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Governance Minutes ArchiveSeptember 15, 1988
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ON EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION September 15, 1988 Present: Alan Bayer, A. Jack Davis, Lee Drowne (representing Wayne Speer), Gina Eubanks, Janet Evers, Elizabeth Fine, Martha Fitzwater, Evelyn Grender, Janine Hiller, Michele Holmes, Pat Hyer, Calvin Jamison, Judith Jones, Mike Lambur, Donna McEldowney, Patricia Morris, Charles Nunnally, Charles Pinder, Lon Savage, Deborah Snead, Barry Stewart (representing Vince Ruark), Linda Woodard, Anne Zajac The September meeting of the Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Committee was called to order by Lon Savage. After the introduction of members, the agenda for the meeting and the minutes of the May meeting were approved. The first item on the agenda was the recommendation passed at the May meeting which calls on the EO/AA Committee to reassess its status, function, and effectiveness. Several suggestions on how to create a more effective committee were to: (1) change the composition of the Committee by decreasing its size and adding deans and vice presidents to the membership; (2) retaining the representation of the Committee as it now stands and adding a vice president or dean to its membership; (3) creating an EO/AA Commission. These and other suggestions will be discussed further with Dr. McComas at the October meeting and within the Committee throughout the coming year in order to decide how the Committee might address the recommendation. A summary report of actions taken on EO/AA Committee recommendations for the last two years and the Annual Report to the University Council were distributed to Committee members. Mr. Savage noted that many recommendations have been implemented. Several have been addressed but have not been implemented. Judith Jones will forward to Committee members any documentation concerning action requested on future recommendations. Mr. Savage also suggested that at the beginning of each meeting a report be given on pending recommendations. Linda Woodard gave an update on the Childcare Report. Several members of the committee met with Dr. McComas in early September at which time a history of the committee and recommendations of the report were presented. Mr. Minnis Ridenour was also present at this meeting and submitted the names of several people he planned to have cost out various proposals that resulted from the Childcare Report. Dr. Ray Smoot will lead this activity. Cost information should be available soon. Pat Hyer reported on the search for the Vice President of Student Affairs. Ninety applications and nominations were received, of which 75 were complete. Twelve blacks and 13 women were identified. Extensive efforts were made to recruit women and minorities. Three white males and one female were interviewed by various student groups, faculty senate groups, vice presidents, student affairs directors and the search committee. The name of the person selected will be announced soon. Jack Davis, a member of the search committee for the position of Provost felt it would be more appropriate to invite Dean Herman Doswald, the Chair and spokesperson for the Committee, to give a more detailed report of the search. He did state that announcements have been sent out to appropriate journals and believes it will be January before anyone is on campus to be interviewed. Judith Jones will meet with the Search Committee on September 19 to review affirmative action recruitment. Judith Jones distributed a list of subcommittees for 1988-89. Betty Fine will chair the Women's Subcommittee and Charles Pinder will continue to chair the Minority Subcommittee. A chairperson will need to be selected for the Handicapped Concerns Subcommittee. The EO/AA Committee will meet in the President's Boardroom on the following dates: October 12, 10:00 a.m., November 8, 2:30 p.m., December 14, 10:00 a.m.. President McComas will speak at the October 12 meeting. Judith Jones presented a summary of EO/AA complaints. There are five pending federal cases dealing with age, handicap, ethnic origin and national origin. There have been 24 informal cases in 1988. Seven dealt with race, two age, 6 sex discrimination, 3 handicap concerns, 3 national origin, one equal pay, one harassment and one on the general topic of preselection. Of these 24 cases, six are pending. Judith Jones distributed a checklist on which members may record progress made toward implementing the "Year 2000" recommendations. She reviewed those recommendations which have already been fully or partially implemented and will provide brief reports at each EO/AA meeting. Calvin Jamison reported that he is now doing a summary of recommendations that resulted from the Minority Workshops held during the summer to forward to the Provost. These workshops dealt with issues concerning quality of life for students on campus, financial aid and scholarships, academic advising, and recruitment and development of black faculty. He will keep the EO/AA Committee informed about the activity that has been generated by these workshops. Lon Savage distributed a draft of the EO/AA Committee's annual report. He would like to present the report to the Council at their next meeting. If there are any changes to be made in the report, please contact Lon within the next week. The meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. Recorded by Sue Bowen
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