University Committees
At the University level, there will be various standing committees as deemed necessary by the administration and faculty to ensure the accomplishment of the mission of the University. Additionally, ad hoc committees may, from time to time, be appointed as needed and as approved by the Faculty Advisory Council.
Composition will be one representative per academic department or division or free-standing academic unit and the University Registrar, faculty appointments will be made by department chairs (or heads of academic units), who will submit their choices through the Provost to the Faculty Advisory Council for concurrence. The Associate Provost will chair the committee as an ex-officio member. For more information, please refer to the Curriculum Policy Handbook.
Composition will be one representative per college or free-standing academic unit (appointed by the Dean or academic unit head), one member of the Faculty Advisory Council (appointed by the Council), one representative for the University President, and one representative for each administrative Vice President. The member appointed from the Faculty Advisory Council will serve as chair. Appointments will be submitted through the Provost to the Faculty Advisory Council for concurrence. The Associate Vice President for Information Technology/CIO will serve ex-officio. The Technology Advisory Council may generate subcommittees; standing and ad hoc subcommittees must be chaired by a member of the Technology Advisory Council, but they may contain membership from outside the Technology Advisory Council.
Composition will be one representative per college or free-standing academic unit (appointed by the Dean or academic unit head), three members of the Faculty Advisory Council (appointed by the Council), the chair of the University Curriculum Committee, the Associate VPAA (or that officer’s designee), two representatives from Student Success (appointed by the VPSS), and one from the Graduate School (appointed by the Dean). The Director of Instructional Technology and Distance Education will serve ex-officio, and will be co-chair with the one of the members appointed from the Faculty Advisory Council. Appointments will be submitted through the Provost to the Faculty Advisory Council for concurrence.
Composition will be one representative per academic department or division or free-standing academic unit, with the Chair appointed by the Provost from the faculty membership; faculty appointments will be made by department chairs (or heads of academic units) who will submit their choices through the Provost to the Faculty Advisory Council for concurrence. The Director of the Library or his/her designate will serve as ex-officio member.
Composition will be one representative per academic department or division or free-standing academic unit and one representative per administrative division, with the Chair appointed by the Provost from the committee membership. Faculty appointments will be made by department chairs (or heads of academic units); administrative appointments will be made by heads of administrative divisions. Appointments will be submitted through the Provost to the Faculty Advisory Council for concurrence.
Membership in this committee will consist of one tenured representative per academic department or division or free-standing academic unit, and two at-large tenured representatives appointed by the Provost. Faculty must have at least two years of experience as faculty at TAMIU to be eligible to serve on this committee. All tenured faculty members serve on their departmental promotion and tenure committees, but none may serve on both college and University promotion and tenure committees. In cases where an academic unit does not have the equivalent of a departmental committee, then tenured faculty members may serve on both their unit’s promotion and tenure committee and the University committee. The Faculty Advisory Council Parliamentarian and Elections Officer, assisted by the Faculty Advisory Council Committee on Committees, will solicit a slate of candidates from each academic department, division, and free-standing academic unit, prepare a ballot for election of this committee and supervise the election. In the event that an elected or appointed member determines they cannot fulfill their role, see “Replacement of Faculty on Promotion, Tenure, and Retention Committees” under “Evaluation and Promotion of Faculty” for replacement procedures. Deans, associate deans, department chairs, and heads of academic units may not serve on this committee. Terms will be established for two-year periods. The committee shall be presided over by the Provost, who will hold non-voting status as the presiding officer.
This pool will be comprised of twenty-four tenured faculty from across the University, selected by a lottery overseen by the Faculty Advisory Council executive committee, to serve a three-year term. A faculty member will be ineligible for lottery selection for the three years following a term of service within the grievance pool. Since the Grievance Pool provides the membership of Grievance Committees as well as a majority of committee members for appeals of promotion or tenure decisions, its membership should be established early in the year before individual grievances or appeals emerge. Once the lottery is completed, the pool will consist of twenty-four members, enough to manage four grievances or four appeals without duplication of personnel. Deans, associate deans, department chairs, and heads of academic units may not serve on this committee.
When a grievance is filed, each party will select two committee members from the pool, and the Faculty Advisory Council President will select a fifth member from the pool. In the event of the Faculty Advisory Council President’s involvement in the grievance, the Vice President will select the fifth member. The resulting five-member committee for each grievance will elect its own Chair from its membership. Once the Grievance Pool has been constituted, it will meet to elect a secretary to manage the receipt of complaints and requests for information and to keep a record 18 of ongoing activity, which will be filed each semester with the Secretary of the Faculty Advisory Council. Since membership on a grievance committee can be a strenuous experience, no member of the Grievance Pool should participate in more than one proceeding in the same academic year. If events require additional members to be added to the pool, a lottery will be held for an appropriate number of additional members at the earliest possible time. The number of members necessary will be determined for each situation by the Grievance Pool members, overseen on this occasion by the Faculty Advisory Council President.
The Faculty Development Leave Committee (FDLC) shall be chaired by the current President of the Faculty Advisory Council and shall consist of one tenured faculty member from each college and free-standing academic unit, with the exception of the College of Arts and Sciences, which shall have two representatives. The Faculty Advisory Council will conduct elections during April, polling faculty from each College to determine its representative. Members elected in April will begin their terms the next school year, beginning in September. Faculty members are not eligible for faculty development leaves during their tenure on the committee.
The Honor Council consists of faculty and students who have been elected by their peers or appointed by the Provost and who have undergone training in order to serve as case investigators and/or hearing panelists. The Honor Council serves to provide students with a means by which they may report academic dishonesty, to provide students with a means of appealing charges of academic dishonesty, and to provide the Provost with recommendations regarding general academic sanctions or remedial efforts appropriate to specific cases. This council shall have authority to create processes and operating procedures to implement the Honor System and to enforce the rules described in the Honor Code. Through the Provost’s Office, this council shall be the central body responsible for maintaining records and for coordinating communication, prevention, training, remediation, and adjudication efforts for the Honor System. The Honor Council shall consist of 25 members: fifteen students, including at least one graduate student (twelve appointed by the VP for Student Success and three by the Provost), and ten faculty members (nine elected by the faculty at large, and one appointed by the Provost). The Faculty Advisory Council will conduct the elections of the faculty representatives. Members must be elected and appointed by September 1 of each academic year. Faculty members serve two-year terms; student members serve one-year terms. The Honor Council will hold general meetings at least twice each semester, and members of the council will serve on 3-5 member hearing panels when selected by the Chair of the Honor Council and the Provost. In case of conflict, refer to the Student Handbook.
It is the responsibility of the Graduate Council to establish and review the criteria for membership on the Graduate Faculty. Furthermore, the council is to establish the minimum admission standards, the standards for continuation of graduate students, and the residency requirements; to act upon petitions and appeals from the decision of the Dean of the Graduate School; and to consider any other matters relevant to the Office of the Graduate School.
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