UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 30, Page 1
May 6, 1993
Faculty Senate votes 'no' on proposal to add A+ grade 

     At its meeting Monday afternoon, the Faculty Senate narrowly defeated
a resolution to introduce an A-plus into the University's grading system.
The vote was 28-27, with three abstentions.
     The senators overwhelmingly approved a Statement of Responsibility,
which will serve as a goal of personal and academic expression and
tolerance on the campus. The statement reads: "The University of Delaware
community values both personal and academic freedom. All members of the
campus community have the personal responsibility to promote an atmosphere
of civility in which the free exchange of ideas and opinions can flourish.
We do so by learning from individual and collective differences and
respecting every human being."
     The statement will be included in the University's Student Handbook,
graduate and undergraduate catalogs, the Faculty Handbook, registration and
admissions materials and other publications.
     In the midst of lengthy debate, the senators agreed to postpone a
resolution, submitted by the Delaware Undergraduate Student Congress (DUSC)
representative, which would allow an equal number of faculty and students
to serve on subgroups of the Faculty Senate's Committee on Committees and
Nominations when the issues being considered fall under the jurisdiction of
the Division of Student Life.
     The postponement, according to Senate President Ken Lomax, will allow
the DUSC senator time to develop an alternative proposal to be presented at
the continuation of the meeting, scheduled for 4 p.m., Monday, May 10.
     In other business, the senators approved resolutions:

       * revising of the M.S. degree in Operations Research from 30 to 33
         hours and introducing a 6-credit, non-thesis option;
       * revising of the M.S. degree in Life Span Development to an M.S.
         degree in Individual and Family Studies, with specialization
         areas designated on transcripts, requiring 37 credit hours and
         recognizing a wider range of options for experience in the
         degree, to include theoretical papers and field placement;
       * changing graduate degrees in the Department of Chemistry and
         Biochemistry to include the word "biochemistry";
       * revising curricula in the B.S. degree in the College of Human
         Resources in apparel design and in textiles and clothing:
         merchandising; and
       * reorganizing the College of Nursing into a Department of Nursing
         and a Division of Special Programs.

     New officers, who were elected and will start their terms Sept. 1,
include Bonnie Scott, English, president; John McLaughlin, psychology,
president-elect; and David Sperry, life and health sciences, vice
president. Elected to committees were Charles Boncelet, electrical
engineering, and Judith Roof, English, both Committee on Committees and
Nominations, and Robert Warren, urban affairs and public policy, Committee
on Rules.
                                        -Ed Okonowicz