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Faculty Handbook 2008-2009

ARTICLE V. Committees and Boards Outside the Council Structure

Section A: President's Advisory Board
Section B: Steering Committee:
Section C: Selections and Elections Committee
Section D: Registrar's Advisory Board (R.A.B.)
Section E: Faculty Development Committee

Section A: President's Advisory Board

  1. Responsibilities:

    1. The President's Advisory Board shall function primarily as a sounding board for the President of the University on matter relating to appointments, reappointments, promotion, and tenure;

    2. The President's Advisory Board shall assist in the study of staff expansion and reduction, and shall determine Faculty members qualified for salary increases and promotion;

    3. The President's Advisory Board shall advise the President of the University on issues related to Faculty leaves, and problems arising therefrom;

    4. The President's Advisory Board shall assist in the study of salary schedules, retirement plans, and other matters affecting Faculty compensation.

  2. Membership:

    1. President;

    2. Provost;

    3. Six (6) members of the Tenured Teaching Faculty elected for three (3) year, staggered terms. Of the six (6) Tenured Teaching Faculty, there must be at least one (1) from each division of the University, and no more than one (1) from any single department, and no more than two (2) from any single division of the College.

  3. Reporting:

    Since these matters are frequently of a confidential nature, they will NOT be considered public record, nor reported beyond the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board shall be subject to call by the President or the Provost upon request of any member of the Advisory Board.

Section B: Steering Committee:

  1. Responsibilities:

    1. acting in a timely manner to forward all proposals received to the appropriate council or councils, or recommending that a Task Force be created to consider a particular proposal;

    2. assisting councils in determining whether the action of any council shall be placed on the Debatable, Non-debatable Academic Calendar, or Non-debatable Non-academic Calendar of the Faculty meeting;

    3. assisting the Academic Affairs Council in determining whether an issue is of a curricular nature, and therefore one to be voted on by Teaching Faculty only.

  2. Membership:

    1. Chair of the Faculty;

    2. Provost;

    3. Speaker of the DCGA Senate.

Section C: Selections and Elections Committee

  1. Responsibilities:

    1. Determining eligibility both for voting and for serving on councils, standing committees, and boards;

    2. Acting solely in an administrative capacity to prepare all ballots, publish a slate of candidates, poll the faculty, count the ballots, and publish the results of the election;

  2. Membership:

    1. Two (2) members of the Teaching Faculty elected at large to three (3) year, staggered terms;

    2. One (1) member of the General Faculty elected at large to a three (3) year term.

Section D: Registrar's Advisory Board (R.A.B.)

  1. Responsibilities:

    1. Regarding routine matters of academic requirements and student continuance, RAB will serve in an advisory capacity to the Registrar;

    2. In all cases of academic grievances and student appeals for reconsideration of decisions on academic requirements/student continuance, final decisions will be made by a majority vote of the Teaching Faculty of RAB, the Registrar, and the Associate Provost;

    3. The Registrar's Advisory Board will report to the Academic Affairs Council when requested by that Council.

  2. Membership:

    1. Registrar;

    2. Three (3) Teaching Faculty elected at large for three (3) year staggered terms;

    3. Associate Provost (Kim Coplin) or the Provost's designate;

    4. Vice-President of Student Affairs, or designate from the Office of Student Affairs (non-voting).

Section E: Faculty Development Committee

  1. Responsibilities:

    1. Advise the Provost on all faculty development programs administered by the office of the Provost;

    2. Recommend policies and procedures for the distribution of faculty development funds;

    3. Regularly review faculty development programs such as scholarly travel to professional meetings, Junior Faculty and R.C. Good Leave Programs, Professional Development (PD) Accounts, funding for summer workshops, etc.;

    4. Report regluarly to the faculty.

  2. Membership:

    1. Provost and Associate Provost (Keith Boone);

    2. Four (4) members of the Teaching Faculty elected at large to serve three (3) year staggered terms.

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