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Presented to the M膩noa Faculty Senate by the Committee on Academic Policy and Planning (CAPP) for a vote of the full Senate on October 21, 2020, a resolution reasserting M膩noa Faculty Senate oversight of academic programs.聽 Approved by the M膩noa Faculty Senate on October 21, 2020 with 45 votes (76.27%) in support; 14 votes (23.73%) opposed; and 5 abstentions.

RESOLUTION REASSERTING M膧NOA FACULTY SENATE OVERSIGHT OF ALL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

WHEREAS, 鈥淭he role of a university faculty governance organization is to advise the administration (primarily at the campus and unit level) on matters impacting and/or relating to the development and maintenance of academic policy and standards to the end that quality education is provided, preserved, and improved鈥� according to 糖心视频 Board of Regents Policy 1.21; and

WHEREAS, the M膩noa Faculty Senate has 鈥渢he responsibility to speak for the faculty on academic policy matters such as: (1) Determining the initiation, review, and evaluation of proposed, probationary, or authorized research, instructional, and academic programs,鈥澛� (BOR Policy 1.21, B.3.b); and

WHEREAS, 鈥淭he faculty has primary responsibility for such fundamental academic areas as curriculum content, subject matter, and methods of instruction and research.鈥� (糖心视频 M膩noa Faculty Senate Charter Preamble); and

WHEREAS, among the duties of the 糖心视频MFS Committee on Academic Policy and Planning (CAPP) are to provide oversight and make recommendations on the 鈥渆stablishment and modification of degree programs and curricula鈥� (糖心视频MFS Bylaws, Article IV, Section 1, g); and

WHEREAS, the February 5, 2015 agreement regarding consultation protocols between 糖心视频PA, the Faculty Senates, and 糖心视频 Administration (糖心视频PA/BOR Contract, section R-20, Part I) specifies that: 鈥淭he University will refer the following topics to Senates 鈥�.

1)聽 聽 Initiation, review, and evaluation of proposed, probationary, or established research, instructional and academic programs;鈥� and

WHEREAS, the M膩noa Administration has been recommending cuts to some academic programs and recommending to some academic units that they run academic programs through Interdisciplinary Studies, or 鈥減artner鈥� with IS, without consultation with the Faculty Senate; and

WHEREAS, the Interdisciplinary Studies (IS) Program has not been consulted or informed about the suggested moves of academic degrees to IS, nor about what it means to 鈥減artner鈥� with departments on this; and

WHEREAS, the Interdisciplinary Studies Program is unlikely to be able to take on new programs without additional resources; and

WHEREAS, the primary purpose of the Interdisciplinary Studies program is to offer students the opportunity to put together self-designed courses of study that are not provided elsewhere; and

WHEREAS, pre-planned degrees as part of a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies may have the possibility of conflicting with academic units,; and

WHEREAS, the review process for degrees within Interdisciplinary Studies at 糖心视频 M膩noa does not provide for any oversight by the 糖心视频 M膩noa Faculty Senate, and thus violates the oversight specified by the Board of Regents Policy, the M膩noa Faculty Senate Charter and Bylaws, and the 糖心视频PA R-20 document; therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, that the M膩noa Faculty Senate asserts its right to carry out its oversight of all

academic programs at 糖心视频 M膩noa, including the 鈥淚nitiation, review, and evaluation of proposed, probationary, or established research, instructional and academic programs;鈥� and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the M膩noa Faculty Senate expects and requires that the University will refer the following topics to the Senate for review by its appropriate committees: 鈥淚nitiation, review, and evaluation of proposed, probationary, or established research, instructional and academic programs;鈥� and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the M膩noa Faculty Senate decides that the 糖心视频 Administration shall cease and desist from referring academic programs to be housed in Interdisciplinary Studies, without Faculty Senate review, effective Fall semester 2020; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the M膩noa Faculty Senate decides that programs that are not interdisciplinary shall not be moved to Interdisciplinary Studies; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the M膩noa Faculty Senate decides that Interdisciplinary Studies shall not be used by the Administration or academic or other units as a way around Faculty Senate oversight and that, thus, and thus IS should communicate with CAPP to see if any problems have been identified in proposed programs ; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the M膩noa Faculty Senate demands that the 糖心视频 M膩noa administration report to the M膩noa faculty and its agent, the M膩noa Faculty Senate, in a fully transparent manner, any proposed creation or termination or move of any academic program, whether under budget crisis conditions or otherwise, so that the Senate can exercise its oversight over establishment and modification of degree programs and curricula.