{"65861":{"#nid":"65861","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Changes Approved to Freedom  of Expression Policy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProposed changes to the Freedom of Expression Policy and Campus Use Procedures outlined in section 47 of the Faculty Handbook were approved during the April 26 meeting of the Academic Faculty and Senate and the General Faculty.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESome of the reasons Jeanne Balsam, acting chair of the statutes committee, provided for updating the section included a need to reflect actual campus practices and address findings from a legal review.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EModifications include providing a more comprehensive statement on freedom of expression, an updated method to invite speakers to campus, specific reasons for denying an application for campus use and an updated process for appeals. The revisions also create a committee on use of Institute facilities and designate facilities that have their own scheduling officer.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn other business, the following topics were addressed:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDegree candidates were approved for spring graduation.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDonna Llewellyn, director of the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, discussed updates to the Course\/Instructor Opinion Survey, which CETL hopes to implement this summer.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EA change that was approved at the Feb. 15 meeting was reversed. When a formal hearing committee is generated by the Faculty Status and Grievance Committee, the number of potential members will once again be 24, not 25. Also a statement has been added to the section on the formulation of a hearing committee that clarifies that the Faculty Status and Grievance Committee is not involved in formal dismissal hearings.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EChanges to the Grounds for Removal section of the Faculty Handbook were approved, including the addition of a paragraph stating that the president may at any time remove any faculty member or other employee \u201cfor cause.\u201d A change was proposed to another section of the handbook that would eliminate a list of reasons why a tenured faculty member could be dismissed and instead direct readers to the section on grounds for removal. In addition, a sentence would be deleted that states that, \u201cUnless legal considerations forbid, any such relief from duties will be with pay.\u201d These changes must be read at the next meeting before further action can be taken.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo view the agenda for this meeting and the supporting documents that were provided for each agenda item click \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facultygovernance.gatech.edu\/ASAFGF2011-042611-Agenda.htm\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProposed changes to the Freedom of Expression Policy and Campus Use Procedures outlined in section 47 of the Faculty Handbook were approved during the April 26 meeting of the Academic Faculty and Senate and the General Faculty.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Proposed changes to the Freedom of Expression Policy and Campus Use Procedures outlined in section 47 of the Faculty Handbook were approved during the April 26 meeting of the Academic Faculty and Senate and the General Faculty."}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-04-29 14:13:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:38","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-05-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.facultygovernance.gatech.edu\/ASAFGF2011-042611-Agenda.htm","title":"Meeting Agenda"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12983","name":"Academic Faculty"},{"id":"7811","name":"Academic Senate"},{"id":"12984","name":"General Faculty"},{"id":"1796","name":"meeting"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-4142\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}