Retirement -- Women's Issues

Retirement Plans/Options/Issues.

• Discussion of retiree and surviving spouse healthcare coverage. Also discussion of phased retirement. (11/21/91)
• Brief report. (4/4/96)
• Brief mention of phased in retirement program. (10/16/97)

 Retirements.

• Report on retirements in next 5 years. (3/4/93)

ROTC.

• Report. (4/6/95)

 Rumor Control.

• Council President says she will investigate and report to Council on any rumors reported to her. (9/5/91)
• Council President says she will continue to investigate and report to Council on any rumors reported to her. (9/3/92)

Sabbaticals.

• Report from Budget and Economic Status Committee. Asked Council to help rank priorities from previous year’s committee including sabbaticals. (10/5/89)

SACS.

• Brief report. (11/1/90)
• Brief report from SACS Reaffirmation Committee with appointment of committee to develop criteria for evaluation of public services. (9/19/91)
• Appointment of ad hoc committee to develop criteria for evaluation of public service. (10/3/91)
• Brief discussion of accreditation criteria. (3/23/95)
• Brief discussion. (11/2/95)
• Brief report. (1/18/96)
• Report. (10/16/97)
• Brief report. (3/5/98)
• Report from Steering Committee (12/3/98)
• Brief report (1/21/99)
• Update from the Provost.  (12/2/99)
• Update from Steering Committee.  (2/17/2000)
• Brief mention.  (3/2/2000)

 Salaries.  (See also Faculty Salaries)

• Report from Budget and Economic Status Committee. Asked Council to help rank priorities from previous year’s committee including salaries. (10/5/89)
• Report on administrative survey on sexual and minority salary differentials. (10/19/89)
• Budget and Economic Status Committee reported on comparisons of UTC salaries to other comprehensive IIA institutions. (11/16/89)
• More discussion of survey on sexual and minority salary differentials. (11/16/89)
• Executive Committee report on Action Items Survey. Top concerns were salaries, reduction of 12-hour load, and current status of department heads. Council President appointed ad hoc committees to look at three areas. (1/18/90)
• Further discussion of report on administrative survey on sexual and minority salary differentials. (4/5/90)
• Report from Budget and Economic Status Committee including brief discussion of salaries. (10/4/90)
• Discussion of faculty salaries. (2/21/91)
• Salary report from Budget and Economic Status Committee and discussion of UTC salaries vs. peer institutions. (2/21/91)
• Brief report and discussion of faculty salaries. (3/21/91)
• Discussion about the definition of "salary" as part of report from the Budget and Economic Status Committee. (4/4/91)
• Brief discussion and report. (9/5/91)
• Discussion of Off-Campus Enrollment Driven Salary Plan. (9/19/91)
• Passed resolution that merit ratings have a salary increase tied to the CPI. (4/16/92)
• Report and discussion of salary adjustments. (10/7/93)
• Report on faculty salaries. (2/17/94)
• Discussion of contract/salary letters. (10/5/95)
• Brief discussion of summer school salaries. (1/30/97)
• Announcement and discussion of merit and equity adjustments (11/5/98)
• Query about UTK's allocation of tuition increase monies.  (9/16/99)
• Announcement and discussion of equity adjustments by Chancellor.  (12/2/99)
• Council passes motion that salary increases of less than 3% be distributed across the board.  (4/6/00)

 Scholarships Committee

• Report. (4/7/94)
• Report. (4/18/96)
• Acknowledgement of end-of-year written report.  (4/20/2000)

 Scholarships.

• Brief mention of how student scholarships are funded. (11/5/92)
• Discussion of student scholarships. (4/4/96)
• Brief report on funding deficit. (11/20/97)

Secret Ballots.

• Executive Committee comments on (1/21/99)

 Sexual Harassment.

• Report from Women’s Committee and discussion of proposed survey on sexual harassment. (2/21/91)
• Brief mention of Sexual Harassment Survey. (9/3/92)
• Discussion. Provost to appoint committee. (2/18/93)
• Report from committee. (4/26/94)
• Brief report (9/15/94)
• Discussion of sexual harassment policy. (11/17/94)
• Brief report on sexual harassment policy. (11/2/95)
• Report on sexual harassment training. (1/30/97)
• Brief report. (3/5/98)
• Report. (4/28/98)

 SGA

• SGA presents proposal on multicultural education which is then referred to General Education Committee (12/3/92)
• Report on elections. (4/4/96)

 60-Hour-Rule and 30-Hour Rule.

• Discussion of 30/60 hour residency requirement in connection with Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges. (4/23/91)
• Discussion. (10/21/93)
• Report from Academic Standards Committee and discussion including 30/60 hour rule. (4/18/96)
• Report from Academic Standards Committee including discussion of 30/60 hours rule. (4/23/96)
• Brief mention. (1/16/97)
• Brief report. (1/30/97)
• Brief mention. (10/16/97)

Smoking.

