(A) Committee names.
The following committees shall be standing
committees of the faculty senate.
(1) Academic steering
committee
(2) University curriculum
committee
(3) Admissions and
standards committee
(4) University faculty
affairs committee
(5) Student life
committee
(6) Committee on
athletics
(7) Equity, diversity and
inclusion committee
(8) Library
committee
(9) Graduation,
convocation, and assembly committee
(10) Committee on
academic space
(11) Academic technology
committee
(12) University personnel
committee
(13) University petitions
committee
(14) Budget and finance
committee
(15) Electronic learning
committee
(16) Undergraduate
student success committee
(B) Committee membership.
(1) The terms of office
of faculty members of all standing committees shall begin on September first
and terminate on August thirty-first and those of student members shall begin
on the first day of the summer term and terminate on the last day of the spring
semester.
(2) The regularly
appointed or elected faculty members of all standing committees, except the
academic steering committee, shall serve a term of two years. No appointed or
elected member shall serve more than two consecutive terms on any committee
other than on those committees in which the chairperson serves on the academic
steering committee. In those cases, members may serve three consecutive terms
so long as there would be no more than fifty per cent of the members in their
third term. Provision shall be made for staggering the membership so that
continuity is provided. In staggering the membership, the one-year appointments
or elections shall count as one term of the two-term or three-term consecutive
limit (paragraph (D)(1) of this rule).
(3) Student members of standing
committees shall be appointed by the student appointments board for terms of
one year each and may be reappointed for a second term. Such students shall
have earned forty-five credit hours as undergraduates or nine hours of graduate
students, and shall have a GPA of at least 2.50 for all credit hours earned. No
student may be appointed unless an adequate and timely notice requesting
student applications appears in student publications. If no student volunteer
is available through the student appointment board, an individual committee may
recruit students and submit names to the student appointment board for
endorsement.
(4) A person may serve on no more than
two standing committees at any one time and then only if one is the academic
steering committee or the university personnel committee. No person may serve
concurrently on the university faculty affairs committee and the university
personnel committee or the university peer review committee. If the chairperson
of any standing or ad hoc committee to which faculty members are appointed by
the academic steering committee is not an elected member of faculty senate,
designation as chairperson thereby makes the chairperson an ex officio limited
member of faculty senate so long as the faculty member is chairperson of that
committee. This limited membership includes only the right to introduce and
discuss motions from the standing or ad hoc committee of which the faculty
member is chair. This limited membership does not include any other rights,
such as the right to vote or to be included in quorum
computations.
(5) In the event of the death,
resignation, or leave of an appointed or elected member of a standing
committee, the member shall be replaced for the remaining term of service when
one full semester or longer (summer term not included) remains of the
member's term of service. Such replacement shall be considered as having
served one term of the two-term consecutive limit if a faculty member serves as
a replacement for one year or more. Ordinarily, faculty on leave may be
temporarily replaced by a faculty member from that faculty member's
college, if such replacement is needed. Appointed committee members shall be
replaced by the academic steering committee; elected committee members shall be
replaced by the faculty senate representatives from the college to which that
position is allocated. In the event that a vacancy shall occur on the
university personnel committee for which a replacement is necessary by the
terms of this paragraph, the replacement shall be chosen by election in the
faculty senate if time permits, otherwise by the academic steering committee,
from at least two nominees identified by the senate members from the college to
which the position is allocated.
(C) Annual reports.
The chairperson of each of the standing
committees other than the graduation, convocation, and assembly committee, the
academic steering committee, and the university personnel committee, shall make
at least one annual report to the faculty senate.
(D) Academic steering
committee.
