SCHEDULE and AGENDA BOARD of TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY of NORTHERN COLORADO April 11, 1983
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SCHEDULE AND AGENDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO April 11, 1983 The Board will convene at 9:00 a.m. in the Panorama Room of the University Center and imediately adjourn to Executive Session. ***** AGENDA Time Category/Topic *denotes Action Item 9:00 a.m. Board convenes and adjourns to Executive Session in Room 313, University Center. 11:OO a.m. The Board reconvenes in public session. I. PROCEDURAL MATTERS -- Chairman Stokes *A. Approval of Minutes of March 14, 1983, Meeting *B. Ratification of Selection by the Chair and Vice-Chair of Judge Carpenter as Hearing Officer for Reduced Faculty *C. Personnel Items (Including Sabbaticals, Promotion, and Tenure) 11:40 a.m. 11. *D. Disposal of Surplus Property *E. Request for Approval--Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications *F. Laboratory Fees--School of Nursing G. Quarterly Financial Report H. Audit Report I. Report on the Memorandum of Understanding and State Budget Outlook for Fiscal 1983-84 12:15 p.m. 111. SPECIAL REPORTS -- Chairman Stokes J. CCHE Report -- Trustee Ohanian K. Chairman's Report -- Chairman Stokes IV. The Board will entertain comments from the public as scheduled in advance with the Chairman or Secretary of the Board. V. ADJOURNMENT 12:30 p.m. Lunch in the Panorama Room. Guests of the Board will be members of SPEEC (State Personnel Employees Executive Council), the associati'on of classified employees. 2:00 p.m. The Board will meet with the faculty of Hispanic Studies in Candelaria Hall. ITEM NO. April 5, 1983 TO : Board of Trustees FROM: President Robert C. RE : labor at or.^ Fee for Nursinq Students in Clinical Courses A policy of the University of Northern Colorado permits laboratory fees to be imposed, viz. : The University of Northern Colorado upon approval of the Board of Trustees will impose fees which can be directly applied to laboratory expenditures in specific courses and specific fields. These fees are intended to be used to provide necessary materials to assure quality of instruction. Expenditures shall be limited to the purposes for which the fee is collected. (Approved by the Board of Trusteeson February 14, 1983. ) Pursuant to that policy, the approval of the Board is requested for the following: RECOMMENDATION: Beginning with Summer Quarter, 1983, the School of Nursing may charge its students a laboratory fee of $30 per quarter, each and every quarter in which they are enrolled in a clinical course or courses in the school. April 6, 1983 TO : President Robert C. Dickeson FROM: Robert C. Albrecht Vice President for Academic Affairs RE : Nursing Program Laboratory Fee I recomnend that the Board of Trustees be asked at its April meeting to approve the $30 per quarter fee for nursing students for every quarter they are enrolled in a clinical course. The money is needed by the program to continue serving the present enrollment in the program at the same quality of education we now provide. Some years ago the federal government provided funds (nursing capitation) to establish such programs and bring them to an adequate level of quality. The program here received $80,000, $72,000, $53,000, $55,000, and $20,000 in those years in which such funding was available. This program has so matured that only the lowest level of that funding needs to be replaced. The funding is necessary to provide educational supplies, professional services, expenses for supervisory activity, and other educational expense. Without this funding the activities of the program would be curtailed to such a degree that accreditation by the National League of Nursing would be in jeopardy; the quality of instruction would decline; clinical agency contracts would be lost; the clinical experiences in rural northeastern Colorado could not be provided and the whole program in rural nursing would be in jeopardy. The proposed fee would result in approximately $12,000 in income from juniors (for four quarters) and $9,000 from seniors (for three quarters). This income would be expnded for educational supplies ($14,000), supervisory expense for the rural nursing program ($6,000), and clinical laboratory equipment and maintenance ($1,000). PRELIMINARY MINUTES BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO March 14, 1983 The Board of Trustees for the University of Northern Colorado met in Room 243 A, B, and C of the University Center on March 14, 1983. Those present included: TRUSTEES Chairman Thomas Stokes, Beverly Biffle, William Duff, Betsy Karowsky, Arthur Ohanian, Gail Schoettler, Richard Sheehan, Robert Sweeney, and Jose Trujillo ADMINISTRATION, President Robert Dickeson, Robert Albrecht, FACULTY, STAFF Jerry Barham, Alvin Barnhart, John Burke, Patricia Morimoto, Robert Patterson, and Gerald Tanner Marilyn Hammer, Recorder, and various members of the faculty, staff, and press The meeting was called to order at 11:lO a.m. by Chairman Stokes. He indicated that one revision would have to be made to the agenda because of the way things have proceeded on the business of appointing hearing officers in accordance with policies and procedures for retrenchment. