RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SENATE

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MEETING AGENDA

Friday, February 6, 2026, 12:00 p.m. via Zoom

https://rutgers.zoom.us/j/94889787661?pwd=RhbbQqaFheHOsF8PaWko1waTeTFKGY.1

Chair’s Report– Lucille Foster, Senate Chair

Secretary’s Report– Taryn Cooper, Executive Secretary

• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of the January 9, 2026 Senate Executive Committee Minutes
• Administrative Responses:
  • Response to Resolution on Senator Elections Timeline
  • Response to Resolution on Alternative Route to Policy Changes
• Communications
  • Senate Social Friday February 27, 2026 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
  • Staff and Lecturer elections will be starting next month. Communications will be coming from Vivian Fernandez

SASN and RBS Deans Evaluation Committee Nominations (12:10 – 12: 20 p.m.)

Discussion- Richard Sese, IT Manager/Sr. Web Developer, Thaquib Ahammed, Application Developer, William Ching, Programmer Analyst- Senate Website (12:20 – 12:30 p.m.)

Senate Budget Update (12:30 – 12:40 p.m.)

Senate Meeting Dates 2026-2027 (12:40 – 12:45 p.m.)

Standing Committees/Panels

                  Committee Report and Recommendations (12:45 – 12:55 p.m.)

Information Technology Committee- Timothy Knievel, Susan DeMatteo (co-chairs)

ITC AI Survey- Student Version  

ITC AI Survey- Faculty/Staff Version

ITC was charged as follows:

Prepare and conduct anonymous surveys of Rutgers faculty, staff and students to collect baseline data on how A.I. tools are being used at the university.

Committee Report and Recommendations (12:55 – 1:05 p.m.)

University Structure and Governance Committee-Wendy Purcell, Patricia Morton (co-chairs)

Repeat Pulse Survey: To be completed during March Senate meeting

Communications Survey

Voting Process Survey

Committee Report and Recommendations (1:05 – 1:15 p.m.)

Faculty and Personnel Affairs- Christine Morales, Sara Campbell (co-chairs)

S-2502: Guidance for Promotions to Tenure During Uncertain Conditions of Federal Funding

FPAC was charged as follows:

Consider developing guidance for promotion and tenure committees within schools and colleges related to supporting faculty in disciplines where federal funding is traditionally expected during the course of the pre-tenure period as a key marker for advancement.  Chairs, deans, and others involved in supporting pre-tenure faculty on their pathway to tenure can make use of this guidance when advising junior faculty in those disciplines on ways to demonstrate and sustain scholarly excellence in the absence of federal funding for research and related activities.

Committee Report and Recommendations (1:15 – 1:30 p.m.)

Rutgers MADC Taskforce Update-Anna Haley, Paul Boxer, Heather Pierce (co-chairs)

Open Charge Request (1:30 – 1:35 p.m.)

SAC requests an extension until June 2026 for the following charges:

• • • S-2115-3: Academic Freedom
    • S-2115-3: Impact of CourseAtlas

SAC requests to be discharged from the following charge:

• • • S-2401-1: Automatic Textbook Billing
  • Subcommittee was working with PIRG members who were originally guiding the charge, lost touch with them due to staffing changes. Wants to shift focus on the Open and Affordable Textbooks program.

Open Charge Request (1:35 – 1:40 p.m.)

USGC requests an extension until September 2026 for the following charges:

• • • S-2309-2: Increased Representation of Graduate Students and PTL Faculty in the University Senate
    • S-2316-1: University Senate Representation on Formal Governance Boards
    • S-2318-1: Increasing Student Representation on the Rutgers University Senate Executive Committee
    • S-2405: Teaching Faculty Inclusion
    • S-2406: Senate Role in Shared Governance

Open Charge Request (1:40 – 1:45 p.m.)

FPAC requests an extension until June 2026 for the following charge:

• • • S-2333-1 Cost Cutting and Budget Deficits

Old Business

New Business

Adjournment