University Senate Meeting April 12, 2011 University Center U-226 A-B Senators in Attendance: Judy April, Chris Bellitto, Lily Chen-Hafteck, Gilda DelRisco, John Dobosiewicz (secretary), David Farrokh, Barbara Glazewski, Pat Ippolito, Thomas Lateano, Barbara Lee (chair), Nicholas Lembo, Laura Lorentzen, Holly Logue, Luis Martinez, Barry Mascari, Victor Ortiz, Joy Prescott, Jose Sanchez, Martin Shulman, Fran Stavola-Daley (vice-chair), Brian Teasdale, John Valentine, Ken Wolpin, Veysel Yucetepe. Senators Absent: Sue Bousquet, Charlotte Diakite, Laurie Knis-Matthews, Maria Perez, Tim Riegle, Evros Vassiliou Guests: Joseph Antonowicz, Jean Brown, James Castiglione, Phil Connelly, Edgar Evans, Stephanie Faser, Patrick Field, Sara Franklin-Aons, Jo Hoffman, Stephen Hudik, Sung Joe Kang, Richard Katz, Kenneth Kimble, Kathryn Martell, Kelly Nemeth, Dennis Oblack, Katherine Roba, Lamont Rouse, Chris Rustick, Anthony Santora, Connie Hassett-Walker, Charlie M. Williams Meeting called to order 3:20 P.M. Motion to amend the agenda to conduct Old Business first. Motion approved unanimously. Motion to approve minutes of March 29, 2011: Approved unanimously with minor revisions. Old Business A. Motion to approved a standing appointed committee to represent Kean Ocean, Motion approved unanimously. B. Motion to approve the recommendations in the Distance Learning Committee Report. Motion approved unanimously. (Note: The Distance Learning Committee will no longer need to approve courses. The approval will come at the college curriculum committee. Transmittal forms may need revision.)

Announcements A. Senate Ad Hoc Budget Committee Update by Phil Connelly. Summary a. State level appropriation ~ 32,800,000. b. A 10% mid-year cut in state appropriation expected. c. Starting deficit ~ 2,000,000. d. A 2% increase in tuition would generate ~2,000,000 however tuition caps from the state are possible. e. Presentation (powerpoint: appended to the minutes) with graphs of annual expenditures from FY 2007 through FY 2011 (FY11-projected) f. Kean Ocean has been successful. B. Summary of Question / Answer a. Hiring of new faculty is “needs based” on program enrollment. b. Support for faculty (ie: travel, professional development, promotion) is limited by mid year cuts. c. Budget surplus can be used for faculty support but is usually for maintaining / improving debt rating and capital projects. d. Budget information is not well communicated to faculty. Encourage Deans and Executive Directors to facilitate. e. No funds are initially allocated for faculty expenses (ie:travel, equipment) but can be requested. All request for travel must be approved by the administration. Projects may be submitted for funding. f. Response from Senate Chair: Faculty should refer to the Middle States Self Study on “Resources and Allocation” recommendation for needs based budgeting in relationship to better program review. g. Why can’t 1,000,000 of the average surplus of 12,000,000 annually for the past 8 years be dispersed for discretionary funding for programs / faculty? This will not happen. University policy requires approval of all purchases. Suggest submitting projects “up the chain” for approval. h. Need for consistent department / program planning in concert with information about the budget. i. Faculty can submit projects for consideration for funding. j. Communication of the timing and proper order of budget (ie: when do Deans get information). There is no specific time table. Requests can be submitted and the university will allocate. k. Travel funds are available with administrative approval. There is a concern that faculty will have a difficult time producing scholarship when there is no guarantee that their travel requests would be approved. l. Noted that there has been ~ 25% increase in enrollment and ~25% decrease in faculty since FY 2007. Request to see a distribution of salaries to understand what % of the reported salaries are for faculty, administrators, staff, etc… This information will be provided. m. Why do we underestimate next year? ~25 million not accounted for according to Dr. Katz. Why are furloughs counted as a deficit? n. Clarification of services requested, why is there an increase? Is athletics included? o. Note: Distribution of salaries and description of services will be provided.

p. Need to establish a clear approach for budgeting for the five year faculty replenishment plan. Can we identify a “break point” where more full-time enrollment will not create a deficit? q. With an apparent ~16,000,000 surplus, will there be layoffs? As of this moment, there are no planned layoffs, however, there are no guarantees. Discussion about the import of the surplus and university financial stability in relation to students and staffing. r. Final note: All budget figures are preliminary. Senate Meeting Adjourned at 4:23P.M. Respectfully submitted, John Dobosiewicz Secretary, University Senate