FACULTY SENATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ATTACHMENT B Resolution Not to Recommend Approval of the RME Proposal from the College of Applied Sciences and Arts to Eliminate the A.A.S. in Respiratory Therapy Technology WHEREAS years of budget reductions in the College of Applied Sciences and Arts (CASA) have necessitated difficult cut-backs in staffing in nearly all degree programs in the College, which have led some programs with high student demand to turn qualified students away; and WHEREAS because of these budgetary problems and the recommendations of the Provost’s Budget and Planning Task Force to reconsider all associates degrees, CASA engaged in a strategic review of its degree programs in terms of their productivity in research, teaching, and service; and WHEREAS one result of this review was the identification of the A.A.S. in Respiratory Therapy Technology as a program whose elimination was consistent with both the College’s strategic plan and the need to re-allocate increasingly scarce resources to programs more central to the College’s mission, particularly in meeting student demand; and WHEREAS the only two faculty members in the program on continuing appointment will be re-assigned to other units in the Health Care Professions program, should the A.A.S. in Respiratory Therapy Technology be eliminated; and WHEREAS the Undergraduate Education Policy Committee (UEPC) has reviewed all the relevant documents and testimony – including those provided by the Dean of CASA, by the affected faculty, by the Faculty Senate panel on the degree program, and by the Faculty Association – but was not convinced by the Reasonable and Moderate Extension (RME) proposal from CASA in light of Faculty Senate’s “Protocol on the Elimination of Undergraduate Degree Programs” (passed February 11, 2003); and WHEREAS on the recommendation of the UEPC, the Faculty Senate voted not to approve the RME proposal to eliminate the A.A.S. in Respiratory Therapy Technology; and WHEREAS despite subsequent personnel changes the Faculty Senate believes that the program should continue; BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate reaffirms its vote of June 8, 2004 to not approve the RME proposal to eliminate the A.A.S. in Respiratory Therapy Technology. [UEPC motion to recommend approval of the RME failed by paper ballot, 3 yes – 6 no – 1 abstention, 5/24/04; Faculty Senate motion to not approve RME passed by paper ballot, 15 yes – 7 no – 1 abstention, 6/8/04] FS0515 Return to November 9, 2004, Agenda