(1) The committee shall
consist of the senate president, serving as chairperson, the senate vice
president, the senate secretary, one elected member of the faculty senate from
each of the colleges except the honors college and the college of graduate
studies; for each five elected members to faculty senate beyond five, each
college shall have an additional elected member of faculty senate on the
committee. The elected member(s) to serve on the committee from each college
shall be chosen promptly by those elected representatives from the college on
the faculty senate who are entitled to membership on the faculty senate for the
upcoming year. Elected members serve on the academic steering committee for a
term of one year from September first to August thirty-first. Five other
faculty members serve ex officio as voting members on the academic steering
committee by virtue of their positions as chair of the budget and finance
committee, the admissions and standards committee, the university curriculum
committee, the university faculty affairs committee, and the undergraduate
student success committee. These five members serve only during their terms as
chairs of their respective standing committees. The elected faculty
representative to the board of trustees shall serve as an ex officio non-voting
corresponding member.
(2) The president of the
university and the provost of the university shall be ex officio, non-voting,
corresponding members of the committee. The senate secretary shall serve as
secretary of the committee.
(3) The functions of the
committee are:
(a) To appoint such faculty members of all other standing
committees of the faculty senate as are designated appointed members in these
bylaws; to appoint ad hoc committees of the faculty senate; and to designate
the chairpersons of all committees to whom it appoints members. Such designated
committee chairpersons shall have, as a result of their designation, ex officio
limited membership on faculty senate in accordance with paragraph (B) of this
rule. Eligibility to be appointed members of each committee is described in the
section relating to that committee. The names of the members of each standing
committee shall be reported to the senate secretary.
(b) To prepare the agenda for faculty senate for distribution by
the senate secretary.
(c) To take such action regarding affairs of faculty senate as
may be necessary between meetings.
(d) To advise the president and the faculty senate on the
committee structure of the faculty organization.
(e) To serve as the informal hearing committee specified in the
procedural standards in faculty dismissal proceedings with the responsibilities
there specified (see rule 3344-11-15 of the Administrative Code.)
(f) To serve as the committee of the faculty senate that consults
with the administration regarding matters of strategic planning.
(E) University curriculum
committee.
(1) The committee shall
consist of the chief academic officer and the director of university libraries
or their representatives and the university registrar as ex officio
corresponding members; two appointed members from the college of art and
sciences (with one member from the math and science, and one from the arts and
humanities); one appointed member from each of the remaining colleges other
than the honors college, and the college of graduate studies; one appointed
member from the graduate council; and two student members.
(2) The functions of the
committee are:
(a) To make recommendations to the faculty senate concerning the
establishment, inclusion by merger, alteration, and abolition of: all curricula
offered by the university; all degrees and certifications conferred under
authority of the university; all colleges, departments, schools, and
bureaus.
(b) To make recommendations to the faculty senate on certain
proposals from the various colleges respecting courses and curricula. These
certain proposals are those affecting a course or curriculum outside the
college making the proposal and those proposals setting up a new
curriculum.
(c) To make recommendations to the faculty senate upon proposals
from the various colleges respecting academic degrees (see paragraph (G)(4) of
rule 3344-13-01 of the Administrative Code). These recommendations to the
faculty senate shall be made only after notice thereof, in at least abbreviated
form, has been given to the university organization. Failure of the curriculum
committee to act or to submit its recommendations shall not deprive the faculty
senate of power to review these proposals.
(d) To make recommendations to the faculty senate upon proposals
from the various colleges respecting subject-matter requirements for graduation
(see paragraph (G)(5) of rule 3344-13-01 of the Administrative Code.) To
recommend to the faculty senate changes in all university subject-matter
requirements for graduation.
(e) To conduct such investigations and appoint such committees as
are reasonably necessary to carry out its responsibilities under these
bylaws.
(F) Admissions and standards
committee.
(1) The committee shall
consist of a designee from the provost's office, a representative of the
university registrar's office, and the deans (or designees) of two
colleges as ex officio corresponding members. Voting members shall consist of
two appointed members from the college or arts and sciences (with one member
from the math and sciences, and one from the arts and humanities), one
appointed member from each of the remaining colleges, except the honors college
and the college of graduate studies, one appointed member from the graduate
council, and two student members. The two deans are to be appointed by the
academic steering committee and shall serve two-year terms on a staggered basis
so that only one dean is appointed each year. The academic steering committee
shall make their appointments in such a way that all deans of colleges serve on
the committee on a rotating basis and with as nearly equal frequency as
possible.
