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Agenda Digest

Rebecca Kneedler called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. in Room 200 at Ruffner Hall. In attendance were Jahan Ramazani, Daniel Larson, Miles Townsend, Patricia Werhane and Edward Ayers. Guests were Peter Low, Vice President and Provost, and Muriel Poston, ACE Fellow.

Rebecca Kneedler thanked Peter Low on behalf of the Executive Council and the full Senate for Mr. Low's and the administration's work on the issue of faculty salaries at UVa. A brief discussion of that work took place.

Ed Ayers, Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee, gave an overview of the work the Academic Affairs Committee is doing regarding teaching evaluation at UVa., and what the Committee hopes to accomplish. The Executive Council thinks this is a worthwhile initiative and supports Mr. Ayers' efforts.

The next order of business was a letter requesting the termination of the Masters of Arts in Public Administration Program, in the School of Arts & Sciences. It was moved to approve the termination of the program, it was seconded, and it passed unanimously. Ms. Kneedler will give an overview of the program and the decision to terminate it at the Faculty Senate meeting on December 4.

In other business, Theo van Groll, a member of the Academic Affairs Committee, will be going on leave in January, and his replacement needs to be made. It was recommended that Reuben Rainey, in the School of Architecture, replace Mr. van Groll, effective January 1, 1997. This recommendation was voted on , seconded and passed unanimously.

Ms. Kneedler told the Council members that she has spoken with Jim Tybur, Chair of the Honor Committee, and Mr. Tybur would like greater faculty participation in the Faculty Advisory Committee and the Roundtable discussions. Ms. Kneedler will continue to get word of these meetings to the Senators via e-mail, and she encouraged attendance.

David Breneman, Dean of the Curry School of Education and Chair of the Task Force on Continuing Education, and Sondra Stallard, Dean of the Division of Continuing Education, will speak at the December 4th Faculty Senate meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 4:50 p.m.

Submitted by Susan McKinnon, Secretary to the Faculty Senate