Faculty Senate

Committee Appointment Bylaw Amendment, 4/12/07

G. Committees to Which ECOS Makes Appointments.
(1) The composition and function of these committees are determined in part by the collective bargaining agreement. The contract terminology "appointed by the Faculty Senate" shall mean "appointed by ECOS.
(2) All faculty terms are staggered three-year terms.
(3) No faculty member appointed by the Senate may serve both on the Appeals Committee and the Standards Committee.
(4) No faculty member appointed by the Senate may be re-appointed until one academic year has passed.
(5) Only tenured faculty members belonging to the bargaining unit who are not department chairs may be appointed to the University Appeals Committee or Committee on Service.
(6) The committees shall deliver annual reports to the Faculty Senate and file written annual reports with the Chair of ECOS and the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. These reports shall contain the results of each committee's work and a review of the overall process.

The Standards Committee shall consist of tenure-track faculty members from the bargaining unit (selected as above by the Faculty Senate) who are not department chairs and three five students (nominated by ASUM for one-year terms and confirmed by the Faculty Senate). Four faculty shall be from the school's voting groups and two each shall be from the humanities, sciences, and social and behavioral sciences voting groups.