(2) The functions of the
committee are:
(a) To make recommendations to the faculty senate on policies and
practices pertaining to grading, the academic standing of students, and
proficiency standards for graduation and advanced degrees.
(b) To establish policies and procedures for handling student
academic misconduct.
(c) To review grade
disputes in order to ensure the appropriate procedures have been followed, as
described in the undergraduate and graduate catalogs.
(d) To recommend to the faculty senate any needed changes
in all university admissions rules.
(e) To review changes in the entrance requirements proposed
by any of the colleges and make its recommendations concerning them to the
faculty senate (see paragraph (G)(1) of rule 3344-13-01 of the Administrative
Code.)
(f) To act as an advisory council to chief university
officer for enrollment management and services upon all problems arising in
connection with their duties.
(g) To work with the administration in all matters
concerning the academic calendar and the scheduling of classes.
(h) To review the annual report of the university petitions
committee, and make recommendations to the faculty senate concerning observed
trouble points.
(i) The annual reports of this committee shall include a
report on the administration of academic standards during the previous year; a
report on admissions data pertaining to the fall entering class of each
college; and a report on the performance of the class admitted a year
earlier.
(G) University faculty affairs
committee.
(1) The committee shall
consist of a designee from the provost's office as ex officio
corresponding member and six members elected from the full-time teaching
faculty by the elected members of the faculty senate. This election shall take
place in the spring semester of each academic year. At least one member of the
committee shall be a member of the faculty senate. No member of the university
faculty affairs committee may serve concurrently as a member of the university
personnel committee or the university peer review committee. The committee
shall select its own chairperson.
(2) The functions of the
committee are:
(a) To review and evaluate the tenure regulations set forth in
rule 3344-11-03 of the Administrative Code and report to the faculty senate any
recommendations for modifying them.
(b) To hear all cases for exception to the tenure regulations for
non-bargaining unit faculty and recommend appropriate action to the chief
academic officer.
(c) To review procedures to be followed in implementing rule
3344-11-06 of the Administrative Code dealing with the formal disciplining or
the dismissal of and non-bargaining unit faculty member and to recommend
changes to the faculty senate.
(d) To serve as the formal hearing committee specified in the
procedural standards in faculty dismissal proceedings with the responsibilities
there specified (see rule 3344-11-06 of the Administrative Code) and as a
hearing committee for all other grievances related to faculty personnel
policies for non-bargaining unit faculty. In the event that the faculty affairs
committee has already been concerned in hearing a faculty grievance which bears
upon subsequent dismissal proceedings against the faculty member, an ad hoc
committee shall serve as the formal hearing committee in the dismissal
proceedings for that case. The ad hoc committee shall be elected by faculty
senate in the same way and with the same composition as specified for the
faculty affairs committee, with due regard for the qualifications set forth in
rule 3344-11-15 of the Administrative Code. No person previously involved with
the faculty grievance shall be eligible for election to the ad hoc
committee.
(e) To study and evaluate all other personnel policies relating
to the faculty and make recommendations to the faculty senate or the AAUP as
appropriate. Illustrative areas are promotion, salary, leaves, outside work for
pay, military service, academic freedom, insurance and other fringe benefits,
parking, teacher rating scales, and retirement.
(f) To serve as a body for the ongoing evaluation of the faculty
personnel policies and make recommendations, when appropriate, to the faculty
senate. This committee shall receive by reference all proposed amendments to
the bylaws. It shall publish the bylaws, keep them up to date and republish
them at such intervals as may be desirable. Recommendations concerning the
bylaws shall be sent to each member in advance of presentation to the faculty
senate and notice shall be given of the meeting of faculty senate at which the
recommendations are to be reported for action.