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 14, 1983, MEETING Trustee Trujillo moved approval of the minutes of the February 14, 1983, meeting; seconded by Trustee Schoettler MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. PERSONNEL ITEMS Trustee Duff moved and Trustee Biffle seconded approval of the Personnel Items. MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ADMISSIONS UPDATE- Vice-President Burke reported Freshmen applications are down 10 per cent, transfer applications are down 30 per cent, for a total net drop of 13.5 per cent and a total of 400 applications behind last year. These are applications; there is no way of predicting the enrollment yield. There is, however, a factor which makes us a little better than it appears. Last year on a limited basis, we tested a new program which brought in students for the Summer Quarter who had applied for full-time status, but who were somewhat marginal. We gave them a one-summer experience. Then those who had achieved a Board of Trustees Page 2 March 14, 1983 sufficiently high average were admitted full-time in the Fall Quarter in totally good standing. This year we have 200 students in that category; the yield last year from the small pilot program was really substantial, and we hope for similar experience this year As previously reported by Admissions Director Blackburn, most other institutions in the State are experiencing a decline in applications. It appears that there is a slowdown in the market probably due to economic and financial aid uncertainty. Vice-President Burke also reported on minority enrollment; 4.2 per cent of the applicants are Hispanic. and 2.6 per cent are Black. TUITION DISCOUNT FOR DEPENDENTS AND SPOUSES OF UNC EMPLOYEES The President reiterated that the Board had previously given its consent for the administration to pursue a program and to come back with a specific approach to this. The first step was a survey among faculty and staff to determine how individuals would take advantage so that we could develop some feasibility cost studies . Approximately 1,200 surveys were distributed, and approximately 535 were returned, which is an outstanding response and which included more than 175 individual comments. Vice-President Barnhart indicated the State fiscal rules do not currently permit this kind of perquisite for employees. It is possible that the Trustees could approve this program on a self-funded, scholarship basis. Thus, we would not need State approval. Trustee Ohanian questioned if this cohort group would be separate and distinct from the way FTE is figured as a basis for State funding. The response was negative. The administration will continue to examine this issue and report back to the Board in a month or two. RESPONSE TO TRUSTEE QUESTIONS 1. Disposition of Industrial Arts Equipment 2. Legal Liability of Trustees 3. Interim Report on Governance Involvement Project Team 4. Comparative Distribution of Operating Budget Allocations Among Colorado Higher Education Institutions Board of Trustees Page 3 March 14. 1983 The President indicated there is a priority system for the disposition of Industrial Arts equipment: 1) Completion of the program for those students enrolled in Industrial Arts courses (the assumption is that this would take place in June, 1983); 2) effort to retain the equipment on campus where it may be effectively used for instructional purposes (Vice-President Albrecht has requested the Deans to submit proposals to Academic Affairs for internal utilization of the equipment); 3) use by non-academic units of the University (there is a possibility for utilization by Facilities and Operations); 4) use by other institutions of higher education (since we would run into some problems with respect to gifting or sales to the institutions, we would probably get into some lease arrangement; and 5) having exhausted all of those priorities, we would have to adhere to the State regulations which mandate disposal of surplus property via transfer to the State for disposition. The item on legal liability, of long-standing concern to Trustees, has been responded to with the March 3 confidential memorandum to members of the Board from Assistant Attorney General Patterson. Since this is a legal matter, questions would more appropriately be raised in Executive Session with counsel. At the January retreat, the Board authorized the administration to work with faculty leaders in developing a statement of philosophy and policy for faculty/Board/administration communication. The President emphasized that the material on governance involvement is a draft for the Board's information only. A chronology of events was provided by Faculty Senate Chair Barham. Meetings have been held with the faculty members and the administrators who are working on this issue. Dr. Barham pointed out that when he and the President met on February 24, 1983, to go over the draft, he had no changes or additions to suggest.