Faculty Advisory Committee to the President
Academic Year 2022-2023
The committee met six times with President Hsu for 1 h each. Meetings have been shortened from 1.5 h in previous years at the President’s request. Meetings were held in Randolph Hall with a Zoom option. Provost Austin attended all but the 5th meeting, and other guests were included as indicated in minutes. The committee met to plan an agenda one week before each FACP meeting, and as chair I met with President Hsu to prep for 30 min a day or so before each FACP meeting.
Committee composition, meeting dates, and topics discussed are summarized in Tables 1-3. Topic details and the content of discussions are best summarized in the meeting agenda and minutes.
Table 1. FACP committee membership
Appointed
Tracy Burkett (Professor, Sociology and Anthropology)
Rebekah Compton (Assoc. Professor, Art and Architectural History) Margaret Hagood (Professor,
Education)
Chris Mothorpe (Associate Professor, Economics)
Brooke Permenter (Faculty Fellow & Director of Student Engagement) Robert Podolsky (Assoc.
Professor, Biology)
Chairs of Senate committees
Jennifer Baker (Professor, Philosophy)— Chair, Faculty Compensation Beth Goodier (Assoc. Professor,
Communication)–Chair, Faculty Welfare
William McCorkle (Asst. Professor, Teacher Education)—Co-Chair, General Education (fall) Suanne
Ansari (Instructor, Business Law)—Co-Chair, General Education (spring)
Bob Pitts (Professor, Marketing)—Chair, Budget
Thomas Spade (Instructor, Accounting)—Chair, Academic Planning
Wendy Sheppard (Instructor, Mathematics)—Chair, Assessment of Institutional Effectiveness
Table 2. FACP dates of meetings with President Hsu
- Sept 15, 2022
- Oct 17, 2022
- Nov 17, 2022
- Feb 17, 2023
- Apr 3, 2023
- Apr 26, 2023
Table 3. Topics discussed at FACP meetings (meeting numbers as in Table 2)
1 Holidays celebrated by the College
1 Staff reduction approaches
1 Physical Plant staffing and responses
1,5,6 Schools of Health Sciences, Education
1 Institutionalization of Sustainability Literacy 1,2,3 Dean and chair evaluations
1,2,3,4 COVID policy and practice
1 REACH requirement
1,2 Online instruction future role
1,2,3 RCM budget model
2 QEPs in the future
2,3 Committee on Commemoration and Landscapes
2 Great Colleges survey
2,3,7 Shared governance, trust in senior leadership
3,4,5,6,7 Faculty compensation, Merit vs. COLA
3,4 Gaps in student preparation
3,4,5 Housekeeping concerns
4,5 Industry engagement
4,5 SC legislative actions
5 Dean searches
5,7 REI program
5 Housing affordability
5,6,7 College Reads program
5,6 EXPO CofC and student presentation venues
6,7 Fort Johnson Master Plan
6 Registrar's office staffing and responses
6 Engineering programs future expansion
7 Year in review
1 Teaching excellence track for T&P
1 Fort Johnson Master Plan
1,4 REI program & funding
1 Classroom policies
2 Campus master plan
2,4 Mental health on campus
2 RCM and financial issues
2 Graduate education
3 Student retention study
3 Building community, campus leadership
3,4 Faculty compensation
3 Pandemic issues in faculty reviews
3 RCM and changes to the institution
3 Scholarships for employee dependents
4,5,6 IT issues
4,5,6 Campus contracts
4 Replacement of General Counsel
5 Signature program initiative
5 Research support services
6 Highlights of the year
6 Admissions yield targets and consequences
6 New teaching materials fee
6 Improving the operation of the FACP