REPORT OF STATUS OF FACULTY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS:

01-04-01-BUDG    Market-Driven Salary Increase to Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty: Funds not available at this time. Recommendation referred to University Budget Committee for consideration (as reported at the Sept. 11, 2001, Faculty Council Meeting).

01-05-01-CFSS   Parking Policy: Under review. Input is being sought from faculty, staff and students via telephone and web surveys.

01-05-05-RES   Copyrightable Intellectual Property Policy: Under review. Legal Counsel reviewed the draft document and raised a number of issues. Joe Alexander met with members of the Copyright Committee, Legal Counsel, and others to discuss relevant issues. Approval by the OSU Board is required.

01-09-01-BUDG;  Formalization of the University Raise Program: Acknowledged. Dr. Keener reviewed the budget implications of this recommendation with Pres. Halligan. Harry Birdwell, and Joe Weaver. Raises for faculty and staff remain a high priority for the administration; however, other mandatory increases must also be considered. (As reported at the Nov. 13, 2001, Faculty Council Meeting.)

02-02-01-BUDG; Athletic Department Deficit Reduction: Under review. President Halligan met with the Athletic Council regarding the Athletic Departmentās plan for deficit reduction and Athletic Council is studying this issue.

02-02-02-RES; Endorsement of Tempe Principles: Accepted. Ed Johnson is interacting with other Big 12 institutions regarding their endorsement of the Tempe Principles. A task force is being created. President Halligan would also like to take it to the Big 12 presidents for endorsement.

02-03-01-ASP; Amendment to Final Exam Overload Policy: Accepted. Academic Affairsā administrators agree with the proposed statement that the course with the highest CID number would indicate the course for which the final exam would be rescheduled. Policy will be modified to reflect this change.

02-03-02-ASP; Tuition and Fees Refund Policy: Accepted, with change as noted. Review with SGA resulted in a compromise through Monday of the second week (12:00 midnight) for the 100% refund. Requires approval by the OSU Board of Regents and the State Regents.
President Halligan said that the students had recommended Thursday of the second week of class. Faculty recommended Friday of the first week. Students then wanted Monday of second week. Monday was accepted as a compromise.

02-04-01-LRPIT; Information Technology Policy: To President Halligan