Intercampus Faculty Council Agendas Wednesday, February 18, 2004

President's Conference Room

Columbia

9:30 a.m. IFC members

1. Call to order.
2. Approval of January 21, 2004 minutes.
3. Approval of February 18, 2004 agenda.
4. Begin with Major Discussion Items

10:30 a.m. Vice President Lehmkuhle, Associate Vice President Graham
& Faculty Fellow Wilden to join the meeting

1. Discussions with Vice President Lehmkuhle

12:00 p.m. LUNCH

President Floyd and other Vice Preisdents to join the meeting

Campus Reports

Discussions with President Floyd and other Vice Presidents

1:00 p.m. Continued discussion of agenda items

2:00 p.m. Adjourn

Major Discussion Items

1. Budget planning discussion with VP Nikki Krawitz on issues of salary pool, benefits and other preliminary budget assumptions.
2. Discussion of the relationships between the UM Campuses, and of the UM with other state-supported institutions of higher education in Missouri ~ Christensen
3. Discuss process differences in tenure policies across the four campuses ~ Cottone.
4. Trends from post-grievance interviews at UMC ~ Christensen
5. Report from VP Ken Hutchinson on contract periods.

Update items:

1. Progress in merger of UM with Northwest.
2. Acceptance of 310.080 Faculty Workload draft by IFC.
3. Information from first FAS implemenation taskforce meeting on 2/18/2004 8:30 a.m. IFC members: Christensen, Hilgers, Pierce and Waterborg.
4. Update (if necessary) on any significant actions in Program Audit on the campuses.
5. Consolidation of System President and Columbia Chancellor.

Agenda items (as time permits)

1. Academic Dishonesty.
2. "Rule of 85" retirement as option to prevent disruptive VERIP actions.
3. Will IFC start a policy initiative forbidding Consensual Relationships between faculty and students?

NEXT MEETING DATE: Wednesday, March 17, 2004