Number: 412
Subject: THE FACULTY COUNCIL
AUTHORITY
The Faculty Council shall serve as
the representative body of the Faculty Association. The Faculty Council shall
continuously review and make recommendations to the Administration on matters pertaining
to standards of admission, enrollment, requirements
for granting a degree, the curricula, educational research, educational
standards and all such matters that pertain to academic affairs.
In order that the Faculty Council
may exercise itself as a recommending body in academic matters, the
Administration will discuss with the Council all academic matters prior to
implementation.
All recommendations of the Council
will be regularly shared with the Chief Academic Officer. Recommendations of
the Faculty Council, as well as those of the CAO, that might change or
influence university policies or regulations will be forwarded to the Chief
Executive Officer for a final decision.
COUNCIL RESPONSIBILITIES
* The Faculty Council is responsible for promoting
the highest ethical and professional standards attainable for the entire
faculty.
* The Faculty Council will participate in the
development and continuation of the academic programs of the University. The
Faculty Council will serve as a recommending body to the Administration in such
matters and will develop such task force groups, and/or committees, as needed
in order to gather pertinent and reliable data for evaluations.
* The Faculty Council is responsible for
providing leadership in the development, maintenance, and improvement of the
curriculum of the University. The curriculum includes both individual course
offerings for credit and degree programs. The responsibility for leadership
includes providing objective evaluations of proposed changes and implies active
participation in the development of new courses and programs and the revision
of existing courses and programs.
* The Faculty Council is responsible for
providing assistance, as identified by the Chief Academic Officer, in meeting
the logistical and academic operational needs of the University. Examples of
such service include, evaluating petitions for exceptions to academic
regulations, serving on grievance and appeal panels, etc.
* The Faculty Council is responsible for
participating in University standing committees, such as the Faculty
Credentials Committee, the Experiential Learning Credit Committee, the
Curriculum Committee, and the Student and Alumni Achievement Committee.
* The Faculty Council will continually review
and make recommendations on matters related to academic standards, policies,
and academically related budgets.
MEMBERSHIP
Faculty Council membership will
consist of selected full-time members of the Faculty Association and other such
faculty personnel as the Council may choose to authorize.
PRESIDING OFFICER
The Chief Academic Officer will
preside over all meetings, but will serve without voting privileges.
The Faculty Council may elect such
other officers as it finds necessary to handle Council business. The Council will
determine the qualifications and duties of such officers and will establish
procedures for appointing membership to such committees as deemed necessary.
All activities of the Faculty
Council, e.g., meetings of the Council, committee meetings, task force meetings,
etc., will be recorded and copies of such minutes will be distributed to the
Chief Academic Officer and such other personnel as deemed advisable by the
Council.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXCEPTION RULE
Should the administration overrule
any academic recommendations of the Faculty Council, the Council may, by
two-thirds vote, have a report stating their exception, and desire for a
review, to the administrative decision included in the Chief Executive
Officer’s next report to the Board of Trustees.