University Senate Reports and Resolutions
(As of October 2009. In chronological order, most recent first, since
February 1998.)
- Response to Charge S-0806, Hybrid Courses and Model of Teaching - Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee - October 2009
- Response to Charge S-802, Policies on Participation in Blood Drives - Student Affairs Committee - October 2009
- Response to Charge S-0901, Academic Freedom for Contingent Faculty - Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee - May 2009
- Response to Charge S-0804, Dealing with Psychological Emergencies - Faculty and Personnel Affairs Committee - May 2009 [President McCormick's Response]
- Response to Charge S-0713, Weekend Exams - Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - May 2009
- Response to Charge S0707, Fundraising - Budget and Finance Committee - May 2009
- Response to Charge S-0709, InterCampus Shuttle Service - Budget and Finance Committee - March 2009
- Response to Charge A-0810, Including Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration as Administrator Senator - University Structure and Governance Committee - March 2009 [President McCormick's Response]
- Response to Charge S-0605, Admissions and Financial Aid Assessment - Academic Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - March 2009
- Response to Charge S-0705-2, Full-time Tenure- and Non-tenure-track Appointments - Faculty Affairs and Personnel Committee - February 2009 (Report for Information only; No vote, No action taken.)
- Response
to Charge S-0710, Tuition Remission for Part-Time Lecturer Faculty - Faculty
Affairs and Personnel Committee - November 2008 [President McCormick's Response]
- Response
to Charge S-0107, Referendum Guidelines Review and Recommended
Revised Referendum Guidelines - University Structure and Governance
Committee - November 2008 [President McCormick's Response] [President McCormick's Follow-up Response]
- Response
to Charge S-0704, Senate Committee Structure - University Structure and
Governance Committee - November 2008 [President McCormick's Response]
- Response
to Charge S-0708, Student Charter Trustee Nominations and Elections -
Student Affairs Committee - May 2008 [President
McCormick's Response] [Follow-Up] [President McCormick's Follow-up Response]
- Response
to Charge S-0705, Contingent Faculty Proposal - Faculty Affairs and
Personnel Committee - May 2008 [President
McCormick's Response]
- Response to
Charge S-0703, Intersession -
Instruction, Curricula and Advising Committee - May 2008 [President McCormick's
Response]
- Response
to Charge S-0408, Academic Integrity Policy Review - Academic Standards,
Regulations and Admissions Committee - May 2008 [President
McCormick's Response]
- Response
to Charge S-0701, Part-time and Full-time Non-tenure-track Faculty Role in
Shared Governance - University Structure and Governance Committee - March
2008 [President
McCormick's Response]
- Response
to Charge S-0504, All-Funds Budgeting - Budget and Finance Committee,
January 2008 [President
McCormick's Response]
- Response to
Charge S0603, Senate Membership-New Brunswick - University Structure and
Governance Committee - January 2008 [President
McCormick's Response]
- 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
McCormick's Response]
- Response to
Charge S-0415, Faculty Retirement Incentives - Faculty Affairs and Personnel
Committee - March 2007 [President McCormick's Response]
- Response
to Charge S-0608, Merger Proposals - University Structure and Governance
Committee - March 2007 [President McCormick's Response]
- Partial
Response to Charge S-0603, Senate Membership, New Brunswick
- University Structure and Governance Committee - February 2007 [President
McCormick's Response]
- Response to
Charge S-0208, Safety Issues - Budget and Finance Committee, February 2007 [President McCormick's Response]
- 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 [President
McCormick's Response] [Follow-Up] [President McCormick's Follow-up Response]
- Response to
Charge S-0407, Faculty Reporting Processes - Faculty Affairs and Personnel
Committee - October 2005 [President McCormick's Response]
- 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] [President McCormick's Follow-Up Response]
- Faculty
Role in Undergraduate Student Recruitment and Admissions - Academic
Standards, Regulations and Admissions Committee - April 2005 [President McCormick's Response]
- 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]