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| Vol. 18, No. 3 | Sept. 17, 1998 |
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| Vol. 18, No. 3 | Sept. 17, 1998 |
At its first meeting of the 1998-99 academic year, the University Faculty Senate Monday passed three academic items without challenge.
A new honors bachelor of arts in chemistry education was approved, as was a second option within the foreign languages and literatures master of arts, giving high school language teachers easier access to that degree program.
Revisions in the course requirements for the M.A. and Ph.D. programs in the Department of Mathematical Sciences also were approved.
Earlier in the meeting, Senate President Michael Keefe noted that the requirement for a written complaint is being removed from policy against sexual harassment in the Faculty Handbook, because it is no longer needed.
Assistant Provost Jeff Quirico gave the senators a status report on a new software package for human resource management, Peoplesoft, that the University expects to implement gradually. The system, which was selected after consultation with project managers at the University of Pennsylvania and Cornell and Princeton universities, will include five modules: human resources (personnel administration, recruitment, position management, salary administration and training and development), benefits administration, flexible spending, payroll and time and labor. Quirico said the University is interviewing for an implementation partner, an organization that has experience with the package.
Quirico said the different modules have such special features as job applicant and resume tracking, rapid updating of payroll programs to conform with changing tax regulations and open benefit enrollment.
-Cornelia Weil
