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Faculty Senate resolution challenges Bush order
Sarah Scott, Chief Copy Editor, sescott@smu.edu
Issue date: 2/15/07 Section: News
"The order will detrimentally impede inquiry into the history of the U.S. and detrimentally affect the value of the library to SMU," he said.
The third resolution concerning joint and concurrent appointments was shelved because of confusing terms.
According to one senator, "The faculty itself is far from clear what the issues are, what's at stake or what we can do once we understand all the issues."
The resolution suggested that joint appointments, in which two parties pay for an official position, be disallowed. Concurrent appointments involve two different positions held at one time, "even if they are both at half time and half salary," the senator said. Some senators were concerned that people hired by the Bush Institute could hold positions at SMU without having to meet the university's standards.
In any case, Senators Tom Knock and Jim Hopkins will have heard the concerns about joint appointments when they begin discussions with the Academic Planning Committee for the Bush complex.
And according to Foster, when the Senate resumes regular meetings next week, the significance of the Bush Library won't have diminshed.
"There's a sense of the importance of the Senate's being actively engaged in this process and a commitment to continue these issues," he said.
The third resolution concerning joint and concurrent appointments was shelved because of confusing terms.
According to one senator, "The faculty itself is far from clear what the issues are, what's at stake or what we can do once we understand all the issues."
The resolution suggested that joint appointments, in which two parties pay for an official position, be disallowed. Concurrent appointments involve two different positions held at one time, "even if they are both at half time and half salary," the senator said. Some senators were concerned that people hired by the Bush Institute could hold positions at SMU without having to meet the university's standards.
In any case, Senators Tom Knock and Jim Hopkins will have heard the concerns about joint appointments when they begin discussions with the Academic Planning Committee for the Bush complex.
And according to Foster, when the Senate resumes regular meetings next week, the significance of the Bush Library won't have diminshed.
"There's a sense of the importance of the Senate's being actively engaged in this process and a commitment to continue these issues," he said.
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