Trustees: Actions of the Ohio State University Board Trustees

ACTIONS OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

COLUMBUS -- The Ohio State University Board of Trustees on 
Friday (5/3) appointed a chair in management and human resources, 
amended a variety of rules, and accepted nine named endowed 
funds, among other business.

Board names Greenberger chair of Management and Human Resources

Trustees appointed David B. Greenberger of BEXLEY, academic 
director of computing in the Max M. Fisher College of Business, 
as chair of the Department of Management and Human Resources, 
retroactive to April 1 and continuing through September 2000.

Greenberger has done work in organizational behavior, pay  
and pay satisfaction, among other topics.  He has taught 
management, human resources, and hospital and health services 
administration at Ohio State since 1982.  He earned his 
undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University, and his 
master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Wisconsin at 
Madison.

Greenberger replaces Stephen Mangum, who now serves as 
senior associate dean for academic programs in the college.

Promotions and tenure

Trustees awarded promotions or tenure, or both to 144 
faculty members in 16 colleges, Ohio State University Extension, 
and University Libraries.  The board reappointed 17 faculty 
members in the colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy and Veterinary 
Medicine. 


Revised rules reflect new faculty reward structure

Trustees amended the Bylaws of the Board of Trustees, Rules 
of the University Faculty, University Senate Bylaws, the Bylaws 
of the Medical Staff of University Hospitals, and the Arthur G. 
James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute Board Bylaws.

Richard Sisson, senior vice president for academic affairs; 
Nancy Rudd, vice provost; and Sebastian Knowles, associate 
professor of English, discussed with trustees a new faculty 
reward structure in the Educational Affairs Committee, that is 
reflected in some amendments to the Rules of the University 
Faculty.

The revised rules require that each department, school, and 
college prepare a document that explains its academic mission and 
then establishes criteria for appointments, promotion and tenure 
that are appropriate to the mission.  According to Rudd, the 
current documents in many departments make no reference to 
mission and contain little or no guidance to faculty about what 
is expected of them or on what basis they will be rewarded.  
Documents in other departments that address these matters may not 
be accorded respect beyond the department.

"The revised rules reflect a substantial paradigm shift in 
how the university thinks about faculty roles and rewards," Rudd 
said.  "They put Ohio State University at the forefront of major 
universities in acting on the growing concern that faculty roles 
in research universities have become overly rigid."

According to Knowles, the new rules acknowledge that the 
diversity of missions, programs and faculty roles across the 
university require a variety of reward structures and that the 
decisions are best done at the department and college level. 

By not expecting every academic unit to operate according to 
a single reward structure model, departments and colleges will 
have more freedom to examine their missions and expectations for 
faculty and the relative weights that should be given to 
teaching, research, service, and other activities.

Knowles said that departments could have several different 
models.  Faculty could choose to follow a particular model for an 
entire career or move among models within the constraints of the 
needs of the department.

Other rule changes include:

-- Not granting tenure to faculty below associate professor.

-- Making written annual reviews of untenured faculty part 
of the faculty member's dossier.

-- Giving faculty under review the opportunity to provide 
written comments on their promotion and tenure reviews.

-- Requiring an administrator to provide written 
explanations to the department faculty when the administrator's 
decision in a promotion and tenure case differs from the 
recommendations of the faculty.

-- Being more responsive to problems experienced by 
untenured faculty members.

-- Providing greater consistency in the review process.

In addition, trustees made other rule changes, as follows: 

-- The Rules of the University Faculty were revised to 
rescind rules pertaining to abolished positions, to rescind the 
use of "academic faculty" as a unit of a college, and to direct 
the president to give substantial weight to faculty 
recommendations in reaching a decision about recommendations for 
reappointment of chairs and directors.  Other revisions change 
the titles of the heads of academic units and University Senate 
committees from chairperson to chair, update other titles, make 
the language gender neutral, and make other housekeeping changes.

