A dispute between two non-members of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate ended the group’s meeting Thursday night.

David Schiller, an associate professor of music who asked to speak at the meeting, and Mark Wheeler, a dance professor sitting in for an absent senator, argued about a task force put in place to ensure the University’s general education requirements and techniques of instruction are keeping up with its peers.

Schiller, in a speech that was the only new business item on the meeting’s agenda, laid out his concerns that the senate is in the dark about the General Education Task Force.

“I’m concerned that the task force is heavy on administration and light on faculty,” Schiller said.

He also said he was worried he might be “paranoid,” but he feared the lack of input the college was given in the task force might lead to the loss of some general education classes with a high enrollment of undergraduates from the college.

Wheeler, one of the four faculty members from Franklin College appointed to the 24 member task force, said he thought sending out information to the senate would be difficult to do.

He said he felt good about being on the committee, and he did not think he was involved in something that would hurt Franklin College.

“This committee is looking at how we can get the job done,” he said.

Presiding senate officer Doug Crowe, an associate professor of geology, asked the two men to debate the subject later.

Crowe said he did not think the task force was involved in “anything underhanded,” but he didn’t think it was unreasonable for the task force to submit regular updates to the senate.

Also, Janet Frick, an associate professor of psychology, spoke to the senate about the restructuring of the College of Education that was approved earlier this year.

The school had its number of departments scaled down in addition to its administrative staff, Frick said, which led to several unrelated departments.

She told the senate the administration violated policy when it went through with a reorganization without approval of University Council — a lawmaking body of faculty — and the Board of Regents.

The regents have not approved the reorganization yet, but University Council eventually approved the process.

Frick said the regents and University Council are faculty members’ protection from administrators violating University policy, but the council “failed this time.”