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Academic Standards Committee
Assessment Council
Curriculum Committee
Faculty Affairs Committee
Faculty Development Committee
Faculty Grievance Committee
Faculty Personnel Committee Descriptions for each committee - Recommending policies on academic standards to the faculty
- Reviewing reports on the academic standing of students
- Periodically reviewing grading standards
- Periodically reviewing departments and academic programs.
- Reviewing and helping develop standards for admission to the college
- Reviewing and providing oversight for the academic integrity system
- Establishing standards for awarding certain scholarships and honors
- Helping develop academic criteria for merit based scholarships
- Being involved in the process of student appeals regarding academic issues
- Periodically reviewing the Honors Program
Duties for the following Committees include: Academic Standards Committee: Assessment Council Curriculum Committee - Carefully examining all proposals for new courses, course changes, and course deletions.
- Carefully examining proposed new majors, new degrees, new concentration, and new programs.
- Carefully examining changes in general education requirements and departmental programs.
- Establishing appropriate deadlines for new proposals which ensure sufficient time for full evaluation of the proposal.
- Evaluating the General Education program at the mid-point between Self Studies.
Curriculum Committee Proposal Guideline
Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Faculty Affairs Committee - General oversight of the faculty governance system, including directing proposals to the correct faculty committees, administrative offices, and other groups for consideration
- Establishing agenda for general faculty meetings, including administrative reports, administrative proposals, committee proposals, and other business
- Providing a review of all proposals to be brought to the faculty, and to seek clarification when necessary, prior to placing that issue on the agenda of a faculty meeting
- Receiving and reviewing various reports of faculty committees, etc.
- Coordinating revision of the Faculty Handbook.
- Managing elections to various faculty committees, etc. This duty also involves appointing short term replacements when necessary, and appointing any needed ad hoc committees.
- Establishing rules and procedures for the committee system.
- Advising the president on procedural issues not covered by current rules
Faculty Development Committee - Developing and promoting programs to enhance faculty development and scholarship, including both teaching related and research related development programs
- Establishing guidelines for sabbatical leaves, study leaves, grants-in-time, faculty development grants, research grants, etc.
- Reviewing proposals for sabbatical leaves, study leaves, grants for teaching and research, and make recommendations to the Dean regarding the proposals which should be funded
- Allocating funds for clusters and task forces
- Encouraging dissemination of faculty research and creative efforts
- Encouraging submission of external grant proposals
- Serving as an advocate for both research activities and development of teaching skills
- Coordinating the Summer Scholar program
Faculty Grievance Committee - Acting as a hearing board for complaints by faculty regarding from alleged adverse treatment in violation of College policies or alleged infringements of faculty rights or privileges
- Making findings and recommendations for formal grievance hearings. Those recommendations are provided to the grievant, the respondent, the Dean of the College, and the President.
Faculty Personnel Committee - Making recommendations to the President regarding all proposals for reappointment, promotion, and granting of tenure, following procedures in the Faculty Handbook.
- Supervising the system for faculty evaluations
- Recommending guidelines and procedures for the system involving appointments, reappointments, promotions, leaves, tenure, and retirement
- Recommending policies regarding faculty workloads and equit
- Reviewing general personnel problems
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