• Discussion of resolution on a smoke-free work place. No action. (11/1/90)
• Brief report on Smoke-Free Campus. (11/29/90)
• Brief discussion. (10/3/91)
• Brief mention of smoking policy. (10/1/92)
• Report and discussion of university’s smoking policy. (11/5/92)
• Expression of concern over smoking in Fine Arts Center lobby. (9/19/96)
• Brief discussion of smoking in offices. (1/30/97)
• Report on smoking policy and discussion. (2/20/97)

Snow Days.

• Discussion. (2/15/96)
• Discussion with recommendations. (2/22/96)
• Report on inclement weather. (11/21/96)
• Report on inclement weather. (1/16/97)
• Brief discussion. (1/15/98)
• Passed motion that late openings on snow days coincide with the beginning of a class period. (2/19/98)

Speakers and Consultants.

• Brief mention of funds for outside speakers and consultants. (10/16/97)

Speakers and Special Events Committee.

• Report. (10/1/92)
• Report, primarily on convocation. (2/17/94)
• Report, primarily on convocation. (4/7/94)
• Report. (4/18/96)
• Acknowledgement of end-of-year written report.  (4/20/2000)

Statement on Professional Fitness.

Council passes statement for undergraduate and graduate students.  (4/20/00)

Street Preachers.

• Discussion. (12/4/97)

Student Conduct in Classroom.

• Brief discussion. (4/26/94)

Student Directory/Handbook.

• Information item on change in printers. Council passes motion to "print faculty campus addresses and telephone numbers in the student directory." (1/18/96)
• Brief report on the adding of faculty and staff information to student directory. (10/3/96)

Student Employees.

• Brief mention of late payment of student employees. (10/15/92)

Student Fees.

• Brief report and discussion of student fees and non-traditional funding sources. (4/4/96)

Student Publication Board

• Discussion. (4/21/94)

Student Rating of Faculty.

• Discussion of the typing of the comments from the Student Rating of Faculty forms. (11/2/89)
• Discussion of merits of typing or not typing student comments. Passed motion that "all comments not requested by March 15 shall be destroyed. The requested comments shall be typed as soon as possible. (1/18/90)
• Brief mention/comment. (2/1/90)
• Council President makes charge to Student Evaluation of Faculty Committee. (9/5/91)
• Council President asks committee to review the form for bias and to consider adding the rating of techniques. (11/5/92)
• Discussion. Council elects to wait on committee report. (1/7/93)
• Further discussion. (2/18/93)
• Report. (3/4/93)
• Discussion of report. (4/1/93)
• Report. (3/3/94)
• Report. (4/7/94)
• Report. (4/26/94)
• Report. Also passed motion to let committee reconsider suggestions and return the form to Council later in the semester. (2/16/95)
• Additional discussion. (3/23/95)
• Discussion. (11/2/95)
• Discussion. (3/7/96)
• Report and discussion with passage of two recommendations. (4/4/96)
• Discussion. Asked by Executive Committee to review form. (9/5/96)
• Report from OPEIR and discussion. Committee is charged with revisiting the issue of evaluating senior faculty less often. (10/17/96)
• Lengthy report and discussion. (4/3/97)
• Discussion including how often senior faculty are evaluated. (11/20/97)
• Brief report. (12/4/97)
• Report with recommendations. (4/15/99)
• Brief report including discussion of grade inflation.  (10/7/99)
• Training of peer evaluators finalized.  (2/3/2000)
• End-of year report on activities.  (4/20/2000)

• Discussion. (04/20/06)
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Summer School.

• Academic Standards Committee report including discussion of teaching loads for Summer School. (10/5/89)
• Report on funding. (9/15/94)
• Report and discussion. (11/21/96)
• Brief discussion of summer school salaries. (1/30/97)
• Discussion of Summer School budget. Passed motion that "this year’s summer school expenditures be at least commensurate with last year’s." (2/20/97)
• Report from Budget and Economic Status Committee including summer school. (4/29/97)
• Report from Budget and Economic Status Committee and discussion of summer school funding with passage of several motions. (10/30/97)
• Discussion of summer school funding. (11/20/97)
• Discussion of summer school funding.  (9/16/99)

Syllabuses for Courses

• General Education Committee recommends a format for course syllabuses (4/20/95)

Teaching Evaluation.

• Appointment of committee. (9/2/93)
• Report of committee. (4/26/94)

Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable.

• Report on summer institute and roundtable activities.  (9/16/99)

Teaching Loads.