-- The Bylaws of the Board of Trustees were revised to 
change the titles of chairman and vice chairman to chair and vice 
chair, respectively; to update other position titles; and to make 
the language gender neutral.

-- The University Senate Bylaws were amended to make 
language gender neutral; to update titles; and to authorize the 
secretary of the University Senate to make non-substantive 
changes in diction and grammar in rule amendments and 
suspensions, with the concurrence of the Rules Committee.

-- The Bylaws of the Medical Staff were changed to include 
an equal opportunity statement in qualifications for membership; 
to require verification, in reappointment applications, of 
certain medical education in a specialty or subspecialty area; 
and to require a review of each applicant's quality assurance 
record to see that the same level of quality of care is delivered 
by all medical staff members with similar clinical privileges.

-- The Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research 
Institute Board Bylaws were amended to change the membership on 
the board.  The amendments add the institute's director of 
medical affairs and the chief of staff and two more citizens from 
the general public; and delete a senior physician and faculty 
member.  The dean of the College of Medicine was added as a non-
voting member.  Terms of the four citizen members, two 
representatives from the Ohio State Board of Trustees and two 
senior university administrators were changed to expire on May 13 
instead of April 30.  The four citizens will serve four-year 
staggered terms.  Other housekeeping changes were made.

Work under way on faculty policies

The Educational Affairs Committee heard a status report from 
Vice Provost Nancy Rudd on progress being made toward developing 
two proposed draft faculty policies.  One of the policies would 
govern conflicts in employment while the other would cover 
external professional activities.

Both policies have been under extensive revision and must 
still be approved by various university committees and governing 
bodies.  The Rules Committee of the University Senate had 
convened an ad hoc committee to develop new policies in these two 
areas.  Once the drafts are completed, they will be reviewed by 
the entire Rules Committee and then circulated throughout campus 
for further comment.

"This opportunity for further revision to the policies is an 
important part of the consultative process that leads to rule 
changes at the university,"  Rudd said.  She hopes that the final 
draft policies will be reviewed and revised in time for the Board 
of Trustees to act on them by the end of Autumn Quarter.

Fund raising campaign reaches 44 percent of goal

The Ohio State University Campaign "Affirm Thy Friendship" 
has reached 44 percent of the $850 million campaign goal that was 
announced last fall, according to Jerry May, vice president for 
development.

As of March 31, the campaign had received $374,390,304 from 
gift receipts, pledges and planned gifts.  Of that amount, more 
than $120 million each came from alumni and corporations. 

May also noted that campaign gift additions to the endowment 
total $64.6 million.

Board accepts nine named endowed funds

Trustees accepted nine new named endowed funds with gifts 
totaling $254,053: 

-- The Charles F. Sinsabaugh M.D. Medical Endowment Fund, 
$63,000, for the support of teaching or research in the College 
of Medicine with a preference for affective psychiatric 
disorders.

-- Auxiliary to the Columbus Ohio Chapter of the National 
Medical Association Scholarship Fund, $30,000, in the College of 
Medicine.

-- The Collicott-Arps Scholarship Fund for Columbus Public 
Schools Graduates, $30,000, in the College of Education.

-- The Wesley and Katherine Cushman Memorial Scholarship 
Fund, $17,575, in the College of Education.

-- Darke County 4-H Endowment Fund, $16,915.

-- The Virginia Rose Crafts Achievement Award, $15,000, for 
an outstanding female upon completion of a master's degree in 
physical education.

-- James E. Gui Design Competition Awards Fund, $39,000, in 
the Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture.

-- The A. K. and Judith A. Pierce Athletic Graduate 
Fellowship Fund (Phoenix Award), $26,562, in the Fisher College 
of Business M.B.A. program.

 -- Wilbur J. Garmhausen Scholarship Fund, $16,000, for 
scholarships to students majoring in landscape architecture.

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Contact:  Tom Spring, (614) 292-8309, or Tracy Turner, 
(614) 688-3682.


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