Resolution 91-92-02

Academic Units; Faculty Councils; Governance Structure

The Senate, by Resolution 90/91-20, has called upon each school to establish an elected faculty steering committee with elected faculty chair, and has declared that these persons will be involved together in a new structure to advise on university-wide questions; Some schools may require Senate encouragement and assistance in establishing school faculty committees that are elected and that have an effective role; In this transition year as the Senate considers such new structures, it is desirable that representatives of elected committees have a vehicle of participation in the Senate. Now, Therefore Be It Resolved, that The Senate declares that during 1991-92 the elected faculty steering committee (by whatever name) of each school or similar academic unit have the status of a standing committee of the Senate, under Article III, Section 2 of the Senate Constitution, so that its elected faculty chair like other Senate committee chairs participants asa member of the Senate; This designation comes into force as to each school when the Senate Executive Board certifies that it in fact does have an elected faculty steering committee, which shall count as its official appointment for Senate purposes, under Article III, Section 5, of the Senate Constitution.

Resolution Number: 91-92-02

Author: Frank Mason

Date: September 11, 1991

Action Taken: Passed