• Executive Committee report on Action Items Survey. Top concerns were salaries, reduction of 12-hour load, and current status of department heads. Council President appointed ad hoc committees to look at three areas. (1/18/90)
• Report from ad hoc committee. (2/1/90)
• Ad hoc committee recommends that 24 accumulated hours in independent study, thesis direction, honors paper direction, or group study be credited with 3 hours of equivalent teaching loads. Discussion but no action. (2/15/90)
• Council passes recommendations from ad hoc committee. Report and discussion. (3/15/90)
• Discussion including the banking of teaching credit hours for thesis advising and independent study courses. (11/29/90)
• Council President announced the "banking" policy was in force and directed attention to a memo from Provost. (1/17/91)
• Brief discussion of banking plan/teaching loads (4/18/91)
• Discussion. (2/4/93)
• Discussion. (11/3/94)
• Report from Curriculum Committee and discussion including teaching loads. (12/4/97)
• Brief discussion. (2/19/98)

 Teaching Resource Center.

• Discussion. (10/5/95)
• Report. (3/7/96)

Technology Fee.

• Brief discussion (3/21/96)
• Discussion. (10/16/97)

 Technology Innovation Committee.

• Announcement of appointment of committee. (9/18/97)
• Brief report. (10/16/97)
• Brief discussion. (11/6/97)

 Technology Issues.

• Discussion of campus cabling. Motion passed to recommend "that UTC complete campus cabling, including the fiber optics network, within two years." (3/4/93)
• Chancellor announces appointment of faculty committee to look at technology needs. (9/4/97)

Tennessee Legislative Bills. 

• Council discusses TN HB2318/SB2572 on transferability of credits.  (4/6/00)
• Discussion of bill with passage of related motion.  (4/20/00)
• Brief mention.  (4/25/00)

Telecommunications.

• Report and discussion of MCI On-Line contract. (3/7/96)

Telephone Books.

• Question concerning the distribution of faculty-staff telephone books.  (11/18/99)

Testing Center.

• Report on investigation of missing ACT exams. (1/30/97)

 THEC Formula.

• Discussion. (9/2/93)

Theses vs. Non-Theses Programs.

• Discussion. (10/21/93)

30-Hour Rule (See 60-Hour Rule) 

TIAA-CREF.

• Brief report. (10/19/89)
• Progress report on cashability and transferability. (9/20/90)
• Report from Budget and Economic Status Committee including brief discussion of TIAA-CREF portability. (10/4/90)
• Brief mention of TIAA/CREF transferability as part of report from Budget and Economic Status Committee. (12/13/90)
• Brief mention of TIAA/CREF transferability and cashability. (1/31/91)
• Brief report on TIAA/CREF transferability and cashability. (2/21/91)
• Brief report from Budget and Economic Status Committee including TIAA/CREF cashability and transferability. (3/21/91)
• Discussion of UT response to Council questions. (11/21/91)
• Brief report on cashability. (11/2/95)
• Discussion of pensions. (11/16/95)
• Brief report on cashability. (4/4/96)
• Report and discussion. (11/5/98)
• Brief discussion. (1/21/99)
• Discussion of cashability and resolutions passed by Knoxville and Martin.  (3/2/2000)
• Council endorses resolution on cashability.  (4/6/2000)

 Travel Policies/Procedures.

• Brief report. (9/19/91)
• Discussion related to airlines. (9/15/94)
• Brief discussion of new UT travel policy.  (4/6/00)

 Tuition.

• Brief report on tuition waivers for North Georgia residents. (2/21/91)
• Brief report on spouse and dependent tuition. (11/7/91)
• Discussion of graduate tuition rebate for faculty/staff relatives. (12/2/93)
• Additional discussion. (4/7/94)
• Brief report on tuition waivers for North Georgia counties. (11/2/95)

Undergraduate Education.

• Discussion of making UTC best in state.  (9/16/99) 

University Planning.

• Report on results of five-year plan. (3/5/98)

 University Planning, Budgeting, and Evaluating Committee.

• Brief report. (2/18/99)

 University Technology Committee.

• Report on University Technology Planning Committee (2/4/99)

 UT Board of Trustees.

• Report from Board meeting. (11/1/90)
• Report on Board meeting. (10/16/97)

 UT Counselors.

• Report (12/3/92)
• Report (10/21/93)
• Report. (11/2/95)
• Report. (11/7/96)
• Brief report on meeting. (4/17/97)
• Report. (10/16/97)
• Report (10/15/98)

 UT President.

• Report on meeting with President Joe Johnson. (11/7/91)
• Brief remarks concerning President Gilley's interest in UTC.  (9/16/99)
• Brief discussion of President Gilley's view of UT-UTC relations.  (2/17/2000)

 UT Presidential Search.

• Brief report. (3/21/91)

UTC Role and Identity Issues.

• Executive Committee report including appointment of task force to explore role and identity of UTC with UT System. (4/18/91)
• Appointment of task force on role and identity. (9/5/91)
• Brief discussion of news reports concerning UTC seceding from UT system.  (11/18/99)

UT System to Campus Interactions.

• Provost announces appointment to committee identifying problems between the UT Systems Office and campus offices.  (11/18/99)

  Women’s Issues.

• Appointment of ad hoc Women’s Committee (10/4/90)
• Report from Women’s Committee and discussion of proposed survey on sexual harassment. (2/21/91)