Thus, the chair will discuss ways to address the issue in his report at the May 13 Senate meeting. D. Ward stated programs do not have to be self- supporting. Nothing has been decided about how to work distance education courses into faculty workload. The Regents will be reviewing them. System plans to push for rebuilding the faculty in 2001- 2003.
System also hopes to put something in place to deal with salary compression.
The Madison Initiative was discussed. The Chair stated the document could lead UWM into the next decade and stressed the need for improved document clarity. Professor Remsen stated he is in agreement with the Committees' comments about the present draft, but that the RPC was operating under a perceived deadline and was unable to wait for the Milwaukee Idea to come to fruition. During discussion about a campus push toward interdisciplinary research, J. Moore stated that there must be strength in departments in order to provide an interdisciplinary foundation. C. Remsen discussed the concern that those that perform collaborative or interdisciplinary research may be penalized when it comes time to be reviewed for tenure unless listed first on resultant papers.