Calendar Item:
1338
First Name:
John
Last Name:
Vallentine
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Facts:
These are “Guidelines and Procedures for Qualifying Faculty to Teach Using Tested Experience instead of Degrees”, as forwarded to the Faculty Senate for consideration at their first meeting of the academic year.
Submitted by: John F. Vallentine, Ph.D., Associate Provost for Faculty
These Guidelines are meant to enable the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) to comply with the Higher Learning Commission’s (HLC) Assumed Practices regarding Faculty Qualification. UNI is supportive of the following HLC statement in its publication entitled “Determining Qualified Faculty Through HLC’s Criteria for Accreditation and Assumed Practices.”
Please see: http://download.hlcommission.org/FacultyGuidelines_2016_OPB.pdf
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Action:
Faculty Senate resolves to consider these Guidelines at their first meeting of the academic year, or as soon as possible thereafter. We intend to vote on moving this topic to the head of the docket for that first meeting.
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Meeting Date:
Aug 28, 2017
Final Action Taken Date:
Monday, July 17, 2017
Other Status:
Questions yet to be addressed: Is this supposed to be hiring practices for tenure-track positions? What does ‘tested experience’ mean? Tested by whom?