(g) To hear all misconduct charges against faculty members
arising under paragraph (A) of rule 3344-11-06 of the Administrative Code, such
hearings to conform to the procedures given in paragraph (A) of rule 3344-11-06
of the Administrative Code, provided that adequate provision shall have been
made for the informal, voluntary adjustment of the issue or issues so as to
permit the matter to be terminated by mutual consent. To decide in conference,
on the basis of the hearing, whether the alleged misconduct warrants a
recommendation of disciplinary action. A finding of disciplinary action shall
require the approval of the board of trustees to take effect, and the accused
shall have full recourse to law, thereafter.
(H) Student life committee.
(1) The committee shall
consist of the chief officer for student affairs (or designee) and a
representative from the appropriate office of inclusion and multicultural
engagement as ex officio corresponding members. Voting members shall include
six appointed members of the full-time faculty and six appointed members from
the student body.
(2) The functions of the
committee are:
(a) To recommend to the faculty senate proposed legislation
affecting student life and activities.
(b) To make recommendations to the chief officer for student
affairs in the area of the officer's administrative
responsibilities.
(c) To supervise student publications.
(d) To supervise student organizations. In particular, any group
of students desiring to organize and be recognized as a university organization
shall obtain permission from the committee.
(e) To serve as an advisory body in the coordination and
development of the various student personnel services.
(f) To recommend to the faculty senate policies regarding
financial aid, counseling, and special educational services, including
cooperative education.
(I) Committee on athletics.
(1) The committee shall
consist of the director of athletics, the faculty representative to the NCAA as
ex officio corresponding member, six appointed members of the full-time
faculty, and three student members.
(2) The functions of the
committee are to develop policy governing intercollegiate athletics with
approval of the faculty senate on matter of significant importance. This policy
shall cover schedules, eligibility, awards, ticket distribution, and public and
campus relations of the athletic program and shall serve to guide the
administration of intercollegiate athletics by the director of
athletics.
(J) Equity, diversity and inclusion
committee.
(1) The committee shall
consist of the chief diversity officer (or designee) as ex officio member, five
faculty members elected by the senate and one student member. The committee
will elect a member to sit on the president's council on
diversity.
(2) The function of the
committee is to help the senate develop policies sensitive to the need for
diversity on campus. The charge includes:
(a) To monitor the overall functioning of the relevant university
offices connected with diversity and inclusion, with special emphasis on
coordination and communication among these offices.
(b) To advise senate on the state of relations among diverse
groups on campus.
(K) Library committee.
(1) This committee shall
include the director of the university libraries and the director of the law
library as ex officio corresponding members. Voting members shall include two
full-time members from the college of arts and sciences (with one member from
the math and sciences, and one from the arts and humanities) and one full-time
member from each of the remaining colleges excluding the college of graduate
studies, honors college, and law college, two professional librarians, and two
student members.
(2) The functions of the
committee are:
(a) To serve as an advisory group to the director of university
libraries and the director of the law library, and to recommend to faculty
senate appropriate policies for the delivery of library media
services.
(b) To assist the director of the university libraries and the
director of the law library in the interpretation of services to the university
community.
(c) To express the faculty concerns about the university
libraries to appropriate university administrative officers.
(L) Graduation, convocation, and assembly
committee.
(1) The committee shall
consist of seven appointed faculty members, four members from the student body,
and three corresponding ex officio members appointed by the president from the
administration. Faculty appointments shall provide the following college
representation: two faculty members from the college of arts and sciences (with
one member from the math and sciences, and one from the arts and humanities),
and one faculty member each from the remaining colleges, except the college of
graduate studies and the honors college.
(2) The functions of the
committee are:
(a) To recommend three faculty members, one of them being
chairperson of this committee, and one student to serve on the university
honorary degree committee and encourage all faculty to nominate worthy
candidates for consideration of honorary degrees.
(b) To make recommendations to the faculty senate on a policy for
university graduation and convocation ceremonies, including such items as
scheduling, location, and format.
(c) To make recommendations to the faculty senate on policies and
procedures for all university lectures and other all-university programs. All
policies shall be filed with the senate secretary.
