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Governance Minutes ArchiveOctober 14, 1992
Minutes COMMISSION ON RESEARCH October 28, 1992 206 Sandy Hall 3:30 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: T. Brandon, P. Edwards, J. Johnson, H. Kriz, J. Lee, R. Lytton, A. McNabb, R. Olin, P. Rasnick, P. Scanlon, D. Stoker, J. Tank, J. Wightman MEMBERS ABSENT: H. Doswald, J. Eaton, P. Eyre, C. Flora, E. McNeil, J. Pinkerton, R. Reneau, E. Stout, T. Wildman INVITED GUESTS: S. Trulove 1. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Dr. McNabb informed the membership that she will invite Earving Blythe or Wayne Donald to a later meeting to talk about decentralization relative to the Human Resource Information Project. The COR membership will have to decide if they only want information or wish to make recommendations on decentralization efforts. Dr. Edwards introduced Dr. Stoker who will replace Dr. M. O'Brien from Architecture on the Commission. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 14. Dr. Wightman motioned approval and Dr. Lee seconded. Minutes were approved. 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA. Dr. Stoker motioned approval and Dr. Scanlon seconded. Agenda was approved. 4. TERMINATION PROCESS FOR RESEARCH FACULTY. Dr. Johnson provided the membership with a handout and explanation of the proposed termination process. She said that two items will be added to the statement from the Faculty Handbook (falsification of leave and sexual harassment). The discussion focused on the times required (30 days for improved performance followed by 45 days before termination) and on whether the process could be made more efficient. This proposal will be brought back to the Commission and to several other groups. 5. OWNERSHIP OF DATA. Dr. Olin met with University Records and the Ownership of Data policy is now in required format. Dr. Olin stated that University Records and Legal Counsel do not agree on what is a university record. Dr. Olin stated that the one change made to the policy since the last meeting was the addition of the university records manager to review a decision to destroy data made by the principal investigator, department head and dean. Discussion of the policy focused on the definition of customary procedures in research fields, ownership of ideas, wording of the policy and the effect that the Policy on Policies (#1000 of 1/14/92) will have on the procedures the Commission must follow in developing policies. 6. PERCEPTIONS OF THE RESEARCH MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY. The membership discussed topics that they would like Dr. Carlisle to address when he visits during the next meeting. Those topics are: 1) Perception that the legislature is not sympathetic to the research mission of the University. The faculty want to help but need leadership and guidance in orchestrating their efforts. 2) How is the research mission of the University communicated to the legislature? (Questions about the role of R. Byers, Dir. of Government Relations, and about University publicity films that need to show the benefits and importance to the Commonwealth of the research mission of the University.) 3) Tension between the need for interdisciplinary research and protective attitudes based on traditional departmental organization. 4) The need for publicity that couples research and scholarship to teaching. (Concern that the public does not see teaching as anything but giving out canned information.) 5) Perceptions of Tech as only a regional (southwestern Virginia) university. 7. ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 4:50PM. FMAM/php
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