - Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee -
November 2004 [President's
Response]
- Report/Recommendations
on Faculty Departmental Voting Rights - Faculty Affairs and
Personnel Committee - November 2004 [President's
response]
- Mid-Semester
Course Assessment - Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee -
April 2004 [President's
Response]
- Report/Recommendations
Regarding Asian-American Student Initiative - Equal Opportunity
Committee - April 2004 [President's
Response]
- Academic
Calendar Change, 2005 Commencement Date - Academic Standards,
Regulations and Admissions
Committee - April 2004 [President's
Response]
- Resolutions
Concerning Educational Priorities - University Structure and
Governance Committee - April 2004 [President's
Response]
- Resolution
on Medium, April 22, 2004 Edition - Full Senate - April
2004 [President's
Response]
- Knight
Express Card Report Review - Student Affairs Committee - March
2004 [President's
Response]
- Winter
Session
Review - Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee - March
2004
[President's
Response]
- Evaluation
of Administrators, Review - Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee
- March 2004 [President's
Response]
- Resolution
on FAIR v. Rumsfeld, and to Implement Fully Rutgers University Policy
on
Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action - Equal
Opportunity
Committee - February 2004 [President's
Response]
- Recommendations
on Honor Cords Worn with Academic Regalia - Student Affairs
Committee - February 2004
- Report
and Recommendations on Use of Electronic Applications for Admission
- Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - February
2004 [President's
Response]
- Endorsement
of the Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA) Framework -
Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - February
2004 [President's
Response]
- Report
and Recommendations on Modification of University Calendar for Academic
Years 2004-2005 and 2011-2012 - Academic Standards, Regulations and
Admissions Committee - February 2004 [President's
Response]
- Report
on Governance of the Proposed Research University System -
University Structure and Governance Committee - November 2003 [President's
Response]
- Contract
with the Governor on Higher Education - University Structure and
Governance Committee - October 2003 [President's
Response]
- Procedures
for Chair Appointments by Deans - Faculty Affairs and Personnel
Committee - October 2003 [President's Response]
- Status
Report Minus Grades and Graduate Add/Drop Period - Academic
Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - May 2003
- Textbook
Buyback - Student Affairs Committee - May 2003 [President's
Response]
- Student
Advising - Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee - May
2003
[President's
Response]
- Resolution in
Appreciation of Student Participation in March 6, 2003 Trenton Rally
Protesting Proposed State Budget Cuts - Executive Committee - March
2003
[President's
Response]
- Use of
Athletic Facilities for Non-Athletic Events - Student Affairs
Committee - March 2003 [President's
Response]
- Status of
Affirmative Action - Equal Opportunity Committee - March 2003
[President's
Response]
- Report
and Resolution in Opposition to Proposed and Continued Budget Cuts, and
in Support of Excellence in Higher Education in New Jersey-
Executive
Committee - February 2003 [President's
Response]
- Report and
Resolution on the Status of Hispanic and Latino Faculty and
Administrators-
Equal Opportunity Committee - February 2003 [President's
Response]
- Initial
Response to the Report of the New Jersey Commission on Health Science,
Education, and Training - Executive Committee and University
Structure and Governance Committee - November 2002 [Board of Governors'
Response]
- Student
Advising Services - Instruction, Curricula, and Advising Committee
- November 2002 (Referred back to Committee)
- Resolution
in Appreciation of President Lawrence - Executive Committee -
October 2002 [President's
Response]
- Best
Practices in Assessment of Teaching - Faculty Affairs and Personnel
Committee - May 2002 [President's Response]
[President
McCormick's Follow-Up Response]
- Add/Drop
Period Review - Academic Standards, Regulations, and Admissions
Committee - April 2002
- College of
Applied and Professional Studies - University Structure and
Governance
Committee - March 2002
- Parking and
Transportation Services - Student Affairs Committee - March 2002
- State of New
Jersey's Smoking Cessation Program - Student Affairs Committee -
March
2002
- Minus
Grades, Interim Report - Academic Standards, Regulations and
Admissions Committee - January 2002
- Tuition Increases
- Budget and Personnel Committee - January 2002
- Healthcare
Insurance for Graduate Students - Faculty Affairs and Personnel
Committee - December 2001 [President's Response]
- New Jersey
National Guard Tuition-Remission Program - Executive Committee -
November
2001
- Equal
Marriage Resolution - Equal Opportunity Committee - November 2001
- Committee
to Advance Our Common Purposes Curriculum Task Force Report Review
-
Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee and Equal Opportunity
Committee
- May 2001
- Minimum Grade
Point Average - Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions
Committee - April 2001 [President's Response]
- Part-Time
Lecturers Representation in the Senate - University Structure and
Governance Committee - April 2001 [President's Response]
- Review of
Add/Drop Trial Change, and Recommendations on Permanent Change -
Academic
Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - April 2001
- Enrollment, and
Quality of Life and Education at Rutgers - Academic Standards,
Regulations and Admissions Committee, with Input from Student Affairs
Committee - April 2001
- Evaluation of
Administrators by Faculty and Students - Faculty Affairs and
Personnel Committee - April 2001 [President's and
University Vice President for Academic Affairs' Responses]
- Plus and
Minus Grades, Law School-Camden - Academic Standards, Regulations
and Admissions Committee - March 2001
- Posting
Student Instructional Rating Data to the Web - Instruction,
Curricula, and Advising Committee - March 2001 [President's Response]
- FASIP Awards,
Making Public the Recipients and Amounts of - Faculty Affairs and
Personnel Committee - March 2001 [University Vice
President for Academic Affairs' Response] [President
McCormick's Follow-Up
Response]
- Teaching-Assistant
Training - Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee - February
2001 [President's
Response]
- Workplace
Violence Policy - Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee -
February
2001 [President's
Response]
- Fee Structure
for Full-Time University College Students - Budget Committee -
January 2001 [President's
Response]
- Health
Benefits for Same-Sex Domestic Partners of Rutgers Employees and
Retirees - Equal Opportunity Committee - January 2001 [President's Response]
- Parental
Notification Policy - Student Affairs Committee - December
2000 [President's
Response]
- Resolution
to Change the (Add/Drop) Registration Period on a Trial Basis -
Executive Committee - November 2000 [President's
Response]
- Student
Financial Management and Credit-Card Debt - Student Affairs
Committee and Executive Committee - October 2000 [President's
Response]
- Social
Security Numbers as Student Identification Numbers - Executive
Committee and
Student Affairs Committee - October 2000 [President's Response]
- Winter Session
- Educational Planning and Policy Committee - October 2000 [President's
Response]
- Access
to Majors - Educational Policy and Planning Committee - April 2000
- Credit-Card
Debt - Student Affairs Committee - April 2000 [President's
Response]
- TZ Grade
- Educational Policy and Planning Committee - March 2000 [President's
Response]
- School of
Business - Educational Policy and Planning Committee - March
2000
[President's
Response]
- University
Senate Committee Structure Revision - Committee on University
Governance,
and Role, Composition and Function of the Senate - March 2000
- Senate
Revitalization Recommendations - Ad Hoc Senate Revitalization
Committee, and Committee on University Governance, and Role,
Composition and Function of the Senate - March 2000 [President's
Response]
- Alcohol Policy
- Student Affairs Committee - November 1999 [Acting Vice President
for Student Affairs' Update on Implementation]
- Asian
Cultural Center - Equal Opportunity Committee - May 1999 [President's
Response]
- Federally
Mandated Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation in ROTC Programs
- Equal Opportunity Committee - February 1998 [President's Response]