(d) To recommend annually to the university president an
appropriation to cover the expenses of such all-university lectures and
programs.
(3) The committee's
jurisdiction is limited to university-wide events and therefore does not
include involvement in programming sponsored by individual colleges or units of
the university.
(M) Committee on academic
space.
(1) The committee shall
consist of a representative from the office of facilities services, two faculty
members from the college of arts and sciences (with one member from the math
and sciences, and one from arts and humanities), and one faculty member from
each of the remaining colleges except the college of graduate studies and the
honors college, and two student members.
(2) The functions of the
committee are:
(a) To recommend three faculty members (one of them must be the
chairperson of this committee) to serve on the university space advisory
committee.
(b) To monitor the fitness of existing classrooms for educational
use and to assist physical plant in rectifying problems in specific
areas.
(c) To evaluate the suitability of proposed classroom space for
academic use.
(d) To oversee policies on classroom allocation and evaluate
their effectiveness.
(N) Academic technology
committee.
(1) The committee shall
consist of two appointed faculty members from the college of arts and sciences
(with one member from the math and sciences, and one from the arts and
humanities); one appointed faculty member from each of the remaining colleges
(except the honors college and the college of graduate studies); three
nonvoting ex officio members, including the administrative head (or designee)
for information services and technology department, a director of the center
for instructional technology and distance learning (or designee) and the
director of the office of instructional excellence.
(2) The functions of the
committee are:
(a) To assess the information services and technology and
instructional media services provided for academic use and to determine the
academic needs in this area - to include the use of software, services,
computers, and their peripherals, and all computational and instructional media
equipment in faculty research and classroom teaching. In performing this
function the committee shall have access to any pertinent material including
all usage data and shall define the criteria used to assess the adequacy of
information services and technology.
(b) To report its findings and make recommendations to the chief
academic officer through the faculty senate.
(c) To advise the administrative heads for information services
and technology and instructional media services on all significant changes in
hardware, software, personnel, and user services and policy.
(O) University personnel
committee.
(1) The committee shall
consist of the university peer review committee plus one representative from
the college of law. The committee shall select its own chair. The law school
representative shall be a tenured member of the law school faculty holding the
rank of professor elected by the law school faculty and shall serve a term of
two years. The law school representative may attend all meetings of the
university peer review committee, but shall neither vote nor participate in
discussions regarding any university peer review committee
matters.
(2) It is the function of
the university personnel committee to study dossiers and make recommendations
to the provost in all those cases not covered by the American association of
university professors collective bargaining agreement (the
"Agreement") where conflicting recommendations have been made by the
department peer review committee, the college peer review committee, the chair,
or the dean. In addition, the provost may refer any or all other cases not
covered by the agreement to the university personnel committee for
consideration and recommendation. In the cases where there have been
conflicting recommendations, the university personnel committee shall solicit
comments and supplementary materials from the candidate, the peer review
committee, the chair, university personnel committee and the dean. In no case
does the university personnel committee have the authority to hold hearings
concerning dossiers. It shall forward its recommendations on all candidates for
promotion and/or tenure, with supporting reasons, to both the candidate and the
provost as well as the dean, college peer review committee, chair, and
departmental peer review committee (where applicable) by January
twenty-fifth.
(3) The provost shall
consider all documents and recommendations, giving particular attention to the
university personnel committee recommendations and forward their
recommendations to the president by February fifteenth. In no instance shall
the provost recommend persons lacking the support of at least one of the
faculty committees which have considered the case. If the provost declines to
support a candidate having uniformly favorable recommendations, the provost
must discuss the case with the university personnel committee. Copies of the
provost's recommendation shall be sent to the candidate, university
personnel committee (where applicable), dean, college peer review committee,
chair, and departmental peer review committee (where applicable) by February
fifteenth.
(P) University petitions
committee.
