The Senate has been asked to consult on a policy addressing issues of Faculty Misconduct. The reason for calling a special meeting is that this needs to get in place in order to comply with AAUP standards. It is also important to have this in place in order to provide due process in the (admittedly rare) event that a faculty member is accused of certain types of serious misconduct. But it is also important to "get it right" so-to-speak. A Provost's Working Group consisting of Jim Mattingly, co-Chair, John Vallentine, co-Chair, Becky Hawbaker, Amy Nielsen, Shar Self and Kyle Fogt developed the policy and voted unanimously to approve it. This took a lot of detailed and careful work on their part. But that doesn't mean that new eyes might not come up with some minor improvements. The draft was updated at a meeting by the full Faculty Handbook Committee on Friday, 5/6. That draft was uploaded to the Senate web site on Saturday, 5/7.
