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Resolutions on SUNY-wide Issues

 

  1. Achievement Testing
  2. The New Paltz Situation
  3. The SUNY Press


  1. Achievement Testing
    BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Faculty Senate endorses the SUNY Senate Resolution on Achievement Testing.

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Faculty Senate urges President Greiner to continue to respect the campus-based faculty consultative process which established and continues to monitor our general education program.

    [passed by the Faculty Senate as expedited resolution on 10/13/98]


  2. The New Paltz Situation
    The UB Faculty Senate endorses the following statements:

    The Faculty Senate at SUNY/Buffalo has received the Report entitled Review into Women’s Studies Conferences at SUNY/New Paltz, November 1, 1997.

    The Faculty Senate commends the Report for its careful assessment of the evidence and well-considered and detailed analyses, culminating in recommendations the Faculty Senate is pleased to endorse.

    Specifically, the Faculty Senate underscores recommendation F, stating (with economy of speech), that when controversies arise about SUNY/campus events, it is essential to learn as much as possible about the facts before drawing conclusions, and to reflect how public statements have the potential to harm the institution.

    The Faculty Senate would have preferred if the last recommendation, G, (here quote verbatim): “G. Finally, with reference to what we see as inevitable future controversies in this area, our Committee believes that presidents who act in the best traditions of academic freedom and its responsible exercise should receive the staunch support of their faculty, students, System Administration, College Council, and the Board of Trustees.”Had been concluded with a sentence affirmatively stating that President Bowen had, in the matter at hand, indeed acted in such best traditions.

    [passed by the Faculty Senate on 2/4/98]


  1. The SUNY Press
    WHEREAS, university presses serve a unique and indispensable function in the pursuit of scholarly advancement and intellectual inquiry, and are a hallmark of an important university, and

    WHEREAS, SUNY Press has performed this function admirably since its founding in 1966, in that it is today, by size and reputation, one of the nation’s leading university presses, and

    WHEREAS, SUNY Press is one of the few university presses in the nation that now performs its mission without benefit of significant financial subsidy from the state or the SUNY system, and

    WHEREAS, any attempt to meddle with SUNY Press’ activities based on other than purely academic principles would only compromise its academic freedom, integrity, and hard-won reputation for excellence, and

    WHEREAS, the current SUNY Press search for a new executive director must strive to find the most qualified and capable candidate, based on knowledge of and experience with university publishing, consistent with academic values,

    THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the SUNY Buffalo Faculty Senate supports an open search for Press Director, unencumbered by political pressures, and that seeks to identify the most well-qualified candidate, based on knowledge of and experience in academic publishing and commitment to academic values, and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Senate supports the continued governance of the Press by an Editorial Board composed of scholars chosen from SUNY campuses, and opposes any effort to meddle with SUNY Press publishing operational activities, including those of the Editorial Board, that would compromise the values of academic freedom, open intellectual inquiry, and continued financial viability, and

    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT copies of this resolution be sent to the SUNY Chancellor, and University Faculty Senate Chair.

    [passed by the Faculty Senate on 10/8/97]

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