(1) The committee shall
consist of two appointed full-time faculty members from the college of arts and
sciences (with one member from the math and sciences, and one from the arts and
humanities, and one from each of the remaining colleges: except the college of
law, the college of graduate studies and honors college. The registrar shall be
a corresponding member and serve as the secretary to the
committee.
(2) The committee shall
receive and act on petitions for waivers of university requirements, unless the
admissions and standards committee has approved referral of classes of
petitions (e.g., late withdrawals) to the colleges.
(3) Examples of petitions
are: group requirement waivers; freshman English waivers; physical education
waivers; late change of grade status; waivers involving transient status. The
decisions of the university petitions committee shall ordinarily be final. In
extreme and rare cases, appeal shall be to the chief academic
officer.
(4) The committee shall
report annually to faculty senate on petitions received and actions
taken.
(Q) Budget and finance
committee.
(1) The committee shall
consist of five faculty members willing to make a significant commitment of
time and effort for a two-year period, except for the first year during which
two of the five members shall be elected for only one year. The senate academic
steering committee shall nominate a slate of five faculty members the first
year, and alternately two and three faculty members in succeeding years to
replace members as their terms expire. The faculty senate shall accept the
slate of nominees offered by the academic steering committee, together with
nominations from the floor, for electing members of its budget and finance
committee. Vacancies occurring prior to the expiration of a term shall be
filled in a similar manner. The members of the faculty senate budget and
finance committee shall elect their own chair and shall serve concurrently as
members of the university planning and finance advisory committee
(PFAC).
(2) The AAUP executive
committees will jointly appoint one faculty member to be an ex-officio member
of the budget and finance committee.
(3) The functions of the faculty senate
budget and finance committee:
(a) To participate fully and proactively in creating the budget
that is proposed to the president for final action by the board of
trustees.
(b) To report at each faculty senate meeting on current and
future budgetary matters.
(R) Electronic learning
committee.
(1) The committee shall
consist two faculty-senate-appointed full-time faculty members from the college
of arts and sciences, (with one member from the math and sciences, and one from
the arts and humanities) and one faculty member from each of the remaining
colleges (except the honors college and the college of graduate studies); the
vice provost for CSU online and the director of the center for e-learning as
non-voting ex officio members; and two students.
(2) The functions of the
electronic learning committee:
(a) To increase knowledge, collaboration, and effectiveness of
on-line instruction at the university.
(b) To develop policies regarding student access to electronic
learning courses at the university.
(c) To make recommendations regarding the academic security of
electronic learning courses.
(d) To assure the quality of electronic learning courses at the
university.
(e) To make recommendations regarding peer and student evaluation
of the teaching effectiveness of electronic courses.
(f) To participate in strategic planning regarding the future
development of electronic instruction at the university.
(3) Proposals and
recommendations from the electronic learning committee pertaining to new
curriculum, new academic standards, or new faculty policies shall be referred
to the appropriate faculty senate standing committee for consideration and
approval (e.g. university curriculum committee, admissions and standards
committee, or university faculty affairs committee).
(S) Undergraduate student success
committee.
(1) The committee shall
consist of two faculty members from the college of arts and sciences (with one
member from the math and sciences, and one from the arts and humanities) and
one faculty member from all other colleges appointed by senate, excluding the
college of graduate studies, the honors college, and the of law; two
undergraduate students (one from a science, technology, engineering or
mathematics major, one from a non-science, technology, engineering or
mathematics major); a representative of the university teaching council
selected by the council and the following non-voting ex officio members, or
their designees: the vice provost of academic programs and the vice president
of enrollment management and student success. The committee will elect their
own chair from among those voting members of the committee who are
faculty.
(2) The functions of the
committee are:
(a) To monitor, gather, and report to faculty senate data
relative to student success.
(b) To encourage, promote, and facilitate faculty's role in
and contribution to student success.
(c) To identify and facilitate solutions to systematic barriers
to student success.
(d) To serve as the interface between the faculty and the many
student success functions and efforts across the university.
(e) To consult with the university administration regarding
matters of student success.
