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Academic Senate

Faculty Affairs Charges

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The Faculty Affairs Committee shall be responsible for policy recommendations
concerning faculty tenure, rank, welfare, leave, and professional conduct; and shall
review all policies and procedures concerning the extended part-time and adjunct faculty
of the university. The Faculty Affairs Committee shall consist of eight members, each to
be elected by his or her collegial faculty, one member of the educational development
faculty elected by that group, one Dean elected by the Deans Council, three members at
large elected by the Academic Senate, and the Provost or his or her delegate (ex officio,
voting).

Top Priority

  1. Consider possible titles of rank and criteria for promotion into ranks for lecturer positions. Clarify the relationship of full-time, non-tenure faculty (e.g. lecturers) to academic governance structure.
  2. Develop an 'Eisenhart'-like teaching award for non-tenure track faculty.
  3. Revise the Process for promotion to full professor found in E6.0 with an eye towards creating consistent criteria and processes across the university.
  4. Revise E5.0 and E6.0 to incorporate the Statement on Expectations for Tenure and Promotion as approved by Academic Senate.
  5. Consider adding a title of rank superior to "full professor" and the criteria for promotion to this rank. Revise E6.0 to reflect this addition.

Second Order Objectives

  1. Review the recommendations from the 2008-09 EDF taskforce and edit appropriate policies to reflect these changes.
  2. Revise E9, the Visiting Scholar Policy so that it becomes consistent with the way in which other Academic Appointments are made
  3. Survey and review the distribution of Tenured and Tenure Track Faculty/Lecturers/Adjuncts in colleges/departments/programs and where appropriate make recommendations about this distribution.
  4. Develop criteria and processes for guiding new hires where tenure and/or expedited tenure is involved.
  5. Review Faculty Service requirements throughout the campus and propose a consistent approach to the requirements for faculty participation.